As part of our Eco Schools projects we have been developing our outdoor space at Rocking Horse. This afternoon the Preschool children helped plant some Kit Cat Mint and enjoyed the different smells in our garden. We have used our empty tyres as plant pots to give the children ideas of how we can recycle! […]
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The Beanies and Toddlers took to the Figgate Park this week to make the most of the lovely weather we have been having. We had a lovely walk round the park, over the boardwalk through the pond to look for pond life (unfortunately we didn’t see any) and we fed the Ducks, Geese and Swans some […]
The Beanies have been exploring their senses during the month of June. This week we focussed on our sense taste. The children tasted a variety of different items including a lemon, lime, custard and pickled gherkins. All the children participated enthusiastically and were able to express their likes and dislikes by being vocal or using […]
The Beanies at Rocking Horse have been very interested in different textures when exploring in our Heuristic Area. We provided a variety of activities for the children to explore different textures and their senses using their bodies. Gluing with pasta, rice and feathers to develop our sense of touch. Providing jelly and shaving foam […]
Our deep sea adventure went down with a splash – quite literally! The toddlers at Rocking Horse have been interested in Water and the different Sea life. Deep Sea World gave us the opportunity to get up close with different sea creatures such as fish, star fish, seahorses, turtles, crabs, sharks and seals! We had […]
Peek – a -Boo we see you! The Beanies had a room full of boxes to explore and let their imaginations run wild this week. With different textures inside the box they have been using their senses to explore a whole new world!
This week the preschool children have been looking at building and construction sites. So within the Health and Wellbeing curricular area and also within the Technology area we have been looking at problem solving and also using our imagination to create something new. We provided the pre-schoolers with tooth picks and with marshmallows and asked them to […]
Our hard work of organising events and fundraising has well and truly paid off! With an extra special thanks again to staff, children and parents at Rocking Horse and the local community for their efforts in organising events, taking part and contributing to our sponsors! We have raised an amazing total of £1861.87 to help towards […]
We’ve all been there right?, It’s Friday, It’s been a long week, the(week)end is in sight… what better way to round off a busy week than taking yourself away from it all? That’s exactly what the Seabeach Preschooler’s did this morning. We had a quick morning snack and then took ourselves off to get the […]
We here at Seabeach are immensely proud to announce that our ‘Ultimate Superhero Charity Challenge’ raised a grand total of £700 for Radio Forth’s ‘Cash for Kids’ so a massive thank you to everyone who sponsored/donated, we literally couldn’t have done it without you! We believe that the welfare of each and every child is […]