This week was full of magical Christmas activities. In the 'Elf Workshop' the children wrapped the presents and practiced their cutting skills with the children scissors. The highlight of the week however was definitely the Christmas Concert which was a huge success after the children practicing so hard. The parents and the teachers are so proud of all the Chicks. On Tuesday the Art Folders went home full of beautiful pieces of art the children created during this term. On Fr

This week, the children enjoyed a rich variety of learning experiences both indoors and outdoors. They developed their communication and language skills through story building, retelling familiar tales and acting out the Nativity using props and characters. The children also explored early literacy through drawing and mark-making. Their fine motor skills were strengthened through activities such as cutting and mashing avocado, spreading shaving foam on 2D shapes, stacking Uni

The Fledglings have enjoyed a busy week exploring the Topic Story ‘ Petal and Nettle and the Best Birthday Ever ’.  We throughly enjoyed this story and the children were able to see what went wrong. They loved pointing out what Petal had done wrong and offered suggestions for what she should have done instead. The theme was included in their Free Play and we refined our fine motor skills as we made cakes with the playdough.  We began introducing digraphs in our Phonics Focus

The Fledglings had a great week back after half term. Our Topic Story was ‘Little Red’ a retelling of a traditional tale and the children loved exploring different elements of constructing, retelling and acting out the story. One of the highlights was during our Outdoor Learning Day where the children took turns to use the costumes and pretended to be the different characters as well as adding their own elements and combining stories.  In the classroom we have been developin

This week at 345 the Chicks have been looking at shape. Our Topic Story, ‘We Love Each Other’ by Yusuke Yonezu used two of an animal to make a shape, for example, two birds together created a heart. The Chicks were really engaged in the story and while making their shape collages in Art they enjoyed naming the different shapes.  We have used our Fine Motor Skills to chop playdough during Free Play and vegetables during our cooking lesson. We have also been working together an

This week we have enjoyed learning about the celebration of Diwali. Our Topic Story Shubh Diwali explained some of the traditions and customs people who celebrate Diwali follow and why this celebration is important. We took inspiration from their Rangolis in Art as we used colourful shapes to create our own patterns.  The highlight of the week however was our visit to the Secret Garden at Finton House. We enjoyed the bus journey, recalling the safety precautions from previou

This week we have loved looking at journeys and counting as we have explored our Topic Story ‘ The Hundred Decker Bus ’. This story follows a bus as it veers off its usual route and collects passengers and decks as it travels around the world. The children were fascinated by this story and it was regularly requested throughout the morning.  We enjoyed pretending to take a bus journey together in our Role Play Area which was set up as a bus with steering wheels, cuddly toy pas

This week the children showed great interest in our Topic Story ' Wheels ' by Sally Suttton . We used the theme of vehicles to inform our activities during the week and everyone enjoyed creating vehicles out of egg boxes. We had diggers, tractors and event racing cars! The children even added wooden wheels so that the vehicles moved. We continued our learning outside the classroom by embarking on a vehicle hunt where we saw a bus, a taxi and the highlight of the day was the r

Our week began by welcoming our Grandparents in for part of the morning. We enjoyed showing them around the classroom and enjoyed taking part in activities together. We drew pictures of each other, had a tea party and kept our fingers busy and supple as we manipulated the play dough and enjoyed the climbing apparatus in the Outdoor Learning Environment. At the end of the morning some of our Grandparents read our grandparent themed Topic Stories and we sang a few of our favour

This week we celebrated World Porridge Day and so we chose the Topic Story ‘The Magic Porridge Pot’ retold by Alan MacDonald to introduce the celebration. The children enjoyed listening to the story during our Outdoor Learning Walk where we used our safe zone to sit beautifully together. The Chicks loved repeating the magic words to start and stop the porridge pot. We incorporated the story into our learning, using props to retell the story and even made our own porridge. The

This week the Fledglings have been preparing for the Harvest Festival and our Bring Grandparents to School Day. Our Topic Stories were ‘ My Grandpa is Amazing ’ and ' My Grandma is Wonderful ’, celebrating all that we love about our grandparents. We also read the book ‘ Welcome to our World’ where we looked at the different ways Harvest is celebrated around the world.  We loved welcoming our families in to celebrate the Harvest Festival and the children were wonderful as the

The Chicks have had a very busy week at 345 Wandsworth. This week was all about healthy eating, learning about different fruits and vegetables, and exploring how they grow. The children enjoyed a variety of activities inspired by our Topic Story From the Garden  by Michael Dahl. The Chicks were fully immersed in hands-on learning through exciting, sensory-rich, and imaginative activities, all centred around gardens, vegetables, and seasonal changes. Children built social skil

This week the Chicks' Topic story was the classic fairytale ’The Ugly Duckling’ by Campbells first stories. The story is about a little bird who is teased and rejected because he looks different from the other ducklings. Feeling sad and alone, he goes on a journey in search of belonging. Over time, he grows and changes, eventually discovering that he is not a duck at all, but a beautiful swan. The story teaches important lessons about acceptance, self discovery, and how our

This week the Chicks topic story was ‘ Go, Go, Pirate Boat ’ and ‘ Rumble, Rumble Dinosaur ’ and the children had great fun singing the...

The Fledglings had a fantastic start to the year and it has been lovely to see everyone embracing their groups, forming new friendships...

The Chicks had a very busy week at 345 Wandsworth and Monday was particularly special because the Chicks had the opportunity to meet...

The Chicks have had a very busy week at 345 Wandsworth. This week was all about preparing for our Sports Day and we enjoyed exploring a...

The Fledglings have shown a huge interest in the ocean and we chose the Sea Life Trust for our fundraising event for this reason. Our...

This week the Fledglings have enjoyed the lovely weather and spending lots of time outdoors. In the Outdoor Learning Environment we have...

This week we have been exploring Space with our Topic Story, ‘ Space Song Rocket Ride ’ by Sunny Scribens. The story talks about the...

The Chicks continued their learning about farms and farm animals with a visit to Deen City Farm this week. The children were very excited...

The Fledglings have been fascinated by the changes in the seasons and learning about how plants grow. Our Topic Story ‘ Luna Loves...

The Chicks have had a very busy week at 345 Wandsworth and we have enjoyed exploring a variety of activities inspired by our two Topic...

Everyone had a great week back at school after the Easter break this week. Our Topic Story was ‘ We are Family’ and the Chicks drew...