News From Baby Room 2

A Moving Child is a Learning Child! We so need to move don’t we? We are physical and full of life! We have been moving around our room - down on the floor and up the slide. We have been playing ball. We have been out and about - going BOING, WHOOSH, ROLY POLY! We have...

Treasure Basket Treasure Our St. Paul’s Promise talks about “scientific enquiry”… it talks about using all the senses in first-hand, hands-on exploration of natural materials. Looking. Listening. Smelling. Touching. Tasting. Exploring with all our senses! Children are...

We Are BIG Bold Movers Movement Matters so much doesn’t it. Children are making all sorts of connections between their brains and bodies as they crawl and climb, push and pull, slide, and swing! Movement is so important for brains, for vision, for balance, for control...

Pitter Patter Pitter Patter Rain is Falling Down! Our Curriculum Promise “I connect with the Wider World” means we want children to be out and about in all sorts of weathers – dress up warm! In Baby Room 2 we’ve been taking advantage of the wild and wet days by using...

How does it feel? “I use all my senses… for scientific enquiry!” How does the foam smell? How does it feel? It feels different when we mix it with water, sand, mud, and sticks. It’s so slimy in the ‘tuff tray’, so gritty mixed with sand. How does it stay on our...

I know I am a great learner Children have been showing curiosity and a strong exploratory drive! Such independence and resourcefulness as they capitalise on the resources and environment around them. Such wonderful absorption and agency as they investigate how they...

Pop a little pancake into the pan! Children have really been making connections between home and here… with lots of imaginative play in the kitchen… stirring, pouring, mixing, baking. So we made our very own pancakes! Mixing up the flour and the milk together – just...

We enjoyed our visit from Drew and Paco. The babies joined in dancing and clapping to the music, and they continued to explore making sounds with the stringed instruments to see what kind of noises they could make by pulling and strumming the different chords of the...