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. 

Autumn Term September 2014

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

On Tuesday 16 September, Ziggies After School Club started up again for all the children in the middle block and their brothers and sisters. We had a special visit from Ziggy the caterpillar and his best friend Freckle the frog. They came to welcome all our Ziggies friends from last year who came back to join us, and all our new friends who were coming to Ziggies for the first time. It was lovely to see so many people there.

As Ziggy is a caterpillar, we chose The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle as our book for this week. Ziggy sat and helped with the story about a hungry caterpillar who ate lots and lots of food, before going to sleep for a while and waking up as a beautiful butterfly.

We decorated butterflies to hang up at home and made caterpillar bookmarks to keep in our favourite books. We also made play dough models of butterflies and caterpillars and did the usual selection of word searches, puzzles and quiz questions to see how much we remembered about the story. After squash and a biscuit, we had photos with Ziggy and Freckle before it was time to leave.

Ziggies After School Club will be back on Tuesday 23 September, from 3.15pm – 4.15pm in the Middle Block Hall. We will be reading ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen. 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.