Welcome to our blog post. Our focus for the week was ‘Homes’ We also learnt about recycling as it was National Recycling Week. Some of the children brought in pictures of their houses. We enjoyed looking at them during our carpet time talks, noticing thwwirs differences and similarities. Thank you to those who sent in pictures, we really appreciate you taking the time to support our topic. We know that some houses are big, some are small, and some are super tall! We learned n

This week we have been talking about recycling and how we can look after our world. We tried hard to sort the recycling into plastics, paper and glass. The easiest way for us at Acorns to look after our planet has been to reuse recycling. We have made musical cans with tins, built towers, and made some amazing junk model creations. “It’s a lunar model” “It’s a robot” “It’s a carpet” “It’s a straw launcher” “It’s a baby yum yum” The children have enjoyed playing with the dolls

Firstly, apologies this blog post is a little late in reaching you. The focus for the week was Emotions and we really enjoyed exploring the many different ways we can feel inside. We have been learning a new song about feelings – ask and we might sing it for you. There is a video on our Instagram page of the children singing the song, its @theacornsussex Self-regulation involves children’s developing ability to regulate their own emotions, thoughts and behaviours to enable th

Emotions and Our Senses This week we have been exploring emotions and our senses. We have shared the story of the Colour Monster; it helps to explain emotions and label them with colours. Understanding how they feel is a huge step when building self-regulation skills. First children need to understand it is ok to feel a certain way and be able to talk about emotions, they then begin to control their own emotions and develop an understanding of other people’s feelings. The chi

Welcome back to The Acorns Everyone. We are so excited to be back after the long summer break, it has been such a joy to see how the children have grown and developed over the holidays. This week has been all about settling into our new routines, making new friends and forming bonds with each other. We have welcomed some new children this term and hope that you will join us making our new families feel welcome. We also welcomed Miss Netley to the staff team. Miss Netley will

A big welcome back to all our wonderful children! We have had a lovely week making new friends and hearing about summer adventures. This week we have been encouraging the children to explore and get used to their surroundings and helping them to adjust to new routines. The children enjoyed playing with the water run, mud kitchen and of course, climbing trees. The children created some wonderful self-portraits and had lots of discussions about hair and eye colour and how we ar