Reception – Sea, sun and Safari

Reception – Sea, Sun and Safari 

We have been travelling far this half term in Reception, as we learnt all about Africa!  

We started our journey in Kenya reading the story ‘Handa’s surprise’. The children were encouraged to talk about all the different fruits in Handa’s basket, as well as the animals that live in the savannah. We have been thinking about the differences between the UK and Africa and realised that sometimes in Africa people carry weaved baskets on their heads. The children created their very own beautiful weaved baskets just like Handa’s. 

We then continued our journey and read a traditional African story from Ghana called ‘Anansi the Spider’. We also talked about different fruits that grow in Africa, and why they grow there and not in the UK.  We then used our super chopping skills to chop up some of these fruits and make a yummy fruit salad. We loved eating it! We also listened to some traditional African drum music and discussed how this music differs from traditional western music. The children then joined in using their own drum. Super learning Reception!