For nursery rhyme week in Baby Room at The Court House, we are focusing on incorporating our favourite rhymes into our play. We have started the week with ‘5 Currant Buns’ as we focus on the mathematical side of the nursery rhyme by counting our currant buns. We looked at shape, space, and measure as …
Redcatch Park
The Preschool and Babies at The Court House had a lovely time at the park recently. We started off sat on a log in Redcatch Park to eat our fruit, have a biscuit and a drink. The children then went off to play on the swings, trampolines and roundabout.
Remembrance Day
In the Baby Room at the Court House this week, we are looking at Remembrance Day. We have made an early start as we are going to be spending this and next week adding elements of Remembrance Day into our play. We started off this week with a Remembrance poppy in our tuff tray – …
Ghost shortbread
The Twos at The Court House had lots of fun making their own ghost shortbread. They took turns mixing and rolling out the ingredients (flour, sugar and butter). They then cut out their very own ghost and added eyes and a smiley face.
Halloween Fun
In Baby Room at the Court House, we have been in the spooky spirit with costumes and activities. The children all arrived in costume ready for some spooky and seasonal fun and activities. We started the morning with orange play dough and foam shapes to design our own 2D pumpkin. We used this time to …
Halloween
Halloween has arrived in Preschool at The Priory! Enter at your own risk…
Pyjama Day
At The Priory we raised money for Macmillan throughout the week with our cake sale and ended the week with wearing pyjamas for the day. The children in the twos room thought it was really funny that Eloise, Lisa and Daisy were all matching.
Pumpkin Day
We had pumpkin day in the Twos Room at Mornington House! We talked about the pumpkin when we first arrived, comparing its size to other things in the room. Rachelle told us about Jack-o’-lanterns and showed us photos of them, describing how they are made. We then looked at different pumpkin faces and their emotions. …
Role Play
The children in Preschool at Mornington House are loving role play at the moment. Our pedagogy of In the Moment Planning means that we follow the children’s interests and allow them to lead their learning and development through play. We spend time observing the children at play and extend their development where it is appropriate …
Recycling Week fun!
We recently celebrated Recycling Week at The Court House. We took part in lots of recycling related activities. We learned about what we can and can’t recycle – plastic, metal, cardboard/paper and glass. Trish also taught us a recycling song and we sent out a Moment to parents of everybody singing! We read lots of …