We certainly got out and about this week. The children had no trouble climbing to the Chapel on Wednesday, and up the footpath to the Hill Fort on Thursday. Making mud pies, apple printing, threading beads and painting were just a few of the other activities the children enjoyed doing this week. Don’t forget ‘The […]
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All the children have finished their wonderful, life size paintings which are now displayed for everyone to see. At the allotments each child carefully opened a conker shell and were delighted with their find. Painting leaves of different shape and size also proved popular. Spotting a deer in the Old Schoolhouse Tea Rooms garden kept
Recent conditions have been ideal for the start of the mushrooming season. We went on a mushroom hunt around the allotments after last weeks rain encouraged growth of the fungi in the still warm earth. Children enjoyed briskly rubbing the seeds from the head of the sunflowers to put in a pot to dry ready
After a fantastic summer the children were still very much into making ice creams with playdough. The good weather has also given us an abundance of blackberries at the allotments for us to use in various ways over the next couple of weeks. It was all about food this week as we explored ‘The Hungry
Last minute change of plans due to the hot weather meant our Leavers’ service was held in the hall and garden instead of the allotments. Despite this, Forest School activities were still offered including: Carrot peeling, Threading macaroni onto skewers, Ice and Weetabix crushing, and Painting/decorating pebbles. Six children leaving for school received their own
Despite the heat all the children were amazing during our afternoon of races. Showing perseverance, skill and humour they took part in: Wheelbarrow race, Throw a welly, Roll a tyre, Egg and spoon, Sack race, Dressing up race and finished with a tug of war helped by their parents. It was a fantastic afternoon.
Oral health is included in our EYFS Framework. Good oral health habits need to be formed from the earliest age. Learning through play the children brushed large sized teeth with shaving foam and listened to stories about teeth and smiles. Using available resources to create props some children used construction pieces as phones. Other activities
Getting caught in the rain has it’s benefits. Trying to catch raindrops on your tongue, lots of different sized and coloured snails to find, and a few surprise puddles to splash in (except for one little girl, who, fortunately knew she had holes in both of her wellies lol). Turning the soft play into a
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Water play was still needed this week to keep us cool. So using ice cubes to paint with powder paint, the children watched the ice cubes melt and turn the powder into paint. Mixing water and mud the children made mud baths for the animals, and paint, to brush any surface near them with the
To keep the children cool as the temperatures rose this week lots of water play activities were offered. We created a ‘car wash’ and sold ‘ice creams’, washed dolls, painted with water and dodged Marj as she sprayed us with water. Other activities included chalk bashing, balancing on logs and pallets, snail hunting, making a
