Superworm

As we have been exploring ways to use different parts of our body -  such as our head or shoulder to balance a bean bag on, our feet to kick a ball, and our hands to throw, catch or roll a ball - we thought this next book by Julia Donaldson would be a good choice . . .

Meet the wriggliest, squiggliest superhero in the world!

We had lots of fun joining in with the rhyme about Superworm, and finding out about all of the wonderful things that he can do with his body to help out his friends.

When Wizard Lizard tells Superworm to find him some treasure in the soil, Thomas predicted that Superworm would "Dive under the mud" and then "He will come back wriggling!"

Looking at the illustration of the spider weaving a web, Mila told us "It looks like a net that catches someone!"

We won't spoil the story by telling you here what happened, but Ben G told us "I liked the bit when it was at the end when he was a swing - cause some people went on it"

Have a read of the book yourself - we would love to hear what you think and if you have a favourite part.

Let us know!

What the Ladybird Heard . . .

Alongside all of our theme related books and rhymes in Nursery, we are going to focus on a range of story books written by Julia Donaldson this term.

As we have been using our ears to do a lot of  'listening', we thought this would be a good book to start with . . .

Two crafty robbers, one tiny ladybird, and a whole farmyard of fun!

This is a great story about how Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len try to steal the farmer's fine prize cow - until the ladybird comes to the rescue!

Here are just a few of the children's responses . . .

Albie - "I liked the duck cause he went 'quack, quack, quack' noise!"

Jenson - "I liked the Policeman and he took the two men away"

Arlana also liked this part of the story, she told us "I like the police car because the police took the baddies away!"

We would love to hear which was your favourite part of the story - post us a comment and let us know!