Claire created a magical space scene in the play room this week. The small world space play took the children far beyond the village—right into outer space! They children worked together to build a rocket using stackers and magnetic tiles, crates and cones. They decorated the night sky with planet stickers and drawings, explored ‘moon […]
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Walks to the allotments and the old railway track involved lots of mud and puddles to splash in. Inspired by the floods and puddles they’ve been seeing everywhere the children decided to add water to the sand pit, and worked together to build a bridge. At Forest school, the children embraced the muddy weather and
On Wednesday we had an exciting visit from Dorset Rural Music School. Ellen and Felix introduced the children to music through Latin-American inspired rhythm and song. They are working with seven schools from Chesil to take part in a performance during the ‘Tree of Strings Festival’ in the Tithe Barn on 3rd July. Getting geared
This week at the allotments, the children were very excited to find a digger blocking the entrance! They stood and watched it for a while, completely fascinated, before carefully squeezing past so they could still get in. From the other side of the fence, they continued watching before moving on to make lots of muddy
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
