Chinese New Year

 Gong Xi Fa Cai!!!

 It has been a little quieter than usual this week as a few of the class have been poorly and others have been lucky enough to join in Chinese new year festivities- We can't wait to welcome all our friends back again

This week we have been discovering more about different countries and cultures around the world. Nursery were so keen on the igloo last week we decided to take a closer look at the Innuit (Eskimo) tribes of North America. We donned our fur boots and hats and braved the Alaskan chill to go fishing in a snow hole. I think you'll agree that we make fantastic Eskimos!

 

Next we moved to Russia, Nursery were intrigued by the traditional Russian Matryoshka dolls and squealed in delight as each one opened up to reveal a smaller one- This was also a great opportunity to practise our counting skills!

The first doll opens up....

Doll number 10 is still just as hilarious!

 We even had a go at some Russian dancing :)

 

 On Thursday and Friday we travelled to China to celebrate the Chinese New year. We made dragons and lucky red drums to welcome the new year in with lots of noise. 

We counted the right number of coins into our "Ang Pao" and used chopsticks to eat some noodles in a chinese restaurant -Yummy!

 The class were very brave through the Chinese New Year concert in the morning - They loved the performances and     even the firecrackers didn't faze them. They really enjoyed     the Chinese dragon dance and were keen to put on a little     show of their own!

Love that the boys decided to do the drumbeat for the Dragon!

                     I hope you all had a great week too!