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As the children have been exploring various animals, some children used the ipad to investigate the terms used for mother/their young. Some children created their own images of animals and began discussing the need/care and nurture of living things. They then began discussing where their foods come from at lunch time, this progressed into ‘Farm to Fork’ topic. All children demonstrated an awareness of healthy foods particularly fruit and vegetables and were challenged to identify other food groups. Some children were able to use construction materials effectively to construct their own habitats, using mathematical language throughout.

In the art area the children began drawing/creating their own pirate ships with various mark making resources. This led to the discussion of treasure maps where they then created their own treasure maps. From this they used google maps to find their own houses within the local community.

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Outdoors stemming from interests, some children created their own foam potions in the mud kitchen, using our own grown herbs, using their senses and descriptive language throughout.

All children were involved in creating their own bubble wands. They were able to problem solve, research to determine the process of their creation and what was hindering the process from being successful. The children enjoyed exploring with their bubble wands in the outdoor area, sharing and turn taking with their peers.

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This week in the indoor playroom the children have began discussing and researching the correct terms for adult and young animals. The sensory tray has been developed into a jungle using ‘real mud’ as the children would say. Some children were discussing where meat comes from and we will continue to focus on this next week revisiting/touching upon ‘Farm to Fork’.

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This week in the outdoor area the children have shown an interest in using their senses to explore in the mud kitchen, using descriptive language throughout. They were utilising our home grown herbs and spices to further develop their interest.

Some children have been exploring the weather outdoors, linking with seasons and utilising our weather story stones to create a story in relation to this. We will continue to explore and further deepen children’s learning in relation to their interest.

Some children attended to our planting area this week, looking after our home grown items, ensuring they are supported and some children took home their own sweet pea to repot and to follow its growth journey at home.

Links to the Curriculum; Science, Health and Wellbeing.

Have a lovely weekend everyone, Cara.

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This week in the indoor playroom following from children’s interests and discussion around a trip to the safari park, the children have been exploring safari animals in the small world area. Using their imagination and applying their knowledge and real life experiences throughout.

The children have been using the ipads and promethean board to fact find about safari animals and extend their knowledge on the animals habitats. The children then extended their learning into exploring animal sounds and an animal sound guessing game to test their knowledge. Some children also enjoyed reciting animal rhymes and songs.

The creative area has had a revamp this week to encourage independence and self-selection of resources. This has been a very popular area this week where the children have been observed mark making, creating collage images and also constructing their own designs.

Links to the Curriculum; Social Studies, Literacy, Expressive Arts, Technology.

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This week in the creative area the children have been continuing to explore the famous artist Vincent Van Goch. You can find some of the children’s work displayed in the hall on our artist board 🎨😊 As part of our outdoor learning, we are beginning to explore planting. In the creative area some children have recently discussed the different parts of a flower including the seeds, leaf, stem and roots. We will be exploring this further through our upcoming planting opportunities 😊 Children have enjoyed exploring a variety of materials to create their own flowers using various mark making resources expressing creativity and design.

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This week, following from children’s interests, we created a smoothie café in the home corner. The children enjoyed making smoothies using a variety of fruits, different sized cups and using language and knowledge of healthy eating and measurement. Next week the children will be creating their own smoothies at the snack area.

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