The Gruffalo and Little Red Riding Hood

We read the story of The Gruffalo and the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Both stories were set in the deep, dark woods. Everybody loved the two stories. We pretended to be the animals. We used a squeaky  voice for the mouse and a hissing voice for the snake. We looked at the high things and the low things. The Gruffalo, the tree and the owl were high. The mouse, the snake and the fox were low. The fox was fast and the mouse and snake were slow.

• I liked the mouse because he pretended to scare the animals (Daniel)
• I liked the way we could join in and say "There's no such thing as a Gruffalo" (Amber)
• I liked the fox and his underground house (Séamus)
• I liked the purple prickles on the Gruffalo's back (Grace)
• I liked the big bad wolf in Little Red Riding Hood (Lola)
• I liked the snake sliding from his log pile house (Makayla)
• I liked the owl in his treetop house (Aaron)
• I liked when the woodcutter rescued Granny (Chris)

We painted pictures of the Gruffalo and Red Riding Hood. We painted a forest and put our pictures in it. We  added painted leaves and some squirrels. Here is our display!

Learning about Hedgehogs

We have been busy learning all about hedgehogs.

• Hedgehogs have spikey prickles (Callum)
• They have short legs and small eyes (Alexander)
• Their prickles are brown and yellow (Lucy)
• The hedgehog can be found in the hedge, that is why he is called a hedgehog (Fiona)
• He has a nose like a pig or a hog, that is why it is called a hedgehog (Beth)
• The hedgehog rolls into a ball to keep safe (Maria & Noel)
• The hedgehog sleeps during the day and comes out at night (Tiarnán)
• He eats slugs and snails, he is the gardener's friend (Hannah)
• Do give the hedgehog bread or milk, this can make him sick (Tadhg & Logan)
• Give him some dog or cat food and some water (Camille)
• The hedgehog hibernates in Winter, this means he goes for a long sleep (Molly & Eva)
• The Irish name for a hedgehog is "Gráinneog" (Fiona)