Lots of showers!

I’m sure that you’ll agree that this week has meant dodging lots of heavy showers! Even though the weather hasn’t always been kind, we try not to let that stop us going outside. 🌦 We are very lucky that one of our pre-school grandparents comes in to...

Climbing frame

This week we set up our indoor climbing frame. Using the climbing frame is great motor skill practice and also good for encouraging the children to take turns. We’ve also begun our Christmas crafts this week. We find that children who are reluctant to take part in...

Halloween and Guy Fawkes!

This week has been full of fun as we have celebrated Halloween and bonfire night. We have just purchased a new dark den with a selection of sensory lights and this was very popular! Our Halloween activities were exciting. We all dressed up and did lots of spooky craft...

National baking week

This week is national baking week and so we have been busy in the kitchen! We made some chocolate chip cup cakes, biscuits in the shape of the letter ‘P’ (to go with our pirate treasure hunt!) and Gruffalo crumble! Cooking is a good opportunity to talk about hand...

Healthy food

This week we talked about healthy and ‘treat’ foods. The children posted food items into two boxes, choosing whether they were healthy for every day or only for an occasional treat. They then made fruit kebabs which were delicious and good for you! The children drew...