RAINING DOGS CATS AND GUINEA PIGS !

Hello !
This week we have been playing 'vets '. The children have rearranged the role play area to make room for all the sick animals with support from Amy.

We have had 'Buddy' the dog into show us how good he is at following instructions and everyone got to pat him.

Then 'Honour ' the beautiful guinea pig came to say hello - we learnt about how to care for her , what she eats and where she lives. Everyone got to give her a cuddle and she squeaked with pleasure !

We have looked at different types of pet food and what is good and not good for pets to eat.

We have been following the football and practising our ball skills at Towerview and at Broadway Playschool this week. There were a lot of handballs at Broadway Playschool !

On Friday we released the butterflies that hatched from their cocoons this week and one child had made a story board of the 'Hungry Caterpillar' story and read it to the group.'
The wormery has also finished and we will be taking the worms back to their Forest School home now.

Children going to school will be starting their school induction days soon and we have updated our 'schools' book so that every child can look at their new school and teachers.

worms, butterflies and camping !

We have enjoyed watching the children make the ‘wormery’  - they carefully followed the instructions – layering sand and soil adding worms and placing leaves on top. We then wrapped the container in black paper and will now watch to see if the worms take the leaves down and make them into soil!

Butterflies - Everyone has enjoyed watching our caterpillars change; they have got bigger and bigger and they are now safely in their cocoons.

The Father’s Day / love cards block printed with a bubble wrap heart – so it turned out spotty – looked very professional and some of the children wrote their own names independently. At Broadway Playschool the little ones made hand prints and glued a tiny heart to the middle of the print – theses cards looked lovely too!

At Broadway Playschool water play is very popular and outdoor play involving firemen, builders and lots of shopping !

 Children have been very involved turning the playhouse in to a campervan, lots of talking and listening to each other's ideas and  they've also been drawing pictures on paper to make it a ‘television’ to watch.

At forest school the children have really enjoyed getting stuck in the mud and getting their hands rather muddy too!  

HALF TERM

Have a lovely Whitsun break.

We are back on MONDAY 6th JUNE

SEE YOU THEN !

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN !

The children enjoyed preparing for the Tea party for the Queen, planning for and making their own sandwiches, shopping for this earlier in the week then making cheesecake and jellies. A fun time was had by all at the Queen’s street party, we even sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to her!

During the morning sessions there has been some lovely role play making a beach and having a picnic. 

At Broadway Playschool the little ones have discovered silk painting this week, they made some lovely patterns by dropping food colouring and water onto it.

We have really enjoyed watching the children rolling around and getting muddy at forest school. 

The Tuesday visit from 'Zoolab' to Towerview Playschool was really great, all the children sat beautifully and really enjoyed the experience.  We were able to hold a Giant Land Snail, stroke a Bearded Dragon, a snake, and we saw Rosie the tarantula!  

WORMS & SINGING !

This week has seen bread worms being made - the children followed the bread recipe then rolled dough into worm shapes before baking - very delicious they were too!

We had a guest from Chipping Campden Music Festival who got us all singing and dancing - the children were very well behaved.

At Broadway Playschool we have set up a 'mud kitchen ' - this involves pots and pans and various 'cooking' utensils and mud ! The children are really enjoying mixing and stirring concoctions! 
NOTICE - CHILDREN WILL NEED OLD PLAYCLOTHES EVERY DAY NOW, as we may be using the 'mud kitchen ' at any point in the sessions.

We all said 'goodbye' to our student this year from Evesham College. She has been very dedicated and the children and staff have loved working with her. We wish her every success in her career!

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.