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Tractor Visit

We had a special treat on the last day of term when Fern’s Daddy, as part of his job, was able to arrange a visit from a huge tractor. Everyone was very excited to sit up high and experience what it must feel like for a farmer to be in charge of a tractor. We were amazed at the size of it especially when we compared ourselves to the height of the wheels. Some were also interested to look at the back of the tractor and talk about what might be attached to the huge hooks.
Thank you so much to Fern’s Daddy for arranging this visit which was a great experience for the children. Thank you also to her Mummy who so kindly helped the children up into the cab. Here are the children from the Raindrop Room having a great time with the tractor. We will post photos of those in the Rainbow Room soon.

Chocolate Nests

It was a very busy end to the term with lots of different activities for the children. Here some of those in the Rainbow Room are busy making their chocolate nests, learning about melting and measuring as they use the microwave to melt their chocolate and count out the various ingredients. We hope that they tasted as good as they looked.

Ice Fun At Home

Jasmin’s family has been looking at the photos of the ice marble activity.

“Thank you for the instructions and balloons for this, both Jasmin and her sister enjoyed making these at home.”

We are glad that you enjoyed trying this out at home. It certainly has been a very popular activity, providing lots of valuable discussion.

Freezing And Melting

Whenever we have taken opportunities to learn about freezing and melting outdoors, the children have always been fascinated and excited by the changing state of the water. This term, as part of our Sciences activities, we have explored this interest further by making ice marbles using balloons. As you can see, there was always an enthusiastic group of children keen to participate and investigate what would happen to our marbles. We melted them indoors and outdoors as a comparison and the children loved it when we put objects inside our ice marbles such as paper confetti, dinosaurs and animals. They loved watching to see which hidden object would appear from the melted ice first and what exactly each ice marble held. They are certainly becoming great little scientists.

Police Station Take Two

Just as with the Raindrop Room, the children from the Rainbow Room made us very proud with their super behaviour and good listening on their recent visit to the police station. We hope that the children remember the message from P.C. Leggett that police officers are people who can help them.
Thank you again to all those parents who made our trip out possible. You helped the children to have a great experience.

Police Station

This week’s visit to the police station was a great learning experience. We were shown round the cells as well as the rooms in the police station used for interviews and fingerprinting and we found out what happens when someone is brought in to the police station. Some of the children tried out the hard beds and, although they thought it was great fun to try them out, most agreed that they would not like to sleep there.
The police van, of course, was very popular and most had a turn at sitting in the front and the back of the van. The blue light and siren caused great excitement although some had to cover their ears, the noise was so loud.
Thank you to all the parents who came with us on this visit – we appreciate your support. Thank you also to P.C. Leggett for making us feel so welcome. These photos provide a taste of the Raindrop Room visit. We will post photos of the Rainbow Room visit soon.

What Did We Learn?

The children have been talking about their experiences at the fire station. These were some of their comments when looking at our photos of the fire engine.

Parker: I was blowing the fire out with a hose. The fire engine is red. It’s big.
Freddie: the hose gets the fire away. They flush it away.
Alex W.: I went in the fire engine. I wore a helmet and used a hose. Water came out then Zack wanted a go.
Lewis: I had a turn of squirting the hose. I sitted on the fire truck.
Emilia H.: I was sitting in the back.
Euan: I went inside the fire engine. Water came out the hose to put the fire out.
Jessica: it’s hot fire.
Danielle: I’m watering the fire.
Emily M.: I went in the fire engine and sprayed the hose.

The children also talked about the road safety learning on our visit.

Letti: we learned to look about where the cars are and to walk on the pavement.
Nancy: I was a lollipop lady. I helped people to cross the road so Filip could ride his bike to school.
Arthur: the lollipop lady stops the cars to cross the road.
Tom: we were playing cars and bikes and buses. I played a lollipop man. Stopped the cars. Freddie was there. Stop, keep your eyes open, keep your ears open, think with your brains.
Jake: be safe. Look with the eyes. If cars coming stop, listen, cross at the man.
Tiana-Rose: I walk with Mum. Hold hands on the pavement. Wait before you cross. Cross at lollipop man.
Lewis: Stop! Cross at the lollipop man, look both ways and think. Hear with your ears.

It certainly sounds like lots of good listening has been happening on our visit.

Fire Station Take Two

As promised, here is a gallery of photos from the Raindrop Room’s visit to the fire station last week. Just as with the Rainbow Room, we were very proud of the good listening and talking from our children as well as their super behaviour. Thank you to everyone who helped to make this a great outing for our children.
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