GRADY BEAR COMES HOME

After a very exciting few weeks in Toronto, Canada, Grady Bear is finally back on UK soil. He enjoyed the flight and caused lots of smiles as he was travelling.

He had great fun in classes with lots of lovely Canadian children, enjoying the classes almost as much as they did. He loved all the stretching and curling - especially after spending the long flight curled up in the overhead luggage rack!

He liked watching the Lazy Worms and the Birds, and he thought he may like some of those worms for dinner!

 

But he grew just a little bit tired of the cold and spent a lot of time watching the snow settle from his cosy apartment.

So, when it was time to leave, he very quickly packed and waited for his ride to the airport.

He will miss all the lovely children and their parents but he is happy to be back in the office in Somerset. Just a bit exhausted!

Jetlag has taken its toll and it may be a few days before he is back in routine. And will it ever stop raining in England???

NATIONAL TALKING WEEK 2012!

Once again the Academy is raising funds, through National Talking Week!, for BBC Children In Need. Around the country, children, their parents and friends and their teachers are 'putting their money where their mouth is' and talking up a storm!

In Somerset, children as young as three joined in the fun during their Kindy classes. Their current topic is 'The Jungle' and, with the help of finger puppets, the students talked about Pudsey Bear for two whole minutes!

Kindy students talk with their animals and sea creatures to help raise money.

The panda has a great conversation with the crab!

The fish were all talking in big, fat full sentences!

All of the children took home a special Pudsey Bear certificate so parents could see they had mastered the challenge and now the sponsor money will be collected!

Well done to all those Kindy children!

NATIONAL TALKING DAY IN KINDY CLASS

Today was National Talking Day at East Harptree Kindy class in Somerset. After their usual lesson, which, appropriately, was on the Teddy Bear Theme, twenty eight pre-school children sat down with a teddy each and talked about an adventure they would like to go on.

Of course, mouths and voices had to be warmed up first!

And the bears had to make themselves comfortable.

Sometimes it was hard to find things to say........

........but then the bear joined in and everything was OK.

There were all sorts of adventures!

It got very noisy with everyone talking at the same time ......

....... but everyone managed to speak for two minutes and everyone received Pudsey certificates.

Sponsor money will be collected in the next few days and added to the grand total to be presented to BBC Children In Need. We are very proud of the pre-school children for taking part and we thank their parents and teachers for all their support.

NATIONAL TALKING GETS UNDERWAY!

In drama classes all over the country, children are talking and raising money for BBC Children In Need.