Cooking

This week we have made some Halloween pumpkin biscuits. The children find cooking really exciting and enjoy measuring out the ingredients, which is good for reinforcing mathematical concepts of more and less and number. We have also been continuing our Autumn craft...

Out and About

This week we have taken advantage of the dry weather to take groups of children over to Hartley Park for a scavenger hunt. The children really enjoyed finding and ticking off the natural things on their lists and also trying to catch the falling leaves. This provided...

Shop

This week we set up a shop for the children. Thank you for all of the donations of products for the children to sell. They’ve really enjoyed this role play and have been talking about number as they work out how much they need to pay for their groceries. Prices...

Lots of painting!

This week the children have been asking if they can paint so we have got the paints out most days. Some children made musical instruments, which was nice and noisy! At snack time we made gruffalo snack. We find that making choices fun encourages the children to try...

Busy days!

Welcome to our first blog of the academic year. We have been very busy since we returned to pre-school and it has been lovely to welcome all of our new children and families and to see our old children after the summer break. Although the weather has been variable...