November

During the month of November we have been practising our tooth brushing during nurture time. The children are really good at keeping their toothbrushes safe and free from germs by holding them safely away from each other and off the floor. While brushing their teeth Miss Ramsay and Mrs Reynolds sing a song and use the egg timer so the children know when 2 minutes is over and tooth brushing is finished.

We had a visit from one of our parents who is a firefighter.  He told us all about his job and how he helps people.  The children enjoyed looking at all the equipment and seeing Mr Fleming dress up as a firefighter!

The children have been very busy in the block area where they have shown fantastic imagination and creativity while building a variety of models.  Some of the children have been developing their observation and literacy skills by drawing their models.   We have been learning about the shapes and properties of the blocks .  We have also learned some new shapes including a cylinder and a cube!  The children have had fun rolling the cylinders and creating patterns with the cubes.  We have also been comparing the size and weight of the blocks during our play and measuring ourselves against some of our really big models.

The children have been busy preparing crafts for the upcoming Christmas market.  Here they are creating their Christmas stars.  The children used strands of wool to decorate the stars which developed their fine motor skills as they wound the wool around the stars.