Welcome back to everyone at Kingsland ELC. It has been lovely to see all the boys and girls playing and learning together again this week and to see them having great fun with the new layout.

We are continuing to focus on being responsible by practising our ELC rules, looking after all our toys and equipment and keeping each other and ourselves safe. This also helps us to remember our Wellbeing Rainbow and think about how we can look out for each other with kindness, teamwork and friendship.

We have being enjoying playing lots of games outside and in our St Andrew’s Room. The Name Game is helping us to learn each other’s names and games like Ring o’ Rose and Duck Duck Goose are helping us to practice taking turns and following the rules of the game. We have also loved being Superheroes and have been wearing our Superhero name badges and capes with pride. Our Outdoor Learning Tree helps us to share all our different outdoor activities and to see just how much learning takes place while we are playing outside.

We are also learning about colours in lots of ways, including talking about the colours all around us, mixing paints and colour sorting.

We are having great fun using our fine motor skills to create giant spooky spider’s webs outside.

Next Friday, 29th, we can dress up for Halloween, if we want to. We will be having lots of Halloween fun in our ELC, which we will share with you on our blog.

Finally, we would like to share with you our Golden Tree. This shows how we base all our planning for learning through play, on current policy and guidance. Each branch is an important part of how we ensure that our children have meaningful and positive learning experiences at Kingsland ELC.