It REALLY rained this winter!!!! One showery day, we went
outside – the children noticed a beautiful rainbow in the sky….it was both
raining and sunny at the same time, giving us the opportunity to explore the
Noah’s Ark story!
Three of our Noah Activities included:
Using umbrellas in
the showers
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The children really enjoyed using our new
umbrellas today. We didn’t have enough
for everyone, so some had to share or wait a turn (PSE)
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They gleefully pushed their umbrellas’ up and
down each time the showers came and went, listening to the pitter patter of the
raindrops. (CL/UW)
Drawing Rainbows on
the Interactive Whiteboard.
We were so lucky to win this
resource 5 years ago!
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The children were able to make full use of it’s
very big vertical surface and draw huge arcs’ of colour developing their pen
control and pressure, whilst using the software palette to change colour –
PHY/LIT/UW/EAD
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Some of the children chose to draw their
rainbows using the pen option whilst others chose the highlighter option: those that chose the highlighter option
noticed that where their lines overlapped that they blended together and new
colours were formed - EAD
Rescuing the Animals from the floods
Using a table-top as an ark...everyone aboard!
The children used a variety of tongs to reach all the animals in the sea and pull them aboard the ark. Great fun. We all had to be careful, because it WAS quite a squeeze!
PSE: working together.
PHY: using tongs and stretching.
Building an ark
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After rescuing the animals out of the rain (in
the nick of time) we built them an ark…the children helped to make pens and
compartments for the animals (EAD)
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They found matching pairs of animals (2 of every
kind) (Math)
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Used tongs to collect their animals and put them
into the allocated pens (PHY)
As Always:
WE DID LOTS MORE & HAD LOTS OF FUN!
