This afternoon was very exciting for the preschool children, as all our butterflies had emerged! The last of our 5 butterflies came out their chrysalis today so we were all super excited. We took our net out into the garden and let them fly free. One of our butterflies didn’t want to leave Rocking […]
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Just a little reminder to all parents that the photographer will be coming in tomorrow morning (Friday the 22nd May) all children who do not attend on a Friday are welcome to come and get their photograph taken. The Photographer will be ready at 9am so could all children who do not attend on a Friday […]
The boys and girls in the toddler room have taken an interest in Mini beasts this month. We have been busy with a variety of arts and crafts using symmetry to make beautiful butterfly paintings. Our trip to Butterfly and insect world was a great success for the children to get a glimpse of […]
The preschool children recently enjoyed a trip to the figgate park were they had the opportunity to explore, investigate and have fun. The boys and girls really benefited from our scavenger hunt for mini beasts. As our focus this month is mini beasts the children have been learning lots of interesting facts and making their […]
Leap, Bound, Bump, Jump and Boomerang into Bounce The Preschool children along with the older Toddlers at Rocking Horse enjoyed a trip to see Bounce today, an interactive dance and acrobatic performance that took place on a custom built inflatable. Bounce is a full body experience created for young children and performed by two acrobats […]
BOUNCE The children of The Investigators went along to Bounce, a full body experience which is created for young audiences. Performed by two acrobats with dance and expertise on a large custom made inflatable, which the children also experienced. Leap, Bound, Bump, Jump and Boomerang are just a few of the words used to describe […]
Since our first block of Enjoy-a-ball sessions were a big hit with the Rocking Horse Toddlers, Claire is back with more fun and games for another block! Enjoy-a-ball aims to promote a healthy and active lifestyle helping to develop the children’s gross and fine motor […]
What is art?… well as I type this I imagine your fridges, walls and possibly even office space adorned with your little ‘Monet’s’ masterpieces which I’m sure are all very beautiful and come with their own host of stories. This week we thought we would take that creativity outdoors and create some transient art! What is transient art though I hear you ask. ‘Transient’ in it’s simplest from is defined as ‘not lasting’ and that is exactly what makes this kind of art so special!
And so… off we went to our garden to collect some bits and bobs that we thought would create a beautiful picture. (petals and leaves were a hit with the girls, stones and grass for the boys) we drew a border on the ground and the children set to work making some fantastic pieces within them. The creativity was flowing for the duration of this activity as was communication as the children not only created their own pieces but worked together sharing opinions and ideas too.
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A morning well spent if you ask me!
We would like to thank Progressive sports for their gift of sports balls after our second block of progressive sport sessions ended this week. The children have had a fantastic 10 weeks and we are in talks with another block of sessions to begin to progress the children’s physical and social skills, we will keep parents updated […]
A Huge Well Done to Viv and Jennifer in completing their skydive on Sunday 26th April, we are all so proud. In total we raised £1690.37, with sponsorship of the children’s fancy dress walks, our bake sale and Viv and Jennifer’s gift aid pages for our chosen charity of The Sick Kids Friends Foundation. We […]