LADYBIRDS & SNOW SHOWERS!

Hello ! 
This week we have been busy studying ladybirds - their features and where they like to live.
The children have enjoyed making clay ladybirds and collages and seeing what bugs we can find at Forest school and in the Playschool gardens. The children have been reading about mini beast and 'looking things up' on the computer.

some of the children built an amazing 'zoo' outside - utilising all the construction materials we have - complete with animals and 4 zoo keepers!

At Broadway Playschool the little ones have been busy chalking and making prints, painting spots on ladybird shaped paper, playing with oats and exploring the story of 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'. The staff have been using the puppet theatre to tell the story through and the children have loved it !

We have been watching the weather and any of the snow showers we have had we have been out dancing and trying to catch snow flakes on black paper.

The transition visits to the reception class at Broadway First School have started. We take all the children going up to school even if this isn't the school they will be going to. We talk to them about going to 'school' - exploring what a classroom is like and then we can look at all the different schools in our School photo book back in Playschool.  We are still also using the school hall once  week so the children get used to being in a school hall environment.

SPIDERS !!!

This week we stared our 'mini beasts' theme and this week have been looking at spiders. We discussed what the children already knew - which was a lot ! They talked about bees making honey and where worms live. They also thought 'fairies' should be included, and so they are on the chart we made.

We found a large dead spider and looked at him under the magnifiers. They have been making spider hats and learning to concertina paper which they all managed to have ago at. They also counted to eight for their spiders legs and eyes.
A remote control spider  they have named Lucy is also part of the sessions- some children do not like her at all!

Our placement student introduced different 'sensation bags' = food bags filled with different things - like paint or corn flour and water - the children really got involved choosing fillings and 'drawing' on the outside of the bag.

At Broadway Playschool using the puppet theatre to tell our current story of Goldilocks and the three bears has proved a big hit - with all the children getting very animated.

YOUR CHILD'S INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLANS IS OUT THIS WEEK.
- THE SHEET FOR APPOINTMENTS TO SEE KEY WORKERS IS ON DESK IN PLAYSCHOOL.

WELCOME BACK TO THE SUMMER TERM !

It was nice to see all the children settled, happy and re-kindling their friendships after their long Easter break.

We have enjoyed seeing the children doing the ‘tap tap’ art and seeing all of their amazing pictures that they have made.

At Broadway Playschool the little ones are beginning to get involved in their role play and have loved wearing the hats, they have been firemen, policemen, painters and builders.

Children really enjoyed going back into the bottom forest school and seeing the transformation over the past couple of months.  A particular interest was the hunt for worms, and many children were confident to hold these and discuss the size difference between them. It has become quite over grown in the area and one child remarked     "Wow ! Lots of carrots growing ! " 

The children really enjoyed getting really muddy from head to toe and  then getting to roll on the grass on the way back to Playschool – to get all the mud off their overalls !

 REMINDER - your child needs a coat everyday - whatever the weather - as we are always outside- every session. Thank you.