This is maths week and today the children have been continuing their exploration of 2D shapes. Today they have been making rockets out of shapes, drawing and matching shapes, building them and using them when baking.
Anyone For Scones?
In our food technology area today the children were making scones.
They enjoyed rubbing the flour and butter together, mixing in the other ingredients, kneading the dough, rolling it out then cutting the shapes.
Then they went into the oven to cook.
Finally they were enjoyed at the snack table, they were delicious!
2D Shape
This week the children have asked to explore 2D shape. We have started the week by using 2D shapes to create pieces of art and by using technology to sort shapes by type.
Morning Fun
Cooking Up A Storm!
The children have been loving cooking and baking in our food technology area. This week alone they have made popcorn, pineapple juice, fruit kebabs and roti.
Morning Fun
Tea for Two?
If you have any old teapots languishing in a cupboard we would love to give them a new home. Please could you hand in any unwanted teapots to the nursery for an exciting new project.
Morning Fun
Numbers
The children have been enjoying identifying numerals in their environment. Today they wanted to try writing them and sequencing them so we had a shot at making number lines.
Sorting
Over the course of the week the children have been sorting lots of different things. They have sorted by colour, shape and type.
Today the pom-poms had gotten all mixed up and we used tongs to sort them into groups by colour and size. They were quite slippery which made the activity even more challenging!