Outdoor Play (Monday-Friday)

We have enjoyed varied outdoor play this week including a trip to the playpark, setting up the slide, bug hotels, building bridges in the sandpit, painting, climbing, watering the polycrub and resting in the tree seat.

Learning through Landscapes (Thursday)

On our way to the burn, we took rubbish bags and collected litter.  We learned about the two kinds of rubbish – biodegradable and non-biodegradable.  We found cans, paper, plastic and more.  One of our families did a litter pick-up under their decking when they went home.

When we arrived at the burn we carried out our risk assessment and placed our ticks and crosses showing where it was safe or unsafe to go.  We set up our wind-break and then it was time to explore.  Our families searched for lots of rocks, looking for smooth, bumpy and smooth & bumpy formations.  The bairns found plenty of rocks for each category and placed them into the overlapping hula-hoops.  We also found rocks shaped like rectangles, squares, circles, triangles and even a diamond.  In line with the Learning through Landscapes ethos, we put the rocks back before we left.

Music (Friday)

Mrs Garrick had two new moves for our actions to the rhythm of the music – wiggly jellyfish and sit down on the floor.  We practiced our movements before moving around the hall and listening for the change of rhythm.  The bairns also had a turn of blowing a whistle.  Then we joined in for Everybody Do This which had some interesting and energetic moves.  Finally we relaxed to the sound of with the Zen Bowl.

Play and Learning (Monday-Friday)

Here is a selection of our play and learning from the week.  The bairns have been creating wonderful models at the workbench, built fishing boats with the large hollow blocks, made many pictures and supervised the electricians updating our internet connection points.