Many of the children have been quite busy painting this week and we have
seen some really great artwork.  Also even though it's the last week we have
seen the children showing good sitting and good listening which is always a
great thing to see!  The children have  really enjoyed helping us clean all the toys ready for September.  Thankyou to all the parents who have helped with cleaning washing dressing up etc.

We will miss all our children leaving us to go to 'big' school, and we hope you all have a fabulous time.  Also, to all the children returning to us in September, have a fun summer and stay safe.

We have enjoyed sharing ideas with the visiting teachers,  such as taking care of resources and cleaning them for the new academic year and our use of water play for understanding our world.  

Wishing all the children lots of luck on their new adventures to 'big' school. 

Have a great summer everyone !

TERM STARTS WEDS 5TH SEPTEMBER 2018 

TERM DATES

Hi folks 
end of term this Friday - back Wednesday 5th Sept 2018 

                good luck to all our 'leavers' & 
               HAPPY SUMMER HOLIDAYS ! 

HEAT WAVE !

With the weather being so nice we've taken the opportunity to enable the children to paddle in the water in the tuff trays this week. Lots of fun was had by all. Out in the sunshine we used the different sand timers and settled on the ten minute timer to see how long it took the sun to dry the water patches. 

 

The little ones at Broadway Playschool had a great time when we introduced the mud kitchen. They made some lovely muddy handprint pictures with staff

All the older children at Towerview Playschool have been doing very good sitting and ‘good listening’ at Circle Time and it is lovely to see how they enjoy us sharing their news.

The children have had a great time playing football on the field, where they showed off their skills and even scored lots of goals against the staff. 

This week we have been doing a lot of mark making. We have also been exploring different mediums such as mud, paint, glue, glitter and water.  The junk modelling continues to be popular too.

SANDFORD FOREST SCHOOL TRIP

What a wonderful day we had ! 
Emma who owns the farm made us very welcome and the children responded very well to the safety talk. 
We all went into the forest school wood where we saw the different areas and went to base camp - after a forest fire and crumpets and milk and fruit snack time everyone went off to explore the forest.
The staff were strategically spaced so that they could watch and support but allow the children freedom to explore.
We had den exploring, rope challenge, swinging on tyre swings climbing hillocks , sliding down , balancing along tree trunks, playing in the mud kitchen and wallowing in the mud pits. children collected water, built shelters and explored the wild areas.
We had a picnic lunch together after the muddy children had been hosed down ! 
and toasted marshmallows on the fire after whittling hazel sticks. 
It was a lovely lovely day enjoyed by children and staff - with some tired children on the coach on the way home !