SUNFLOWERS,NURSES, FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE DOG HANDLERS !

The children have done some lovely sunflower pictures this week – we shall make them into a book !

A real nurse came into playschool on Thursday and talked to the children and let them hear their heart beats and put bandages on our dolls. She really enjoyed the children’s enthusiasm!

The visit to the Fire station by the two Playschools  was a huge success – the two fire fighters were great showing the children how everything worked and bringing fire safety into every conversation. The children clambered on board the fire engine, tried on equipment and explored the station. We all had a great time and the best bit was when the children got to have a go with the water hose ! 

Even the little ones seemed to really enjoy it all and the siren didn’t scare them at all- 'yay for Fireman Sam' (tv). When one fireman got big object off the back of the engine and asked the children if anyone knew what it was, several quickly answered with "Jaws of life" !!

We then had a picnic snack on the grass while they put the fire engine way.  The children got stickers, books and colouring sheets to take away. 

Later in the week we had two Police vans and sniffer dogs into playschool. The dogs were kept safely in the vans but the children enjoyed seeing them, trying on police uniform and pretending to drive the police cars and setting the sirens off. Everyone enjoyed the visit by the police dog handlers today.  The children loved trying on the different police hats and clothes and meeting ‘Murphy’ the small sniffer dog.

Later some of the school children came to have a talk with the police as well. It was a fabulous opportunity for all of us !   Some excellent reflective stickers were given to all the children.

We would like to thank all our Emergency Services very much for helping us to educate our children about ‘People who help us’.

HEROES

This week one of our student’s brother's came to Playschool  in his army medic gear – the children, listen really well and tried on his army mask and helmet. They learnt about how the British Forces help people by rescuing them in floods and protecting people in danger. They also saw his dried food ration and tried some reconstituted apple juice – some children said it was nice some said it tasted “disgusting”!

This week  we were all busy making Father’s day bookmarks at forest school , and love cards– these were stencil printed bulldozer cards and the children also attempted writing their names inside.

The sunshine meant that water play was in big demand – and lots of thought went into working out how to make the water flow down the guttering and back to the bowls – it was “good fun”.

STAFF TRAINING - Jude & Tracy B attended the Forest school Learning Initiatives’ conference down near Slimbridge – it was a fab day where we revisited using saws and drills, made a pot holder – learnt about free food from the forest, how to sustain you forest school area, and leant allot of new ideas to bring back for our children in playschool.

PARENTS FOREST SCHOOL EVENING - On Wednesday evening some of the parents joined playschool staff in a forest school cookout evening – they had a tour of the FS area, sat around the fire chatting, made bread to go with their veggie bean chilli and toasted marshmallows. One of the team’s yummy banana bread finished the evening off – all the parents reported what a lovely evening they’d had!    

HEALTHY TEETH

We had a lovely week brushing teeth and each making a paper mouth with 20 teeth - which we then held up in front of our faces and laughed at each other.

On the walk to visit the dentist it was lovely and sunny - we would like to thank Broadway Dental Surgery for their great reception and for providing the children with a tour of the dentist and a chat with dentist and dental nurses. The children really enjoyed their experience and marched back to playschool full of the visit.

REMINDER - your child needs a coat every day - so that they can access the outdoors even when it is raining - thankyou