BROADWAY LATE NIGHT SHOPPING & CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL

This week the children have been busy making all sorts of Christmas decorations ready to take to the United reformed Church to hang on our Playschool Christmas tree in the church.
They have been concentrating hard to follow the instructions to make peg reindeers and hand print reindeers and corn flour decorations.

It has been a cold week so we have been wrapping up warm for outdoor play.
On Thursday the walk up to the church was wind y cold and bright. Everyone did 'good walking' holding the ribbon and the tree looked lovely after each child had hung their decoration.
Do visit the Playschool Christmas Tree at the UR church festival at either late night shopping on 25th November or 2nd December.

At forest school this week we have lit the kelly kettle in the fire pit and had yummy banana custard as well as hot chocolate while we sat around base camp. The mud kitchen continues to be very popular.

OOH LA LA !

As part of our “trip” ‘around the world’ Marcus (our puppet) has set off with his suitcase by plane, train and automobile !

We have looked at France this week. The children have enjoyed making croissants, rolling and shaping the dough and once cooked taking them home to eat. They have also enjoyed making French flags and being introduced to a French song – ‘Frere Jacques’. We looked a different things in the setting and tried to find out what they were called in French too.

The dark den continues to be enjoyed and using the torches in the den – the children are getting very good at returning the torches to be re -charged

At Broadway Playschool the little ones have been using the story sack to help tell "Goldilocks and the Three bears" story at circle time. It has been lovely to see them playing with the oats and re-enacting the story during their free- play. They have been doing the bears voices and feeding them oats.

CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL IN THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH FROM NEXT FRIDAY EVENING – SEE OUR DECORATED TREE !!

HAPPY HALF TERM EVERYONE !

This week the children have been getting physical - using the climbing frame at the 2-3 group and an obstacle course at Towerview Playschool, using balancing, jumping, hopping and throwing skills.

Children enjoyed banana and custard in forest school, also watching the flame coming out the top of the Kelly kettle got some “wow's “

Children got stuck in making spider webs using glittered paint and string and have been really looking at the pumpkin and producing some amazing still life paintings.

Outside the children have been playing on the bikes, filling the ‘trunk’ up with leaves and taking them over to the other side of the area – very good turn taking.

At Broadway Playschool the little ones in the 2-3 group have produced some lovely spider web glitter pictures this week.  They are also beginning to involve themselves in role play now that we have introduced the home corner.  They sat and listened really well and joined in ‘We’re going on a Bear Hunt’.

Happy Half term !

– we are back on Monday 31^st October

ourselves !

This week the children have been looking at themselves in the mirror and drawing some fabulous portraits. They have been looking to see what colour eyes they have, what kind of hair and expressions.
They have made biscuit faces -decorated with various sweets to make the features - counting out how many eyes etc they need and selecting which colour to choose.


At Forest school they have been learning to saw sections of silver birch - standing behind the rope to watch when not actually sawing (with an adult). They are learning the rules of the Forest and how to keep themselves safe.


Back in Playschool they then took turns in drilling a hole into the sections of wood they had previously sawed. They were very proud of the results.


At Broadway Playschool there has been a lot of sifting and sorting of sand into sieves and buckets and transporting chalks and counting them out too. The children have been excellent at playing 'What's in the box ?' with one child leading while staff stand back. Their dancing has come on with some very good 'moves' to the tumble tots CD.

AUTUMN LEAVES !

This week at Broadway Playschool  2-3 group we have been climbing, using our muscles and strength to pull ourselves up on to the climbing frame, then whizzing down the slide!

On Monday, At Towerview Playschool,  we all enjoyed going for a short walk to collect leaves and conkers. It was fun to explore the textures and colours and to then sort by shape and size

We had a lovely time this week making hand print tree pictures at both settings.

There were some lovely drawings of family members. We have also been recording children’s height on our giraffe height chart.

 It has been great getting to know the new children, seeing how well they have all settled in and seeing how the older children have grown since last term.  

In forest school we went hunting for different leaves, finding a number of different ones we matched them to our identification charts.  Lots of great climbing took place too, using the climbing tree.

BAKING TOGETHER !

It is lovely to see everyone back at playschool after the summer break.  


For the second week back we have been making scones, bread and gingerbread men as we get to know each other a little better. The children have listened, taken turns and measured sifter stirred and rolled mixtures. They have enjoyed waiting for the different things to cook - mmmm lovely smells !!


At Broadway Playschool the 2-3s children have enjoyed looking for bugs, worms and snails as Alison cleared the flowerbeds. They have also enjoyed snack outside while the weather is still good.

At Towerview lots of interaction and working together witnessed this week, from building using the foam blocks to role play. Also the 'animal boogie' at music and dance time was hit with particular children !


At Forest School the children had lots of fun exploring the climbing tree in forest school and learning or remembering the Forest School RULES !

WELCOME TO THE AUTUMN TERM !

Hello and welcome to our autumn term.


All the children are starting to settle and explore their new or familiar environment. There have been lots of opportunities for outdoor play this week - and the need for sun hats and sun cream ! The water play has been popular - spraying , splashing , tipping and pouring ! Play dough has also been a good place to settle and meet new friends.


We are hearing back from our parents with siblings that have gone up to 'BIG' school about how they are all settling at their new schools. Our children have gone on to 6 different local schools this year.


Our theme this half term is going to be around 'ourselves' and getting to know each other in the Playschool.