It’s MATHS week at Mauchline ECC
Firstly thank you to all our families who participated in our home link. We’ve shared your hard work with all the children and it’s on display in the ECC. Well done.🌟
Indoor Learning
The children are still showing an interest in nursery rhymes and this week we’ve focused on counting rhymes and number rhymes.
The children used construction resources to build their own clock for Hickory Dickory Dock. As well as reciting the rhyme we explored clocks looking at the numerals on the clock and discussing the concept of time.
The children have enjoyed acting out number rhymes such as 5 little men in a flying saucer, 5 little monkeys and 5 little ducks.
Almost all children had the opportunity to participate in small maths challenges involving number, shape, matching, patterns, colours, counting using both technology and maths resources.
Curricular Links: Literacy, Health &Wellbeing.
Outdoor Learning
Indoor Learning 🌸🌻
Indoors the children have continued to explore planting and growing. They have made colourful labels for the sunflower pots that will be delivered in the local community. The children have also been enjoying painting flowers and studying the art work of Vincent Van Gogh 🌻.
Curriculum links: Expressive Arts, Health and Well-being, Social Studies.
The first of our PEEP sessions took place this week and was enjoyed by both parents and the children. This opportunity is open to all our families and is a great opportunity to spend quality time with your child in a fun and supportive environment. If you’d like to join in next week just let a member of staff know. They will run on Tuesday mornings from 10 til 11am. Next week is a teddy bears picnic theme so bring along your favourite teddy to join in the fun 🧸.
Curriculum links: Maths, Science.
We were delighted to welcome back all our wonderful children and families to the ECC this week and hope you all had a super Easter break 🐣🐰🎉
The children were very happy to be back with their friends and engaging with the learning opportunities on offer. 📖✍️📚📏✂️🎨
Curriculum links: Health and Well-being
Indoors the children have been exploring signs around the ECC and in the local environment. We are learning to spot signs and understand their meanings.
Curriculum links: Literacy
We’ve also been showing an interest in vehicles and designing our own cars. We’ve been exploring the forces of push and pull through vehicles too. This interest has led to learning road safety skills.
Curriculum links: Maths, Science, Health and Well-being
Outdoors the children have been enjoying the warmer weather and learning how to keep safe in the sun shine☀️🕶. We discussed the importance of wearing hats to protect our heads and create shade for our face. We’ve constructed shelters and dens to provide us with a shady spot to rest and play under. This has sparked an interest in camping as the children have been making sleeping bags and packing their rucksacks to go on a camping trip to the jungle! We’ve also been constructing a campfire and learning safety around the fire.
Curriculum area: Technologies, Science
Have a lovely weekend 🕶☀️
Jen
A short week this week after returning from the February break. The children are still demonstrating an interest in Dinosaurs and have been creating their own fossils using clay and dinosaur skeleton bones.
Curricular Areas: Literacy, Science.
In the art and craft area the children were designing their own dinosaurs and giving them their own name.
Curricular Areas: Expressive Arts
Outdoors the children were still interested in designing and building obstacle courses. They continued exploring different materials to use as cement such as sand. The ipad was used to research and study different buildings. The children were assessing their risk by building towers and jumping off of them.
Curricular Areas: Health and Wellbeing, Technologies.
Final week of the year and the children have been busy in Santa’s Post office. Wrapping presents for each other, sorting money and recognising coins. The excitement of the season has been evident throughout the playroom with the children counting down to Christmas and still singing our concert songs. We’ve been working on our mark making skills by writing Christmas cards for each other and delivering them from the post box.
Curricular areas: Literacy, Numeracy.
The children worked collaboratively on a process art project and made their very own Christmas tree. They are very proud of the outcome.
curricular areas: expressive arts.
We were treated to a fantastic performance of Beauty and the Beast Panto and the children thoroughly enjoyed joining in with the songs and dancing. “Oh yes they did!”
All that’s left to say is Have a fantastic festive season from all the ladies at Mauchline ECC 🎄
🎅🎄It’s the 1st of December countdown to Christmas is on!! 🎅🎄, it’s time to introduce our rhyme of the month. This month our rhyme is Sing a song of Winter ❄️
We’d love your help to decorate the ECC for winter. Try making your own snowflake at home with paper or sticks and we can use them to make the Playroom feel snowy and who knows maybe we’ll get real snow in time for Christmas. ❄️☃️
