Alongside our learning about minibeasts and looking after our own little caterpillars, lots of children created their own butterflies at home with their families. We love the range of materials used and the wonderful ideas that you all had. Thank you to all those families who took the time to take part in this activity. Here is a selection of some of the super works of art.
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Mollie’s Mum enjoyed the photos of the children planting flowers:
“What a lovely idea to plant flowers! Mollie loves growing things, we are growing our own veg at our allotment! Thank you Mrs Alexander for the flower pots. The flowers look great!”
Mollie certainly seemed to know how to plant flowers and the children were pleased with the results of their work. They are keen to look after them too so hopefully they should look lovely all summer.
Kacey’s Mum’s been enjoying having a look at our photos.
“Kacey loves the family learning activities (so do I) our cress is still alive and growing on our window . Sadly the pumpkin seed isn’t so well as she was a bit over enthusiastic in watering it, we will buy some more and try again!”
“Well done everyone on the family fun day everyone did great despite the weather being cold and windy, I think the only people that noticed was all the adults that came to watch.”
We did wonder how the pumpkin seeds would do – that’s a shame if it’s not survived. I wonder how other people are getting on with their seeds?
Finlay T’s family was pleased to see his photo with his recent certificate:
“Finlay was so happy with his certificate he couldn’t wait to show it off to all his family . Well done Finlay.”
We’re glad that you showed it to all your family Finlay – you really earned that and should be proud of yourself.
To link in with our learning in Nursery, growing and planting was the theme for a recent Family Learning activity led by Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator. The children and their families enjoyed a range of activities which included cress planting and a paper plate craft activity to show the life cycle of a butterfly.
Eileen’s next Family Learning days are already planned for the 8th and 9th June when she will share ideas for skills for school. All parents/carers are welcome regardless of which school your child will be moving to. Please add your name to the notice board in the corridor if you would like to join Eileen and other parents/carers. Thank you, as always, to Eileen for offering these super opportunities for everyone.
Mollie’s Mum has been looking at the photos of the children with their certificates:
“So proud of Mollie! Love seeing the photos of the children receiving awards.”
Thank you for your comment. Mollie certainly deserved that certificate.
Emma’s Mum left us a comment about our Fun Activity Day:
“Emma had a great time and enjoyed all the practicing on the run up to the sports. Was very proud of her medal too. Well done to everyone who organised and helped the kids.”
It was lovely to see the children all working so well together and to have so many adults cheering them on. Thanks to everyone for joining in despite chilly weather.
Like the morning children, the afternoon children participated in our Fun Activity Day with great enthusiasm. They worked well in their teams and displayed good skills and motivation to do their best. Thank you again to everyone who came along to cheer the children on – we all appreciate your support.
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The children have been practising their running and jumping skills to prepare for our Fun Activity Day tomorrow (Thursday). They have shown good teamwork and had great fun although at times, as you can see from the photos, we have had to have our coats on due to chilly weather. We are looking forward to lots of families cheering everyone on as they show you what they can do – we hope to bring the children on to the field around 9.30 and 1.30. Fingers crossed for sunshine tomorrow.
We would like to remind everyone of the Family Learning growing activity next week.
On Monday (11.5.15) there are sessions at 9-10, 10.45-11.45 and 12.15-1.15.
There are two afternoon sessions on Tuesday (12.5.15) at 12.15-1.15 and 2.15-3.15.
Finally on Thursday (14.5.15) there is a morning session at 9-10.
If you have not signed up yet, there are spaces available in some of the slots – you can add your name to the notices in the corridor leading to the Rainbow Room cloakroom. We look forward to seeing lots of families joining in with Eileen’s super activities.
