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 been swinging and climbing, pulling and pushing, jumping and bouncing!
It’s great to be moving out and about in our community.
We like to go outside and use big spaces.
Our St. Paul’s Promise “I am a Big Bold Mover” means children have a movement-rich environment, full of opportunities to develop agility, coordination, resilience, dexterity, stamina, suppleness
We can rise to physical challenges!
Our St. Paul’s Curriculum for Physical Development means we are able to assess and take risks, be adventurous and resilient – and can explore the world with our bodies.
Old MacDonald had a Farm!
We have been connecting with our community and our world.
“The curriculum is inside the child and outside the window” is one of our favourite sayings!
We walked to St. Werburgh’s City Farm.
It’s a long walk with lots to see, to notice, to observe, to talk about.
We met the chickens.
We met the guinea pigs.
And searched for goats.
Have you been to St. Werburgh’s City Farm?
I wonder what animals you met there?
Our St. Paul’s Promise “I connect with the wider world” means we explore and experience our many worlds and communities, connect up with others to share interests and ideas, respond and reflect upon the journeys we make.
Home Play
We have been playfully pretending.
Stirring
Mixing
Tasting
Emptying
Pouring
Our play has been full of
Collaboration
Creativity
Imagination
Improvisation
Our play has been full of
Confidence
Self-expression
Relationships
Reciprocity
When playing alongside and sharing resources to “pretend a home” we have been talking together, naming food and using new words “hot”, “blow”, “eat more”.
Our St. Paul’s Curriculum helps us be expressive and creative.
Did you know that pretend play or symbolic play is essential for reading?
Did you know that children need lots of opportunities to imitate and mimic others, use objects to represent imaginary things, and create stories that they act out in their play.
This helps them make links between the symbols or words on a page and what they represent in the world.
We support children to use their bodies, materials and environment to explore ideas, create narratives and use their imaginations to transform what is ‘real’ into something else.
