Making art

This week we have experimented with lots of different ways of making art and have also been using this to explore the letters that make up our names. We decorated the initial letter of our first names. and also all of our forenames We used a variety of methods to make...

Rainy days

This week we have had a lot of rain but we try not to let that stop us from using our outdoor area and it doesn’t seem to put the children off! We painted our feet and made dancing footprints on paper this week. You may have noticed some painty toes! We are...

All about me

This week we have been talking about ourselves and all of the things that make us unique and special. The children decorated biscuits after looking at their faces in the mirror and chose the things that they thought best represented the colour of their eyes etc. The...

Welcome and welcome back

Welcome to the first blog post of a new academic year! We hope that you have all had a lovely summer and would like to say a big hello to all of our new children and welcome back to our returners from last year. It’s lovely to see you all. The weather this week...

Goodbye and good luck!

It’s hard to believe that we are at the end of another school year. This week has been action packed with our leavers celebration, party days, water play and party in the park. Excitement has reached fever pitch at times, as well as there being some sadness as...

One week to go!

Here we are at the penultimate week of the year and we can’t believe how quickly it has gone! Next week will be very busy with our leavers celebration on Monday, party days on Tuesday and Wednesday and Party in the Park on Friday. This week we have spent lots of...

Sporty days

We got some new toys this week to go with the sporty vibes that are everywhere at the moment. The children really enjoyed playing with them and of course got quite competitive!   We really enjoy our visits to the care home and spending time doing fun activities. Both...

Paddling pool

This week we took the opportunity of the really good weather on Wednesday to crack out the paddling pool. It caused unprecedented levels of excitement all round! We are planning to get it out again as soon as possible so look out for a post on Tapestry telling you...

Football crazy!

This week we have been enjoying the Euros and keeping an eye on whose teams are winning or losing. The children have coloured in the flags of the teams that they drew in the sweepstake and made some Euro bunting and we also made a big England flag out of handprints....

Getting ready for big school!

This week we got our big school dressing up out and turned part of our room into ‘primary school’. The children have loved the opportunity to role play what they expect to happen at school with their friends and this has coincided with lots of school...