This week the children have been in full festive mode. They have had their Christmas Production, which they were all fabulous in! The children have also been fully engaged in Christmas crafts and activities. It was also Christmas dinner this week, which they absolutely enjoyed.

This week the children have been looking at Hanukkah. They have enjoyed making play-dough menorahs and practicing their counting with adding candles to the menorah. The children also enjoyed playing the percussion instruments while singing the Dreidel song. The children have also begun to make some of their Christmas crafts. This week also saw the change of the seasonal tuff-tray from Autumnal to Winter, where they were exploring a winter wonderland.

This week the children have been looking at birthdays. They have enjoyed making cakes with the sand and play dough. They have also enjoyed making real cakes and decorating them. Also this week they have enjoyed using paper cups to build a ‘cake’ with layers. The children have also been counting to five using the party tuff-tray making sure they have 5 hats, cups, plates, blowers and pieces of cake. The children also looked at identifying numerals to help colour Elmer in.

This week the children have been looking at Diwali as part of our Celebration topic. They have enjoyed making Diya lamps and Diwali bells. They have also been exploring light and shadows because the story behind the Diya lamps is that they are used to show how light/good triumphed over darkness/evil in the Rama and Sita story. The children have also been looking at Rangoli patterns and using this knowledge in creating repeating patterns. This week the children were enjoying using the equipment in their P.E. session.

The children really enjoyed the Little City morning this week. They loved all the different areas such as the Beauty salon, the Police station, the Construction zone, the Garage.

This week we had our first stay and play. The children had a wonderful time showing all their family members some of the exciting things we have been doing this week in Preschool.

Here are some of our highlights from this weeks learning about Halloween through our text Meg and Mog. The children have really enjoyed out potion lab role play area, dressing up as witches and wizards. The children have also enjoyed our spider maths game and our Magic shop.

Here are some exciting pictures for next terms start of the celebration topic.

This week we have been looking at people who help us. Our book was Police Officer. The children have been role playing as police officers, they have enjoyed making their own police car out of the big wooden blocks and racing to emergencies. They have also enjoyed making their own village out of the small wooden blocks so that the police can patrol their community. They have also enjoyed police themed counting with the police hats and Numicon. The children have also been practicing their cutting and sticking skills when creating the own police car collage. Additionally, they have also been looking at the different roles construction workers do and how that helps us.

This weeks book was Avocado Baby. Some of our activities were: making shape houses, where we talked about the shapes we used. We also used the tuff tray to help us retell the story. We used lolly pop sticks to create house outlines. We also enjoyed washing the babies. .