Weekly blog and posts

This week we will be looking at different kinds of homes From igloos and yurts, castles and palaces, to the houses, flats, bungalows and cottages that we see around us. We will be considering the similarities and differences between them. At review time, the children will be re-enacting the story of the Three Little Pigs, and building their homes of straw, sticks and bricks. We will have fun seeing which house will survive the “huff and the puff” of the wolf! Outdoors, we wil

This week the home corner has become the Barn supermarket, where children will be able to find everything they need for their weekly shop. Outside, there will be lots of sensory fun with the shaving foam in the tuff spot and bubble stations to explore. Children will also be exploring ebb and flow in the water table. Fun for everyone! In the creative area, children will be using their imagination in a community art project using recyclable materials. We are focussing on gluein

We hope you have all had a lovely summer, it has been so wonderful welcoming all the children back. We would like to give a warm welcome to our new Explorers: Cressida, Florence Lily, Florence, Walter, Zavian and Elsie and our new Discoverers: Harveen, Sage, Sarayah, Archer, Albie, Maya, Nellie, Rafferty and Veer. This week we will be exploring, recognising and learning how to express our feelings. At review time, the Discoverers' children will be reading The Colour Monster a

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