We’ve been learning about the tasks needed to look after a baby this term in Health and Wellbeing. We have been readig Anne Fine’s book, Flour Babies, in class, and made our own flour babies to look after for a week.
Children made their baby on Friday, using a bag of flour for the body and stuffed tights for the limbs and head. We attached a photo of a baby’s face and dressed our flour babies in baby-grows and blankets. On Monday morning, the pupils became parents for the week, carrying their flour babies with them at all times and keeping them warm and dry. The pupils learnt how to change a baby’s nappy and the essential things that babies need to keep them healthy and happy.
The class also took their flour babies home to look after for the week, bringing them back to school each day. It soon became obvious how much responsibility is needed to look after a baby carefully, but many of the class rose to the challenge and really impressed with their mature and caring attitude. Some of the class chose to keep their flour baby even after then end of the project (although one baby was destined to become scones!)
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