Ladybirds

This week in Ladybirds our theme of the week has been fruit and veg! We have enjoyed veg and fruit panting, fruit play with spoons and pots as well as super potato stamping. The Ladybirds have also loved the Caribbean theme with Jo’s Music Mayhem this week!

Next week our theme of the week will be Let’s Go To The Beach! We plan to make spectacular sand pictures, get stuck into pompom painting for ice creams, have splashy fun with shell and water play as well as some super shell painting.

Butterflies

This week we have been focusing on our maths activities with puzzles, stacking cups and by singing some fabulous number songs.  The brilliant Butterflies have also been really enjoying role play tea parties as well as playing shops!

Next week The Butterflies will be focusing on mark making with different foods including spaghetti, rice and different fruit and veg!

Bumblebees

The Bumblebees enjoyed lots of fun activities around the story The Tiger Who Came To Tea this week. We also had a really lovely day celebrating the Royal Wedding on Wednesday with a tea party and playing party games.

Next week we will getting stuck into lots of activities to do with super summer!

Dragonflies

The letter of the week was E, number 8, colour black and shape a star.

This week we have loved getting involved in loads of activities about the Royal Wedding, from making crowns to listening to stories all about the Royals. The photographer came this week and took some gorgeous pictures of our lovely little Dragonflies.

Next week is all about dinosaurs! Raaaaah! We will be looking at volcanoes, dino shaped treats and all sorts of other dino related fun!

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Ladybirds

This week we have spent masses of time out in the garden making the most of the lovely sunshine! The babies have enjoyed a walk to the library to feed the ducks! We have also created a lovely Jump Into Summer display and a Royal Wedding display board too, come and take a look!

Next week we will be having a fantastic fruit and vegetable themed week. We will be getting involved in lots of fruit and vegetable painting and stamping and some fruity sensory play!

Butterflies

This week we have been doing plenty of water play in the garden including washing our toy babies, a car wash and filling, tipping and pouring. We have also made a sensational summer board and decorated buckets and spades, shells, beach balls and star fish by painting and sticking

Next week we will be celebrating the Royal Wedding and making a kings and queens display!

Bumblebees

We have been super busy this week getting stuck into lots of activities around the story of The Hungry Caterpillar. It has been especially lovely talking and enjoying activities on this book and the children have really responded well!

Next week we will be exploring an another book week with classic story of The Tiger Who Came to Tea.

Dragonflies

The letter of the week was C and the number 7, the shape a circle and colour was purple.

This week we have had so much fun in the sun after the bank holiday playing a lot outside and keeping fresh with plenty of water play and getting in the sand doing lots of summer related activities.

Next week we will celebrate with a special party for Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding!

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Ladybirds

This week has been our marvellous mini beast week! The Ladybirds have spent lots of time in the garden hunting for insects, made and decorated some beautiful Ladybirds, enjoyed mini beast sensory play and created spaghetti worms!

Next week we will be creating a Jump into Summer display (it’s nearly here!) and are planning on making the most of the sunshine with lots of fun and games outside in the garden.

Butterflies

This week we have been planting cress and next week we will be planting sunflowers! The Butterflies have had lots of different food related sensory play including jelly, angel delight and rice play! We have also had a big focus on stories this week and have been encouraging the children to choose their own favourite story books.

Bumblebees

This week we have been looking at different new books in line with our new theme of the month – books! The Bumblebees have really enjoyed doing a Gruffalo hunt as well as making Gruffalo playdough figures using Gruffalo mats. We have also been focussing on numbers matching the same ones as well as looking at shapes. The Bumblebees have also been developing their fine motor skills using pegs (good for developing strong writing fingers) Finally we have had a lot of fun using scissors to cut different materials!

Dragonflies

The letter of the week was Nn, number 6, shape a pentagon and colour orange!

This week we have been changing our room a little bit and enjoying loads of new learning opportunities! The Dragonflies have made some awesome slippery slime, made perfect playdough pizzas and got out on a wonderful walk down to the lovely river!

Next week we will be turning our role play into our very own doctor’s surgery!

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Ladybirds

This week we have had fun exploring natural resources using sticks as paint brushes and leaves for our collage.

Next week we are having a week all about mini beasts making bug pictures and butterflies with our little feet!

Butterflies

This week in Butterflies we have been creating pictures for our beach theme board by making buckets, spades and sandcastles! We have also enjoyed making lots of music and have decided to make our own musical instruments!

Next week we will be focussing on our physical development and related activities such as creating obstacle courses, soft play fun and of course lots of garden time!

Bumblebees

This week we have been learning about number and shapes and we have been looking for numbers on different sensory trays. We really enjoyed being mini archaeologists for a day and we loved going on our dinosaur excavation.

