Happy holidays and a Happy New Year

Last day of school...we had show...Wow..
We all jumped and made our foot prints on fresh snow....
Here we are a merry bunch...enjoying the company of our friends

We even managed to make a Teeny tiny snowman...

This is the view from our class room..pretty...wonderful with snow flakes falling gently to cover..the ground and the train...and even the trees.
We did not forget to put out some more food for the birds...

Happy Holidays ..

Dear Pupils,

Do remember to bring some nice pictures of your vacation to share.
Hope you all have lots of fun and safe trip to whatever is your destination!!
This our last post for the year 2009...
Bon Vacances...Aurevoir !!!

When Santa came to our class

We were so excited to welcome Santa in our class

We got a gingerbread man in bag with our name written on it...

We sang many christmas songs and enjoyed the treat !!

It was so special as we received the gift from Santa and guess who was carrying Santa's sack...Mrs. Belfry. Thank you Santa!! Thank you Mrs. Belfry for bringing in the Cheers and spirit of Christmas..Jingle bells jingle bells..
Merry Christmas !!

Christmas cookies

These are the cookies we made with Maria.We used cookie cutters to shape them like stars, trees and even snowmen.

We mixed the flour, sugar, eggs, butter to make a dough. Then we used the dough to shape the cookies and put them in the oven for baking.

We love cooking .


Thank you Maria!!

Winter is here

Is it winter? Why have we not changed our calendar as it still says Autumn ?
Outside it has been awfully cold and even snowed a bit. We have to wear our coats, boots, mittens and scarf before we go out.
In our class we have been busy decorating and working on many art projects. We made this colourful stained glass design to brighten up a dull window.
It has been really festive and lively.

Outdoors the trees look bare and grim...often it is grey and cold...

How soon the time has gone by!!
We have been excited about Christmas festivities, decorating the tree with stars we made at home and wrote down our wishes at the back....That is why it is called a wishing star!!

We have learned many new songs about Santa, snowmen and winter in French and English.


We helped Ms. Rose make this Christmas tree in central space

A special winter coach has been attached to our train....and look who all are riding this glittering carriage..

Our tiny scarecrow made with pumpkin, seeds and twigs has said good bye making way for the shiny snowmen...

With autumn gone it is time to think of birds and other creatures in the garden..Our gardening lessons too are over. Bulbs we planted are perhaps asleep. We have read many stories about animals that hibernate.
We do not see many birds, often there are crows looking for food.They are quite smart and some times eat the food we put out for little birds..crowing loudly.

Where have the birds and insects gone?

With seeds and nuts gone perhaps they have flown away to warmer places!! Where do the birds get their food from?

We thought it was good idea to put out some food for the birds as they find it difficult to find seeds and little berries in winter.


So we decided to make some cakes for the birds..

Here is the recipe

To seeds add some honey and butter and then fill a pine cone with the mixture .
Attach a string and hang it from a tree.

We put out these treats for the birds..and they were gone soon...
This way we are able to observe some birds.

We heard the songs of various birds on the following website. We are now learning to spot different birds that we can see.
Our unit about playground lead us to discover and learn about nature, birds and new games that we play with our friends.

Hope you enjoy identifying some of the birds and watching them sing.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/index.aspx

Bye...Pumpkin man !!

Escalade

I am sure you know what is this chocolate treat, which we all enjoyed last Friday.

We had a special assembly in Marie. The's class or baby class as we sometimes call it.

The youngest person from Pre- Reception and oldest from 94i and 94b were asked to break the chocolate marmite...Ceremonial breaking of the soup pot signifying the glorious moment when the attack on the city of Geneva was repelled by Mere Royaume..We all clapped and sang songs We were delighted to celebrate Escalade with our friends .
Some children had dressed up for the Parade..

Marie. Th. told us the story of Escalade......Long ago on a cold and dark night of December long long ago, a story unfolded when all the people of Geneva were asleep...However Mere Royoume..was preparing soup for her family....

Duke of Savoy attacked the city of Geneva, taking advantage of the dark moon less night. However vigilant Mere Royaume poured the boiling soup over the soldiers who were trying to climb the wall of the old city.








People of Geneva celebrate this special day by breaking the chocolate marmite and one can see the Escalade parade when children and people dressed in period costumes march down in old town to the tune of bands playing lively tunes..

We enjoyed the bits of chocolate soup pot .

http://europeforvisitors.com/switzaustria/articles/geneva_escalade.htm

we were so happy to celebrate escalade with other two classes..

Merci Marie. Th for inviting us to your class to celebrate Escalade !!!!