Parents have been coming in this week to style their children’s hair. Children learnt about different hairstyles including twists, braids and plaits. They practised twisting hair and got to further fine tune their skills when twisting some pipe cleaners together. They also threaded beads and buttons through pipe cleaners. They…

We have been settling in to the new routine in Mountain room, and welcoming our new friends. We are using the sensory room more, including completing each session in there with a “sensory circuit” where we focus on throwing balls into the ball pit and then relaxing by lying down…

Role play provides children with opportunities to make connections to their own real-life experiences. When playing with friends, children further develop empathy through cooperating, turn-taking and sharing. A fun way to promote maths as well! “It’s a tea set. Let’s have a tea party!” “Would you like to come to…

Our new fairy garden has fuelled the children’s imaginations inspiring creative role-play, dance and movement as well as fun exploration and investigation into the effects of windy weather.

There’s been plenty of sunshine this spring and summer and so lots of opportunities for us to plant watercress, beans and garden herbs. The children have been reading ‘Errol’s Garden’ to help them think about what plants to grow. We also loved hearing about how the children’s plants have grown…

Thank you to families who sent in photos and came to talk to us about Easter. We learnt that Christians celebrate the Easter festival to remember the death of Jesus and how he came back to life again.  Easter is a huge celebration with Christians going to church, giving Easter…

Thank you to families who sent in photos and came to talk to us about Ramadan and Eid. We learnt that Ramadan is a time for reflection with those who are able to fasting during daylight. Eid-al-Fitr is the festival at the end of Ramadan which begins with the sighting…

The children have been investigating change by mixing colours whilst painting, when investigating flows and measures at the water tray and when kneading different coloured batches of playdough together. Children have also flown paper aeroplanes, streamers and kites particularly on windy days. During Science Week, they loved the balloon rocket…