Author: Mrs Olford

This week we have been learning about routines and sequences in our lives.

We have followed sequences on how to get ready for outdoor play,  how to make a sandwich and documented our daily routines through writing and drawing.

Following on from our learning about Autumn and Winter we have been creating posters to represent our knowledge of the seasons.   We are increasing our knowledge of Time through song and have been practicing our Days of the Week, Months of the Year and Seasons songs.  Copies of our songs can be found on Our Learning Wall and Our Learning Gallery.

Next week our learning will continue with daily routines and the tools we can use to measure time.

Thank you to everyone for your milk carton contributions.  Our igloo is now finished.  Please have a look at our journey.

Have you seen how creative we can be through Loose Parts Play?

We know that children are creative and innovative and Loose Parts Play can provide opportunities for them to explore, design, plan and build in multiple open-ended ways.

The materials used can be both natural and synthetic and can be moved, rotated, stacked, sorted, combined, taken apart and re-assembled without a prescribed plan.

It provides opportunities for children to explore their own creativity, innovation, problem solving and critical thinking.  It promotes independent learning and opportunities to represent learning in a variety of ways.

Have a look at what we’ve been doing so far and come in and join us during Stay, Learn and Play in January to develop your own creativity!

Week Ending 13th January 2017

What a fabulous week we have had for continuing our Winter learning!

With the first flurries of snow and freezing temperatures, our garden turned into a magical land of sound as we heard crunching and crackling underfoot and the dripping of snow as it melted into water.  We used our booted feet, wheelie toys and even our bodies to create patterns and shapes in the snow.

All too soon the sun came out and the snow began to disappear.  We watched the BBC Reporting Scotland weather report for information, trying hard to read the pictures to tell us if more snow was on it’s way.  We could see the snow, rain and wind moving across Scotland as the Meteorologist told us to take care.

We continued to learn about hibernation and we added new words to our vocabulary; freezing, melting, Artic and Meteorologist.

 Next Week we will be continuing to increase or knowledge and use of Winter vocabulary as well as investigate different ways to melt snow and ice.

Following on from looking at Scotland on the map we will continue to find out more about the country we live in and it’s traditions, starting with some familiar songs.