Our Favourite African Stories

 Zebra and Baboon. 

Read some of our stories about this below.

The Baboon’s Bottom.

By Dakoda.

Once upon a time there was a greedy baboon, a zebra, a giraffe and an elephant. They were thirsty but baboon didn’t let them drink from the pond. So baboon set a fire and the animals kept away. But zebra wasn’t scared. He kicked baboon in the air. The sticks from the fire landed on zebra and the baboon landed in the fire on his bottom. Now baboons have red bottoms.

The Baboon’s Bottom.

By Sophie O.

One day there was a greedy baboon, who wouldn’t share the pond. Everyone was thirsty. The zebra was not afraid and he was angry. So zebra kicked the baboon up into the air. Baboon landed in the fire. Ever since then baboons have had red bottoms and zebras have had stripes.

Handa's Surprise

Have a look at one of the stories we have been hearing.  Click on the link below the picture.

Handa's Surprise

Learning About Africa

We are very excited about what we are learning of groups of people in various parts of Africa. We know some of the animals found there, we know how people in villages carry things (we tried it too) and how they build huts. We have also been listening to some African folktales. We have started some animal paintings, which we will show you when they are finished and we have made a model village too.

Rangoli Patterns

Here we are colouring our Rangoli patterns. We put some special powder in the middle of our patterns. Coloured powder is used in the big patterns made by Indian people at Diwali time.

Learning about India

This week we have been learning about India. We had two lovely ladies, who came and talked about Indian clothes, Indian food and the festival of Diwali (Indian New Year held in October/November). We have been busy making Rangoli patterns, which are decorations used at Diwali celebrations.

Compost

We started making compost in plastic bags at the beginning of term We are happy to say it is working well and should be ready to use in about 2 or 3 weeks. We have out in apple and fruit peelings, eggshells, sheep manure, straw and leaves. Every day we take it outside and open the bags to air them. We sometimes put a squirt of water in to make sure it is not too dry. Here are some photos of the process: