We have scheduled two upcoming dates for informal parent meetings, for those children in Badgers and Hedgehogs (Dormice will be later in the term).
More information will follow, so please save the dates for now and if you have any questions, email emmabirch@brackleyhall.co.uk
The children have been exploring different sensory experiences this week in Dormice, using their hands to mix Lavendar and shaving foam, we talked about what we could see, smell and feel.
The children created artwork using pasta shapes and paint - these were proudly displayed ready for the Nursery Open Evening.
They have also enjoyed exploring in the role play kitchen, making 'juice' and 'snack' for their friends and dolls.
The autumn weather has begun to assail us, which helped to inspire Badgers art and craft activities during the fourth week of Michaelmas term. The children explored four different art applications as they recreated the changing colours of Autumn.
They dabbed shades of golden yellow, vibrant orange and warm red, onto green leaves and then used rollers to achieve a printed impress. They rolled conkers over leaf silhouettes, to create trails in hues of brown, bronze and copper. They created applied collage by gluing papers of different colour and texture onto leaves. The fourth EAD opportunity was to use a hole punch to make holes around the perimeter of a leaf and then to sew through the holes with golden embroidery thread.
The children were very proud to display all their amazing artwork on our Preschooler display outside Mr Duigan’s office. The display also features our topical wind poem, Who Has Seen The Wind by Christina Rossetti, as well as this week’s autumn leaf subtraction song. The children had painted a giant wind character by sticking their toes in paint and mark making footprints all over a huge length of paper.
In Forest School, this week’s tool challenge was a whole group activity so that the children could experience how working together, our small efforts can become something big and beautiful. Each child hollowed out the pith from a small section of Buddleia, to create a tiny telescope, which they then threaded onto a single line of twine to collectively create a rustic necklace. Everyone took turns to try it on. We all looked fabulous!
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