Pre School- STEM- mixing colours
Pre School thoroughly loved our STEM challenge this week! The children had to use the primary colours to make secondary colours. They said it was like magic as they watched the liquid 'walk' up and down the paper. The children sat and observed the colours mixing, as they did, they predicted the…
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Pre School- Giraffes Can't Dance
Pre School have enjoyed the story 'Giraffes Can't Dance', they were very shocked when Gerald the giraffe turned up at Pre School. The children experimented with different construction items to see how tall the giraffe was. They spoke about the importance of being safe whilst using the different…
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Pre School- Where in the world? & capacity and size
This week the children have enjoyed reading Dear Zoo. We looked at maps of the world and used the internet to find out where the animals originated. The children did an excellent job of remembering not only where they live, but where each animal from the story originated from. They placed each of …
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Pre School- Aspirations day!
Wow what an amazing couple of days Pre School have had celebrating aspirations week! We got to meet Skem fire and rescue, HM prison officers and their amazing dogs and a real paramedic. The children got to hear the sirens on the fire engine and was so excited to see the police dogs find something…
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Pre School- Designing our own Zoo
Pre School have been reading the story of 'Dear Zoo'. We looked at animals who live at the zoo and decided to design our own zoo, we spoke about the features and colours of each animal. We have also been practising the makaton signs for each animal and the children have really impressed…
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Pre School- Walking through the jungle!
Pre School have #enjoyed learning all about animals through reading the story 'Walking Through The Jungle'.
The children continued the story by creating their own page to add to the book, they described how they were moving through the jungle, then drew the animal in which they spotted. The…
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Pre School- Applying the skills we have been taught
Pre School have been busy in the different areas within the classroom. We have been very impressed observing the children using the skills that have been taught and applying them independently whilst playing. We have also enjoyed playing in our new dentist roleplay area and talking about how we…
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Pre School- Jubilee
Pre School have had a very busy day celebrating the Queens Jubilee. We have had so much fun making our own crowns, flags and biscuits. We watched some of the Queen's coronation and the children were introduced to some of the royal family. We had a very special party lunch, had a dance and finished…
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Pre School- Investigation forces
Pre School have been learning all about the forces, push and pull. We looked at different scenarios using doors, swings and climbing frames and discussed what force was being used in each scenario. We then investigated how the water pushes up, when we try to push a ball under the water. They said…
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Pre School- Superkid!
WOW! What a busy week Pre School have had this week. We had PE on the field where we played Lucy locket, shape corners and running races. Superkid needed our help as he had lost his powers, we looked at magnetic forces and used this to help him fly, we created our very own superheroes, attached…
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Pre School- creating our new bug hotel
The children have #enjoyed finding insects in our garden. They have been finding lots of beetles and have taken a huge interest in them, so we decided to find out some more information about them. We found out lots of facts about the different types, where they live and what they like to eat.…
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Pre School- Vegetable soup
Pre School looked at the vegetables within the story of Supertato. We looked at the journey of the vegetables from the fields to our homes. We then looked at the process of how to make soup, we spoke about the importance of washing our hands and being safe and careful when using the vegetable…
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