G’day ! Our trip around the world led us to Australia to this week. We have had a wonderful week and have enjoyed lots of fun activities, games, crafts and snacks! We were very thankful to receive a huge box of goodies from Finley’s Auntie Jackie who lives in Australia. She sent us soo many things - decorations, stickers, flip flops, vegemite, Tim tams, bugs, koala, hats etc. The children were super excited to open the box and to see what was inside. We loved making pictures

Ciao from an Italian Acorns. This week the children have enjoyed a taste of Italy making their own pizzas and Arancini. Deliziosa! The children have learnt about the colours of the flag and had fun painting their own replicas. The children learnt new words Please - Per Favore Thank you - Grazie Good morning - Buon giorno Bye - Ciao We spent time learning about the Mona Lisa and got artistic by painting our own. We loved the creativity and special consideration to the colours.

Ciao ! This week, on our adventure around the world we visited Italy. When we arrived on Monday we noticed that all of The Arctic artwork had been taken down ready for our new artwork to be displayed and we didn’t waste any time in getting started. We had fun making flags, using paints and sponges. It was tricky to work out where each colour went on the flag but we used a book all about Italy to help us remember. “We don’t need white in the middle because the paper is white

This week we have visited the first destination in our around the world topic, the polar regions. We have studied maps and learnt the polar regions are made up of two places - The Arctic, where the North Pole is and The Antarctic, where the South Pole is. The children discussed where different polar animals live and read lots of books about the polar regions. A favourite was 'Poles Apart' a great story about some penguins that took a wrong turn and ended up at The North Pole

This week our project has been all about The Arctic. We have been learning about the weather and the animals we might see if we went to visit. We were excited to learn about Polar Bears. We made some brilliant polar bear pictures using white paint and a fork. We have never painted with forks before and we thought it was very funny. We know that Polar Bears are very strong. We did some colouring too and had some very colourful polar bear pictures. We practised our new song abo

We hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year! We have enjoyed hearing all the wonderful stories and have been happy to hear that Father Christmas visited all your houses. This week it has been lovely to settle the children back into nursery routines and of course welcome new friends. We are pleased to see that the children have bounced bacK full of smiles and happiness. This terms topic is very exciting and so this week we have started our journey around the world by talki

Welcome Back Everyone! We hope that you all had a wonderful festive break. The teachers are fully refreshed, recharged and ready for a wonderful term with the children. Our theme this term is 'All around the World' and we can't wait to get started. We have been busy behind the scenes planning activities, menu ideas, crafts and cookery classes, as well as new songs to learn, games from around the world and wonderful stories to share. Thank you to everyone who has made suggesti