Exciting European Learning

Wow! - what a morning we have all had. 

We started off with an assembly to celebrate our special day.  Thank you  to Mrs Jones' class for sharing a Spanish prayer through song which was fantastic.  Mrs Jenkins then treated us to a rendition of The Hungry Caterpillar which she read in Dutch as she was born in the Netherlands.  We were all able to follow this well known story and some of the words like, 'lollypop' were the same in English and Dutch.

There has been a real buzz of excitement around the school and it has been marvellous to hear so many European languages being spoken, to taste European food from churros and tapas to croissants and Italian style food.  The teachers and children have been so creative in their approach to the learning. 

During playtime, we heard comments from the children about the fun way that they were learning and how much they enjoyed learning new information through dance, art, music, maps and spoken language. 

The countries studied were: France, Holland, Italy, Poland, Malta, Denmark and Spain and the teachers all had special reasons why they thought their class would love to learn about their chosen country. One of the teachers reminded us that Denmark was the birthplace of Lego......... Need we say More ?!

Thank you to the catering team for their special, European inspired lunch. The smell of the meal being prepared was delicious as it wafted around the school.