Our First Chicks....!

This is our first chick.  It has just hatched.  Doesn't it look exhausted!
This chick is called Bella!

"Look!  He's got his mouth out....Shh!""I can see his beak""Come on wigglebum""I can see his leg""Look - wings""Peep Peep Peep/""Look - it's hatchin'"

This morning, when I arrived I was told by Charlie (who had been busy counting)  "I think that there is six Michele"

we spent the afternoon periodically
watching a chick hatch.  Everyone
was very excited!

Our chicks arrived on Tuesday...yesterday afternoon one hatched in front of the children...today three hatched during the day. We have 9 now.....2 boys (cockerels) and 7 girls (hens).  The hens are brown. The cockerels are yellow.  

The children have all been SO excited..they avidly watch as each chick hatches, noticing small details.

We've learned lots of new words already, including "incubator" "hatching" "brooder" 

It's truly an amazing experience to share with young children!

LITTLE DRUMMERS!

One of our parents is an EXPERT drummer (a music professor)   

Dominic kindly offered (with a little arm twisting) to come into the setting one morning and show us his drums.

The children had a great time drumming on different drums including samba pans; bongos; tom toms & cymbals!

The children were eager to have a go at playing the big drum kit....it made a LOT of noise.  They were able to explore the different sounds that the different sized drums called tom toms and snare drums, made.

They enjoyed playing the big bass drum by pressing the pedal on the floor...it made a thud noise...and tapping the cymbals (called high-hat, crash and ride).

We ALL had an amazing time. 

Many thanks for coming 



Some of the goals covered include:

Confidence in a new situation:  PSE
Trying something new: PSE
Awareness of different jobs:  UW
Listening; Responding and understanding instructions:  CL
Playing different beats; exploring muiscal instruments  EAD

SO.....

If YOU have an interesting job; an interest, a hobby, a skill, musical ability, or something YOU think that the children would find interesting and may learn something from, don’t be backward in coming forward – talk to Michele and Dawn without delay.

Your visit need only last 15-30 minutes.  We would be delighted to have your help!

 

Everyone has something to offer...

you could even come into the setting and read your favourite story!

Noah's Ark

It REALLY rained this winter!!!! One showery day, we went outside – the children noticed a beautiful rainbow in the sky….it was both raining and sunny at the same time, giving us the opportunity to explore the Noah’s Ark story!

Three of our Noah Activities included:

Using umbrellas in the showers

·         The children really enjoyed using our new umbrellas today.  We didn’t have enough for everyone, so some had to share or wait a turn (PSE)

·         They gleefully pushed their umbrellas’ up and down each time the showers came and went, listening to the pitter patter of the raindrops.  (CL/UW)

Drawing Rainbows on the Interactive Whiteboard.

                                                                                                                   

We were so lucky to win this resource 5 years ago!

·         The children were able to make full use of it’s very big vertical surface and draw huge arcs’ of colour developing their pen control and pressure, whilst using the software palette to change colour – PHY/LIT/UW/EAD

·         Some of the children chose to draw their rainbows using the pen option whilst others chose the highlighter option:  those that chose the highlighter option noticed that where their lines overlapped that they blended together and new colours were formed - EAD

Rescuing the Animals from the floods

Using a table-top as an ark...everyone aboard!

The children used a variety of tongs to reach all the animals in the sea and pull them aboard the ark.  Great fun.  We all had to be careful, because it WAS quite a squeeze!

PSE:  working together.
PHY: using tongs and stretching.

Building an ark

·         After rescuing the animals out of the rain (in the nick of time) we built them an ark…the children helped to make pens and compartments for the animals  (EAD)

·         They found matching pairs of animals (2 of every kind)  (Math)

·         Used tongs to collect their animals and put them into the allocated pens  (PHY)

As Always:  

WE DID LOTS MORE & HAD LOTS OF FUN!