St. Peter's Childcare

Aaaannnddd Christmas has begun 🤪😆 So many crafts in just 3 weeks....how will we fit them all in!

This training was incredibly informative and despite already complying with the recommendations and knowing the 'why's and why not's' of Best Practice Procedures, I learnt alot. This course is in-depth and the content sobering to say the least.

Bug exploring in the rain, followed by home made bug play-dough for a wet day 😍🐜🐝🪲🐞🦗🕷🪳🕸

Sunshine and muddy puddles.....the perfect 1st day back 🤣 We were very lucky with the weather today and spent all morning outside before coming inside for lunch. Now listening to snores and thundering rain and not sure which is louder!!
I did miss this 😉

We had a wonderful village walk this morning and found this beauty! Apparently the crop isn't quite ready yet so we were able to get close for a thorough inspection 😊 this inspired so many questions and lots of discussion about where our food comes from 😊

Can't beat a windy day for ribbons!

Our Garden room has made such a huge difference to the children this term 😊 Accessible loose part resources, multi functional, plenty big enough to allow maximum creativity and best of all .....super shadey 😎
The cable reel tables provide storage, but more importantly their shape and position provide a work station for children to collaborate, share and expand ideas, watch and imitate 😊 Play based learning is the best 👌

If you needed a boost of cuteness today.....

I was worried the froglets wouldn't emerge until the school holidays but panic over as they're here!!

Sun safety is important at any age so let's create healthy habits in Early Years 🤩

We've been looking at the wonder of Bee's this week as the little ones had noticed so many bees and similar insects visiting the garden 🌹🌻🐝 we've had the magnifying 🔎 glasses out to help us view them, read lots of lovely interactive books, & then collected dandelions and buttercups to make some beautiful golden play-dough 😀 ❤

We have tadpoles!!! It seems like months ago that we rescued a blob of frogspawn from a drying up puddle, and it was very uncertain that they would survive....but they made it!!
Our tiny dinosaur watering hole is now host to lots of these amazing creatures, and the children absolutely love watching them grow and change ❤

Another project completed to provide an enhanced space for our Messy Kitchen play! Keeping our resources dry but accessible will make them last longer and be more engaging for the children 😊 Thank you so much Mr D for making this happen x