by Sam Matthews | Jun 11, 2021 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
This week we had an unexpected visitor at pre-school- a neighbourhood cat! We were all surprised when he decided to come in through the open door, but luckily he was very friendly!🐱🐈 We have also acquired another stick insect and now the children have a choice whether...
by Sam Matthews | May 28, 2021 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
This week the weather finally began to improve and we enjoyed not feeling so cold and wet! We had another visit to Collings Park with some more children. Back at pre-school we had a really crafty week. The children experimented with lots of different materials and...
by Sam Matthews | May 21, 2021 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment
This week we managed to have a visit to Collings park, despite the continuing awful weather! The forecast is promised to improve from next week so we are hoping to be able to visit more often soon. Jo, one of our mums, donated this wonderful dinosaur for our planter....
by Sam Matthews | May 14, 2021 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
This week we have been talking about our pets. Thank you for all of your posts about the pets you have at home, we really enjoyed sharing them at circle time. This week we have also ben talking about Eid, which is being celebrated this week. The children enjoyed...
by Sam Matthews | May 7, 2021 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Thank you for sending in your baby photos. The children (and us) had a lot of fun trying to guess who everyone was and some proved easier than others. Mine was sadly a bit of a giveaway because it was in black and white! 👶 This week the children made pizzas. They...
by Sam Matthews | Apr 30, 2021 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
This week we have continued our nature theme. We made bird feeders from all of the toilet roll tubes that you brought in (thank you so much for that!) Some children were happy to handle Steve our stick insect, but others weren’t so keen! He has been growing very...
by Sam Matthews | Apr 23, 2021 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
This week has seen lots of sunny weather and we have used this opportunity to do lots of gardening and planting. Over the Easter break we were so lucky to have an outdoor makeover. A massive thank you to Sarah, her dad, Gary and Will, who all put in such a lot of work...
by Sam Matthews | Mar 26, 2021 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
This week we have had some animal interactions. 🐌🦗🐢 On Tuesday, one of our children brought in their pet tortoise, Nipper, which was very exciting and generated a lot of conversation. Also this week, the children were finding minibeasts outside, including a woodlouse...
by Sam Matthews | Mar 19, 2021 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
This week we have been continuing our science week as it was so much fun. We made volcanos with the children which we ‘erupted’ using vinegar and bicarbonate of soda. The ‘lava’ was very volatile! IMG_9350 IMG_9352 If you would like to have a...
by Sam Matthews | Mar 12, 2021 | Uncategorized | 4 Comments
This week we have been doing lots of exciting experiments for our science week. The children liked the ‘magic milk ‘ and skittles experiments which showed the effects of colours mixing. For a longer term experiment we decided to grow some cress seeds. This...
