WELCOME BACK !

AT TOWERVIEW PLAYSCHOOL

It was wonderful to watch all the children coming into Playschool after half term- keen to get on with their day. This term we are looking at experiments and growing.

They listen well to how to make play dough and all joined in to make it.

We had an impromptu visit from the community police lady who allowed the children to explore the police-car and turn siren and lights on!  

The children have enjoyed the water play using different containers to water their lettuces radish and beans. There was also a castle built with the foam blocks for ‘Rapunzel’ role play. 

Outdoors the children were engrossed in mark making with chunky chalks on the playground. Using their imagination they drew ‘rainbows’ , ‘rivers’, ‘aeroplanes’ and ‘dinosaurs’. 

The children showed increasing skill and control in their gross and fine motor skills working creatively on a large and small scale and enjoying what they had set out to do.

AT BROADWAY PLAYSCHOOL

Great to see the children at Broadway Playschool really involved outside, responding to each other and working together building with crates and planks to balance.

They have all been introduced to the mud kitchen area and seem excited to get involve....looking forward to messy times ahead !

CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE LEARNING - Active learning – motivation - Being involved and concentrating

Here we see the children’s motivation to learn in their engagement with the environment , staff and each other.

They are able to focus on their choice of activity and on the different activities being introduced – such as making playdough or listening to the police lady.

The use of mark making that comes from their interest to repeat what they have seen and to communicate through the written word is all starting here- and it is so exciting to see, and be a part of!