Weekly blog and posts

The walls in the rooms are looking very festive and sparkly! This week, Santa’s workshop has opened in the theme area and the children can dress up as elves and practise their wrapping skills as they fill Santa’s sack in preparation for the big night. We have supplies of tape, scissors, wrapping paper and labels at the ready. We will also be trying to ‘catch the beat’ with the Barn band, and we will be singing festive songs and rhymes. During our Music and Movement afternoon,

This week, the children will be enacting the Christmas story. They will also be exploring the story independently, looking after baby Jesus and the animals in the stable. We will be continuing with our Christmas concert preparations and singing Away In A Manger. The children will all be making a card and helping to create a Christmas story scene, involving camels, kings, shepherds, and angels. Lots of busy, creative fun with sparkle, glue, and paint. Outside, there is more fe

Last week, we had fun exploring sounds and music and experimenting by playing different instruments and trying out new rhymes. At gatherings this week, we will be heading to the church to begin learning some of our new Christmas songs and the theme area has been transformed into a special stage, so that the children will be able to perform and entertain their friends in the audience! The sensory tray will be out in the garden, and there will be muffin tins and cake cases in

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