DO YOU WANT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN?

This week we have taken The Snowman by Raymond Briggs as our insipiration for learning.

We have read the book and also watched the film and noticed the differences between the two. There are no words in wither the book or the film, so we have been imagining what James and The Snowman might be saying.

We also thought about how James might be feeling during different parts of the story and tried to imagine how we might feel if we ever woke up in the middle of the night and went on a flying adventure with a magical snowman!

We used sequencing pictures and emotions cards to help us with our discussions.

Putting the story together in the correct sequence.

Matching feelings cards to the different parts of the story.

In the story, James takes The Snowman to the kitchen and he tries on different noses from the fruit bowl. We worked with a partner trying on fruit noses while the other person held the mirror.

 

Afterwards we chopped the fruit up to make kebabs for our snack!

We used the large space in the gym to listen to the music and role play the story, flying was particulalry good fun, as was riding on the motorbike ...

and there were some very sad faces when the snowmen melted.....

There has been some fantastic writing in Reception this week, what we need to build a snowman and drawing different parts of the story and writing about them,

There has also been some fantastic painting...

Working together in maths to add two numbers together and find the new total.

We have also looked at footage of the Northern Lights and have made collages to represent them.

All in all a VERY busy week in Reception!

HOMEWORK
I have sent home reading books to those children who have returned them.
Also there are sheets for handwriting and phonics.
You can click here to watch The Snowman
The Snowman

and here to watch The Snowman and the Snowdog
The Snowman and the Snowdog