Over the last couple of weeks, especially with all the lovely weather, the children have been doing lots of planting in our garden. Planting offers numerous benefits for our children, encompassing physical, cognitive and emotional development. The children have been working on their fine motor skills, learning and asking lots of questions about nature and fostering a sense of responsibility. Here are a few quotes when the children were asked what the plants need to grow!

“It’s perfect now, it needs some water.” RM

“It needs rain and a bit of sun every day and water. It needs some seeds to grow, it needs everything that a flower needs.” KM

“It needs water and seeds and sun.” MB

“A seed you water them and keep looking after them. They need sun and rain.” L.B

“Water and a seed it grows to a flower and the sun.” CG

“You plant seeds and water them and cover them in soil they turn into a flower. That’s the leaves and that’s the flowers.” RM

“Leaves, bud, flower and soil. Water and even the sun.” GM

“Leaves , petals and the flowers. Seeds they grow and you water them and they grow in a sunny place.” PG

“Petals and the pollen and the stem and leaves and the flowers. It will drown if too much water.” MM

This week our pre school parents were invited to be our guests at a special transition tea for two! This was to allow families moving onto the same schools to meet and mingle, whilst enjoying a little afternoon tea! A member of staff from feeder schools were invited to come along and have afternoon tea with the children too. Here are some pictures of the lovely events!

This week in the malleable area we have been looking at the ocean again! We have been exploring pollution in the ocean and how we can look after the environment and the animals that live in the ocean. 

We have also been exploring our senses by cutting up different fruits to make a citrus soup. We were able to cut up lemons, limes and oranges. We spoke about how we can safely cut up these fruits and were able to demonstrate that to our friends.