We are still having fun learning our Makaton signs for Thank You, Hello, Good and the Hello Song.

We are also still learning Handa's Surprise in Yoga. We have been practising the moves and signs for our story making. Lots of fantastic animal moves and sounds. Ask your child if they can show you.

Puppets, it's only a Puppet!!! Everyone has been getting involved using the puppets to create stories.

Lots of sports day practice, doing an obstacle course, an egg & spoon race and our favourite welly wanging.

On Thursday we walked to our outdoor area and enjoyed the lovely sunshine. We continued with our rope swing and extended our den to make more room for our friends. We built a fairy house from grass and flowers and spoke about encouraging the fairies to come and visit us.  How will we know when they have been?  Sparkly things hanging around? Ooh can't wait to keep a look out.

Yoga – we are still practising “Handa's Surprise” - There was lots of good animal actions and yoga moves. Ask your child what fruit the mischievous monkey takes. There has also been lots of singing songs relating to Handa – the “Animal Fair” is very popular. Ask your child what the elephant does ALCHOO!!!!!

We've been making dens outside which got bigger and bigger as more things were added to them and more children got involved with their ideas of what to use and how to use it. Good team was shown with plenty of sharing.

Our Golden Rule this week was all about understanding why we need to put toys back. We need to do this so we know where to find it again on another day, so they don't get lost, or get broken by being somewhere they shouldn't and getting stepped on. Or so we do not trip over them and get hurt and also, so if we have finished with it, someone else knows where to get it to play with it and that they now know that it is a free to play with. So many reasons why it is good to tidy up.

Thursday Forest Club – Den building. We found things to cover the sticks so that our den had less holes in it and it was more of a secret den. Kelly couldn't see our den as we had all done such a good job of camouflaging it. We created a swing again which needed team work to get it up together. The grass was so long we had to see who could pull up the longest piece. One child found a really long one - it was nearly as tall as her! Before lunch we had a lovely story about the “Alien Tea Party” - after we had our own Alien picnic!!

We had Carmen in all week on work experience. Thank you for Carmen for coming in to play, the children have enjoyed playing with someone new.

We are continuing our Handas Surprise Story in Yoga with lots of animal actions and learning new fruits.

On Tuesday we went to Stanton Drew School's Sports Day. It was very windy so we made a tent from our tarp to keep us warm. There was lots of cheering for all of our friends at school. Lots of us took part in the preschool race and we all earnt a lovely sticker. We then enjoyed a lovely picnic before heading back to preschool.

We are continuing to practice for our own sports day and this week we practiced some wellie wanging with some children showing some great throwing skills.

On Thursday at Forest Club, we went to our Outdoor Area and recapped on our Golden Rules to keep us safe. We made a rope swing on a tree with lots of team work and sharing. We learnt about the electric fence and not to touch it as it will give us a nasty shock. We had a lovely picnic in the shade and then we had a story before heading back to preschool.