We hope you have had a lovely Easter break. We would like to give a big warm welcome to the 5 new children and families starting with us this term, we hope you all enjoy your time with us.

Over the term we will start to plant seeds for the outside. We will also record what has happened to our beans while we have been on our break and re-pot them in soil.

Week commencing 16th April 2018

This week, the topic will be ‘The very hungry caterpillar’ and we have some live caterpillars arriving in the week. We will:

• use the story sacks/puppets to retell the story (L)
• make a garden centre role play, using money (EAD,M)
• make marks with bugs in the sand (EAD)
• thread the leaves on pipe cleaners (PD)
• watch metamorphosis and life cycle on the computer (UotW)
• Build caterpillars and butterflies using blocks and linking toys (PD)

Week commencing the 26th March 2018 we will be:

• Retelling the story of the 3 billy goats using props/puppets (L, EAD)
• Using language of size to talk about the goats, ordering (m)
• Sequencing the story (L)
• Reenacting the story outside using the environment (PD, EAD)
• Looking at our beans, how have they changed? (Uotw)
• The Easter Story (L, Uotw)
• Easter themed rhyming pairs (L)

Day 1        
 

1 week on

Week commencing 18th March 2018. We will:

• Retell the story with small world props (L, EAD)
• Talk about how the hen felt during the story. Were her friends kind/helpful? (PSED)
• Baking bread rolls (P, UotW)