Elmer the elephant and being different
Last week saw us wear odd socks on Friday 20th November as part of "Odd Socks Day" celebrating being different and as part of Anti-Bullying Week. There were lots of us in all differently coloured and patterned socks! Check us out... We also watched the CBeebies presenter, Ben Cajee talking about people being unkind when he was younger because he was 'different'. So in The Ark, we had a good ole' chat about how being different is good and how we should always be kind. Here is
The animals went in two by two...
This week we have been continuing with our topic Noah's Ark and learning about the famous boat that we are named after. We have been exploring the numberness of two by counting out two of each different pasta animals and then gluing them onto an ark. Don't they look amazing! We have been tuning into farm sounds in our phonics games and we are that good that we have skipped the sound bank activity and moved straight on to the introduction (scene) game! We are really good at fi
Lest we forget
It has been another busy and bustling week here in The Ark. We paid tribute to our fallen servicemen on Wednesday 11th November by learning about "Poppy Day." We had already made a cross for each serviceman in Bradwell who lost their life in World War 1 or World War 2, each adorned with a special fingerprint poppy from a member of The Ark. We then made a giant poppy using recycled materials in different shades of red. On Wednesday we re-watched the CBeebies cartoon called "Po
We are back with a boom!
We are back after what appears to be lots of fun-filled half-term adventures! And even better, not many tears given our late start into Nursery. This was helped with photos on Tapestry of all our holiday adventures which we have enjoyed sharing; from pumpkins to baking to Halloween costumes and trips to the park. This week we are still gathering Baseline assessment data with activities relating to scissor skills and fine motor skills. We have also begun to make our clay hands
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