Artwork Inspired by the Artist Victor Nunes

 

Pirate Playtime

Our theme for May has been Pirates! Arrrrgh!

We began our learning with Pirate Camp. We had to learn about the 5 Oceans and then about some sea creatures. The children know lots of interesting facts on these two topics! We learned a bit about pirates long ago too and got our very own pirate names! Shiver me timbers!

 The children did a fantastic job on their pirate books. They had to write an ocean fact, a sea creature fact and a pirate fact.

Then we brought our learning into playtime. We had a very messy water station where the children explored floating and sinking, and capacity, informally. They made ocean scenes at the art table by  experimenting with different shades of blue. There was the role play area with a pirate ship, buried treasure and map making. The construction area had pirate pictures to inspire the building there too. 

Yo, ho, ho!!!

Dream Bedrooms

As well as being architects and builders, the children were also interior designers! Last week they had to imagine, design and begin gathering supplies to create their dream bedroom and then they were completed this week.

The creative ideas the children came up with were amazing! They had to problem-solve to work out how to make their plans come to life. Children who were out sick last week helped a friend to complete their bedroom, which provided opportunities for collaborative learning and compromising. As usual, the children exceeded expectations! Have a look at their work below, and watch the videos to hear about their rooms! 

Seniors

Juniors

Aistear-The Space Station

Have a look at some of the learning done over the past two weeks, all about space! The children amazed me with the language they used and the creative thinking was out of this world...! We will be sorry to say goodbye to the rocket, but excited for starting a new theme next week!