Sports Day

Well done to all the children for running so well at Sports Day this morning! And thank you to all the grown ups who came along to support them! It was a lovely morning . . .

Keeping Cool

We've found lots of ways to keep cool during the heatwave, including paddling, lots of water play, making our own ice-creams, lollies and cold fruit kebabs and, of course, eating them!

Releasing the Butterflies

We have been carefully watching our caterpillars grow, build their chrysalis' and emerge as beautiful butterflies. Today was the day we released them into the wild.

Meeting the Chicks

It was lots of fun meeting Year R's newly hatched chicks . . .

Little Mechanics

Our little mechanics have been busy fixing all sorts of vehicles in the garage . . .

Trim Trail

We've been practicing our climbing and balancing skills on the trim trail . . .

The Animal Man

The PTA kindly arranged for the animal man to visit our school to celebrate David Attenborough's 100th Birthday. The children were all very brave as they met some exciting animals -well done everyone!

Farm Visit

We had a lovely time visiting Mrs Glover's farm. We especially enjoyed seeing the lambs and the calves.

Thank you Mrs Glover!

Growing

This half-term our topic in Preschool is 'Growing.' We've had lots of fun planting, drawing and painting flowers. We even helped Katie H to put together a new planter for our garden. We're excited to see what grows!

Happy Easter!

We've had lots of fun celebrating Easter in Preschool. We've made cards, decorations and chocolate nests and we had a lovely 'Easter Party and Egg Hunt' with our grown-ups today!

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

We've been learning all about 'Bears' in Preschool. We know that there are lots of different types of bear and that they live in different place. We even went on our own Bear Hunt this week to see if we could find any bears in South Zeal!

Fun Outside

We've been having lots of fun in the garden. We've been making our own vehicles, digging up vegetables and even had a go at milking a cow . . .

Meeting Katie's Puppy

We all loved meeting Katie's puppy, Benji! We fed him, stroked him and gave him cuddles and we all remembered to be gentle with him.

World Book Day

We had lots of fun dressing up and sharing stories for World Book Day.

Pets in Preschool

We've enjoyed learning about Pets in Preschool this week. We've had lots of fun meeting dogs, stick insects and even a pet chicken! Thank you to all of the grown-ups who have helped us with this.

Here is some of the lovely pet-inspired art work that we have been creating . . .

Exploring Weight

Chinese New Year

We had lots of fun celebrating Chinese New Year! We enjoyed using chopsticks in our restaurant, we made Chinese lanterns and dragons and we even made and ate our own Chinese Stir Fry . . .

Speech and Language Therapist Visit

Speech and Language Therapist, Alice, came to visit us as part of our 'People Who Help Us' topic. She told us how she helps children that find talking tricky. She taught us some sign language and even gave us all our names in Braille!

People Who Help Us

The children in Little Beacons have enjoyed learning all about 'People Who Help Us' this half term.

They've enjoyed visits from a Nurse, a Midwife and a Police Officer and have turned their role-play area into a Vets, a Hospital and a Police Station -it's been lots of fun!