Happy Mother’s Day on Sunday to all of our wonderful Mums.  All of our children speak lovingly about their Mums and we hope you all have a wonderful, well deserved Mother’s Day.  

We have been taking advantage of this good weather and getting our step count up by taking part in Beat the Street. We stopped off at the local outdoor fitness equipment to squeeze in even more exercise. A healthy body … Continue reading →

The children have enjoyed the recent warmer weather and exploring the signs of Spring. We have been focussing on Spring flowers and the ability to name the parts of a flower. The children had lots of fun planting their very … Continue reading →

Zoe is a very kind, generous and thoughtful girl to all of her Greenhouse friends on their birthdays. It was now our turn to make her feel as special and as loved as she is on her birthday   Happy … Continue reading →

There are many benefits of building blocks: Fine motor skills Hand-eye coordination Spatial awareness and reasoning Cognitive flexibility Problem solving Creativity Critical thinking skills Language skills AND LOTS AND LOTS OF FUN WITH FRIENDS  

Working together to solve a problem – to design and construct a boat that could float using tinfoil and magnets   Skittles experiment for fun and to develop our observation and predicting skills!    

The children learned the Christian tradition of Pancake Tuesday and had lots of fun trying to perfect the recipe to make the best pancakes. We took the time to reflect on what we are grateful for and what we are … Continue reading →

To put our money skills into practice and use in a real life context we just had to go to our local cafe to test out our skills Before our visit we focussed on looking at menus, making a … Continue reading →

As part of our IDL topic we have been learning all about the sports involved in the Winter Olympics and comparing them with the sports carried out in the Summer Olympics. The children worked in pairs to research a chosen … Continue reading →

We welcomed Joe into the Greenhouse to experience more learning about nature in our local environment. Joe brought may artefacts for us to look at and discuss and I was very impressed with the children’s sensible contributions and questions. The … Continue reading →