HAPPY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL !

The last week was full of anticipation as our children prepared for their Xmas singsong which parents and carers came too. It made us all very proud the way they sang their hearts out and performed the dances. Two children led the performance and one child from Broadway Playschool joined in as well!

The response to the subsequent slide show was very positive with one grandparent remarking 'what an excellent and creative range of activities we covered in one term and she could see all the learning that was going on. Three parents also commented on how happy the children looked and a couple asked for photo's and one suggested we produce a book to sell to parents .... watch this space !

The Xmas party went very well - Father Christmas visited and the children loved seeing him and greeting a small pre-Xmas gift.

The staff had a fab end of term night out and farewell leaving meal for Alison who is moving on to pastures new.  We all wish her every success.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!

Staff are back on Weds 4th for training day and cleaning sessions

CHILDREN ARE back on Monday 9th Jan 2017

CHRISTMAS IS COMING !

We have been busy 'making Christmas' this week. The children have enjoyed making chocolate reindeers and creating 'snowman' footprint pictures that can be seen on the display board as you come in the door at Towerview Playschool.
At Broadway Playschool the little ones got to grip with glue and glitter to make some very effective star relief cards.  We also all enjoyed a stroll down the village admiring all the Christmas decorated shop windows, and had a sneaky peek at the Christmas trees in the Lygon Arms - the staff there were very welcoming and our children were very well behaved!

At Forest School this week the children enjoyed making bird nests, looking for treasure and using the mud kitchen to make a variety of mud cakes, soups and pies.

At the end of the week both children and adults had fun watching the reception children from Broadway First School perform in their nativity play.

OUR SING SONG (based around the Nativity) is at 11am (until 12) THURSDAY 15th DEC

                             everyone very welcome to come along !

Christmas Party (for Friday children and those going to school Sept 2017) is on Fri 10.30 - 1

LAST DAY FRIDAY 16TH DEC 2016

- BACK MONDAY 9TH JAN 2017

cold frozen countries ! at home and abroad

With the cold icy weather we have, topically, been looking at ice and snow and what countries we might find these in. The children were keen to look for animals that live around the Arctic and in Antarctica and then played with them in the fake snow we made. They have also been studying water into ice – looking and feeling what the difference is between water and frozen water inside (using the freezer)  and outside !

We are busy making Christmas decorations and cards – lots of glitter and glue and practicing singing our songs for the Christmas Sing song ( Thursday 15^th Dec 11 – 12 noon).

At Broadway Playschool 2-3’s group it has been brilliant watching the children interact and join in telling the story of ‘Goldilocks and the three bears’ using a story sack.  We have been playing inside football as we all got too cold outside after a while- but it was good to explore the frozen water and ice on the tyres and benches.  We all went down to the church to see the Xmas tree Festival – our tree was the best the children decided!

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.