Posted on: Friday 3rd November 2023
This week, we learnt all about how people celebrate Bonfire night. We watched videos of different fireworks and then used our bodies to move like fireworks. We thought carefully about which instruments we could use to make the sounds of fireworks. The children enjoyed exploring different instruments and the sounds they can make. We liked the rocket fireworks best. We made beautiful fireworks pictures, using glitter and glue. We also went outside to look for sticks to make a bonfire.
We also talked a lot about how to stay safe around bonfires, fireworks and sparklers in case anyone celebrates Bonfire night at the weekend. The children were amazing at remembering the rules to stay safe around bonfires, fireworks and sparklers.
We also talked about how the celebration of 'Bonfire Night' falls in Autumn. The children have already learnt lots of information about Autumn so they talked about what the weather might be like during a Bonfire celebration and what they might see around them. We discussed how animals like hedghogs like to prepare to hibernate in the Autumn months. The children made fantastic hedgehogs using salt dough. They measured and mixed the ingredients to make the salt dough and then enjoyed shaping the dough to make it look like a hedgehog, using scissors to snip spikes on the hedghog's back.
