Home Room Highlights

This week in the Home Room we’ve been very busy! The children enjoyed dancing and dressing up, using their imaginations and having lots of fun together. We also did some muffin making and practised our number skills through different activities. It’s been a wonderful week full of creativity, learning and smiles!

in our baking area, the children have been busy making muffins and developing lots of important skills along the way. They have been practising measuring, counting and carefully following a recipe. It has been lovely to see some of the children confidently taking on the role of the adult, helping to guide their friends and supporting them step by step as the work together to follow the recipe.

“Measuring the flour.”
“Just a little bit.”
“I think we need a little more.”

In our story corner, the children have been confidently using their technology skills to scan QR codes to listen to and watch some of our favourite stories. They have really enjoyed choosing stories independently and using the technology to bring the books to life. It’s been wonderful to see their confidence grow as they explore stories in this exciting way.

We enjoyed playing ‘Spin the Wheel’, where the children practised their subitising skills by quickly recognising how many spots they could see and matching the quantity to the correct number. The children had lots of fun taking turns and building their confidence with numbers through this game.

“Spin the Wheel!”
“I have that number.”
“What number is it going to be?”

The children also loved challenging themselves in our ‘Number Hunt’. They searched carefully to find the numbers before the timer ran out, showing great focus and determination. Some of the children even challenged themselves further by reducing the time with each attempt to see if they could beat their previous record!

“I can beat the timer!”
“I bet I can do it in one minute!”

Finally, the children have loved exploring the dressing up clothes in our home corner. They enjoyed creating imaginative scenarios, pretending to be different characters and showing off their dance moves in their wonderful outfits. It has been lovely to see their creativity and confidence shine as they play together.

Article 31 Children have the right  to relax and play

Sensory Fun In The Pond

Recently in the pond the children had a great time bringing laughter, creativity and a little bit of delightful chaos when painting with their feet.

Watching the children step into bright colours and stamp their tiny footprints onto paper, and popping the bubbles in bubble wrap, is not only adorable- it’s also a wonderful way for them to explore art and sensory play.


“ it’s slippy”   “ I like it”

All the children enjoyed the cool feeling of paint between their toes, the squishy texture as they step into it, and the slip sliding as they created the colourful prints they left behind it all helps stimulate their senses, it also supports creativity, coordination and confidence.

It didn’t take long before the children asked for paint brushes and the squeals of laughter filled the room as they felt the tickle of the bristles on their feet.

“ it tickles”

They all like the warmth of the soapy water we used to “clean” their feet

The children extended their interest in footprints by making pictures of dinosaur footprints comparing sizes.

“Stomp, stomp,stomp”

Great messy fun was had by all

The Big Clean Up

Today was the turn of Clarkston to take part in the Big Clean Up and Cart Mill were very keen to take part. We all popped our hi-vis vests on and went out with litter pickers and bin bags to clear up round Cart Mill. We were really sad to see so much litter spoiling our lovely area so we got very busy picking it up. After a morning of litter picking we had filled two bin bags!

Article 24: I have the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.