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.