On Safari

Everything pink, orange and turquoise has been put away and in our classrooms we now have African animal toys, books and toy binoculars. With excitement, the Early Years children have started their Safari topic.

The FS2 children started this week by looking closely at safari vehicles. Some children have drawn them while others made small models. As a FS2 team, they made a big safari land cruiser out of boxes. This was a large prop for the FS2 family assembly this Friday and now will become a part of the play area for the rest of the topic - how creative!

Learning topic specific vocabulary is a key aspect of all our units, this week we have been finding out which things we might need for a camping safari. The children had great ideas; we obviously have some experienced campers in our mists. They successfully put up a tent and the children are now role playing camping and using an enriched vocab such as; cool box, sleeping bag, fly sheet, mess tent.

Before the children dive into finding out about safari animals over the next few weeks, the children have had a chance to talk about their favourite safari animals. I wonder if this will change as we learn more …

What is your favourite animal?

George: ‘My favourite animal is the elephant because it is lovely to look at.’

Aliya: ‘My favourite animal is a cheetah because I rode on one before.’

Zara: ‘My favourite animal is an Ostrich because they are sweet to their babies.’

Grayson: ‘My favourite animal is a rhino because they are strong.’

Tyler: ‘My favourite animal is a cheetah because they run super fast.’

Amara: ‘My favourite animal is a monkey because they swing from tree to tree.’

Rafferty: ‘My favourite animal is a giraffe because they are sweet and kind.’

Tristan: ‘My favourite animal is lion because I love them so much and I see them on safari.’

Diyan: ‘My favourite animal is a lion because they roar super duper loud!’

Francis: ‘My favourite animal is giraffe because they are taller than all the animals.’

Ndumia: ‘My favourite animal is a zebra because they are pretty.’

Coralie: ‘My favourite animal is a monkey because they climb big trees.’

Archer: ‘My favourite animals are elephants because they can charge things away and they go in caves to get salt from the rocks.’

Affie: ‘My favourite animal is a cheetah because it runs fast.’

Jayden: ‘My favourite animal is a giraffe because it can eat leaves.’

Maggie: ‘My favourite animal is a lion because it can chase animals.’

Aarush: ‘My favourite animal is a cheetah because he wants to be a ladybird.’

Neeneyo: ‘My favourite animal is a spider.’

Melissa: ‘My favourite animal is an elephant because mine is fluffy and has big ears.’

Josiah: ‘My favourite animal is a cheetah because it can run fast and it can catch animals when it runs.’

Cooper: ‘My favourite animal is a zebra because zebras can kick.’

Allan: ‘My favourite animal is a rhino because they charge and have two horns.’