We celebrated Bonfire Night this week and created some 'Fireworks in a Jar'. We poured warm water into a jar and then added drops of food colouring to some oil. When we added the oil into the water, we watched the colourful blobs explode and make pretty patterns.

We als...

This week we have been super busy with Halloween crafts.

The children enjoyed painting paper plates and turning them into pumpkins.

We used bright orange paint to paint the plate and then once it was dry used pre-cut shapes and black pens to stick and draw on the face...

We took a trip to the high seas this week and played at being pirates. We enjoyed dressing up and taking a trip on the pirate ship. Some us had to walk the plank - this was great for our balancing skills and luckily the water wasn't very deep if we fell in!

We had the c...

This week we have celebrated all things Harvest and learnt about this important time of year. On Tuesday we were invited by our friends Gary and Tessa to visit Westmeston Church to look at their beautiful Harvest display. We were sent on a mission to find pictures of w...

Welcome to our latest blog post.

This week we have been learning a lot about Autumn. 

At the beginning of the week the children were able to tell us about the leaves falling from the trees but now hopefully they will be able to tell you a bit more about the season.

We lea...

What a lot of rain we have had this week and what a lot of mud! But we haven't let the weather dampen our spirits, in fact we seem to have had even more fun in the wet weather!

The sun shone for our gardening club on Monday and the boys are doing a wonderful job of keep...

Welcome to our blog and by the look of the weather this week, welcome to Autumn!

On Monday one of the children brought in a box full of goodies for our harvest display.

In the box there were lots of wonderful things for us to look at, apples, a gem squash, some herbs, t...

What a glorious week of sunshine we have had. So much so, we have hardly spent any time indoors. 

We have enjoyed using lots of different building materials to create shelters and structures. Using good teamwork is important when working on projects together and we have...

Welcome to our weekly blog post. 

We hope you enjoy reading all about our time at The Acorns and we love to see your comments.

This week started with us making a display as part of Lindfield Arts Festival.

We discussed many different ideas with the children and togeth...

The week started with rain and ended with glorious sunshine, however, we've been out and about whatever the weather, taking in all the signs of Autumn that we are starting to see. 

Monday's gardening club did a great job of clearing our garden area behind the hall....