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Happy Christmas from 18months
December 201818 months have had such a fun festive time at Smarties. We have definitely celebrated Christmas to the full! We loved getting into our all-in-ones to do some messy painting. We used real Christmas tree branches and pine cones to paint with. Our pictures really did look like Christmas trees. We had a week full Read the full article…
Celebrating Diwali
November 2018We have enjoyed celebrating Diwali in the 18months room this week! We have painted and decorated our own Rangoli patterns by candle light (Twinkly star lights) whilst listening to Diwali music. The children were provided with a number of mark making tools and spent a long time choosing which to use. Their choices were the Read the full article…
‘Mmm, Mmm’ – went the little green frog one day’
October 201818 months had great fun exploring the forest school… we made mud pies, searched for frogs & bugs in our pond and went to see what we could find in the maze. We collected leaves and bark… We used the leaves to make a cosy den to read our stories in and we even had Read the full article…
Jam, Worms, Pencils, Leaves and Pumpkins? – Only in the Forest Garden!
October 2018October has seen us do lots of different things in the forest school; we have taken Autumn by storm. Blackberry Jam The children absolutely loved this activity. We took strolls down the lane to find lots and lots of blackberries. We even got some from out of reach places!! The children all had a Read the full article…
Maths, Monsters, Pumpkins and Rain!!!
October 2018Maths Challenge For this terms maths challenge we incorporated our interest in vegetables into the activity. We all had a go at slicing then butternut squash, aubergine and sweet potato; we noticed that they slices looked like circles, and even had a go at balancing them on top of each other to make towers. From Read the full article…
