KEEPING COOL BY THE POOL !

This week the heat got to all of us - so we endeavoured to keep cool by spending time at forest school under the tree canopy and paddling in the tuff trays - making foot prints & watching as they disappeared!

At Broadway Playschool- the water play and bubbles continue to be a favourite and as usual fun was had dancing to the 'animal boogie woogie' !   Many are trying mark making with the chalks and building up their fine and gross motor skills ( needed for writing)  using the brushes and rollers.

At Towerview - clay proved to be a big hit - making mini beast for Broadway's September Horticultural Show.

The 'leavers' going to Broadway First School, went for their 1st real school dinners in the hall
- we were very proud of the way they conducted themselves - they tried all their dinner and said 'please and thank you' to the dinner ladies- who were very helpful.  It was lovely that the older school children helped our young ones, helped them with their dinner tray, with open toilet doors and accessing the drinks fountains. They also kept an eye on them when we went out to play in the BIG playground. Thank you Broadway First School children.  

Big box play saw the children working together to problem solve making 'houses' - they painted them with rollers and carpeted them - they also drew plans. Our Ofsted Inspector who was in  seemed very impressed by their organisational and creative skills.

The sour dough starter for our bread stinks - but we are hoping it will work. The volcano experiment was really exciting and the children are hoping to try it out at forest school and in the dough !!

TOWERWALK SLIPS need to be back in next week- thank you!

FOREST SCHOOL TRIP

We had such a lovely trip to the farm with the big forest.

The children explored the enormous space - finding drums- tyre assault course- musical pipes- tyre swings -mud kitchen and mud slide - tunnels to crawl down and big muddy ditches to roll in ! 

We had to use eco loos and wash our hands very carefully and use wet wipes allot !

We had marshmallows and pancakes around the open fire and ate our lunch under the tree canopy.

There were two farm dogs who looked after us and we could hear all the bird twittering in the trees.
 
The journey on the coach was fun - we went down a steep hill and sang songs a we travelled along.

We saw lamas in pyjamas, goats , horses, chickens and cows. There were tractors and diggers and a delivery lorry.

Phew what a long day but only one child fell asleep on the coach on the way back.

Well done everyone !

Like busy busy bees !

At Broadway Playschool the water play tray has also been very popular this week, and we have seen lots of utensils being used to have fun playing.  They have been having fun pouring and scooping and also blowing and chasing the bubbles outside as they fly up high into the sky. The little ones were really excited by the bubbles.
Some children were really enjoying using the chunky egg-shaped chalks to create beautiful colourful artwork on the floor outside (and on the planks too!). 

At Towerview we made carrot cake, some of the children tasted it for the first time and really liked it.  Then later on at forest school a group of the children made a rainbow cake!  Next week we are going to make flap jacks with chocolate on top!

 

The children have been so busy working together using the cardboard to build houses, water painting the inside, laying the floors with planks and carpet squares, making doors with planks....but remember  "you need the passcode to it before you can go inside" !!!

Lots of fun in the water play this week, they've enjoyed putting boats in the guttering and tipping water behind seeing how fast they can make it go. 

We made jelly worms – eugh! But will they taste nice or not ?!!! will they work ??? we shall see.............

We all enjoyed jiggling and wiggling to the action raps and everyone experienced the effect exercise has on our bodies.

Some of the children helped to weed the flower beds and plant the sunflower seeds. There was also a group helping to put some fencing up – it took a lot of patience but it does look good!

 

WELCOME BACK TO SUMMER !

After a rainy start the week's weather turned beautiful and the children were glad to really get outside for the whole day and use all the space available !

We have been looking at how waves are made - using oil and water- making melted bead sun catchers and building constructions outside.
The older children are having some brilliant conversations now - they are really listening to each other - lovely to hear.

At Forest school the cow parsley is really high and there is plenty to do - searching for bugs or making mud pies too! The new overalls arrived - big green and smaller yellow sets - the children loved wearing them proudly.

At Broadway Playschool - much fun was had 'rollering' with water all over the outside of the hall and the playhouses. The flowers are out in the flower bed and we searched for snails using the magnifyers. There are even some tiny strwberries showing now - YUM YUM !

everything is still growing!

This week has seen our runner bean developing roots and our carrot seed growing.

The caterpillars are now chrysalis and have been put in their new home until they emerge as butterflies.

The rotting fruit - is getting really smelly now & brown and sludgy.

The 'dragons' have had a castle built for them outside at Playschool and houses made from sticks, mud and leaves at Forest school.

Biscuits have been made - baked and eaten !

It has been a busy week all round !

lets get active !!

At Towerview Playschool, this week, there has been lots of physical activity with team games, action songs, obstacle courses, the children have been really involved and motivated. We all enjoyed jiggling and wiggling to the action raps and everyone experienced the effect exercise has on our bodies.

Great session at Forest School that involved finding the ‘dinosaur eggs’, there was much excitement as the dinosaurs in ice eggs were discovered! We then had to explore how to get them out of the ice ............

 It was lovely to see the role play developing this week with ‘fire fighters’ rescuing everyone from the ‘burning’ playhouse!

At Broadway Playschool, we have seen lots of children enjoying the sand this week, they've been very busy transporting, tipping and pouring and also working together to help tidy it all away. 

How things grow !

This week the caterpillars have grown and are wiggling around their home. We also had delivery of some ladybirds and set them free at Forest school.

The children have been exploring air and its affect on different things – like egg whites –the children enjoyed watching egg whites turn into what they called “clouds”. Then when whisked the egg whites got bigger and whiter –until we could tip the bowl up over our heads!! The resulting meringues were delicious!

This week the children have been trying lots of experiments,  “what cleans coins?” Looking at decaying food and what happens when we put freshly planted seeds on the windowsill and in the fridge.  They all enjoyed 'Harry and the hazelnut' story sack too.

There has been loads happening outside .....tennis, den building, obstacle course, planting seeds and lots of mark making with chalks- the outside floor area is covered with a variety of lovely colours and shapes. The children have enjoyed playing in the ’hamster wheel ‘, hoola in hoops and using the cart together there too !

Some Dragons came to Forest School !!!–  there is a book about their arrival in Broadway and we are trying to look after them and see what adventures they will bring......................the baby Dragons escaped and turned up at Forest school – we rescued them and reunited them with their parents!

At Broadway Playschool, the little ones are getting very good at remembering the ‘Hungry Caterpillar’ story and playing ‘what’s in the box’. They had fun pulling each other up and down in the big cart outside in the sunshine.