The snow came down, there was a blizzard and penguins appeared! 

We looked at the globe and identified the Arctic in the northern hemisphere  and Antarctica in the southern hemisphere. 
'Why don't the penguins fall off the bottom of the earth?' one girl asked as we placed a penguin in Antarctica. 
An interesting debate about gravity ensued. We all concluded we were glad that the earth is a big magnet!

This is what the display board looked like at the start of the morning. Waiting for the children to decorate with snowflakes, mountains and winter wildlife.. 

One boy asked me; ' Fawzia why are we doing a Christmas picture when Christmas is finished?'
'Because it's a winter scene.'
'But it looks like a Christmas scene.' 
'Yes it does,  but it's a winter scene as we are now in winter. January, February and a bit of March is winter.' 
Pause for thought. 
'Is that okay with you?' I ask. 
'Is it really winter now?'
'It really is.' 
Another pause. 
'Alright then.'

Happy New Year! Hope 2017 brings happiness, enjoyment and laughter! 

We are looking forward to this first term of 2017!  Here is a selection of books to go with our topic of ‘The Story of the Universe and Everything!’ We are looking forward to getting creative with a winter display, celebrating Chinese New Year, making our own ‘history of time’ books and getting messy with papier-mache making our own planets! 

We will keep you posted..