This week, we celebrated National Poetry Day, and our theme was Wonder! It was a fantastic day filled with creativity, curiosity, poetry and plenty of imagination.
We started the day by sharing our costumes with our friends and guessing the words they represented. We then listened to a wonderful poem about the wonder of the natural world. We had butterflies, explorers, volcanoes and so much more! We even had a cloud and lightning, which together created a wonderful storm! π©οΈ
National Poetry Day tied beautifully into lots of our learning. In SPaG, we have been learning about question words, which links perfectly to curiosity and wonder. After all, we have to ask questions if we want to find out more about the world around us!
In English, we have been working on our poetry unit for the past two weeks. We have been exploring list poems and practising reading poetry aloud, focusing on intonation, pace, expression and confidence. We have already written two poems: one about autumn and another about things we have been doing lately.
Today, we planned our third and final poem, inspired by Tell Me, Mama by John Lyon. Our poems will be based around asking questions, connecting perfectly to our theme of curiosity. We began by using non-fiction books to research the world around us and think of questions we would like to know the answers to. We then thought about questions we might ask about ourselves and our futures.
There was some fantastic group discussion, with children inspiring one another to ask deeper, more thoughtful and imaginative questions. It was wonderful to see their curiosity grow as they listened to and built upon each other’s ideas.
Our Computing lesson also linked beautifully to the natural world. We learnt about William Morris, who was inspired by natural shapes and forms when creating his patterns. We then designed our own natural patterns. After being so inspired by our costumes, we did not want to stop at one!
It really was a wonderful day! We loved seeing the children’s creativity, curiosity and imagination come alive through poetry, discussion, art and learning. We hope our theme of Wonder encourages everyone to keep asking questions, noticing the world around them and wondering βWhat ifβ¦?β πβ¨
π‘ Home Learning
Here are three ways you can continue our theme of Wonder at home:
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Ask a Wonder Question: Think of one question about the world that you don’t know the answer to. Research it together and see what you can discover!
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Create a List Poem: Write a list poem about something you love, such as Things I Wonder About, Things I Can See in Autumn or Things That Make Me Happy.
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Wonder Walk: Go for a walk and look closely at nature. Can you spot any interesting shapes, patterns, colours or creatures? Draw or photograph your favourite discovery and write a question about it.
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