Kingfisher Nursery explore Handa's Suprise

Handa's Surprise at Kingfisher

Pupils in the nursery have been using talking tables while reading Handa's Suprise.

They turned their classroom into an African village as the story is set in Kenya.

The pupils were involved in activities such as painting, learning about animals and what fruit animals eat.

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The talking table is a new concept used as a part of the literacy programme in the school.

The nursery has just started to plan around this concept in order to make learning in nursery more fun for children.

The pupils can freely draw pictures and write about the characters or events in the story. T

hey would then be prompted questions based on the story they love sharing their thoughts, experiences and understanding of the story.

They enjoy the role play attached to the story which all links with the early learning goals of communication and language, understanding, personal, social and emotional development and speaking.