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Play to Learn

In continuous provision this week we have enjoyed lots of activities to strengthen our fine motor skills and improve our hand eye coordination. The activities have also encouraged us to use our imagination and communicate with each other.

So far in forest school

This half term so far we have planted seeds in egg shells, made bug hotels and cut wood with a saw and learnt about plants and planting seeds for out polytunnel.

A slow worm

‘A slow worm. I can touch it’ After experiencing and seeing the Really wild man last week. This boy was brave enough to touch the slow worm today. Well done

Tennis fun with Lottie

Today Lottie from tennis ARC came and taught us some skills to help us play tennis.

A morning of fun with Lego

Today Nick brought his enormous collection of Lego. We talked about our learning in class and told him all about the planets. When we went off on an adventure to build some great creations . We built a rocket to get us to the moon. We built some moon buggy’s. They went fast. Thank you […]

Exploring Space

In continuous provision we have enjoyed exploring lots of space themed activities which as well as being fun, developed our fine motor skills and introduced new vocabulary.

Amazing Art

We based our wax resistant artwork on our topic book, The Three Little Fish and the Big, Bad Shark.

Chinese New Year

To celebrate Chinese New Year there have been lots of activities to explore in continuous provision:- Gung Hay Fat Choy! (Happy New Year!)

What can we make with a sheet of wrapping paper?

In continuous provision this week both Cranford and Sunflowers used their imagination and decided to be creative and make a book. They used their favourite wrapping paper to wrap cardboard as a cover and then added paper for pages. A lot of time has been spent writing and drawing illustrations. They have been very proud […]

The Three Little Fish and the Big, Bad Shark

Below are some of the fun activities in continuous provision this week:-

More Three Little Pigs Fun!

In continuous provision this week we have been cutting and sticking to create our own puppets. It has been a challenge to use our imagination to think of a different ending for the story.

The Three Little Pigs

Sunflowers and Cranford have enjoyed listening to this story, they can remember what happened and answer questions about the storyline or characters. In our outside construction area they had great fun working together and communicating with each other to build houses for the pigs using straw, sticks and bricks. They were able to act out […]

Christmas Party

Sunflowers and Cranford Class enjoyed a fun, Christmas party with games, dancing, balloons and party food. Happy Christmas everyone!🎈 ,

Christmas Countdown

The Elf loved admiring the artwork Sunflowers had completed on our classroom display board. This is the art they undertook when they studied circles in the style of Kandinsky.

National Tree Week

This week in forest school we celebrated national tree week with some tree ID, games and tree hugging. They had so much fun in the mud kitchen where I was served lots of worm sound and slug sandwiches!!! Delicious!!!

Magnificent Mud Kitchen

Sunflowers and Cranford Class are loving the new mud kitchen. This kitchen provides a messy, sensory experience allowing the children to explore different textures and materials whilst having fun. The mud kitchen supports communication and language development as the children talk to each other and discuss what they are doing. It also encourages imaginative role […]

Kipper’s Birthday

We have enjoyed listening to this story book and answering questions about the storyline and characters. We then discussed what we needed for a birthday party and had fun helping to plan our own party for Kipper.

Ups, downs unders and overs

Today the class explored the woods with an obstacle course. They laughed and giggled as they had to navigate their way through the trees. They had to wait their turn which they did so well. But as soon as they were free to go they were off.

Children In Need

For Children in Need we have enjoyed some SPOTacular activities in continuous provision which all help us develop our fine and gross motor skills.

Windy and fun

Today Cranford and Sunflowers did an amazing job today in the windy. They were super busy making flags with the cloth they dyed last week. Then they made tealight holders for Diwali with a forest twist. We had a quiet spot time, they had to focus on the sense of sight and what they could […]

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