Month: January 2014

Our class retell of Can’t You Sleep Little Bear

We have been working really hard to retell our class story and Mrs Saeed is very impressed with how well we are doing. We have also changed the ending of the story thinking about what other amazing ideas Big Bear could have to help Little Bear get to sleep. Here are a few of our ideas;
give Little Bear his special teddy bear, blanket, covers
take Little Bear for a walk in the woods
sing Little Bear a lullaby
read Little Bear his favourite story
use a gigantic torch, glowsticks, even bigger lantern to light up the cave
hang heart shaped fairy lights all around the cave

Does anyone have any other good ideas? We would love to hear them.

The Wonders of Winter

Our topic this term is The Wonders of Winter, with a focus on weather and day and night. We already have an icy igloo in the classroom and are making a sparkly snowy display. We have been reading lots of wintry stories and a particular favourite is The Big Fuzzy by Caroline Castle; a story set in Greenland about an Inuit girl called Sira and her little brother Ivik. Last week Hugo brought in a real Inuit coat which looked just like the one Ivik wears in the story! If you have any books at home about cold, snowy climates, polar bears and penguins then we would love to read them in class.

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The story that we are learning this term is Can’t You Sleep Little Bear? by Martin Waddell.   We have talked about what it is like in the dark and how where light comes from.  Mrs Saeed is impressed with how quickly we have all learnt to retell the story. Have a look at the video of some of our children acting it out in the classroom. Ask your child to retell the story at home and even teach you some of the actions.

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