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…

A huge thank you to all our families who came in to read with their child on World Book Day! A great chance for us all to celebrate our favourite stories and characters by dressing up, making props and doing role-play. Children often use their imagination to make up their…

As well as dressing up, role play with props, masks and puppets, children have been talking about and retelling one of their favourite core stories ‘The Three Little Pigs’. Children problem-solved together building gigantic straw, stick and brick houses using a variety of resources and techniques from cutting, sticking and…

Children listened to and role-played the story of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. They developed their understanding of size using comparative language such as ‘tiny, small, smaller, big, bigger, biggest.’ In the home corner, they moved between the different rooms exploring the different sized objects and furniture and they cooked…

Children loved doing the actions as they listened to the story of ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ and the ‘Bear Hunt’ song. They explored further through sensory play investigating materials such as sand, water and corn-flour. They chose different settings within the garden to act out the story. Children…

This week was the Christmas Singalong where families, children and staff came together to sing Christmas songs. We celebrated the festive season by having warm drinks, Gingerbread Men and mince pies. Children were delighted to receive presents from Santa. They also took home their salt dough Christmas decorations which they…