Handa's Suprise

Last week we focused on the story 'Handa's Surprise'. The children tasted a variety of exotic fruits from the story, learnt an African call and response song, sculpted clay pots and wrote messages to Handa to tell her what the cheeky animals had been stealing from her basket.

The children really enjoyed fruit tasting. Together we cut the fruits in half and looked closely at the skin and the seeds. The children were amazed at the giant seed we found inside the avocado! Although the creamy taste of the avocado was not the most popular choice, many children discovered they liked the Passion Fruit and Pineapple.

"I know I like pineapple now. I'm going to tell Mummy!" Nancy

"Why does this fruit have tiny seeds and the avocado has a huge seed?" Harry