Friday 27 November 2015

Oh Christmas Tree ! Oh Christmas tree.! ........


This week the children have been busy making snowmen for the late night shopping in Broadway this Friday and next. They then walked to the church to put their own snowman on the tree and se the other trees there.
Do come and see our Xmas tree at the United Reformed Church in the upper High Street !
We have had play dough that smells like ginger  bread and glitter in the sand !
At Broadway Playschool penguin potato prints have been made by the children and ice explored outside.
At Towerview Playschool ice was also found inside the tyres and brought in to setting to see how long it would take to melt.
The children have taken home their Diwalli lights and are busy making junk model construction of every kind imaginable!
Some of the children have walked down to see the Xmas tree in the church and to look in the decorated shop windows.
MEETINGS WITH STAFF to talk about your child's development are available every afternoon next week - please see form or talk to staff to book a slot.

 

Saturday 14 November 2015

FESTIVAL OF LIGHT


There was some fab mark making and collage this week from flowers to 'Minecraft' at Towerview.  Most of the children have also enjoyed getting messy with the clay making Diwalli tea lights for the Hindu Festival of Light.
It was great to see some of the children role playing using the puppets and soft toys, with a dragon theme this week. They have also  been getting really involved with role play with the outside building equipment again making ‘aeroplanes’.  
At Broadway Playschool the children are becoming more settled now and we are having good fun playing "who's wearing the glasses game" and getting to know each other at snack time.
Forest school session - saw many children building on their confidence to climb the tree at various heights, and challenge themselves further. This also helps builds the muscles they need to write with.
Jude and Jo have been on Local Authority SENdCo training in Worcester . This is training for our special educational needs support in Playschool and benefits all the children with their development.

THE PLAYSCHOOL COMMITTEE HAVE THEIR ANNUAL MEETING THIS TUESDAY EVENING AT 6.30 AT TOWERVIEW PLAYSCHOOL. ALL PARENTS ARE INVITED.

Tuesday 10 November 2015

bonfires and remembrance...


This week we have been seeing wind & rain lashing the playschool – the children have still managed to get outside and build aeroplanes, trains and houses. The one plane even had ‘TVs in the seats’ so we could all ‘watch’ different films!!

We have made felt poppies and talked about remembering people and soldiers and wars. The children worked hard to split the wool weft and to layer it – then to soap it then roll it out and then leave to dry. The poppies look very effective !

We have also been discussing fire safety and how to keep ourselves safe. The children have made a ‘krispie’ bonfire cake at both settings – it all tumbled down the sides of the bowl and they added different sweets to make the ‘flames’. They have seen matches and sparklers and we have talked about ‘fire’ ,‘hot’, heat’ and ‘burning’. They know these things are for adults to do and they can watch, to keep safe.

The bonfire cake at Towewrview went to Forest School and was beautiful with the sparklers in it – then we all had a piece- yum yum !