Next week starts our new theme, all about books. Our first book will be The Gruffalo! If your child has any Gruffalo toys or books and wants to show their friends at Circle Time, please feel free to send them in.

Dragonflies

This week the letter was P, number 5, colour blue and shape an oval.

We have been starting our PE lessons again and the children love getting outside and focussing on some physical activities. Please don’t forget to send your child in with a PE (in addition to usual change of clothes bag) This is so they can practice getting changed independently. The mud kitchen is back open and our Dragonflies have loved getting mucky! We also had a fab time on Super Hearo Friday!

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Ladybirds

This week in Ladybirds our theme of the week has been the great outdoors! We have particularly enjoyed soil hedgehog sticking as well as playing with the trucks and diggers in lovely mucky mud! We’ve also had crazy foam, oats and flour play in our sensory table which they loved exploring with their hands and mouths!

Next week the theme of the week will be Under the Sea and we will be creating a fabulous under water display, getting stuck into making jellyfish pictures as well as hand print crabs, bubble sticking, a shark collage and lots of lovely sensory jelly play.

Butterflies

This week in Butterflies we have been getting involved in lots of activities around animals and natural objects. We have been out in the garden jumping in puddles in the rain and making arts and crafts for our April showers board. We have enjoyed making lots of messy pictures including painting with our hands!

Bumblebees

This week in Bumblebees we have started some super fun number and shape activities to accompany our maths theme. The children seemed to really enjoy the different maths activities this week!

Next week we will be making a new display board all about marvellous maths and another one with our fantastic works of art.

Dragonflies

This week in Dragonflies we’ve had lots of Easter holiday fun looking at group games and enjoying getting stuck into games including musical bumps, parachute games all the while learning to play together to take turns and help each other out. We’ve also had lots of garden fun; colour mixing on the walls, bathing toy babies and spending plenty of time in the mud kitchen making pies!

Next week we’re going back to focussing on developing our school readiness including jolly phonics and looking at our shapes within our environment. We are also planning a lot of PE fun and games outside!

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Ladybirds

This week has been our pastel themed week! The babies have made beautiful colourful rainbows, fantastic kites that glide and got stuck into some fabulous pasta painting.

Next week we will be having an outside themed week! Lots of muddy soil play, decorating wind chimes and making lots of arts and crafts related to things we see outside.

Butterflies

This week we have been taking the inside outdoors and have been making the most of the lovely (at times) sunshine! The Ladybirds have enjoyed stone painting, fruit painting and a heap of different messy play activities. We have also been encouraging lots of sensory play with our natural resources and also with different textured food.

Next week we will be beginning our Spring to Summer activities including making pretty flowers, lovely sunshines and other gorgeous spring/summer seasonal bits.

Bumblebees

This week we have got stuck into lots of fun activities including making fabulous volcanoes in the garden as well as growing lots of different seeds. We are looking forward to looking after them and seeing what will grow…We also made a brilliant Bumblebees scrapbook of all of our drawings!

Our theme next week (and of the month) will be Simple Maths and we’re looking forward to exploring the topic with puzzles, shapes and learning about numbers.

Dragonflies

This week we have enjoyed the Easter holiday with loads of fun activities! We made baskets, collages and used the smart board for some games. We also loved getting out the parachute and having a fantastic time playing games with it.

Next week we will keep the fun going and are aiming to get out and about for an adventure…

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Ladybirds

This week in Ladybirds we have made some gorgeous Easter eggs with colourful  tissue paper, got stuck into some pasta and lentil sensory play, had loads of fun playing in the garden and enjoyed exploring the big garden. Our music lady Jo visited us this week too and the babies just loved the music session.

Next week our theme of the week will be pretty pastel colours. We will being getting creative with lots of pastel painting as well as spending plenty of time exploring the garden.

Butterflies

This week in Butterflies we have been enjoying Easter and spring activities. We have also been enjoying exploring textures through a variety of sensory play.

Next week we will be continuing with the theme of Spring and enjoying the garden, despite the rain forecast! Have a lovely Easter…

Bumblebees

This week in Bumblebees we have been involved in lots of activities for our “Spring Has Sprung” board. The little ones have also been doing some cooking making yummy cheese scones and treaty rice crispie cakes, as  well as creating fabulous Easter cards.

Next week we will be getting stuck into and exploring lots of maths and number related activities for our new maths board.

Dragonflies

The letter of the week was T and number was 3. The colour was yellow and the shape was a pentagon.

This week we have been having loads of fun with our Easter activities. We cooked some delicious choco nests, made some awesome bunny ears and even went on an egg hunt. Well done and thank you for all the effort on the Easter bonnets for the competition, they were amazing!

