The Chronicle

It's the first week of Advent, and the Badgers and Hedgehogs have been busy with lots of purple-themed activities to prepare for the birth of Jesus. They've enjoyed tasks like a purple bottle-top and tweezer activity in the water tray, painting giant purple candles of 'Hope,' playing with purple play dough, and using various purple writing and colouring tools. We also added the first purple candle to our Advent wreath and lit it during prayers.

In Phonics, the children have been honing their rhyming skills by listening for the sounds at the end of words and finding matching pairs of pictures that rhyme.

We had our first chance to sing Nativity songs on the newly erected stage in the Hall. The children did an amazing job filling the big space with their voices, much to Mrs. Olden's delight.

The Dormice have had a fanatastic time exploring our sensory porridge oats tray. They were fascinated by the sound the oats made as they fell into the tray, and they eagerly swept up any oats that escaped onto the floor.

We've also been sneaking in some seasonal activities! The children have been dressing and redressing the classroom Christmas trees with baubles and tinsel every day. We've started our Advent countdown by adding numbered baubles to our collaged Christmas tree, revisiting 2D shapes like circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles. Each day, our classroom Christmas Elf selects a child who has been trying their best to unwrap a Christmas/Winter story. We have a seasonal story gift for every day in December, so all our Little Crackers will get a chance to unwrap one as we move through the month.