We enjoyed lots of exciting Halloween themed activities, we did an observational drawing of a pumpkin working together and discussing what the pumpkin looks like and the different colours we needed. We also joined Reception for an afternoon of stories, pumpkins and games! 

The children loved telling us all about their Halloween evening and what they dressed up as. 

This week to celebrate bonfire night, we enjoyed making some edible sparklers using breadsticks, sprinkles, and melted chocolate! These looked beautiful and yummy. We also had a glitter tufff spot where we used our fine motor skills to make marks. We also watched videos and looked at pictures of fireworks and copied them onto paper using chalk and black paper. 

This week we focused on Remembrance Sunday, we watched a Cbeebies information video so we learnt all about why it is important to remember those special people and why we wear poppies. The children had a go at making finger print poppies with red and black paint. We also had a two minute silence, the children did so well. 

We used an apple to print onto paper to make poppies, they used black paint for the middle and a pencil for the stem. The children enjoyed making poppies. 

This week we have been learning about Weddings and we celebrate them as well as what happens during a ceremony. We designed our own wedding cake, dresses and suits. We had lots of fun talking about weddings and if any of our parents are married or if we have been to a wedding before. We looked at lots of pictures and videos of a ceremony too. 

In the lead up to Christmas we are focusing on shapes, learning to recognise 2D shapes. For our arts and craft activity we are creating a collage using different shapes. 

This week we have decorated Little Oaks ready to celebrate Christmas!! This week we have a polar express themed tuff tray train track. We created our own post office to send letters to Santa, and make postcards. We also watched the panto 'Dick Whittington' we absolutely loved it!

This week we have been continuing our Christmas crafts, we decorated our own Christmas trees! We welcomed our new children for 'stay and plays' we enjoyed getting to know them and look forward to them starting with us in the new year. We also have our Christmas stall at the fair and we are selling hot dogs! 

This week we have been so busy with Nativity shows, the children did amazing during the performance of 'Lights Camel Action'! We also had yummy Christmas dinner and enjoyed lots of Christmas activities.