CHINESE NEW YEAR

 We have a had a very Chinese week in the unit with lots of exciting activities relating to the Chinese New Year. The children have made Chinese dragons, prepared and eaten noodles using chop sticks, looked at China on our map and learnt about the Chinese Zodiac story. It has been a very busy week. The children have also tried to do some Chinese writing which was fantastic. We always enjoy this festival as it really captivates their interest  especially as we are looking at other countries each day on our map.

Next week is half term and we are all looking forward to a rest. I hope you all have a good break and we look forward to seeing you after the holidays.

Mrs Robinson:)

Children's Mental Health Week

 Our focus this week has been children's  mental health, we created lots of activities to support the children with their understanding of emotions. The children have a good understanding of what emotions are and we have spent time learning strategies to help us understand that all emotions are important and play a role in who we are. The children had a good understanding of  how they feel and they were all able to say that its good to talk about their feelings. We created some crazy hair photos which the children enjoyed making, they added words that expressed how they feel which was very enlightening. We  told stories and  made our own to demonstrate different ways to deal with different emotions. Although we have focused on  children's mental health  it is something that we do continually in early years. Supporting and encouraging children to understand emotions is very important. We tell them that sometimes it is ok not to be brave or strong, its ok to cry and its ok to be cross. Its what we do with these emotions that is important and that is the part we focus on.

I hope you all have a good weekend.

Mrs Robinson:)

Finally our wood walk.

The naughty squirrel ate the bird food. 

BIRD WATCH

 This week we have focused on the Great British Bird Watch. We have made bird feeders and have binoculars for the children to observe and record what they see. We had a visit from the parakeets and also lots of robins. We will continue to watch the birds next week to see if we can spot any others.

I am sorry we didn't walk again this week due to staff absence, hopefully we can go on Monday, weather permitting. I think our Tuesday parent visits are going well and we are enjoying having you in the setting to share learning.

The weather looks to be picking up a little and I have definitely felt a bit of Spring today. I think I am being a little optimistic as we normally get snow in February ahhhhhhhhhh.

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson.🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