The focus for this week has been Physical Development: with lots of activities outside designed to improve gross and fine motor skills eg for gross motor skills climbing, jumping, running, crawling, yoga and for fine motor skills craft, mark making and construction. We enjoyed the start of our week with an obstacle course including a tunnel and a balancing beam across the lava! The weather was wet again, and the children had fun taking turns to jump in our ‘Muddy puddle’. W

This week our focus has been on Physical Development – Moving and Handling. Within our weeks continuous play provisions we have provided lots of opportunities for physical play. We have observed the children closely. · Do they run/jump/climb safely? · How do they manage steps? · Can they negotiate space, avoiding obstacles? · Can they catch a ball and kick a ball towards a target? · How do they hold a pencil and are they showing a preference for a dominant hand? · Do they exp

We received some wonderful news at the start of this week with the arrival of Baby Tubb. William Tubb was born on Monday 28th June. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Tubb. We can’t wait to see him! The focus for this week has been Maths: looking at numbers. We have had a lovely time looking at numbers and matching groups of sticks, shells and flowers to the correct numbers. We practised counting to 10 and some children even had a go at getting all the way to 50! The children enjo

Welcome to this week’s blog post. This week our focus has been Mathematics – Numbers. Within our continuous play provisions we have ensured plenty opportunities to explore and experiment with number. We have observed the children … · Can they say some counting words randomly? · Can they select a small number of objects from a larger group when asked? · Do they recite some number names in sequence? · Can they make comparisons between quantities? · Do they experiment with marks