Spring Term Week 5

We have been expanding our horizons this week and learning about the wider world on our planet! We have celebrated Chinese New Year by learning all about the 12 zodiac animals and their story, we have tasted noodles and prawn crackers, explored cooked and raw rice and noodles, learnt about China as a country and enjoyed lots of craft as well making tiger masks and Chinese lanterns.

The Star group loved their trip to the library on Wednesday morning! We really enjoyed getting out and about, waving to people we know in the town (We saw Mandy on her day off with her Grandson!) and practising our “safe pedestrian” skills. Thank you to Albert and Elsie’s Mums who came along for the trip to help us hold hands and keep everyone safe. We would like to take the Wednesday Moon group out soon so watch out for a text asking for walkers, we cannot go on the trips without extra help for safety reasons so please offer if you can!

Thank you to the Theo and Imogen’s family for helping us move the tip pile!

Robot Reg came to visit again this week on Thursday and the forest school sessions have been another highlight of our week. The children take turns to light the fire and we had lots of children who were brilliant at explaining how they do it during a story time this week, they have been very well taught! They have also been using hammers and tools outside, learning how to be safe.

In our circle times we have had a focus on Chinese New Year, feelings, construction, colour, counting, puzzles and following instructions and ring games and looking at differences between us.

Outside we have our new cascading water station which has been very popular – sorry for all the wet clothes! We have been using warm water and lots of bubbles and colour! The children have helped to tidy up our fairy garden fence by cleaning off the old paint and re-painting the fence. There has been some very skillful jumping off the blocks and we are taking safety with our monkey bars very seriously and taking great care when children are using them.

Andrea has made another lovely set of learning trays this week, with a focus on literacy and fine motor skills.

We have sent an email out offering support for the cost of living increases that we are all facing and there is support available with groceries so if you need a bag from us please email the office on admin@cullomptonpreschool.org.

We are always here to help our families and have lots of support available to us and lots of advice we can seek as well for a wide range of family worries – diet, sleeping, health, money, mental health, behaviour, domestic abuse or bereavement and illness so please get in touch if things are tough for you.