This week the children have continued their festive fun.

The activities we have participated in have included:

• playing in our santas workshop where the children wrote Christmas cards, wrapped presents (or staff!) and pretending to make hot chocolate.
• making a giant snowman for our display board
• playing one to one battleships with duplo to help children with their understanding of following instructions
• making up stories, listening to stories and having questions about them afterwards to encourage understanding story structure, plot, settings and characters
• playing one to one battleships with duplo to help children with their understanding of following instructions
• making snowflakes
• playing one to one battleships with duplo to help children with their understanding of following instructions
• during group time we talked about our families, in particular siblings and what the children liked about their brothers or sisters. Some children chose to make a card for their siblings afterwards
• playing one to one battleships with duplo to help children with their understanding of following instructions
• making chocolates
• writing letters to Father Christmas
• rhyming games and songs
• making Christmas pictures
• making stained glass picture
• phonics one games
• playing board games and completing jigsaws
• we watched a 4 min video from the BBC education site (aimed at 3-5years) which was an animated video which told the children about why we celebrate Christmas and we talked about this afterwards
• lots of outside games *maths activities focused on recognising numerals and improving counting skills
• earning about how children celebrate Christmas around the world
• the children have been lucky enough to have some new toys to play with due to some generous donations, they have a new track with cars, books, a lovely kitchen, a fire station and police station and some puzzles, games and books. We are very grateful for all of these donations. The children love them!

Please don't forget that we are rasing funds for new resources by raffling prizes and Christmas hampers. Please buy your ticket now. £1 a strip.

As usual the weekly blog represents a snapshot of what most of the children participate in during the week. Please speak to your child's key person if you would like to have further information about your child's interests and progress. You are welcome to ask your key person for feedback at any time and book a time to have a meeting for feedback on how your child is progressing.

We are looking forward to seeing you all next week. Hoping you all have a lovely weekend.
Best wishes, Julia, Grace, Sharon, Lisa, Hannah, Jackie and Amy