Bikes and Robots!

We had lots of fun last week playing outside on the bikes and scooters, enjoying the autumn sunshine. We also talked about the noises cars and motorbikes make, and made some of those noises ourselves while we were playing.

We also did some junk modelling to make robots. We had been talking about the sounds machines make, such as the rides we saw at the Mop Fair, and the noise the dustbin lorry made when it came past Pre-School. We talked about the noises our robots might make when we pushed the different buttons.

Our robots looked fantastic!

Nursery Rhymes

Our Minors children are learning about nursery rhymes this term. Last week we read "Little Bo Peep", and the children made sheep pictures using cotton wool.

Animal Sounds!

As part of our topic of Sounds, last week we talked about the sounds different animals make.

We used animal-shaped sponges and plastic toy animals dipped in paint to make pictures.

We also made sock puppets and talked about what animal we had made and what sounds they make.

Hide and Seek with Red Ted

The Majors children had a great time this week playing a game of hide and seek with Red Ted. One of the children stayed in the little star room while Red Ted was hidden somewhere in the main room.

Then the child came out and searched for Red Ted. The other children helped by clapping quietly if the child was far away from Red Ted, and louder as they got closer to him.

The game helped us to practice listening carefully, as part of our topic of Sounds.

Making the most of the sunshine

We have had a great couple of weeks at Pre-School, making the most of the warm weather and sunshine.

We start the day with "Wake and Shake" to get us moving.

 

 

We have been over to the school hall to practice moving to music. We had to listen carefully to the instrument Mrs Walker was playing, and then choose the right movement for that sound.

 



We have had lots of opportunities to play outside with the construction toys and water table.