Frosty days in Preschool

We have had lots of fun looking for frost and ice whilst wrapped up in our coats and scarves. The changes to our garden have been really beautiful today and we will be making frost and ice art tomorrow.

Reception – learning about hearing aids

We were lucky enough to have a visitor come in and talk to us about her hearing aid. Her name is Mrs Peters! As you can see from the video the children were very engaged! Mrs Peters had a model of our ear and showed us how our ear works!

Reception Science – learning about our body

In Reception we have a doctors role play corner, so, we have been learning all about our bodies. One of our friends drew a picture of “stuff in her body” We asked her what this was and she told us it is inside our body and goes round. This prompted us to take a look […]

Reception Science – compost bins

We had great fun exploring the wildlife area. We needed pebbles and stones… We had to put them at the bottom of our compost bins. We used trowels to add soil. We had fun! We were able to identify that this was a bulb, and can now identify parts of a bulb. We discussed what […]

Reception – The Natural World

In Reception we have been looking at seasons, we now have an understanding of the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around us and have been exploring the natural world around us by finding items to put in our mini compost bins!

Reception art – hedgehogs

This week in Reception we have been thinking about the changes we have been seeing outside. We noticed the leaves have been falling. We are also aware the need for our coats now it’s getting colder, which means winter is upon us! We discussed what these changes mean, and how at this time of year […]

If you go down to the woods today…

…you’ll find Pre-school looking for signs of birds and squirrels. We also drew pictures on the ground for any fairies that live there, just in case!

Autumn watch in Preschool

A big thank you for the amazing home learning project that you’ve all been working on. There will be happy birds hopping onto our bird feeders for us to observe now!

The Natural World in Preschool

We have been collecting leaves and observing the changes in colours. Then we watched a programme about woodland creatures and decided to make a collage of one! We discussed what hedgehogs look like and what they needed to keep warm.

Growing in Reception

This week we have been busy planting bulbs! We really enjoyed ourselves and learnt the names of the plants. We are exploring the world around us and becoming more aware of the importance of caring for plants and trees.