Today some of the children from the ECC visited Ellisland court to share their learning with the residents.

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Indoors this week the children have been developing and exploring our shop 🏬  This provides children with the opportunity to develop their imaginative skills through drama whilst applying real life experiences in play 🛒  The children enjoyed exploring the role of the shopkeeper and we have been exploring and discussing money and it’s purpose 💳🪙  Some children designed and created signs for the shop including price labels and information signs 🪧

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This week in the main playroom the children have been learning about king Charles with his upcoming coronation. We have been creating a song for the coronation using the wheels in the bus theme.

We also celebrated by having a party where we all got dressed up in our fancy attire and had a picnic for lunch.

In the art area the children have been making crowns for our celebrations on Friday. They have been using the ipad to look at pictures of different crowns.

In the outdoor area we had a special visit from one of our parents who brought in two baby lambs for us to see. We were able to feed them with a bottle and learned lots of information about them.

The ECC will be running PEEP sessions from Tuesday 6th June at 10-11am for 4 weeks. Please see poster attached for information in regards to the PEEP sessions.

PEEP POSTER

Please see link attached below with further information in regards to what PEEP sessions are;

Peep Introduction Session

Peep Learning Together is a parenting programme that helps:

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If you wish to sign up to the PEEP Sessions please complete the forms questionnaire below. Any further questions contact the ECC.

It’s been a busy week in the ECC.⭐️ Indoors we have been looking at road safety and the green cross code. We continued to explore small world, using vehicles and road signs through play.  We made some road signs in the art area as well as recognising what senses we need to use whilst out and about.

Curricular areas; Health and Well-being, Expressive Arts, Numeracy

Whenever we go to woods or explore the community we make sure to sing our song when crossing the street.
🎶Stop, look and listen.
Before you cross the street.
Use your eyes, use your ears.
Before you use your feet!🎶

In the art area, whilst creating road signs, we started discussing shape and used various shape objects to create pictures. We are all becoming a lot more confident with shape recognition.

Curricular area; Expressive Arts, Numeracy

Outdoors we have been able exploring den building and construction. This links into our trips to the woods and also our interest in camping. We began incorporating animals into our play and making houses for them.

Curricular Areas; Health and Well-being, Numeracy, Technologies

WEEKLY CHALLENGE

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend⭐️

Beth

Good morning,

I have attached a link to our ECC Improvement Plan Survey and would really appreciate it if you could please take the time to complete this survey as your views are important to us.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKWlfyA4S1bVOnEvUp2R1HEhUNE44N05aNkNNNjA4QVIzSzVXVFRGTzVZWS4u

Thank you, Cara.

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

Indoors-

This week in the ECC we have been exploring insects and bugs and the children have been interested in the life cycle of them and the science behind it 🐛 🐜 🐞

Links to the Curriculum; Science, Technology, Literacy.

We have watched our plants growing within the ECC and had great conversations around this and what plants need to grow 🪴 🌱.

Links to the Curriculum; Science, Literacy.

Outdoors-

The children have been using their problem solving and creative skills to build an obstacle course outdoors. The children have also enjoyed exploring in the mud kitchen, creating their own recipes and their own mud pies.

Links to the Curriculum; Health and Well-being, Expressive Arts.

Stay & Play-

We also had a stay and play this week within the ECC, big thank you to all the parents who came.

Have a lovely Easter holiday everyone and we look forward to welcoming you in the new term 🐣 🐰.

Cara.