This week in the oak room the pm children have been exploring letters, using stampers to print and the typewriter to type letters in our names. 📇

We have also been  looking at shapes and ways to make patterns and pictures. 🟥🟢🔶

We used our imagination to mould and create caterpillars using clay 🐛

we are keeping a close eye on our caterpillars who have now made their cocoons and hopefully won’t be long until they turn into beautiful butterflies! 🦋

Understanding mathematical language, the children could identify the biggest, smallest and middle sized shapes.

Exploring our own caterpillars tubs, we have been noticing since getting the, that they have been growing so much. Some of us thought they were fat, spikey, long, bigger. “It looks like spiders webs” “I can see lots of jobbies” “They’re getting bigger”

Using tools around the garden to find bugs, insects and anything else living. We have been learning about the different species of bugs and where the live. We have been finding many in wet places  underneath things like logs 🐜🐛

Using our counting skills though 1-1 correspondence, we have been head counting our peers at welcome time. Some of us can count to above 20!!

After our search, we were lucky and were able to find some bugs. We found slugs, ladybirds and wild caterpillars.

This week as part of our planning the children have been exploring living things and what they need to grow. We have started talking about caterpillars and will be watching these grow over the next few weeks. Some children have participated in storytelling, crafts and snacks based around the Very Hungry Caterpillar story.

we look forward to updates on how the caterpillars are growing and developing throughout the next few blogs.

our garden has now been opened up. The children have enjoyed mixing with other children from each playroom and exploring new resources.

We have been continuing our visits to the woods. We have been following rules to keep us safe, building dens and exploring nature by going on bug hunts 🐜.

This week the morning children got a visit from 2 lambs.

Continuing to learn about scissor safety, how to hold and snip appropriately when using them within our play at the creative table.

Going woodland visits with Marion and our key worker. This is great fun learning g to build dens, finding materials outdoors, insects and even having snack outside too. This is great for encouraging children’s curiosity, problem solving and inquisitiveness.

Making most of the good weather we are having by having snack outdoors.

We have been finding insects especially lots of ladybirds in our outdoor area. We have been learning about them and how to gently handle them to ensure we don’t squash them. Since the children have shown such an interest we have decided to put this into out planning for the next month to learn about insects.

We have been re siting our golden rules, the children were demonstrating how to follow these rules.

Some of our Easter Bonnets, the children (and guardians😉) did so well by creating these. They were amazing and we had fun going out our Easter Bonney walks to show them off.

The children have been showing off their artistic skills, they have been painting the Daffodills in the pot in front of them. Some of the pieces have been framed in our room.

Decorating Easter eggs, we decorated them in the preparation to roll them down the hill on Friday. The children used a range of colours and stuck on different resources to stick onto them.

The Easter bunny came to the centre, he hid lots of chocolate eggs around our garden and the children all found one egg and then went and sat on the bench. The children on the bench who maybe seen some other hiding helped the children find them.

The Easter bunny was so kind to us and left us all an Easter egg to take home.

Making Chocolate nests, the children were all helping in crushing the shredded wheat, crushing up the mini eggs, adding in the melted chocolate and adding them all to cupcake cases.

The children were learning about hygiene and the importance of washing your hands before you come over the table and touch any of the food. Although it was difficult we spoke about not putting the spoons near our mouths either😂.

This morning it was the turn of the children in Viviannes Pink Pig group to visit the woods.

Before leaving we had a chat about how to keep safe when walking and then when in the woods we talked about keeping safe and within the boundaries set by the group.

Then the fun began! We explored the wooded area, listening to the different sounds and looking at the evidence of Spring. 🌷We saw squirrels and birds, made dens to sit in, relaxed in the hammock, had our snack outdoors and then ran races down the hills. 2 of our children said it was “The best day ever” 😊

Exploring with chalk🔴🔵🟠🟡🟢🟣

The children were using the chalk to draw outdoors, the children were writing numbers on our blackboard where they could sequence them

Easter 🐣

We have even making some Easter decorations, this was fun and exciting allowing the children to get creative designing their own decoration in their own way.

Whatriggs beach🏖🏝

Making the most of the great weather, we created our own beach. We had the sea tub with water, we had our socks and shoes off making sandcastles and taking turns in the water. The children worked together to turn themselves into mermaids by building tails with the wet sand and some spades to tap it flat.

Building with our imagination🤔

The children have been using our recently donated loose parts involving window spaces and tubes, the children have been enjoying using these parts Creating bridges, dinosaurs, towers and a wide range of others using their creative minds🧠

Positional langauge🗣

The children have been learning about positional language as part of this months planning, the children could follow instruction on where to out the teddy such as ontop, behind, under, over the chair etc.

Continuing the learning we decided to take it outside, we created a map with arrows to see if the children could follow the arrows to get them from start to finish. The children were learning to follow directions to get to the destination.

This week the AM group have been using the physical apparatus to climb and balance. Some people walked on the beams and some used other ways to get to the other side. All children were developing their own individual physical skills and capabilities.
Many of the children have been engaged in role play with the authentic resources, transporting them to make picnics, tea parties and music areas.

PM Group

This week we have been making the most of the spring time weather starting and have spent lots of time out in our garden. The children discovered rubbish that had blown into the garden and were using litter pickers to recycle and tidy up our environment. ♻️

This week in the oak room the Am  and Pm children have been exploring with variety of household items to make a picnic and tea party for their friends. ☕️  🥗🍇

We have also been using clay to make and create different models, adding natural materials that we found in our woodland walk! 🌲 🐿🍂

We took part in a book bug session where we learned new songs and games. We also went to the gym to take part in  energetic play! 🎾 🥅🥏🏸

From the natural resources we collected last week, we have been using them in the room to create pictures and collages.

Exploring forces, why things roll downwards when we put the cars at the top of the tubes. We predicted what would happen and why.

We have been gifted an old type writer, the children have been using this learning about their letters and how it prints on to the paper. The children have enjoyed using this and practicing learning the letters in their names👍🏽