O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
We made our own Christmas Trees this year didn’t we – wow what beautiful, brilliant, collaborative creations!
But we also wanted the children to experience the magnitude of a REALLY REALLY BIG BIG TREE!
Our St. Paul’s Promise “I connect with the wider world” supports children to experience their city, their locality, the places around them that make up their many worlds.
You may have noticed how much the Baby Room practitioners support children to be “out-and-about”.
Not only here in our garden – under the sky and in the elements, with grass under their feet and mud in their toes!
But out in their city!
There are so many things to see and explore and talk and think about aren’t there!
After seeing the tree, it was off to the shops to buy cooking ingredients – yum!
It’s so important for the children to have these genuine, everyday experiences out in the world – to ignite their curiosity, spark their conversations and help make links between their many experiences, their many worlds!
Go Babies!
Out-and-About!
We are Scientists!
What strange, unusual, novel thing is this!
Nadiya and Beau have been wanting to provoke some curiosity.
Offering the children a novel experience to offer cognitive challenge – something unusual, something curious, something immediate!
They ask…
“What is this?”
“What will happen if…?”
“I wonder…?”
“Do you notice…?”
The children use all their senses to explore, connect, reflect.
Our St. Paul’s Promise “I use all my senses to engage in scientific enquiry” supports children to
Observe
Explore
Examine
Wonder
It supports children to “look out for” novel and interesting things, to
Question
Experiment
Test
Communicate
Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
Brrrrr!
Cold fingers!
Cold toes!
What have we been noticing?
O so curious learners!
Our St. Paul’s Promise “I know I am a great learner” supports children to
Notice
Reflect
Listen
Imitate
Reason
Question
Our St. Paul’s Promise “I know I am a great learner” supports children to
Have a strong exploratory drive
Notice objects and materials
Communicate ( verbally and non-verbally )
Make links in their learning
And become absorbed in what they are doing
What have we been noticing through the window?
Brrrrr!
Cold fingers!
Cold toes!
Mark Making Matters!
Curved
Straight
Zig-zag
Wavy
Round
There are all sorts of marks to be made!
And all sorts of tools to be used!
We love making our mark!
Our St. Paul’s Promise “I can use marks to communicate meaning” supports children to enjoy and value the marks they make, to enjoy the sensory experience of markmaking, to explore lots of different materials and tools that can make all sorts of marks.
Mark making really does matter!
Cooking up a Treat!
Cooking and confidence with food is part of our everyday experiences here.
We love to try things out.
We love our allotment and fire.
And we love our Children’s Kitchen.
Back from the shops with our ingredients…
We head to the kitchen to
Cut
Chop
Mix
Bake
Eat
Yum!
And Lisa – our amazing chef – is on hand to lend a hand!
