Weekly blog and posts

This week we will be exploring lots of rhymes for National Nursery Rhyme Week. Our rhymes of the week will be Sing A Song Of Sixpence, Humpty Dumpty, When I was One, I hear Thunder and 2 Little Dicky Birds. You can play the songs and see the lyrics at World Nursery Rhyme Week 2025 . The Barn home has become the 3 Little Bears' cottage ready for Goldilocks to venture inside. Outside, there will be a puppet theatre and lots of fun to be had with Incy Wincy spider - the play ma

We hope that you all enjoyed the half-term break. And now, we begin the countdown to Christmas! This week, we are looking forward to welcoming our newest Explorers to The Barn: Leo, Delilah and Sammy. We are all going to have lots of fun looking at the night sky, the stars, the moon and fireworks! In the mornings, we will watch an 'indoor' firework ( a cake fountain ), listen to the fizz and crackle, look at the sparkle and talk about the colours and shapes. This week, the ch

This week, we will continue to investigate the arrival of autumn and look out for signs of change in the environment. At the creative table, we will be having fun painting pumpkins and at the gross motor table we will be using hammers to hammer golf tees into pumpkins and squash. During small circle time, children will be investigating autumn fruits using all of their senses in a hands-on exploration involving cutting them open, looking inside, discussing texture and explorin

This week we are exploring autumn colours, and discussing the seasons and why all the leaves are turning brown and falling off the trees. We will be having fun investigating and counting autumn fruits and going on a lovely autumn walk to collect treasure. We will also be talking about hibernation and finding out why some animals sleep during the cold, dark winter months. Happily, a big brown bear has arrived at The Barn and he is ready to quietly hibernate in his lair! We wil

The children have loved the measuring wall last week and have been busy comparing heights. This week, our theme is playing together . We will be listening, chatting, playing games, and celebrating our own successes and those of our friends. At review times, both rooms will enjoy taking part in ring games and having lots of fun dancing together. Our Doctors' Surgery will remain open for another week and we look forward to welcoming new patients, it has been a very busy week of

We have had a lovely week exploring homes and acting out the story of The Three Little Pigs and building our own homes with the large bricks. The children have loved feeding our grasshoppers fruit this week and watching them leap about, they have been very entertaining to watch. This week, our theme is my body and our senses , we are going to be very busy! The children will be listening to their hearts, measuring their heights, and finding out ‘who is the tallest of them all?

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 wi

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, the mud kitchen has been filled with tea bags and herbs and we are looking forward to seeing the creations that come out of the oven. 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 to make models using recyclable materials and we can

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 and other books about our feelings. The Explorers will be having fun singing If You're Happy And You Know It. The Ice Cream shop remains open for another week, and the children will be busy buying and selling delicious ice lollies and frozen delights. Outside we will be investigating the flow of water and serving u

We hope you have all had a lovely summer and look forward to welcoming all children back from Tuesday the 2nd of September. We have been busy over the summer updating The Barn loft and having a little move around in the rooms. We also have a beautiful new Rainbow room that has replaced the office. We can't wait to see how the children use the space in the rooms. A reminder that children moving up to The Discoverers' room will be leaving from the Discoverers' door at the end o

We had lots of fun last week, practising our songs, playing in the sunshine with our friends, and toy washing where lots of hands made...

We can't believe the academic year is nearly over, as we enter the last 2 weeks! This week, we will be continuing with summer fun, and...

Our theme this week is sun, sea and sand. We've enjoyed another lovely week of picnics on the field. Indoors, the pirate ship has sailed...

What fun! The caterpillars have been busy spinning their cocoons and they have hatched into beautiful butterfiles ready to be released....

We had a lovely week, enjoying the sunshine with lots of picnics on the field. Our caterpillars have spun their cocoons and we have...

This week is we are looking at summer gardens and minibeasts. Outside, there will be lots of minibeast hunts in the small world area and...

This week we are celebrating Father's Day and the special men in our lives. We will also be having fun learning new songs for our special...

We begin with a warm welcome for our newest Explorers: Kobi, Robert, Thea, Jake, Georgia, Evelyn, Misam, Clemmie and Eleanor. Our theme...

This week's theme is 'People who help us', and we are looking forward to visits from a farmer with his tractor, the police, a doctor and...

This week we are focusing on our mechanical world. In the theme area, we will be travelling on our imaginary bus, buying tickets to...

We hope you all have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend. Last week was very busy. The Barn space rocket went on many missions, with the...

This week, the Explorers will be investigating air, looking for signs of movement, and learning a kite rhyme. The Discoverers will be...

We hope that you all enjoyed the Easter break, and warmly welcome our newest Explorers: Ramsey, Sonny and Maeve. During the first week of...

The eggs arrived on Tuesday morning and so far, 4 yellow ducklings have hatched! We even got to watch one and were able to record it for...