Well it's been another busy week at Westmeston. We are so thankful that the sun shone for all of our exciting activities. During the week we had all sorts of fun outside. We listened to trees to see if we could hear the sap rising inside. We used chalk and paintbrushes to make lots of patterns and drawings on our large blackboard and pieces of paper. We may have gotten a little bit messy! With the dry weather, it has been possible to have our books outside. We have really en

What a beautiful week – We enjoyed lots of lovely weather this week and spent a lot of time in the garden. We enjoyed blowing bubbles and chasing them around the garden was so much fun. We watched them float up to the sky, some popped on the roof of the house and some on the trees. We wondered how far the bubbles could travel. “Maybe all the way to the clouds.” "I think it will get popped on an aeroplane.” In the mud kitchen we made soups and cakes to share with our friends.

The week started quietly with only three children in on Monday. Sam, Harry and Noah had great fun being creative on the mark making table, making cheese straws and walking to the woods. On Tuesday and Wednesday we enjoyed lots of outdoor fun in the mild weather. We searched for bugs and made the most of some of the outdoor equipment. Thursday was another busy day. We acted out this week's story of the Gingerbread Man. We investigated different ways of playing musical instrum

Throughout the week, we enjoyed making a mess with our foam and water tray. It was fun to role play with polar animals. It smelt nice as well! Mrs Irwin came to help look after us on Tuesday, whilst Mrs Tubb was on her First Aid course. We helped Mrs Irwin to make a delicious bread and butter pudding. We spread the bread with butter and cut off the crusts. We added some sweet raisins and baked it. Yum! All week, we have been using lots of different craft materials for a varie

The week started off with us making some nice fresh play dough together. Alice chose the colour this week – Orange. We didn’t have any orange dye so decided to experiment with colour mixing. Miss Reay and Alice mixed together yellow and red food colouring to make orange. Did it work? I think next time we might need to add a bit more red to the mix. The children had fun playing with the play dough, using their hands as well as rolling pins and cutters to make little sculptures

We have been busy making and creating this week at Westmeston. Throughout the week, our outdoor building blocks have been very popular. We used teamwork, turn taking and creativity to make a variety of things : a balance trail.... a kitchen... a tower.... and a boat. On Tuesday we made some new playdoh to play with. We chose a nice bright orange colour. We were amazed how a few ingredients could

What a wonderful week ! We have had so many things to celebrate this week at The Acorns, it’s been jam packed! We started the week with a very cool discovery in the garden. A large bumble bee in our digging spot that was either poorly or injured. It was moving very slowly and we watched it crawl around. We made some sugar water and we put some onto a spoon for the bee. It climbed up onto the spoon and splashed around in the water for a while before crawling off again. We chec

We really noticed spring arriving this week with warm sunshine and new flowers appearing in our Acorns Westmeston garden. This week, we have been looking closely at objects around us with all sorts of special equipment, including our eyes. Inside, we used microscopes, glasses and torches to inspect items up close. We also investigated what shape footprints our model dinosaurs made. Outside, we used magnifying glasses and cameras to look more closely at the wonderful nature ar

Welcome back :) We hope you all enjoyed a wonderful half term break. The children have been excited to share stories about the adventures they shared with you over the holiday and it certainly sounds like lots of fun was had by all. This week we have been enjoying the warmer weather. We have spent a lot of time outside and have been searching for signs that the new season is upon us. We found that things are beginning to grow in The Acorns garden. Tiny little buds are appeari