Squirrels Preschool, Highwoods, Colchester
  Squirrels Preschool
  • Home
  • Covid-19 Updates
  • Parent Pages
    • Report absence
    • Blog
    • Letters Home
    • Dates for the Diary
    • What To Expect, When?
    • Supporting children with English as an additional language
    • Keeping children safe
    • Prospective Parents
    • School Readiness
    • Songs
    • Fun Activities
  • Staff & Policies
    • Staff
    • Policies
    • Promoting British Values
    • SEND
  • Contact Us
    • How to Register
    • Funding options
  • Gallery
  • Vacancies

Week beginning 5th May

12/5/2014

0 Comments

 
Week beginning 5th May We returned to Squirrels on Tuesday after the bank holiday weekend.  After sports with Leo we celebrated one of the children’s 4th birthday with special cakes and biscuits brought in by mum.  We revisited the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and planted a bean in a plastic cup (a bit like the magic beans in the story that grow into a beanstalk).  We can observe the roots and shoots of our bean through the cup as it grows.   We played lots of group games such as the car driving game and the honey bear game where we have to follow simple instructions and try to join in with the words.  We made a den outside by putting a roof over our log circle and adding covers and cushions.  We continue to mix up lots of concoctions in our mud kitchen outside, adding water, stones, twigs and leaves.  Inside we mix powder paints and water and experiment with colours in our paintings.   We have used the big wooden blocks for building as well as the marble run and the train track and the children are getting much better at sharing and working together in small groups.   We have used lots of malleable materials such as playdough which we tried to make purple but it turned out brown!  We made cloud dough with flour and oil, had rice in our tuff spot and shaving foam too. On Friday it was very windy so we played games with our super sized parachute.  The wind made it fly up very high and we had to hold on very tight.  To those who were able to come to our coffee and chat on Tuesday, we hope you found it useful.  We talked about preparing your child for school and gave out some printed information to help you.  If you were unable to attend we will be making sure you receive the information next week.  If there is anything else you would like information about please let us know and we will do our best to help.    
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Squirrels Preschool

    Our blog to keep you up to date with what we're up to....

    Archives

    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.