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Hello and welcome to this weeks blog post. Thank you for responding to our questions regarding the blog, the majority of parents read it so we will continue trying to post weekly!  There is a new question, please have a look and respond. We all had a lovely time at Thomley Hall on Wednesday, thank you for joining us.  Over the summer they will have various open days with different activities, please take a look at their website for more details.  https://thomley.org.uk/calendar/ This week in Class 2 we found a frog in our pond!  The garden continues to grow and we look forward to harvesting the fruit and vegetables soon.  We had a very wet forest school on Tuesday and the children mixed powder paint with the mud and water to create new colours.  The children have chosen some songs and music for our leavers celebration (please let us know if you are coming) and we have been practising.   In Class 1 this week we created musicals instruments using...

Hello and welcome to this week’s blog post.  Thank you for all the donations, help and support with strawberry fayre yesterday.  We raised an impressive £600!  We have a few more cakes to sell outside Pre-School today, please pop down and make a donation. I n Class 2 this week we have been making fruit salad, decorating our invitations for the afternoon tea (please check trays), practising for sports day, music and movement, making playdough, playing listening games and exploring clay with water at Forest School.  Today we also moved the caterpillars into the net and will need to wait 14 sleeps for the butterflies! In Class 1 this week we have created a snake world small world due to an interest in snakes. The children found out what snakes eat and where some snakes live. On Monday we made vegetable sausage rolls with a variety of filling choices to choose from.  The children have some an interest in playing games, they have asked for the s...

Hello and welcome to this week’s blog post.  Thank you for responding to our question "Do you know who your child's key person is?".  We had 24 responses, 23 yes and 1 no.  We have now emailed everyone to inform you of your child's key person, if you are still unsure please speak to the room leader.  We now have a new question, "Do you read the blog?" I n Class 2 this week we have been making things for Father's day and the children have told us what they love about their dad.  The tadpoles have now moved into the pond and the caterpillars are growing!  On Wednesday, a parent baked fruit scones with the children.  We have introduced a 'curiosity' cube to the class, they have been drawing pictures and talking about the items inside the cube.  The current letter for the sound bag is 'P', if you find anything beginning with this letter, please bring it in to add to our bag.  It has been a very wet week, the children have continued go...

  Hello and welcome to this week’s blog post. We have had a busy start to the last half term of this year! We have a new area by the front door with a new donation tree.  The free fruit (and random donations from Tesco!) will also be available on the new cabinet, please feel free to help yourself.  We will also display a question on the board and ask you to add a counter to the yes or no jar with your answer.  This will help us to reflect on how we are doing and help us to improve, I hope to add a comments box and paper for you to leave any suggestions relating to the question.  The current question is "Do you know who your child's key person is?" I would also like to remind you all that the library is still available for you to take preloved books from and to add any that you no longer want.  Please do have a look through with your child and choose a book to take home. I n Class 2 this week our tadpoles have started to turn into t...

Hello and welcome to this week’s blog post.   The chicks have now moved onto their new home, the children have had a lovely time watching them grow and taking care of them. In Class 2 we have noticed that the tadpoles have started to grow legs!  After half term we will have some caterpillars.  This week we have used our new woodwork area in the garden and have been making lots of dens for the children to play in.  The children have been pretending to be chicks and made themselves beaks.  On Tuesday we went to Forest school and used hammers to make leaf prints on pieces of material.  Today the children requested that we make chocolate cakes, so we did! In Class 1 we have planted some vegetables in our garden to support our children learn about taking care of the environment. This week the children created a police station outside - the children created whistles, handcuffs and a jail. Last week we read 'Going on a bear hunt' in forest school...

Hello and welcome to this week’s blog post.   We now have chicks!!  Yesterday the chicks started to hatch and we currently have four.  The children have named them Chocolate, Caroline, Claire and Aimee Dig Yellow!!!  They are very cute and the children have enjoyed looking at them. In Class 2 we have started practising for sports day races on a Monday in the school hall.  We will start practising on the school field on different days after half term.  We have been to Forest School and used the new flower press.  We have started planting (thank you for all of the donations of seeds), building with the large blocks in the garden and we found ladybird eggs on the tree.  We have continued with the cake station and the children are becoming more independent with this. In Class 1 we have baked some savory muffins due to an interest in baking. We have explored mixing juices from an orange, lime and a lemon, discovering how this may smell. W...

Hello and welcome to this week’s blog post.   Tonight is our Disco, tickets are still available on the door.   All money raised will help towards the improvement of Class 1's garden! We have continued to count down the days for the eggs to hatch.  We now have just 7 sleeps (approximately)! In Class 2 we climbed a ladder at Forest school and explored all of the new growth.  The children have been experimenting by mixing cornflour and water, then later in the week custard power and water.  We have started the cake station this week and the children have been adding their name to the waiting list, using their name label as guidance.  We have used the tap tap shapes to make pictures and putting together puzzles.  It has been very wet this week and we used powder paint to mix with the rain water and made pictures using the brooms.   In Class 1 the children have been exploring messy play with the shaving foam and the sand....