There was great excitement in Nursery this week as we eagerly awaited the arrival of the farm animals! We counted down the days until it was finally Thursday morning…
The wonderful farmers from Mill Cottage farm, Sarah and Holly, arrived with an amazing assortment of animals: there were donkeys, pigs, goats, sheep, rabbits, guinea pigs, ducks, ducklings, chicks and an impressive male and female turkey! We were allowed to go into the pen with the pigs, goats and sheep where we stroked them and brushed them. We could also touch the rabbits and guinea pigs and we were able to feel the feathers on the different birds. My favourite has got to have been the little black pigs who were just four months old. They were very sleepy and loved to have their bellies rubbed!
Which animal was your favourite and why?
A wonderful morning was had by all and I was so impressed by the children’s thoughtful questions and bravery around the animals! Thank you so much to everyone who contributed so we were able to offer the children this experience and, of course, to Sarah & Holly from Mill Cottage Farm (http://www.mcfe.org.uk/).
You won’t be surprised to hear that the excitement didn’t end there; with the children taking part in their first ever Sports Day on Friday. We joined the Reception children on the field and participated in four different activities in mixed teams before completing running races. I am so proud of all the children for having a go at everything and remembering to cheer everyone on. Well done Nursery!
As promised, I took lots of photos on the day – but these are sitting on the Ipad at school – my apologies! I will post these to Seesaw on Monday – so do have a look then. Here are a couple of photos Mrs Bibby has posted on the Reception blog which give you an idea of some of the activities we completed:
Finally, we completed our worldwide travel adventure this week – with a final trip on the magic carpet. Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to visit both Japan and Peru (the final two stops on Granny’s tour). As we only had time for one more trip, we settled on Peru – mostly because in our conversations about farm animals, many of the children told us they had seen llamas and alpacas during their own, previous visits to farms.
Our apologies to the wonderful country of Japan, which we really did not intend to miss out! If you are interested in finding out more about Japan – here are some lovely picture books set in the Land of the Rising Sun: https://diversebookfinder.org/setting/japan/page/4/
Peru is famous for its llamas who were very important during the Incan Empire. They helped farmers transport their goods through the Andes Mountains and the farmers used their dung to fertilise the land.
Image from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu#/media/File:Llama_on_Machu_Picchu.jpg
You can read more about llamas and their cousins (alpacas) here:
We landed in an ancient place, high up in the Andes mountains, called Machu Picchu. People used to live here hundreds of years ago but all that remains now are ruins and llamas!
If you would like to see a real alpaca, why not take a trip to Deen City Farm to visit Kimby:
Have a lovely weekend everyone, stay cool and see you on Monday for the final two days of term!