The children have been taking part in a 15 min morning exercise routine every morning this week. The children have been trying out different exercises helping to develop their gross motor, balancing and coordination skills.
After the exercise we spoke about how we were feeling, how our heart rate goes faster when we take part in exercise and how it helps us to stay healthy!
This week we have had some of our wonderful P6 digital leaders come and join us from the school. The children have been exploring some of our digital technology and have had the help of the P6’s to show them what to do, and to play and discover alongside them! The children have been using both the Sphero Cars and our Intellino Trains.
In the literacy area this week we have been exploring different stories to help us understand the different parts. We explored characters of different stories, where they are set, what happens in them and what the children like and dislike about a story.
We have been developing our recall skills and creative skills to generate our own stories.
“I like the pink pig best because he’s pink.” M.L
“The rat was unkind and stole all the food from the other animals.” F.F
“”He was at school.” K.M
“The koala does the right thing.” M.K
“I like when he went in the echo cave.” B.S
This week in the malleable area the children expressed interest in the beach! We were able to explore what creatures lived in the ocean and we discussed our own personal experiences of visiting the beach. We spoke about searching for crabs and different fish, how we created sand castles with our loved ones and had ice cream! We also used the play dough to make our own ice creams, our favourite flavours were chocolate and strawberry!
To celebrate “World Bee Day” on Tuesday we looked at a beehive and how bees make honey. The children were able to explore the “beehive” and were working on their numeracy and maths skills while counting their scoops. During these experiences we worked on our imaginative skills, fine and gross motor skills and hand eye coordination.
