Fairy Tales – A World Of Fantasy!
Our theme in Foundation for the past two weeks has been Pirates and Fairy tales. Magnificent castles, dainty princesses, charming princes, little elves etc – the world of make believe! Fairy tales can aid child development and help children develop into creative, intelligent and emotionally whole human beings. Read aloud Fairy tales can also instill a love of reading, improve vocabulary, develop the imagination and even increase intelligence.
I asked some of the students in my Pre-Reception class what their favourite Fairy tale was and why. These are some of the answers they came up with:
Hannah Baker (4) – “Cinderella because she has a pink dress and pink is my favourite colour.”
Keverne Paul (4) – “Jack & the bean stalk is my favourite because the giant comes down the stalk.”
Jaanae Pillay (5) – “Snow White & the seven dwarfs. She is beautiful and a prince comes.”
Tilda Rohlandt (5) – “Cinderella is my favourite because a fairy appears and she gets to go to the ball.”
Ruby Kiley (4) –“Snow White and the seven dwarfs because it just is!”
Allegra Schoeman (4) – “Cinderella is my favourite. I watched the movie and it’s nice.”
Lilia Blom (4) – ‘Rapunzel because she is beautiful!”
Kungawo Xhasa (4) – “Rapunzel is nice & I watch it at my home.”
Laila Zaki Ibrahim (4) –“Princess & the pea. I like the princesses.”
Keona Chukwuemeka (4) – “Rapunzel is my favourite. I Love her beautiful dress.”
Omar Zaki Ibrahim (4) – “Goldilocks and the three bears because the girl was inside the house.”
Yohann Lawrence (4) – “Jack & the beanstalk because my dad bought me new crayons and I use my imagination to draw.”
Cindy Nunan
Pre-Reception Teacher
The Library Is A Fairy Tale
The Nursery had a wonderful time visiting our school’s library this week. We looked at different Fairy tale books such as Bambi, Cinderella, Snow White and Pinocchio just to name a few.
We learned how to look after books and how to not tear the pages. We also learned that we need to be very quiet when visiting the library because other people could be reading.
Before we returned to class Mrs M sat down and read us the story “The Billy Goat’s Gruff”. We love listening to her read with such feeling and enthusiasm.
We had so much fun in the Library and cannot wait to learn about and read more Fairy tales soon.
Jacky Billings
Nursery Teacher