Tigger's Tots

This week marked the end of 28 years of Tigger's Tots. It has been an honour and a privelage to know and teach so many wonderful children over the years. I have loved every minute but it is now time to close the doors.
Thank you to everyone for trusting me with their children and for allowing me to be part of their very special young lives.
I was especially touched by the letter written to me by young Ayman, who was with us for a few days this week, I will always treasure it.
Kwaherini.

The children had a lovely week finishing off their dinosaur hats and workbooks.
They each chose their favourite dinosaur to decorate the front of their T shirt.
They also practised their songs over and over until they're perfect - well done!

The final week of the alphabet brought lots of fun with papier mache balloons which will be made into dinosaur hats ready for the Open Morning.
The children made Zoo biscuits and the letter Z and zigzags in the sand.
The front page of the theme book was made with dinosaur stickers, the children now have an amazing ability to name all of the different dinosaurs and what they eat - so impressed!
The week was finished off with a session of acting out animals you find in the zoo, there were some very scary tigers!

This week brought lots of sunshine which was reflected in the colour of the week - yellow.
The children had fun doing a finger painting mixing and mushing up lots of colours. They also began work on their papier mache hats for the final Dinosaur singsong at Tigger's Tots.
We had fun doing sack and bean bag races outside as well as making lots of sand pies.
The children played with funnels, played hopscotch and threw rings over shapes.
The Yorkshire puddings were a hit, especially with lots of maple syrup!

The children enjoyed making pastry into the whapes of the letter X this week, and especially enjoyed eating them because they were sprinkled with icing sugar.
They made the letter X in the sand and played with a water xylophone.
They looked at the flying dinosaurs as well as the duckbilled ones.
The highlight of the week was the school photographer, Mark, coming to take their photographs on Friday. Let's hope the reuslts are good after all the children's efforts to smile in the right way and direction!

The children enjoyed looking at the weather this week, both outside and inside.
Inside they made a weather picture and played outside with umbrellas and looked at wet and dry sand.
They thoroughly enjoyed their waffles and playing on the wobble board.
We continued learning about dinosaurs, this week we focused on the armour plated dinosaurs.
They enjoyed playing the whistle stop game where they took turns blowing the whistle and then chose which exercise everyone had to do. Pinto chose push ups!
Finally, we worked on marching to the song 'Prehistoric Animal Brigade' ready for the Open Morning.

The children had a lot of fun painting with vegetables, building volcanoes and making vergetable soup.
This week we looked at the peaceful plant eaters; how they moved and what they ate.
We also did races and played the Pirates Game outside, when it wasn't raining.
The children brought a lovely selection of fruit for fruity Friday. The reward for eating all the fruit is a sticker - always a winner!
The children enjoyed playing with the marble run this week aas well as the Compare Bears.
The dinosaur models were as popular as ever, with T Rex always the firm favourite.
The Tiggers enjoyed a loot game, looking at wild animals, domestic animals, woodland animals and safari animals.
Tap a Shape was a big winner today, especially as they couldn't go outside.
The week finished off with a singing practice for their Open Morning show.

This week was a very short one with half term. The children enjoyed number darts, making up funny facing and throwing the ball high up in the air.

This week's activities were affected by the weather and many children being unwell so there are far fewer pictures.
Those children who were in school enjoyed easel painting, making dinosaur shaped biscuits and lots of jigsaws.
The timetable for the Letter U will be repeated next week as so little of it was accomplished this week.