Children helped make a delicious ‘Very hungry Caterpillar’ fruit punch. They helped count out and cut fruit before sitting together at Group Time to enjoy it. “Cut it in half!” “It taste like sweet, it my favourite.” ” 3 plums.” “We got fruits.” “Like juice!”

We’ve been planting. “The bean it sprout. It gonna be flower.” “We need water because you need to make it grow bigger like a beanstalk.” “The rain makes it grow taller.” “I Plant at home with mummy.” “Seed go on the floor then the sun come out and make it…

Making Superhero props is exciting! “Spider-Man go pow pow and he spins a web and catches bad guys.” “He fly in the sky line a plane with his hands and feet.” “Spider-Man help people.” “I make a big hammer. It turns sky black.” “Thor’s hammer. A shield” “Spider people pink!”

Children painted with watercolours after drawing with charcoals. They were inspired by ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar.’ “The butterfly popped out of a big thing, a cocoon.” “He was a caterpillar before.” “The butterfly had many colours. I saw a unicorn, fairy and mermaid.” After reading ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, children…

Mathematics being applied during play. “I was tidying up.” “A tyre, I found another one!” “Can you help me? Push.” “2 big yellow tyres, 2 blue and 1 black.” “1,2,3,4,5 small tyres.” “1,2,3,4,5. What? Again?” “1,2,3,4,5,6,7.” “7 that’s all!” ” Here there’s 8. That’s how much.”

Children built upon ideas when discussing their paintings. “The floor is lava. There’s people on boats. The lava goes up and down.” “The people go on the lava. They need to go on an aeroplane. They need to go in the sky.” “Volcano erupts!” “Yellow lava, water rushes on lava.”…

Lots of sensory experiences at the playdough table whilst investigating blossoms and herbs. “It rains. You dig up. You put flower seed in. You pour water in. There you made flower.” “Leaves” “Roots!” “Mum and dad use red herbs.” “Mint, my mum told me.” “Butterfly eat flowers.” The sunshine inspires…