Weekly Blog: 18th March 2022
This week we have been experimenting with science due to it being national science week, this has included:
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. Hoping you all have a lovely weekend.
Best wishes, Julia, Grace, Sharon, Lisa, Hannah, Jackie and Amy
- talking about animals that live in the ocean, reading the story 'sharing a shell' and making an ocean in a bottle which involved trying to mix water and oil
- experimenting with various objects, guessing whether they would sink or float and then testing this in water
- playing a matching seeds with fruits or their plants card game
- reading the story 'Jack and the beanstalk' and learning about the life cycle of a bean
- learning about St Patrick's Day and how it is celebrated around the world
- reading the book 'I'm special' and talking about how each of us is special and what makes us unique
- creating sea creature pictures in the craft area after making the ocean in a bottle
- music and movement session to encourage health and fitness
- counting and colouring in different numbered beans according to the corresponding numeral
- learning about volcanoes and then demonstrating this with an experiment to show how volcanoes erupt
- creating paper flowers, folding them and putting them in water to watch them bloom
- phonics including finding the matching wooden letters to letter cards
- playing the magic bean game, calling out a particular bean and doing the corresponding physical action
- chalking on the front playground
- singing and also action songs
- listening games
- finger painting and painting with brushes
- experimenting with skittles in water to make a rainbow
- continuing to learn about Spring with an interactive tuff tray
- lots of outside play, balancing, riding bikes, playing in puddles and in the sandpit
- lots of imaginative play in the construction role play area
- musical instruments have continued to be popular
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. Hoping you all have a lovely weekend.
Best wishes, Julia, Grace, Sharon, Lisa, Hannah, Jackie and Amy