As a provocation, the staff hung a simple blue piece of material in the corner of the room and left it. We waited for the children’s response…
All of a sudden we heard James call out very, VERY excitedly ‘it’s the ocean!’
Roshan quickly added ‘can we put boats in it?’
Zach T then said “I’m good at drawing underwater animals’
Blake said ‘some fishes’, followed by Max C “some sharks” and Henry “some coral”.
By now the boys had established that the blue material was going to be the ocean and that they wanted to decorate the corner.
The following fabulous “ocean” ideas were added by the boys-
“shells” said Francesco
“Jellyfish” added Carmine
“How about seaweed?” asked Nathaniel
“Could we put some sand in it?” was Oliver’s question
“How about some seals?” asked Dougal
“Octopuses” added Jesse
“A submarine!” shouted Charlie H
James then informed the children – “a hundred water animals live in the ocean, and stingrays’ do!”
Ryan added “whales”
Roshan then thought for a while before asking ‘can we put some ships?”
“Turtles” said Carmine AND “crabs” was Sam’s idea.
Oliver then said we should add killer whales, when James finished off by telling the boys “and eels!!”
Noah thought that we ‘could put people”. The children decided that people could be swimming or digging in the sand….
All of a sudden we heard James call out very, VERY excitedly ‘it’s the ocean!’
Roshan quickly added ‘can we put boats in it?’
Zach T then said “I’m good at drawing underwater animals’
Blake said ‘some fishes’, followed by Max C “some sharks” and Henry “some coral”.
By now the boys had established that the blue material was going to be the ocean and that they wanted to decorate the corner.
The following fabulous “ocean” ideas were added by the boys-
“shells” said Francesco
“Jellyfish” added Carmine
“How about seaweed?” asked Nathaniel
“Could we put some sand in it?” was Oliver’s question
“How about some seals?” asked Dougal
“Octopuses” added Jesse
“A submarine!” shouted Charlie H
James then informed the children – “a hundred water animals live in the ocean, and stingrays’ do!”
Ryan added “whales”
Roshan then thought for a while before asking ‘can we put some ships?”
“Turtles” said Carmine AND “crabs” was Sam’s idea.
Oliver then said we should add killer whales, when James finished off by telling the boys “and eels!!”
Noah thought that we ‘could put people”. The children decided that people could be swimming or digging in the sand….
regards
Rosalie, Sinead ,Pippa and Rachel
