Dig, Dig, Digging

On Tuesday 7 October, in Ziggies After School Club, we read ‘Dig, Dig Digging’ by Margaret Mayo. This is a lovely book about all sorts of vehicles which ‘can work all day’! There are diggers, helicopters, car transporters, tractors and road rollers all included in the book, which explains how each one is used in simple rhyming text.

After the story, we made moveable diggers and painted pictures of roads and building sites, and stuck on pictures of the vehicles in the book.  We also dug in the sand to find the letters in our own names. We buried them again for the other children to find. We made 3D models of houses and decorated them, before doing word searches, puzzles and colouring which all related to the story.

Ziggies After School Club will be back on Tuesday 14 October, from 3.15pm – 4.15pm in the Middle Block Hall, when we’ll be reading ‘Handa’s Surprise’ by Eileen Browne. So if you’re in year 1 or year 2, please come along with your grown up and a copy of the book (if you have one), and any brothers or sisters you may have, to join us for some stories, craft and fun. 

Pants!

On Tuesday 30 September, in Ziggies After School Club, we read ‘Pants’ by Giles Andreae. Some of the children joined in with the fun by wearing their pants on their heads and ‘going crazy’ just like in the story! The book is full of colourful illustrations of all kinds of pants with a rhyming text showing when you could wear all the different kinds of pants there are.

After the story, we made pants sandwiches, of chocolate spread or jam and cut them into little pants shapes. Most of these didn’t make it home! We also designed and decorated card pants and glued them to pegs to hang on a washing line, and we used dough to shape our own versions of the pants in the story.  Then we did our word searches, puzzles and colouring which all related to the story.

Ziggies After School Club will be back on Tuesday 7 October, from 3.15pm – 4.15pm in the Middle Block Hall, when we’ll be reading ‘Dig, Dig, Digging’ by Margaret Mayo. So if you’re in year 1 or year 2, please come along with your grown up and a copy of the book (if you have one), and any brothers or sisters you may have, to join us for some stories, craft and fun. 

Where’s That Bear???

On Tuesday 23 September, the children attending Ziggies After School Club went on a Bear Hunt. Some of the children brought their own bears to help. We dug in the sandpit to find lots of small bears hiding from us and then we reburied them so that other children could find them later.

‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen is a very popular book with its repetition that all the children can join in with, and its a great build up to the end when the bear actually goes on a people hunt!! The children loved the story and joined in with the actions.

After the story, we made our own bear pictures showing scenes from the book. We used tissue paper for trees and cotton wool for snow, all with a generous helping of glitter to finish them off nicely. We also painted our own bear faces on paper plates and did the usual selection of word searches, puzzles and colouring pictures to remind us of the story. 

Ziggies After School Club will be back on Tuesday 30 September, from 3.15pm – 4.15pm in the Middle Block Hall. We will be reading ‘Pants’ by Giles Andreae, which always brings a smile as so many of the children (and some brave adults) arrive with their pants on their heads!! So if you’re in year 1 or year 2, please come along with your grown up and a copy of the book (if you have one), and any brothers or sisters you may have, to join us for some stories, craft and fun.