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School Field
Another morning in the School Field and the children are back at the Trim Trail going on a trip on the beams, seeing if we can stand on the spaced walk way, some of the children have been balancing on the walkway. Some of the children went to the gate to see if there was anyone walking past or coming through the tunnel.
There is a tree in the corner of the school field which has a hole and we think the fairies live in it (but we haven’t seen them yet), so the children were waiting to see if they would appear and then before leaving the field we were back at the allotment to see how much more the Daffodils had grown.
Hall Time
On a Thursday we have our PE Session in the school hall. We always start with a warm up and then find something in the School PE Cupboard for the children to use. We found some bats and soft balls along with some ribbons on small hoops. To end Hall Time, we picked 2 children to call the children’s names so they can line up ready to leave the hall.
Making Playdough
The children have helped to make some Blue Playdough for the start of term. Before starting the children put an apron on and I have them a bowl and spoon. We mixed together flour, salt, oil and coloured water to make our Playdough. Sarah and Jordin had to help the children finish off the mixing as it was not coming together. Once we had the Playdough into a ball, the children were able to play with it using the rolling pins, cutters and scissors.
Outdoor Play
We are out everyday with the children either in the morning or afternoon sessions. On this occasion the children have been building with the large wooden blocks and making an obstacle course. The children have used the wooden blocks to make houses and a robot, then they have worked together to build the obstacle course adding pieces as time went on.
Jackie found the large little trikes track we had put away and the children were helping to build it back up, but it was cut sort as it started to rain heavy.
Colour Match Game
The children have been taking turns to see if they can match the right colours together. To do this puzzle, the children have had to find 3 pictures of the same colour and then add the colour word at the top and a piece with the colour on the bottom. For completing the puzzle, the children were able to pick a sticker.
Classroom Activities
Here is a selection of different activities the children have been taking part in. We have been sorting the Compare Bears into Colours, practicing our counting and see if we can find the corresponding number, building with the Numicon and Little Quadro and then the children have had fun in the Sand Tray.
Fun in the Field
We love a Monday as it is our School Field day. The children and ladies had their wellies on to do some exploring. We have been looking at our Allotment Plot to see if anything has started to grow and the Daffodils are starting to appear. We then made our way across to the Trim Trail and had a play on the apparatus. The children were going on the bus to Australia and they have been practising balancing on the wobbly walkway.
Jigsaws
We went through a phase where the children loved to do a jigsaw puzzle. When the children start with this we usually end up with a selection of different puzzles ranging from Playtrays to 42 piece jigsaw. We see the children starting with a jigsaw that only has a small selection of pieces and then they build up to large and trickier jigsaws.
Calendars
Jackie’s Activity is to make a Calendar for the following year. For the background the children made handprints with different colours of paint. Once they were dried, Sarah had printed some photographs of the children taking part in different activities over the past couple of months and the children glued these on to the handprinted paper and they picked a piece of card for it to be stuck on and then they were laminated to last the next year. After the laminated sheet had cooled down the children helped to make holes in it and then threaded some ribbon through for them to hand up and the last thing to do is to glue on the calendar tab for 2024.
Christmas Party
On Thursday 14th December we had our Christmas Party. We were playing our party games in the school hall. The children all took part in Musical Bumps, Statues, Spots, Pass the Parcel and Honey Bear, after playing the games we made our way back to the Pre-school where we had a party dinner. The children had a selection of sandwiches, teddy faces, chocolate fingers, party rings, carrots and cucumber sticks.
But when we were in the hall, we missed a visit from Santa, but he left the children a bag full of presents which Jackie gave out. We hope all the children had a great fun playing all the games and eating our party dinner.
Tree Decorations
Karen has been making Beaded Christmas Decorations with the children. Karen had a selection of different wooden beads to the children to pick from along with a bell to add in the middle of the beads. The children counted out 7 beads which they wanted to use and then they started to thread them onto a pipe cleaner. Once they had threaded 3 on, the children added a bell and then threaded the other beads on. The two ends of pipe cleaners where tied together and the children were able to hang them on one of our Christmas Trees.
