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Early Years 2022/23 Term 3 – Week 9

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Preparations for SMUHA have ramped up this week again! The bairns have made lots of decisions about their galley, shields and torches, developing their language and communication skills. They decided to have a vote to choose the shield background colour and blue was the favourite. Rehearsals for the big day are coming along nicely and we are definitely seeing some galley builders and torch makers of the future.

Thank you so much to everyone who came along to our reading breakfast on World Book Day to help us celebrate our love of books, sharing stories and rhymes. We enjoyed a story filled day using books, story CDs, online stories, puppets, props, QR codes and more, the bairns spent time using the story props to recall familiar books and rhymes and of course add a bit of their own imaginations to the stories to give them a bit of va va voom!

Early Years Term 3 2022-23 – Week 6

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We were delighted to welcome Bookbug back to nursery this week.  The bairns joined in singing songs, listening to rhymes and there was a story called Goldilocks and Just One Bear.

The bairns built a slide in the outdoor room this week and have been up and down the slope in all manner of ways, including sliding, running, jumping and twirling using lots of different body parts.

There are always lots of opportunities for drawing and mark making in the setting.  This week we have seen very detailed drawings being created on the smartboard and on dry erase boards which have ranged from family portraits to space missions.  Supporting bairns to develop their gross motor skills from their shoulders to their wrists also helps with mark making and emerging literacy development.

Small block play with small world items generated lots of different scenarios this week including Viking galleys, a garage, a castle and a party house!  Small block play is often a great tool to unlock schemas (play that involves repeated actions, plans or ideas to figure out how things work).

Outdoor play has many benefits, not only does it help us connect to the world around us but it builds resilience too.  We always encourage the bairns to be independent and this extends to getting ready to go outside by putting on our own suit and boots.  The bairns also put away their own suit and boots when they return inside.