In pre-school we have been doing lots of gardening. The children have helped to grow some of the plants and vegetables from seed. They have been learning about how we look after the plants. Today was a very hot day so we gave all our plants a drink. The children are really enjoying seeing where…
Have a look at our fantastic new resources in our outdoor area. We have a new Mud Kitchen, complete with pots full of herbs which the children helped to plant. We also have amazing new climbing and balancing equipment to support the children’s physical development, build their resilience and challenge them physically. Finally we have…
This week the children have been playing in our new mud kitchen. They have had lots of fun cooking with real pots and pans, using delicious smelling herbs and lots of water. When we asked what they were cooking they told us chocolate soup!
We invited our families to come in for a Jubilee crown and cake morning to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The children made amazing crowns with their grown ups and decorated biscuits and cakes to eat at our Jubilee Tea Party. We taught our grown ups our new royal songs and had lots of fun…
Our chicks have really grown this week and we have been watching to see how they have been changing. They are much bigger and have started to grow real feathers on their wings. The children have been fascinated by them and have really enjoyed watching them hatch out and grow. After half term we will…
On Monday some very special visitors arrived in pre-school, 10 eggs arrived in an incubator. The children were very excited and couldn’t wait to see what would happen. By Wednesday 2 chicks had hatched, called Potato and Boris by the children! All the children got to very gently stroke one of the chicks and say…
Before Easter we were so pleased to be able to invite parents and carers into Pre-School for the first time since the Covid pandemic started. We had a lovely morning making Easter hats, our children and their families were so creative and we all got very messy! We also introduced our families to our Squiggle…
The Story Fairy sent us Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler to read. We loved this story and decided to make our own potions using water and sliced lemons and limes. It smelt amazing! The children retold us the story as we played and we finished by saying the witches spell…
In Pre-School the children take part in a weekly Squiggle while you Wiggle session. Squiggle while you Wiggle is a fantastic activity to engage children in developing the movements they need to learn in order to prepare them for writing. Squiggle while you Wiggle starts their journey in learning to write by doing circles, semi…
This term we have been developing a new home corner for our children. The home corner is now filled with real items for the children to play with and we are no longer using plastic ‘pretend’ toys. The idea behind this is to go back to a more traditional approach to pretend/role play. This encourages…