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We love to get muddy in the woods
During harvest festival time we were grateful of the food we receive and made an apple crumble
Getting creative with the paints and learning about mixing colours
Exploring a variety of sensory play
Developing strong fingers while learning about shapes in the playdough.
The children have been developing their scissor skills
Phonic puzzles
Floor puzzles
Making playdough
Our very own, and very large spider web
Egg decorating and egg rolling, Which tube and at what height is best?
Oral hygiene
Chromatography
Group games and songs
Examining, comparing and planting beans just like in our story 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
Sensory play and exploration, this time with custard.
Observing and mark making the local castle. We think we even saw a giant in there. Fee fi fo fum.
Eating the delicious soup we made.
Lots of team work and muscle building games.
Building 3D structures using marshmallows and cocktail sticks. Design, testing and problem solving.
Team work and physical strength to move this massive log.
Story time with friends. Revisiting favourite stories such as The Tiger who came to tea.
Maths challenges; using the blocks to calculate how tall, long, short an object is.
Following instructions, cutting, mixing, heating and eating vegetable soup.
Letter recognition and mark making.
Road safety on the way down to the Pavilion.
Drinking squash and eating cakes at the Oakey Dokey café, like in the story The Tiger who came to tea.
Physical exercise, safety recognition and having fun at the park.
Some quiet time in the book corner while independently reading.
Pretend play, using toys provisions of items familiar to us from our home life.
Extending play by using the water wall to wash the construction vehicles.
Friendship building through technical mark making.
Learning how to use wood working tools safely, while creating a master piece.
Mark making animals, using provisions from our core text.
Friendship building, exercise, fresh air and lots of fun.
A team work challenge of making a pirate boat. The children independently extended it by adding a sail and "a walk the plank to jump off"
Exploring colour mixing by paint blending and creating "a rainbow"
An active rhyme of 5 little speckled frogs.
Embedding the rhymes through play.
Problem solving through small world play.