Spring and frogs

Hello everyone,

Last week on Tuesday it was pancake day. At group time we learnt how to make a pancake mixture up followed by having pancakes for our snack. The children really enjoyed their pancakes. After snack the children had pancake races outside using 1st, 2nd and 3rd language. The children had a little obstacle course to go round. Have a look at our pancake display in classroom 2. 

On Wednesday and Thursday morning we had our trip to the library. We went on a bus which the children throughly enjoyed and were very excited about the bus. When we got to the library we met Mary and Liz. Mary read us some stories in the children's area and then we split into two groups. One group went for a tour of the library whilst the second group choose a book to take back to pre-school. We then swapped over. At the end we sang if your happy and you know it. Photos up in classroom 1 from our trip to the library and the books we choose from the library in the book corner.

On Thursday it was World Book Day, it was lovely to see all the children dressed up from a story they like. They were all able to tell me who they had dressed up as. We took a group photo which will be up this week. Thank you to all the children that bought in their favourite book to share at group time. At the end of story we talked about why we liked the book. Please see display in classroom 1.

This week the children have decided they would like to learn all about frogs and spring along with some gardening outside. They would also like to feed the birds and make a house for the birds.

We will be looking at what things happen at spring and how it changes from winter. We will be reading lots of stories about frogs and exploring the life cycle of frogs. We have got a frog number game we will be doing. We will be making a display of the song 5 green and speckled frogs. The children will be collaging the frogs and writing numerals to go on our display. We will be creating a spring picture on the large board in the messy area. The children will be thinking about the things that  happen at spring and then painting a picture from this. 

We will be looking at the book of one year with Kipper especially the month of March. March is all about daffodils so we will be looking at the daffodil bulbs we planted outside in pre-school garden and then making our own daffodil using a variety of resources. We will hopefully be going up to the school pond to find some frog spawn. 

Jennie Jigsaw- We will be continuing our them of healthy bodies.

Home learning:- Can you find something that reminds you of spring? Could be a picture, book, video or something you have created.

Notices:-

Stay and play will be on Thursday 9th March from 8.30am till 9.00am ish. Be lovely to see you there. 

On Friday 10th March we have got our story telling session with hot chocolate in the main school hall from 6.00-7.00pm. Children can come in their pyjamas and bring a teddy. Please return your slip if you would like to come so we  have rough numbers. This event will be with Reception and Year1 children at school. 

If you would be able to help make the hot chocolate please come and let me know. 

It is lovely to see so many WOW'S coming in. We love to share these at group time.