Open the door... what do you see?

Today, Reception went on a journey to "Storyland"! After watching a performance of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", the children came together in the immersion room to find a number of mysterious doors...

We thought about what might be behind these doors, and the children came up with lots of different ideas, including a chocolate factory, a wizard's potion room, and even a spider web land! We were so excited to find out what was behind these doors, that we decided to step inside one of them.

As a group, we chanted

"Storyland, Storyland, take me to Storyland!
Turn around, clap, clap and open the door!"

As soon as the we arrived we felt really cold! Our teeth were chattering and our shoulders were shivering. We put on a coat to warm up. Suddenly we heard some howling in the distance; it might have been coming from the cave, so we crept away really quietly. Just then, we noticed a witch sleeping in the middle of the floor! We had to creep back quickly in case she woke up! 

All around the room, we noticed sparkling sticks. Carefully, we picked up one stick each and noticed that they were wiggling in our hands! We practised using these 'magic sticks' and they made Mrs Cantel fly around the room! They also made Miss Clarke and Mrs Erdogan fall asleep! Together with Miss Lawrence, the children thought of rhyming spells to wake up the teachers and to bring Mrs Cantel back down to the ground. Thankfully, our spells rhymed so well that they worked.

All of a sudden, we noticed a loud knocking coming from the large castle door. Quickly all the children crouched down on the ground, which made everyone invisible. Slowly we crept away from the door and joined hands in our "Storyland" circle. We just had to get back quickly in case we fell into any more trouble!

After returning from "Storyland", the children got into their groups and imagined opening a new door. Where would it take them? We took it in turns to act out our reaction to opening our very own mysterious doors. Some of us found treasures, some of us found spiders, and some even found a spinning vortex! Back in class, the children drew a picture of what they had found behind their door.

All of these imaginative ideas came from the children in "Storyland". It was lovely to share and celebrate such creative and exciting stories!