This term, children have been settling into Rainforest Classroom. We have been reading ‘Owl Babies.’ Children built homes for their owl babies using sticks, twigs and blocks. They explored how the owlets would have felt when they woke up in their tree trunk to find their mother gone. “1,2,3,4. 4…

The children in Mountain Room are now well-settled into our routine of interventions and group times. The children are really enjoying our sensory songs especially – watching balloons fly away and being sprayed with water. They are also learning to make choices during these sessions – for example between the…

In Mountain Room the children are settling in well to the room. We are supporting this by following the children’s interests – particularly using lots of letters and numbers in their play as these are something most of our children are really motivated by. We have also been washing dinosaurs after…

Children have been planting runner beans, observing how shoots emerge after a few days of watering plants and then watching how the seedling continues to grow with the stem getting taller and many leaves appearing. They have learnt about the vital role roots play in helping plants grow strong. They…

We’ve been thinking through ideas of how we can be kind to our planet and look after creatures in our environment. Today, children set off building a Mini Bug Hotel by collecting twigs, bark, sticks, leaves and stones into tins before carefully placing them in the nature garden. “I put…

In Mountain Room many of the children have been showing an interest in the alphabet. To follow this enthusiasm we have been using lots of alphabet resources such as books, puzzles, blocks and cards. Some of the children have been saying the alphabet aloud while playing with these activities.

Thank you to families who came in to talk to us about how they celebrate Eid which is at the end of Ramadan. Ramadan is a time for reflection with those who are able fasting during daylight. Children at school also enjoyed listening to stories about Eid as well as…