Well what a busy week we had last week.  A very special visit from Santa, cupcake decorating and a yummy Christmas lunch were just some of the things we were doing.  In the yellow group we have also been talking about the nativity story.  We have been using a story map to help us remember the story.  We have had lots of fun learning the actions.  If anyone would like to do this at home I have attached the story below called We’re Going on a Journey.

We’re Going on a Journey

This week we have had lots of fun exploring all things Hallowe’en.  We took lots of pots and pans up to the mud kitchen and made some fabulous potions by mixing in leaves and bark.  I’m just glad none of their spells worked or I would’ve been a frog for a long time!  Next some of the children decided to recreate the story ‘Room on the Broom’ that we had been reading by using canes from the garden as broomsticks.  What great imaginations.  Look at how they were investigating with light and dark using our Hallowe’en torches too.

Not even the rain and wind can stop us from having fun outside.  This week we have had some fun with leaves.  We were throwing leaves up in the wind and watching them blow away.  That made us think about having kites so we tied scarves on to poles and watched them sway in the wind.  We also got creative and made some animals with the leaves.  Can you spot the hedgehog, bat and a long dragon?

This week and last week the yellow group have been exploring our senses.  We were exploring our sense of hearing by going on a listening walk.  We really had to focus, so we lay down and closed our eyes to really concentrate.  We heard the birds tweeting and singing their songs.  We also enjoyed listening to the rain fall off the tree on to the tarpaulin.