LEAVES & CONKER TIME !

At Towerview Playschool the children have enjoyed collecting and playing amongst the leaves, having lots of fun running through them kicking and throwing them over each other on the school field. They enjoyed watching them flutter down and hearing their crunch as they jumped and skipped through them. We shall have to try to make some art installations with our finds!

The children enjoyed a short walk to the horse chestnut ‘conker’ trees this week. We collected and sorted the conkers. Some were very big, others were tiny !  

We also had great fun using the bikes on the ramp – there was some really good turn taking, waiting and beeping the horn on the way day to ‘alert the oncoming traffic ! ‘

At Broadway Playschool the ‘2-3s’ are enjoying ‘What's in the box?’ and joining in with action songs. This takes a lot of concentration, develops patience and enables ‘turn taking’.  Outside the children enjoyed the autumn air, seeing the leaves falling from the trees. 'Bubble time' engaged the children in jumping and twirling as they tried to catch the bubbles.

Autumn themes ....

At Broadway Playschool, the little ones have been showing off their physical skills with ‘roly ploys’, jumping and hurdling over cones.   They are enjoying sand play, trying to make sandcastles with almost every container!

At Towerview Playschool the children have really enjoyed practicing their throwing and kicking skills with the footballs.

The children enjoyed the ‘Owl Babies’ story sack, which reinforced to them that all mummies come back. They showed some excellent recall of the story and talked about their feelings. 

They have lalso oved looking out the window, this week, at the digger taking down the garages and then going outside and playing with the toy diggers and conkers.

Lots of children have enjoyed making ‘hedgehog’ shaped collages this week. Also the puzzles table has seen some lovely interaction, support and encouragement from one to another.  

EXPLORING THEIR ENVIRONMENT

It has been lovely getting to know the children and their families who have started with us this term. The children have continued to settle in, with some of them making great strides in their toileting and getting changed for yoga and forest school.  

They have enjoyed observing their facial features in the mirror and drawing a self portraits and have really enjoyed building outside with the blocks, planks and crates.

At forest school the children have also enjoyed exploring the outdoor environment and looking for insects.

Next door to Towerview Playschool the garages are being knocked down. There have been lots of excited children’s faces while watching the blue digger taking them down and piling up the bricks.

The children at the 2-3yr group are settling well and learning the morning routine. They are really enjoying circle time with 'Skip' the dog.

   

If you want to chat anything through about your child's development, settling etc please talk to your child's Key person or Jude.

WELCOME BACK TO THE AUTUMN TERM !

Hello everyone ! 
The children have all either settled back in or are getting to know us and beginning to settle now.

We have seen a lot of empathy as older, more settled children support younger new children - lovely to see.

The children have been making the most of being outside with water play, construction and chalk mark making. The children have been busy using the 'tool kit' to 'repair' the play house- lots of hammering and drilling going on!

We have made bread rolls as a group- they looked smelt and tasted delicious ! 

At Broadway Playschool, the children have been building towers inside and out and getting used to sitting up for snack and coming to story time.

Forest School is going well - Jude spent a day coppicing and tidying both areas ready for the winter. We shall be doing fire safety and working with basic tools over the winter months. The children have enjoyed climbing. They will also be helping to manage the site - collecting fire word and looking after the trees and birds.

HAPPY SUMMER HOLS !

In Playschool the children have enjoyed building walkways and bridges with the planks outside in the sunshine. 

After a rather damp start, meeting up at the Tower park, we think it's fair to say that the Tower Walk this year was a success, with lots of sliding and rolling part of the way down. An added bonus was the company of grasshoppers during our picnic snack half way down. The children all had a great time walking down and they did brilliantly considering the initial bad weather.  They enjoyed 'log rolling' down the hills, sliding down on their bottoms, seeing the views and even came close to the sheep. They finished it off by preparing their own sandwiches for an indoor picnic back at Towerview Playschool.

Broadway Playschool (the two year old group) enjoyed a visit to the park this week, where they played on the swings, seesaws and even managed to climb the climbing frame; before sliding down the pole like firefighters.

Well we really can't get over where the time has gone!  We have all really enjoyed seeing all the children growing in confidence and their personalities shine through. We've shared lots of lovely 'WOW' moments on the way.

Enjoy 'big school' all our 'Leavers'  and we look forward to welcoming children coming back in September to continue their journey with us.

TERM STARTS MONDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER 2017

water water everywhere ........

The children have enjoyed building outdoors, they have been observed building a car, bridge, walkway, surfboard and a house. The children's imagination is extensive and it has been fun to watch their ideas develop.

The water play has been extended by the children and they have really enjoyed making a water course to tip the water down; working out flow and exploring gravity. We have been expanding water beads that one of our parent's kindly supplied - the children have enjoyed the texture and the colours  and have used mirrors to make kaleidoscope patterns.

At Broadway Playschool the 2-3 year old children have enjoyed parachute games, moving 'up' and 'down' to create wind, and hiding 'under'.

The coming week will be full of mixed emotions as we say goodbye to the children going on to 'big' school in September. We've had an absolute blast this past year and looking forward to seeing the slide show Jude has put together for us to watch everyday (from Tuesday) at 2.30pm.

LET THE SUN SHINE IN !

This week the children made the most of the sunshine - donned with sun hats and sun cream they built water courses and dens and enjoyed the whole outside experience.

The little ones at Broadway Playschool went for a walk over the fields. We saw birds, dogs, the stream - where we played 'poo sticks' and horse and foal then a field of sheep being rounded up by a 'farmeress' on a quad bike and sheep dogs - what an exciting day!

We have been designing '3 lovely Apples ' drawing entries  for the Broadway Horticulture show that will be on in early Sept this year. We hope to win the cup for the 5th time !!! Also making 3D trees entries out of junk for the Willersey Show in August.

FOREST SCHOOL TRIP
This was a fabulous day. After getting ready we boarded the bus - very exciting and lots to see as we went down Broadway High street on route to Sandfield Farm.  Once there we unloaded all out lunches, fire basket , tools and water and went in to the huge forest school area. This has hills, muddy ditches, mud kitchen  stiles, tyre swing, musical drums, different shelters and fully kitted out rooms with toilets and hand washing facilities. We stopped to watch the pigs loving getting showered from the hose pipe and the cockerel.
Then we had snack around the camp fire - toasted crumpets and marshmallows and explored the forest. These was steady supply of watering cans to sue in mud kitchen or to make muddy ditches even more muddy!  We had a fabulous day - getting very, very muddy and enjoying the freedom of the vast forest. I was very proud of all the children and staff who made the day so wonderful and to Emma at Sandfield farm for her support. On our way back one boy fell fast asleep and another  child remarked " that was the best day ever ! "

TOWER WALK SLIPS OUT THIS WEEK

30 HOUR INFO PACK ALSO OUT THIS WEEK