This week in Butterflies we have been celebrating friendship, teamwork, and self-expression. The children have worked together to build tracks, explore water, and sand, and share ideas through imaginative play. We have been encouraging the children to take turns, listen to their friends, and express their thoughts and feelings with growing confidence. It has been lovely to see them supporting one another, solving problems as a team, and proudly showing their unique personalities in everything they do. 

This week, we have been discussing who we care about and the reasons why, in preparation for Valentine’s Day at the weekend. Additionally, we created personalised Valentine’s cards for our parents by decorating our knuckles with paint to resemble bees, reflecting our class name. We then independently wrote our own names inside the cards without assistance.

This week in Bumblebees pre-school class, we have been exploring the story of Tiddler, the storytelling fish. Our activities have included sharing underwater stories with our peers, comparing fish sizes in our maths area, and creating fish bone illustrations using cotton buds. The most enjoyable part of the week was crafting fish sculptures from clay and adding sequin scales.

This week in Butterflies lower nursery class, the children have been enjoying the story Tiddler. We talked about Tiddler’s tall tales and his friends, exploring lots of different sea creatures through messy play with foam and number activities. The children enjoyed being creative, making their own Tiddler and starfish using a variety of materials, developing their fine motor skills and imagination along the way. ‘Oh, no, they didn’t!’ ‘Oh, yes, they did!’

We have continued our ‘Under the Sea’ theme and explored the story of ‘Sharing a Shell’. This week in Bumblebees preschool class, the children have been working collaboratively to paint a submarine and to create self-portraits to place inside. They have also been decorating rocks, constructing crabs using paper plates, and sorting number blocks onto the tentacles of a jellyfish.

We’ve had a very busy week in Butterflies! We’ve continued sharing our story Sharing a Shell, focusing on being kind to our friends and learning how to share. The children enjoyed a PE session where they learned all about the badminton shuttlecock, and we also got creative by decorating some beautiful shells. A lovely week of learning, teamwork and fun!

In Nursery, Butterflies have also been enjoying Julia Donaldson’s ‘Sharing a Shell’, with a special focus on friendship and sharing. The children have taken part in a range of fun, hands-on activities, including exploring colours, mark making and creating their own crabs for our story display. They have been wonderful at sharing resources, playing alongside one another, and showing kindness to their friends. It has been lovely to see friendships growing as the children work together and take pride in their creations.

This week, Bumblebee pre-schoolers have been studying the story ‘Sharing a Shell’ by Julia Donaldson Our activities included discussing our favourite characters from the story and creating drawings for our display. We have also been practising our scissor skills by cutting out spiral shell shapes, as well as developing our understanding of numbers through activities involving numbered shells and placing the corresponding number of jewels.

This week in Butterflies, the children have continued enjoying our Smiley Shark topic through a variety of creative and sensory activities. They explored messy play by brushing Smiley Shark’s teeth, creating sea creatures using different materials, and investigating our sensory trays to discover what they could find under the sea. The children showed great curiosity, teamwork, and creativity while learning through hands-on play.

This week in Bumblebees class, we have been focusing on underwater marine life, aligned with our ‘Smiley Shark’ story. Our activities have included sequencing different sea creatures, creating puffer fish using playdough, practising oral hygiene by cleaning the teeth of our smiley shark pictures and threading beads onto an octopus in the physical development area.