by Sam Matthews | Dec 1, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
This week we have put up our Christmas decorations, which caused a lot of excitement! We also made an elf workshop, where the children can practise their wrapping skills. In our play kitchen the children perfected their festive recipes! We are busy practising our...
by Sam Matthews | Nov 23, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
We continued our Christmas craft this week by making cards. Also this week the legendary Mr Potato Head came out! It’s been a fun week. This week members of staff have taken part in professional development opportunities. Mrs Smout completed courses on handling...
by Sam Matthews | Nov 17, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
This week we got our indoor climbing frame out. This is very exciting for the children and is a good opportunity for them to practice their gross motor skills with adult support. Some of the children are very confident, but others benefit from a bit of moral support!...
by Sam Matthews | Nov 9, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
This week we began our preparation for Christmas. We have lots to cram in this half term so we have to start nice and early! The children will be making lots of Christmas craft in the weeks to come which they’ll bring home at the end of term. This week they made...
by Sam Matthews | Nov 3, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
This week we have had some Halloween and Bonfire Night activities and the children dressed up for a Halloween party and treasure hunt. The children made pumpkins and spiders out of playdough. They made and decorated chocolate apple slices. And created some sparkly...
by Sam Matthews | Oct 20, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
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...
by Sam Matthews | Oct 13, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
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...
by Sam Matthews | Oct 6, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
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...
by Sam Matthews | Sep 29, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
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...
by Sam Matthews | Sep 22, 2023 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments
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...