Snowman Name
Another activity Jordin has done with the children is a name snowman. To start the children had to count out how many circles they would need to make up their names and then they had to add an extra one for the snowman’s face. The children glued a little bit of each circle and stuck them together and once this was completed, Jordin wrote the letters of each child’s name on the circle. For the Snowman’s Face the children glued a hat, 2 googly eyes and a orange nose.
Reindeer Food
For Jordin’s Activity she has made Reindeer Dust to sprinkle on Christmas Eve Night. To make up the dust, the children spooned some porridge oats into a Christmas Bag and then added some sprinkle some different coloured glitter into it. After completing the children helped to tie the bag up, adding a Reindeer Rhyme Tag and then they shook the oats and glitter to mix them up
Christmas Cards
This year for the children’s Christmas Cards to made Handprint Santa. We started by getting the children to make a white handprint on the front of their card. Once the paint had dried the children made up their card. We started by gluing in a Merry Christmas sentiment and then children wrote their names inside with some help.
The next step was to finish the front of the card, by the children choosing 2 goggly eyes to stick on the handprint along with a piece of tissue paper scrunched up for the nose. For Santa’s Hat, Sarah had cut out a Hat shaped of sticky shiny paper and the children needed to pull the backing off and stick it on the top of the Santa’s Head and they had to push it down to make sure it has stuck down. To give the Santa the finishing touches, the children picked a white glittery pom pom to the point of his hat.
Children in Need Biscuits
Another activity we did for Children in Need is to make and put icing on rich tea biscuits and adding some smarties to them. The children started by making their own Icing with Icing Sugar and Milk and once they got to the right consistency, they added it to the 2 Rich Tea Biscuits they were given. Once they had used all the Icing the decorating started with some smarties. The children took the biscuits home to enjoy.
Hall Time
On a Thursday we have our Hall Time in the School Hall. This week in the Hall, we played What’s the Time Mr Wolf, as we have access to the School PE Cupboard, the Ladies brought out the box with Quoits and Bean Bags in. The children have enjoyed make lines with the Quoits which they walk along and add to it. With the Bean Bags, some of the children have been balancing them on the benches that are sitting and seeing if they have enough to fill the whole bench.
At the end of Hall Time, we do the Bridge where 2 children are picked to call on the other children and then they line up ready to leave.
Salt Dough Pudsey
For Children in Need this year, Kelly wanted to try something different and made some Salt-dough Pudsey’s. When Kelly took the Pudsey’s home to bake, she left them in the oven a bit too long. But the children enjoyed painting them the following day, using their fingers to make the spots.
Classroom Activites
The children have been taking part in different activities we have had set up in the classroom. The children enjoyed doing the different weather jigsaws (there was 8 jigsaws to choose from), we have been trying to find which hole the shapes fit into with shapes sorters, doing a wooden snake using a photo as guidance as there is no picture to copy, drawing and colouring in a hedgehog and the dinosaurs have invade the train track on the carpet.
Children in Need
Every year we like to take part in Children in Need. This year we asked that the children came in wearing spots, dots or dressed in their favourite outfits, we had a selection of different outfits. Our activities over Thursday and Friday had a spots and dots theme. On the Carpet we had a Tuff Tray with pom poms, tweezers, pots and circles. The children could either pick the pom poms up and put them in the pots or on the corresponding coloured circles.
Jordin had drawn a Pudsey with a blank eye bandana, the children helped to decorate it with different coloured spots and when the glue had dried we hung Pudsey on the wall. In our small table, there was coloured buttons for the children to thread on to coloured laces. Everyone had a great day taking part in all the activities.
Fruit Tasting
Jordin has set up a Fruit Tasting activity to do at Snack Time. Jordin had the fruit peeled and cut up on the plates. When everyone had sat down, Jordin explained to the children what we going to do. To start with, the children tried banana, if they liked it they got half and used the plastic knifes to cut it into slices.
Then there was slices of apple, half grapes and oranges, for the children to try, using tweezers to pick them up rather than fingers. Ella tried everything.
