This week we have been learning all about Easter!
This week the children have:
- Talked about why and how we celebrate Easter.
- Baked Easter nests and had them at snack time.
- Taken part in an egg and spoon race with their friends.
- Played in the Easter shop, selling Easter items such as eggs, toy chicks etc.
- Started painting their Easter cards using pom poms dipped into different coloured paint. The children tried to cut the card into an Easter egg shape
- Played with Easter themed playdough. They played with Easter cookie cutters such as a chick, Easter egg and bunny rabbit etc.
- Read ‘If I were the Easter bunny’ and ‘Spots first Easter’
- Made Easter chicks by gluing on googly eyes, ears and a mouth.
- Been on a trip to Woolley animals on Tuesday! The children had a lovely time! Thank you to all the parents who came along to help.
We have been focusing on rhyming and alliteration. Please see poster’s attached for fun ideas to learn phonics at home!
Next week the topic will be Easter! Please bring in any Easter books for the children to share at circle time.
This week we have been learning all about spring, flowers, and growth! We have also been talking and Mother’s Day.
This week the children have:
- Planted a sunflower seed to take home. They decorated the pots using tissue paper.
- Dressed up for Red nose day in mismatched clothes!
- Painted faces with a red nose.
- Played pin the red nose on the person
- Started growing some beans in a bag to see how roots develop after planting something. We will be watching the bean grow roots over the next couple of weeks.
- Dipped white flowers in different coloured water to watch them change colour.
- Used coffee filters to paint the main part of a flower. We have displayed them on the board or in the window.
- Enjoyed a stay and play morning on Wednesday – thank you to everyone who attended!
We have been focusing on rhyming and alliteration. Please see poster’s attached for fun ideas to learn phonics at home!
Next week the topic will be Easter! Please bring in any Easter books for the children to share at circle time.
This week we have been learning all about spring, flowers, and growth!
This week the children have:
- Read ‘Oliver’s vegetables, planting a seed, jasper’s beanstalk’.
- Used resources to role play growing a flower from start to finish. They used pots, watering can, rake, spade etc.
- Talked about the life cycle of a frog. They talked about how tadpoles grow into frogs. The children watched water beads grow and we talked about the process.
- Planted egg cress seeds in pots using cotton wool.
- Played with our ‘messy spring themed’ tuff tray.
- Played in our ‘Florist’ role play area with real flowers, pots and seeds.
- Made flowers to play with in the ‘Florist’ shop. They used cupcake cases, lollypop sticks and tissue paper.
- Practised recognising numbers 1-10. We hid the numbers under the parachute and asked the children to find the correct one.
- Painted and decorated their Mother’s day cards ready for next week.
We have been focusing on rhyming and alliteration. Please see poster’s attached for fun ideas to learn phonics at home!
Next week the topic will continue to about growing. Please can you send in any baby pictures for the children to share. We will be talking about how we grow as adults.
This week the topic is ’Chinese New Year’.
This week the children have:
- Continued learning about Chinese New Year.
- Played with yellow playdough – pom pom’s for dumplings and string for noodles.
- Built number blocks using counting cubes and matched the number block to the numeral.
- Played with the toy cars in the mud. The children enjoyed moving them around and making marks in the mud.
- Made dragon puppets using lolly pop sticks.
- Had a go at copying Chinese numbers and letters.
- Painted dragons and decorated them. The children painted on one side and then printed on the other. They used eye stickers and red tissue paper for fire
- Played in our Chinese restaurant role play area
- Enjoyed going to ‘Little City’ with their friends at the Village hall. Thank you to everyone that attended.
This week the topic is ’Chinese New Year’.
This week the children have:
- Learnt about Chinese New Year and how it is celebrated
- Read the story of ‘The Great Race’ and talked about the animals. We talked about how this year is the year of the rabbit
- Made and decorated Chinese Fans. The painted them red and tried to copy Chinese letters or numbers.
- Made Chinese lanterns. They tried really hard to cut the pieces out independently
- Tasted lots of different Chinese foods for example, noodles, rice, prawn crackers etc.
- Played in our Chinese restaurant role play area
- Played with sensory rice and pasta in the tuff tray
- Enjoyed a stay and play on Wednesday Morning
Next week we will be continuing to learn about Chinese New Year!
13.01.2023
This week the topic is ’Hansel and Gretel’.
This week the children have:
- Read the fairy-tale story ‘Hansel and Gretel’.
- Practised counting one more or one less using number block cubes
- Learnt about rhyming words. The children have played lots of rhyming games using picture cards.
- Talked about foods which are high and low in sugar. We talked about dental hygiene. They sorted foods into two groups.
- Been enjoying playdough disco, working on their fine motor skills.
- Painted and decorated their own house from the story ‘Hansel and Gretel’.
- Built the house from the story using different construction resources.