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Thank you to families who sent in photos and came to talk to us about Ramadan and Eid. We learnt that Ramadan is a time for reflection with those who are able to fasting during daylight.

Eid-al-Fitr is the festival at the end of Ramadan which begins with the sighting of the new crescent moon. Eid is a huge celebration with Muslims decorating homes, wearing best clothes, visiting family and friends, having a huge feast, giving presents and going to the mosque. We also listened to a fun song about the Ramadan Moon, drew colourful hand prints with designs after looking at some henna and Mehndi patterns and we looked at pictures of Ramadan lanterns.

“My mummy and daddy make a cake.”
“I get presents and go to mosque.”
“I wear my mum’s big shoes and wear my new Ramadan clothes. My brother and sister also get new clothes. My mum wash them so they are clean.”
“I get big shoes, big clothes, big hair, presents and candy.”
“It’s a full moon.”
“You can eat at night time.”
“You have to brush your teeth before you go to bed.”
“We eat lots of nice food.”
“And healthy food too, not sweet stuff.”
“Samosas.”
“Go to mosque and see family.”
“Eid Mubarak.”

The children have been investigating change by mixing colours whilst painting, when investigating flows and measures at the water tray and when kneading different coloured batches of playdough together.

Children have also flown paper aeroplanes, streamers and kites particularly on windy days. During Science Week, they loved the balloon rocket science experiment whereby a balloon was propelled along some string due to the force of air.

The erupting volcano experiment was a firm favourite because of the chemical reaction that happened once mentos was added to a bottle of coke. They also enjoyed carrying out the ‘Tornado in a Bottle’ experiment. The children are still continuing to experiment with different bubble wands including hoops and string to make bubbles.

“Look, it’s spinning.”
“Lava!”
“Volcano erupting!”
“The floor is lava.”
“Up, up, up.”
“Let’s see that again!”
“Zoom, zoom, zoom we’re going to the moon.”
“My aeroplane flew so far!”
“The bubbles fly.”
“The bubbles pop!”
“I can’t believe it! More bubbles again!”
“Oh, bubbles are my favourite.”
“It makes green! Blue and yellow.”
“Wow! Green is coming.”
“It’s disappeared. What happened to the blue?”
“We made purple when the red was mixed to blue!”