Selsdon Baptist Church Pre-School

Learning about Chinese New Year is important because it helps children understand and respect different cultures, promoting inclusion, diversity and a sense of belonging from an early age. Celebrating festivals like this broadens their knowledge of the world and encourages curiosity, kindness and community awareness. 🏮✨

EYFS Areas Covered:
• Communication & Language – learning new vocabulary and discussing traditions
• Personal, Social & Emotional Development – building respect, inclusion and cultural awareness
• Physical Development – developing fine motor skills through cutting, sticking and creating
• Expressive Arts & Design – exploring colour, pattern and creativity
• Understanding the World – learning about different cultures and celebrations
• Mathematics – exploring shapes, patterns and counting within the craft activity

🚗💨 Road-Themed Tuff Tray!
The children dipped cars in paint and rolled them along the road we created — exploring colour, pattern and movement through messy play! 🎨

EYFS Areas Covered:
✨ Expressive Arts & Design – mark-making & creativity
💪 Physical Development – fine motor & coordination
💬 Communication & Language – describing tracks & movements
🤝 PSED – sharing, turn-taking & confidence
🌍 Understanding the World – cause & effect + road awareness
🔢 Mathematics – comparing sizes, lengths & patterns

Messy play = big learning! 🚧💛

🚦 Road Safety Week 🚦
Our little builders explored roads, vehicles, and construction play today!
This activity supports EYFS areas such as:
• Understanding the World – learning about real-life environments and how to stay safe.
• Communication & Language – talking about vehicles, signs, and road rules.
• Physical Development – using fine motor skills to scoop, pour, build, and move vehicles.
• Personal, Social & Emotional Development – working together, taking turns, and making safe choices.
Keeping learning playful, hands-on, and meaningful! 🚧💛

🕷️🎶 “The Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the water spout…” 🎶
Our little learners had so much fun making their very own Incy Wincy spiders this Nursery Rhymes Week! 🕸️✨

Through this activity, the children explored:
🌈 Expressive Arts & Design – creating their crafty spiders with imagination and creativity!
🗣️ Communication & Language – singing along and retelling the rhyme with friends!
🤲 Physical Development – building those fine motor skills while cutting, sticking, and threading!

A wonderful mix of learning, laughter, and little spiders everywhere! 🕷️💦💛

Little hands made poppy handprints today as we learned about Remembrance Day — a time to say thank you and remember. 🌺

EYFS Links:
💭 Understanding the World
🎨 Expressive Arts and Design
❤️ Personal, Social and Emotional Development
🗣️ Communication and Language

🎆✨ The children made yummy chocolate sparklers to celebrate Fireworks Night — fun, festive, and delicious!

We been busy…and it’s finally ready🎉!!
👶We are now taking from 1 years olds👶