This week’s activities Mothers’ Day Shopping The children have been making their ‘purchases’ for their gifts for Mothers’ Day this week. They were very keen to come with their money, find their plant and choose some yummy chocolate for their mummies. The chocolate was a difficult choice for some, they had to consider what their...Read More
Activities Walk to a bench One of the children drew a map a few weeks ago of a journey she makes with her grandmother to a special bench. The map showed how to get there and what she did once they got to the bench – had a snack and a chat. We dediced to...Read More
This week’s activities Creating our own giant superhero! This week, one of the children arrived wearing an Ironman costume. This led to discussion around what is special about Ironman, what his powers are and how he uses them to do good. Some of the children decided that they would like to create their very own...Read More
This week’s activities Ice experiment Simple science experiments offer lots of opportunities for hands-on exploration and investigation. Hands-on experiences help children’s cognitive development far more than being told about something. Linking cause and effect has huge benefits in embedding learning. This week the children had lots of fun experimenting with ice. We had made icecubes...Read More
This week’s activities As you know, we have two gardens, Robin and Wren. Wren has always been our more natural and wild garden, allowing us to explore nature on our doorstep. We are adapting Robin Garden to allow the children to have some of the experiences offered in Wren Garden in Robin Garden. We have...Read More
This week’s activities Woodworking We have a ‘woodworking’ area available for the children to use, under close supervision, and this week the children have been enjoying using the real tools. This is only carried out with a small number of children at a time and they have to get a ‘woodwork’ badge to show the...Read More
This week’s activities Noticing similarities and differences Some of the children were talking about who was the tallest and who had the longest hair. This led to a discussion about differences and similarities, initially in appearance. For example, eye and hair colour. Their seemed to be particular interest around who had the longest hair. The...Read More
This week’s activities As some of you will know, we are currently engaged in Kent County Council’s Education for Sustainable Development Award scheme. Our ethos at the setting is to re-use, re-purpose and recycle as much as possible. We take care of our local environment, consider our impact on the local wildlife, compost our waste...Read More
