Reception Amazing Antarctica

Date: 2nd Feb 2022 @ 11:39am

This week Reception have been learning all about Antarctica, what the climate is like there and finding out about different animals that live there.  We have been looking at world maps and globes and identified that the top and bottoms parts of the globe have the coldest climate and in the middle is where it is warmer because of the equator.  We found out that Antarctica is one of the 7 world continents and is home to the penguin species.  During class discussions, exploring globes and atlases, playing with small world figures and reading different information books we found out lots of interesting facts and learnt lots of new words including; continent, climate, north and south pole, temperatire, globe, equator, blubber and carnivore.  We produced our own child initiated writing about the different animals used the globes to locate different places, looked at how he animals had adapted to their environment and created out own narratives.

"Polar bears have lots of blubble to keep them warm" Evelyn

"Look that Antarctica, it white on the map because its cold and snowy there" Harrison

"Penguins can't fly but they are good at swimming and diving" Neveah

"Antarctica is a continent" Marleigh

"The equator is in the middle of the earth.  Its warmer there" Isobelle

"Polar bears are carnivores and they eat meat" Isaac