Preschool 19/5

Let’s ask the Numberblocks to help us find different ways of making 10 today! Numberblocks, Series 2: Ten: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08phr1g via @bbciplayer And finally, well done with all your work with the Alphablocks. Keep writing your names and practising the letters in the Alphablocks episode. Have you still got your Small World and shop at home? […]

Preschool 13/5

Let’s get mathematical! One of you has a lovely hundred square in their garden which reminded me of the fabulous game of Bingo and a few other games that need hardly any resources but are great fun. Try some of these today! The pairs game. Have you got a pack of cards at home? If […]

Preschool 6/5 Expanding Business!

I am so proud of you Nursery class! You have started several small businesses and so far I have seen a garden centre 🌷🌺🌼 a supermarket 🥫🏪 🛒a couple of bakeries🧁🥧 and a shop that seemed to have shoes 🛍AND cake which is music to my ears! Someone even opened a theatre 🎭 . Carry […]

Preschool 5/5

Let’s do the shop together this week! Have fun exploring number by creating a mini shop at home today. If you’re feeling full of energy you could even bake some of the things that go in the shop itself. By now, children will have noticed how food shopping has played a big part in their […]

Preschool 28/4

Congratulations to this clever gardener for not just growing amazing veggies but also decorating the pot of one as well ☺️👍 Today I would like you to sort the plants that you are growing into size order. Don’t worry if you haven’t seen any shoots yet, you can always change this to sorting toys, boxes, […]

Preschool 27/4

Take a look at CBeebies today and a programme called Do You Know. I know that lots of you are having fun planting and growing fruits, vegetables and other plants…but while you are waiting for shoots to appear what’s going on underground? Let Maggie show you! Maddie’s Do You Know?, Series 4: 5. Drinking Water […]

Preschool 23/4

I’m glad to hear that you are enjoying planting and growing at home and that you have enjoyed making Small Worlds out of recycled packaging and toys this week. Now, how about making your own card game? Could you make a set of dominoes today. Most dominoes have from zero to six dots on them, […]

Preschool 21/4/20

Spuds U Like! Take a look at the Topics section on the CBeebies website today. If you click on the drop down menu section and select the Food topic there are great activities to explore, from money games where you can guess the price of food to clips about potato printing with Mr Bloom 🌱 […]

Nursery 1/4

Here’s a short clip of our classroom and a nice snapshot of how all the children are engaged in different learning zones and independently on task. With that in mind and having spoken to many of you who are feeling the pressure of teaching children of differing age groups in the same space, here are […]

Support your local small business!

Could you open a shop in your home today? We have a hair salon in class but maybe you’d like to open a pretend sweet store or a toy shop? You could paint pasta different colours for different sweets or put price labels on your toys and practice writing numbers. Remember, no profiteering! Keep those […]