….called Fred, whose head and leg appeared on our board one lunchtime. Eva instantly said, “We need to find all the things for him and then he’ll be happy.” What a brilliant observation and suggestion.

So, the children hunted around the classroom for bear body parts, some wondering who could have done this to Fred. Sam’s name came up a lot. His name does come up a lot when mischief occurs but we have explained that cheeky Christmas elves take a well-deserved sunshine break in January.

Anyway, after finding his body, other leg and two arms, we put Fred back together and he was very grateful.

The children wanted to make bears of their own and demonstrated improved fine motor skills to cut out the shapes and use split pins or treasury tags to assemble them. They decided how their bear might be feeling before drawing an expression on its face.

A grateful Fred told us that it wasn’t the first time he had faced challenges and the children had some creative ideas about what might have happened to him in the past. Maya wondered if he had “fallen in the bath”. Christina thought he may have “stepped on a pin”. Eliza wondered if he had been “taken away” and Rory interjected, “by a bad guy….like a robber” “with a Samurai sword”, added Eva. A Samurai sword?!! Ulyana thought someone may have “eaten all his sweets”. Poppy even feared that Fred had “stepped in some dog poo”. The children wrote to Fred to ask him…

We will find out next week!