EXPERIMENTATION

There has been some amazing imaginative wooden block building going on with plenty of thought on balance for bridges, carrying vessels for cars and car washers,helping each other to make a boat from the tyre and using planks for seats.

The children listened well and followed the recipe to develop the sour dough starter we have been growing . They enjoyed weighing out the flours and measuring the milk.... looking at the numbers on the scales and jug"

Everyone took part in making ginger heart shape biscuits. Looking at ingredients using all their senses as appropriate to identify find out , describe and talk about what they observed. They showed an interest in weight by measuring the ingredients counting and recognising numbers on the scales. The children used rolling pins and cutters to achieve what they had set out to do and proud of their finished biscuit

The 'little ones' at Broadway Playschool really enjoyed their first mud kitchen session on Monday. They were all keen to put waterproof overalls and wellies on, lovely to see them helping one another. They are really getting to know each other better and starting to interact and help each other a lot, which is lovely to see.

CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE LEARNING - Playing and exploring 
– engagement

 Finding out and exploring / Playing with what they know /Being willing to ‘have a go’

Here we see the children becoming confident in their environment and getting 'stuck in' to try new things. They are showing one of the key drivers for learning - enthusiasm and interest - something that our children are exhibiting in abundance !