The first week back at pre-school was notably chilly, providing many opportunities to explore the garden and surrounding village area, searching for signs of winter such as ice and frost. Indoors, a variety of winter-themed and physical play activities were set up to engage the children. A creative activity invited them to build their own […]
We had a wonderful and busy week full of festive fun and learning. The children enjoyed singing in the church with Reverend Andrew and were very excited by a special visit from Father Christmas. They proudly took home their Christmas boxes filled with all of their festive crafts—special thanks to Claire for making sure every
Children’s Christmas boxes are filling up nicely as the children decorated Christmas cakes, stockings, and calendars. Other activities included filling baskets with Christmas shaped pasta using scoops, using Christmas rollers to paint with, and Christmas stamps in playdough. Long term projects allow children to get deeply involved in an activity. The children keep returning to
This week the children have been fully immersed in festive play as they explored a variety of Christmas-themed activities. In our Santa’s workshop role-play area, they worked together to load the sleigh with presents before carefully delivering them “down the chimney,” sparking plenty of excitement and imaginative storytelling. The children also enjoyed preparing special reindeer
This week we created Reindeer Soup — a fun Christmas-themed sensory experience. The children explored a tray filled with milk, carrots, natural loose parts (flowers, leaves, pinecones) and utensils. They used spoons, tongs, cups and bowls to scoop, mix, squeeze, pour and create their own special reindeer recipes. They loved watching the colours mix and imagining
In forest school the children found sticks and made shape wands. They then used their wands to make different shapes by themselves and with each other. They made triangles above their heads, crosses in front of them and circles in the air using the ribbons. The big challenge was making a square with someone else!
Using the skills the children learnt last week they made pumpkin bird feeders by drilling holes and threading string into pieces of pumpkin. Thanks to Muddy Patches for replacing our old bench the children could rest in between jobs. Filling a hole with water, the mud became irresistible to most children. Squelching, digging, and sliding was
Pumpkins are a big part of Autumn, and offer a hands on learning experience for all children. Starting off with a pumpkin hunt children excitedly found the hidden pumpkins and marrows. They used drills to make holes, hammer in golf tees and scoop out the flesh. The slimy pulp was used to make ‘soup’, and
At the allotments Primrose set up a bear hunt path for children to act out “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. To enhance the experience she used natural elements, household items and their bodies to make the sounds of “swishy-swashy” grass. to engage the children’s interest. For her forest school training Fran encouraged the children