Today the children enjoyed getting creative with a selection of loose parts, including CDs, corks and kitchen roll tubes. They used their imaginations to build, balance, stack and join the different materials together, creating their own wonderful designs.

The children used conkers and autumn colours to create swirly, flowing line patterns, they observed how the conkers moved across the paper. We talked about the things we see falling from trees in autumn including colourful leaves, conkers, acorns and pine cones.

The activity encouraged the children to explore mark making, movement and colour – they tilted the tray forwards and backward, side to side (left to right) to create different swirls, lines and patterns 🍁

The magnetic numbers and magnets have been quite popular today. The children not only searched for numbers hidden in the tuff tray but play turned in other directions…such as making volcanoes and new hair! Great fun!

Yesterday, the children enjoyed exploring healthy foods. Together, we identified a variety of healthy fruits and vegetables and talked about the importance of including these in our diet.

The children then had lots of fun creating their own tortilla wrap faces using a selection of fruits and vegetables. They carefully added features such as eyes, a nose, mouth, eyebrows, cheeks and hair, using their creativity and imagination to design their faces.

The children were very excited to eat their creations at snack time and enjoyed tasting the healthy fruits and vegetables they had used.

This morning, we explored ramps and balls by rolling, launching, and dropping them to investigate forces, motion and gravity. The children adjusted the height and steepness of the ramps and made predictions about which ramp would make the balls travel the fastest and the furthest. They tested their ideas, observed the results.

When you begin with paper, card, scissors and glue, you’re not just crafting—you’re bringing your imagination to life!

With a little creativity, simple materials can become something amazing. Today, a car rolled out of an idea and into reality.
Carefully constructed with determination, adaptability and lots of enthusiasm. Every cut, fold, and stick helped turn a vision into something tangible….! Just amazing!

We love the children’s creativity! 🌟 Today, a “bubble blower” was made using interlink stars. After testing it with water and washing-up liquid, we’re delighted to report that it worked! 🫧✨ What a fantastic example of imaginative learning and problem-solving.

Today the children enjoyed exploring our sensory trays. We talked about the different textures and used descriptive words such as crinkly, wrinkly, bouncy, bumpy, soft, hard, lumpy, and smooth. The children used their sense of touch to explore how the materials felt and their sense of hearing to listen carefully to the crunching sounds made by the paper. Sensory play is so important as it supports language development, encourages curiosity and helps children learn about the world through their senses.

After the activity, the children were absolutely amazing picking up pom poms and feathers – a big well done 😊

A little fine motor activity for those who chose to join…

The children carefully peeled the backs off stickers (all persevering), using them to create their own patterns. The activity encouraged hand-eye coordination, finger strength. The children showed exceptional concentration as they manipulated the small stickers and decided where to place them.