The Reception children have had a wonderful time in our role play areas over the last few weeks. Last half term we had ‘Marland Hill Clothes and Shoe Shop.’ Some of the children loved working on the cash desk and serving customers, whilst others loved dressing up and putting together their own outfits. As you can see some of our children have a real eye for fashion!

To link in with our new topic ‘All Around the World’ the role play area has now transformed into ‘Marland Hill Travel Agents.’ The children have enjoyed looking at the maps and holiday brochures and booking their summer holidays. Our travel agents have been very helpful with their holiday advice and have demonstrated a good awareness of the world and some countries. So far in this topic we have looked at the country of Pakistan as a contrasting location to the United Kingdom, and we read the story Handa’s Surprise. During this week we got to try all the different fruit that Handa put in her basket for her friend Akeyo. Last week we looked at the country of Kenya to link in with our story ‘Handa’s Hen’ by the author Eileen Brown. This week we are looking at Australia to link in with our story ‘The Koala Who Could’ by the author Rachel Bright.

The children have also been enjoying time in our outdoor area, serving ice-cream in the ice cream parlour, playing on the bikes and splashing in the puddles.