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This week’s Topic Book was Elmer and Wilbur by David McKee for the Pink and Green Chicks. The children thoroughly enjoyed listening to the story of Elmer and Wilbur helping Rose find her herd. In the story, Grandpa Eldo asks Elmer and Wilbur to help a young elephant find her way home. They are very surprised to discover that she is pink – no wonder she is called Rose! However, an even bigger surprise awaits them when they reach her herd, as every single elephant is pink too.

The Fledglings have been looking at the work of Vincent Van Gogh this week and focusing on still life paintings. The children here focused on selecting and mixing the right colours to achieve the desired effects in their work and it was great to see their enthusiasm and care for the work they are creating.  We also enjoyed a wonderful trip to the Secret Garden at Finton House and we loved using the Mud Kitchen equipment in our play to make muffins and cakes. We then took this

This week at 345 the Chicks have been exploring two different Topic Stories. The Green and Pink Chicks have been reading Penguin by Polly Dunbar all about a little boy named Ben who gets a new Penguin but Ben struggles with his emotions when Penguin doesn’t do everything that Ben wants him too. The Chicks talked about how Ben was feeling and even took photos of their own happy, sad and angry faces.  The Orange and Purple Chicks were focusing on our Classroom Principles using