Kindness Day Today is Kindness Day. We have explored simple concepts around being kind to others. These happen all of the time, for example, giving up a toy to someone else to play with when you really want to keep it yourself or checking on a child who is crying if they have hurt themselves....Read More
This week’s activity Fireworks and Bonfire Night We like to explore, discuss and acknowledge what happens in the children’s lives outside of the Pre-school. At this time of year, many of the children have been to firework displays or, even if they haven’t been to one, will have seen and heard fireworks. One of the...Read More
This week’s activities Marble effect painting The teacher added shaving foam and paint into trays. The children then used lolly sticks to mix the paint into the shaving foam, making swirling patterns. Next they placed paper over the top and gently pressed down. As they lifted the paper they noticed that some of the shaving...Read More
Activities Corn on the cob We had a visit from Eynsford in Bloom this week. They came to tidy-up our allotment and get it ready for the winter. Whilst they were tidying, they dug up some lovely potatoes. We will be using these in our cooking activities over the coming weeks. They also pulled up...Read More
Activities The last of our produce Our allotment garden has produced some lovely food stuffs over the year but we are now coming to the end of what we can pick and eat. We had some cucumber plants that produced cucumbers but they are now going over to seed. The same with our tomato plants....Read More
Activities Autumn leaves With the changing of the seasons the children’s environment is also changing. We help the children understand the changes that happen in the natural world and how this reflects how time moves forward but how there are cycles to our natural world such as seasons. The change in the trees is an...Read More
Activities We continue to settle the new children into the setting, with many of them being away from home/family for the first time, this can be a difficult transition. Their keyperson is there to help with this transition and to offer them a secure base from which to explore what we have on offer, whilst...Read More
Activities As it is our first week back, we are focusing on settling the returning and new children into the routine of the Pre-school. We will therefore re-start with a summary of an activity from next week. There are, however, photos on our website and Facebook page of some of the things the children have...Read More
