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We’ve have some very exciting new visitors 🐸. As part of our learning about the life cycle of a frog, we are been lucky enough to observe frogspawn and tadpoles as they grow and develop into frogs. This hands-on experience will provide a wonderful opportunity for the children to explore change and growth in a real-life context.

This activity will support:

• Communication and Language – The children have been discussing what they can see, asking questions, and learning new vocabulary such as “frogspawn,” “tadpole,” ect
• Physical Development – Fine motor skills will be encouraged through careful handling (where appropriate), drawing, and mark-making linked to their observations.
• Personal, Social and Emotional Development – The children are learning to care for living creatures, showing patience, responsibility, and respect for nature.
• Literacy – We have been reading stories and non-fiction books about frogs and their life cycle, I will encouraging the children to draw and talk about what they have seen.
• Mathematics – The children can counting tadpoles, comparing sizes, and observing changes over time.
• Understanding the World – This is a key focus, as the children explore life cycles, habitats, and the natural world through first-hand experience.
• Expressive Arts and Design – The children can creatively representing what they observe through drawings, painting, and imaginative play.

This will be a fantastic learning experience, sparking curiosity, excitement, and a deeper understanding of the natural world.

Gingerbread play-Dough 🌲⛄️

Here at Charley’s Child, we’ve had a spooktacular half-term week! 🎃
The children loved pumpkin picking, monster hunts, and Halloween trails full of fun and adventure. 👻

We explored all seven EYFS areas — building language through stories, staying active outdoors, working together, counting pumpkins, discovering autumn changes, and creating spooky crafts! 🍂🕷️✨

Diwali 🪔

Today we learnt about Diwali, the festival of lights. The children enjoyed listening to stories and creating their own Diya lamps, exploring colours, patterns and textures. This activity supported learning across all seven areas of the EYFS — encouraging creativity, communication, understanding of different cultures and fine motor skills.

Lots of bird 🦅watching 👀,tree climbing 🪾and sheep hugging 🐑 going on

It’s love week 🩷💙💚❤️🖤

Chinese luna new year 🐍

We had lots of fun exploring chinease new year .
We watch a few clips on what Chinese new year is all about . Done a few activities and explored some chinease food 🍜🍚🥢🇨🇳