Next week we will keep the Easter theme and have loads of half term fun. Have a great Easter weekend…

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Ladybirds

This week in Ladybirds our theme of the week has been pring animals. We have loved making foot print bumblebees, butterfly hand prints and cotton wool sheep. We have also made a Spring into Spring display (please come take a look!) and we’ve also had lots of fun and fresh air in the garden (enjoying the warmer weather this week!)

Next week our theme will be Easter! We are planning on making some lovely Easter cards, painting Easter eggs and lots more festive Easter fun!

Butterflies

This week in Butterflies we have been painting with many different resources: rolling pins, cars, balls and fork painting to name a few! We have also been making the most of the sunshine and getting plenty of time outside in the garden exploring the equipment and the garden area.

Next week we are excited to begin our Easter activities, making cards and decorating Easter eggs!

Bumblebees

We have been very busy doing lots of art and craft activities this week, getting prepared for a lovely Easter and Spring display.

Next week we will be making some Easter cards and getting stuck into some fun and new activities in the garden (perfect as the weather is getting warmer).

Dragonflies

Over the last couple of weeks we have had loads going on in the delightful Dragonflies room! We celebrated St Patricks Day with our lovely 3 leaf clovers and wiggled away Friday for Sports Relief! We are now getting into the Easter swing of things, getting stuck in to lots of amazing Easter crafts.

Next week we are really looking forward to our Easter bonnet parade, getting creative in the kitchen and possibly even a visit from the Easter Bunny…

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Ladybirds

This week in Ladybirds our theme of the week was flowers and we have really enjoyed making daisies with sticking cotton wool, getting creative with flower paint dabbers and having sensory play with flowers and ice! We have also made some lovely Mother’s Day cards for our amazing mummies and super people who care for us. The Ladybirds have loved messy play with lots of different materials from rice and pasta to sand and tissue paper.

We are looking forward to starting our new theme next week – transport! We will be kicking the week off with some fun car painting (that’s rolling cars in paint!) and going on a walk to see the cars and trains!

Butterflies

This week in Butterflies we have been getting creative with tons of arts and crafts for marvellous Mother’s Day and welcoming spring! We have been making cards and gifts for our lovely Mummies. Even though the snow was fun we have really been enjoying the slightly milder weather this week and exploring the garden as spring is on it’s way.

Next week we will have a focus on St Patricks Day and there will be plenty more creative fun and messy play planned in too!

Bumblebees

This week in Bumblebees we have begun our theme of the month “Spring into spring!” We have also of course got heavily involved in some Mother’s Day activities leading up to our Mother’s Day breakfast on Saturday! We have been really happy to feel the spring season coming and have been enjoying the lovelier weather. A highlight was definitely getting to meet the little baby chicks in Dragonflies this week!

Dragonflies

The letter was Z and the number 25, the focus colour was purple and the shape a square.

All our chicks our now hatched and we have had the amazing experience of raising them and playing with them this week. It has been wonderful and so much fun. We also turned our role play area into a new hairdressers which the children have loved to start exploring and playing in.

We are looking forward to starting all our spring artwork next week as well as some super fun Easter crafts!

Finally, from all the rooms…HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY for Sunday! x

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Ladybirds

This week in Ladybirds our theme of the week has been Chinese New Year and we have made some lovely little dragons, had great fun with sensory noodle play. We also got creative and made Chinese lanterns. As always, the Ladybirds have been outside a lot this week in the garden and we’ve all been enjoying some fresh, crisp, wintery air (come on Spring, nearly here!)

Next week in Ladybirds our new theme of the week is World Book Day and we will be dressing up as our favourite nursery rhyme character/ theme. We are looking forward to making Incy Wincy Spider pictures, Twinkle Little Stars and lots more nursery rhyme themed activities. We will also be doing a little something to celebrate St David’s Day.

Butterflies

This week the Butterflies have really enjoyed getting stuck into lots of messy play activities! Additionally, we have really loved dancing to music as well as particularly exploring cars in paints.

Next week we will continue to explore our theme of transport and we will be dressing up for World Book Day! We look forward to seeing all the lovely costumes!

Bumblebees

This week in Bumblebees we have been continuing with our amazing animal theme. The littles ones have been enjoying gluing and sticking animals, sensory sand play with dinosaurs as well as super fun safari role play!

Next week we will be starting our new theme “Spring Into Spring” to welcome the new, hopefully warmer (although not next week for sure!) season!

Dragonflies

The letter of the week was Q and the number 23, the colour was blue and the focus shape was a circle.

This week we have started to learn more about Spring, in particular how the flowers bloom and animals, like chick and lambs, are born. We have also enjoyed a very messy week with loads of different messy play activities every day!

Next week is a big week for Dragonfles…we collect our chick eggs on Tuesday and we are really looking forward to World Book Day on Thursday – don’t forget to try and dress up – we can’t wait to see all the super costumes!

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