This week’s activities This week, the children have played quite a few small group games. These have included the ‘Shopping List’ game, where they match items on their shopping list to the pictures. The children noticed that some of the items were missing (it’s hard not to lose parts to games!). Having thought about...Read More
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This week’s activities In their maths development the children have been drawing and recognising 2D shapes. They discussed how many edges/sides they have, or if they only have one, as in a circle. To help with their counting, the children used the abacus, taking turns to count the different colour beads. However, the activity...Read More
Dear Friends On behalf of Sevenoaks Loaves and Fishes Foodbank, can I say a big “thank you” for the harvest donations we received last week? We are always so amazed at the kindness of children, their families and staff members, in the way that they show concern and compassion towards those is need. We are...Read More
This week’s activities To help with developing their fine motor skills, the children had fun using the tongs and coloured pasta to fill up bowels. Very tricky to do when your hands are small and the bones and muscles are still developing. In their sensory play, they have explored the sand mousse, together with...Read More
This week’s activities In their arts and crafts this week, the children have been busy learning what happens when they mix paint colours together; sometimes successfully, other times just making a non-descript sludge colour. This is great for not only helping learn about colours but helps with beginning to understand cause and effect. In...Read More
This week’s activities A briefer summary this week due to staff shortages. The children worked collaboratively in the garden to create a ‘dinosaur land’. They used the crates and a tarpaulin to build mountains and valleys, plus a deep, dark cave, where the dinosaurs became trapped. Some of the crates then became a bus...Read More
This week’s activities Autumn has finally arrived and so we are exploring what the season has to offer in terms of colours through exploration of the natural environment. The children have then drawn on these experiences and reflected them in their arts and crafts; learning the names of the colours, brown, yellow, orange and...Read More