Nursery Rhyme Week

18th November 2022Jodie Wilkinson

To celebrate Nursery Rhyme week, we have been taking part in lots of activities based around our favourite Nursery rhymes.

We enjoyed cutting out characters from some of the counting nursery rhymes to make puppets. We used these to when we sang our songs.

 

We made marks to represent our favourite rhymes and used the nursery rhyme bag to sing all of our favourite songs.

 

Light Box

18th November 2022Jodie Wilkinson

This week Blue Group have enjoyed exploring our new

‘Light box’.

We looked at different coloured shapes and tried to fit them together to make pictures. The children made flowers, rockets and cars with lots of wheels on them.

We also matched the shapes together and counted how many we found.

Can you see how many shapes you can find around your home?

Remembrance Day

11th November 2022Jodie Wilkinson
This week we have been remembering the brave soldiers in Blue Group.
We have explored poppy colours and created our own representations of a poppy field.
We also made poppy biscuits to take home, they looked delicious!
Later on in the week we watched a tribute to the soldiers on Cbeebies.

Remembrance Day

11th November 2022Jodie Wilkinson

The children have been making their own poppies for Remembrance Day.

They have practised their cutting skills, using the scissors to cut out circles and silhouettes of soldiers.

The children explored different techniques using paint to make their poppies, such as finger painting, sponge painting, paintbrushes and using rulers.

Children’s Book Week

11th November 2022Jodie Wilkinson

This week we celebrated Children’s Book Week.

On Monday we shared our favourite stories with our friends and on Friday we enjoyed a book swop. What a busy week of reading!

 

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Wold Science Day

11th November 2022Jodie Wilkinson
World Science Day
The children took part in a taste experiment.
We tried sour, pickled and spicy foods.
The lemon was our favourite!

Dragons and Knights

7th November 2022Jodie Wilkinson
This week we have enhanced our Small World area by adding castles, dragons and knights. This has enabled the children to re-enact fantasy play scenarios.
We plan for children’s needs, looking at things that are current and interesting to them, to develop their imagination and historic awareness of how life was different long ago.

Owl Babies

1st November 2022Jodie Wilkinson
Blue group have been listening to Owl Babies story.
The children are becoming familiar with the story and are beginning to join in some of the repeated phrases in the story.
We decided to introduce the clay and make our own owls with feathers and eyes.
Some of our children made hedgehogs too!
It is lovely to see the children enjoying listening to stories and joining in.
It would be lovely to hear about your child’s favourite story at home!

Apple Muffins

1st November 2022Jodie Wilkinson
The children have enjoyed making apple muffins that had been harvested from the apple trees. We measured out the dry ingredients and added them into a mixing bowl. We then added milk, mashed banana and chopped apple into the mixture.
We learnt the names of different kitchen equipment and what they are used for, such as “peeler” and “masher”.
The children helped to stir the mixture and combine the ingredients. We then spooned the mixture into the muffin cases and put them in the oven to bake! They even loved helping with the washing up afterwards!