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Lots of water activities to keep us cool this week. At Abbotsbury Sub-tropical gardens the children used nets to catch ducks and balls in the water, and used whisks to whip up the water to make bubbles. Posy brought in a jar of snails, which inspired us to go on a bug hunt. Later the […]

Children enjoyed using different tools to paint roses on our outside painting wall to celebrate St George’s day (Church of England has changed the date this year because no saint’s day can take place in the week before or after Easter). There was lots of outside play this week including: stirring ‘ice cream’, making models

Easter time is nearly upon us again, so lots of opportunities for Easter related ideas. Hiding Easter eggs for an egg hunt, matching correctly coloured egg halves, painting and decorating eggs and bunnies, and using pom pom and tweezers were just a few activities. This week was also the first visit out for Abbotsbury Explorers.

Valuing the children’s authentic and unique ideas this week we captured the moment where they were at their most creative. Allowing the children to have the freedom and confidence to create their own individual cards that is unique to them to give to their loved one. Created with love, freedom of expression, and at their

Thank you Evelyn for bringing in some frog spawn. After looking closely at it in a see through bowl, we put them into our tank. As the children pass by the tank they often stop to see if they can spot them and watch them swimming around. Spring is definitely in the air this week

Diana visited the Pre-school to observe Claire delivering the programme. In her report she confirmed she observed a well-structured and effective session where children were actively participating, demonstrating their understanding of the toothbrushing process. Claire’s approach was excellent, providing clear instructions and positive reinforcement. The equipment was clean and well-maintained, and infection control guidelines were

It was all about pancakes this week. Tuesday, children took the frying pans and pancakes to the allotments for a race. On Wednesday, we held the races in the hall, and on Thursday, we had more space to run at the park. Obviously, the pancakes were eaten at the end of each race. We read

Walking to the allotments on Tuesday the children stopped to observe and talk to the men about traditional craftsmanship used to thatch a roof. At the allotments children enjoyed jumping off of boxes, helping to develop their gross motor skills, and planted spinach, using their fine motor skills. After measuring how tall the pile of

Thank you to everyone who came to our Valentines Day themed toddler group. It was lovely to see so many adults and children. Activities this week included: Bubble printing using cutters to print bubble hearts, then pop them. pink strawberry smelling playdough, filling baskets with heart shaped pasta, decorating magnetic shaped hearts and cardboard cut

Whatever some people may believe, there’s no such thing as the dog poo fairy. Tired of dodging dog poo on our visits to the allotments and park we decided to make signs and left them at all of the regular places dog poo is found. This week we delivered the start of our supervised toothbrushing