tapping out the rhythm

At Forest school this week all the children were keen to get involved in making a xylophone at forest school, they enjoyed dragging wood through the area and sawing up logs ready to put it together. We had to fell a tree - it was completely rotten - the children stood  well back and shout of "timber!" went up as it crashed to the ground.  

Lots of smiles on meeting Jilly's puppet dog 'Sit' again on Wednesday morning and singing our "hello" song.  The children selected different length rhythm sticks by sound and decorated them too.

At Broadway Playschool the sunny weather meant we could stay outside longer without getting too cold. The buckets and pulleys were being explored, mark making with the chalks  and one child built blocks around the static playhouse - like a wall of insulation! Lots of concentration and purposeful play. They were mesmerised by the '3 Little Pigs' story sack show! At the end of the session percussion instruments along to world music was much enjoyed by children and staff.

As part of the transition to school, we visited the reception class at Broadway First School. The children explored the environment. They also had a quite exhausting PE session in the school hall - lots of noise made !