Hi everyone!
This week we have been really busy. We took our construction play and mark making outside. We used the chalks and built wondering buildings with blocks.
 
We played in the kitchen, with the big trucks AND in the sand!
We played with the cars and track. We also played with the dolls.
 
On Monday, Miss Naylor came to visit us from big school. She read us a really funny story about a bear who wants to be a bumblebee. It was great to meet someone who will be looking after us when we go to reception.
This week for our maths play we have been looking at colours and patterns. We used the linking elephants and some small, coloured cubes to see what we could make.
 
One of our magic beans has begun to sprout! We were so excited. They have gone home with Amber for a week to get watered.
We’ve made some super creations on the path with the chalks. We made a village and we all made a house with windows and a chimney! We drew paths joining them up together.
 
Is there anything better than a cardboard box for sparking imagination? On Friday we made it into a boat. We used the packaging paper inside to make the ocean and drew waves and sharks!
 
Remember that next week is half term. Monday 6th June is an INSET day so we will see you all on Tuesday 7th June.
Enjoy the jubilee weekend!
 
Amber and Paula 😊

Hi everyone!
This week the lovely weather is back so we’ve been spending lots of time out on the path, in the garden and going for walks.
This week we are learning about how plants grow. We have talked about the things they need to grow like soil, water and sunshine.
We've looked at the different parts of the plants.
We are starting to plant some runner beans! We can't wait to see how they sprout and grow. At summer, we will take them home and carry on growing them in our gardens!
(For our friends on holiday, don't worry, we have started a bean for you to water when you get back!)
 
We have been looking at the different things we can make from shapes. For example, if we put a triangle on a square it looks like a house with a roof! One child noticed that 3 triangles arranged in the right way looked like half a hexagon!

For our mark making we have been using the paintbrushes in water outside. We can make all sorts of pictures and watch them vanish again as the water dries!

On Wednesday we did some amazing team work to put together some tricky floor puzzles. We kept going back for more and were so excited when we had a new one completed to show our friends.
 
On Thursday we build some amazing enclosures with the duplo. Lots of children did this and by the time it was tidy up time we had made a village on the carpet!

On Friday we played with the cars and garage, watching them zoom off the garage and land at the bottom.
 
For snacks this week we have been enjoying hot cross bun, strawberries, yogurt and cream cheese and breadsticks.

One more week until half term!
Amber and Paula 😊

Hi everyone!
This week we’ve really been enjoying the role play kitchen, the dolls and the barbies and fairies. It’s been so nice to watch all the children playing alongside each other in similar games. We’ve used lots of vocabulary and helped each other to expand on the game narrative.
This week we started practicing for our Sports Day.
On Tuesday we went up to the big field at the park and practiced running, jumping, and skipping to the finish line. We will let you know a date for Sports Day and a few other things that are happening soon.
On Wednesday Cheryl came to play with us and it was great. She showed us how to make finger puppets and we got really creative on the crafty table. We were inspired by a Jack and Jill storybook.
On Thursday we went on a walk around the village and ended up having a quick go on the park.
We also looked at writing the big letters on our names on a whiteboard all together on the carpet.
On Friday we played with the animals, blocks and cars. We also enjoyed playing a game together called Knickerbocker Glory where we had to roll the dice and match up the numbers to the toppings on our ice cream! Group games like this are brilliant for encouraging turn taking and being patient.
For snack this week we have been enjoying toast, apples, and banana.
See you next week!
Amber and Paula 😊

​Hi everyone!
This week we have done lots of playing outside on our path in the sand. The sand has gone really dry and we are so interested in watching it run quickly through the sieves. It moves so differently when it is dry! We said it felt really soft.
On Tuesday we went to visit our local shop because we had a milk emergency! It’s lovely to get out into our community. We saw lots of people around the village and they were always so happy to see us walking nicely!
We’ve focused on looking at some numbers this week. Looking at numerals and seeing if we can clap that many times because we are learning that things other than objects can be counted. On Thursday we had a great number activity led by Paula where ‘Miss Poppy the troll’ needed help getting the right number of students into her schoolhouse each day.
We’ve still loved playing with the cars and garage this week.
We’ve also been making lots of enclosures with the blocks and lego – one child made Jurassic park!
On Thursday we visited our pre-school garden and had a good run around. We played on the climbing equipment and even played bat and ball. We looked at the beautiful blossom growing on the conker tree. We also saw the Big School PE teacher. She came to say hello to us and introduce herself ready for September.

More garden fun to finish off our week on Friday. We're going to be spending more time in the garden to help us get used to being in the big school grounds. Plus - it's super fun! We saw a few of our friends from last year! We made lovely salad. We laid the table with a flower for everyone.
We made letters using lots of different equipment. A L out of sticks, a B and an A out of stickle bricks! So clever.
For snacks this week we have enjoyed yogurt, rice crispies and waffles.
Amber and Paula 😊