News From Baby Room 2

Creative Provocations We have been igniting ideas! We have been playfully provoking! We have been creatively curious! We have been learning with our hands as well as our minds. Our planning has been focused on supporting children to wallow and be immersed in playful...

Researching Children Researching the World! Here at St. Paul’s we are fascinated by children’s fascinations! Their curiosity is compelling! Their explorations exciting! A significant part of our thinking, learning and teaching here is REFLECTIVE NOTICING. This means...

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...