2 Year Olds

Welcome to our 2 Year Old Explorers Room!

Miss Ainsley and Mrs Baines are your Early Years Practitioners.

Please find attached below information on what the children will be learning this term.

We have lots of exciting themes, books and rhymes to explore and we promise to post/share lots of photographs of our amazing learning and development!

Spring 1/week 3/19-23rd January 2026

We have all had a “mice” time this week as the children have enjoyed learning the nursery rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock. Building on the children’s communication and language development, joining in the rhyme whilst also copying the actions, learning the difference between “up” and “down”. The children all worked as a team and made a wonderful grandfather clock, using brown paint and collage materials, gold paint and glitter for the face and pendulum. Once the clock was dry and put together staff used the clock daily with the children at carpet time, they each waited patiently listening for their name taking it in turns to run the mouse up and down the clock, they all did amazing.

The children were very creative again this week using paper plates, grey paint, eyes, Pom Poms (for a nose) and pipe cleaner (for whiskers and a tail) pre cut ears, they then painted their mouse and placed on the facial features where they thought they were to go, I must say there were some pretty cute mice in our nursery.

In the playdoh area the children enjoyed manipulating the dough to make mice, they used googley eyes and pipe cleaners for a tail, helping to strengthen their hands and finger muscles whilst doing so by squeezing, pinching, rolling, squishing and splatting the dough into shape. Staff introduced the children to dough disco too this week, this was a big hit with the children as they enjoyed following instructions dancing, stomping and jumping whilst rolling their dough and of course singing.

Using paper plates to make more sparkly snowflakes for our winter display the children engaged in a tape resist activity, using masking tape to create patterns onto the plate, the children then painted the plate winter colours and added blue and silver glitter for sparkle, when the paint is dry the tape will be removed and the beautiful snowflakes are going to hang on our ceiling along with the other winter creations.

Using the curiosity approach method, which is a child exploration method, igniting the child’s curiosity, using their thinking skills and creativity to design their very own masterpiece. The children were given a variety of natural resources outdoors including mud, water, herbs, spices, beetroot, berries and flowers, along with a range of brushes sponges, pestle and mortar, instead of directing the children, the children made their own choice as to how they wanted their picture to look. These are going to be displayed in our environment as they are amazing and so unique.

The tuff tray has been fun this week we have done a lot of pouring, filling, scooping and digging with the diggers in the dried cereals. We have also enjoyed an ice tuff tray, the children used pipettes and water to try and melt the ice to release the variety of resources which were frozen inside, the children worked along side each other as they then went to get the hammers and saws from the toolbox to “smash” “bang” the ice. 

At snack time we all enjoyed a mouse biscuit, using digestive biscuits, chocolate spread, buttons (for ears) (cherry) for a nose (strawberry laces) for a tail and whiskers and edible eyes, the temptation was a bit too much for some children, the mouse either ran away or jumped into their mouth, Mrs Baines and Miss Ainsley just didn’t know where some of the mice went “oh dear”. They must of been too tasty to wait.

This week we have been continuing with our story “The very hungry caterpillar”, the children are loving this story. In the next coming weeks we are going to be having a taste of all the lovely food the caterpillar had ate along with other activities, the children enjoyed using props of food to feed the caterpillar, taking it in turns with their friends, did you know the caterpillar lived in a “cocoon” wow the children used some amazing vocabulary in the story.

We can’t wait for next week where we will be continuing our story and also learning a new rhyme.

Have a look at our pictures from this week. 

“Our outdoor community visit!”

How exciting on Wednesday we were very lucky to be able to join nursery and have a walk to Tesco in hetton, where we each bought fruit, picking our own fruit, scanning it and the shopkeeper gave us tokens to place in the box, this was so exciting, the children did amazing listening to the grown ups and following instructions to keep them safe. We then popped into the hetton centre where we all had a nice drink of juice. We talked about what we could see during our walk, we even saw a cement mixer, we all kept safe whilst crossing the road looking left and right and using our ears to listen and eyes to look for any coming traffic. Mrs Baines and Miss Ainsley, Mrs Garside and Mrs Atkinson are all so proud of each and every one of you. “WELL DONE EVERYONE!!”

Take a look at our lovely pictures of our well behaved children on our little trip to the community.

Spring 1/week 2/12-16 January 2026

Our focus/theme this week has been all about winter along with a weekly nursery rhyme which was “row,row,row your boat!”. After just two weeks the children have adjusted and settled into their routine, they have blown our socks off at just how well they have used their listening ears, and followed instructions. At carpet time the children have learned our welcome song and use their waving hands whilst singing, to welcome their friends daily into our nursery, we are so very proud. 

The children have had lots of fun this week joining in with the actions, rowing their boats, and oh no snapping like a crocodile, how scary, of course they love the part of screaming with their friends when they see the crocodile whilst rowing their boats.

Using a crate (an Asda crate, but ssh don’t tell Asda) and some oars made from bamboo and card, they each took it in turns to climb into the boat and row, the children did so well waiting patiently for their turn.

Getting messy during sensory tuff trays, the children enjoyed playing with boats in the jelly, they enjoyed the sensory element of the jelly, smelling, feeling oh and of course tasting, they then added a few cars and vehicles with the boats as the children love to use the transporting schema throughout their play every day, but then all of the boats and vehicles got a wash in the bubbly water, the children enjoyed using the ramps to slide down the boats and cars into the water at the bottom. They also used ice boats to also slide down the ramps too. The love of vehicles at the moment is of huge interest to the children. Our main focus is to follow the children’s interest in making our environment enjoyable for the children every day.

Once again we have been very creative this week we have made:

A paper polar bear craft- staff encouraged the children to tear off cotton wool balls into smaller pieces as well as exploring the textures, as they stuck them to the paper plate with glue and added ears, a nose a mouth and eyes. I must say there were some great looking polar bears amongst them all.

A boat collage craft: encouraging the children to develop their fine motor skills, hand eye coordination and creativity by making a picture of a sail boat, they each painted  a semi circle (half of a paper plate) and a triangle using a lolly pop to put the boat together, they were absolutely wonderful.

Winter paper plate snowflake: Inspired by the curiosity approach which focuses on process over product, using various craft materials, along with glue to create freely, the children designed their own unique snowflake which we are displaying on our wall as they are “snow beautiful”.

We have enjoyed more time outdoors this week too accessing the bikes, cars, mud kitchen, sand and water enjoying the fresh air and freedom in our lovely large garden, the children even helped to paint our lanterns to hang in our art area, using fly swats and coloured paints to splat the paint onto the lanterns, they look so colourful I’m sure they are going to look super hanging from our ceiling.

Before going home this week the children have enjoyed the story of the hungry caterpillar and “There’s a shark in the park!” in the quiet room, joining in the actions of Timothy pope and his telescope and oh yes shouting “there’s a shark in the park!” the quiet room unfortunately not quiet anymore. “Oh dear”.

We also had a visit to our school library this week too, the children did ever so well listening and following the rules walking too and from the library through the corridors, being ever so quiet and using their wonderful walking feet. I hope you all enjoy sharing your book with your child at home.

Next week we will be learning a new rhyme, and continuing having lots of fun as we learn.

Take a look at our fun pictures from this week. 

Spring 1/week 1/5-9 January 2026

Welcome back everyone and a HAPPY NEW YEAR, we are so pleased to see everyone  back and the children have all been excited to share with us their wonderful adventures they have all been up to over the Christmas holidays.
That’s not all we have been excited about as we have welcomed some new boys and girls into our explorer room, Mrs Baines and Miss Ainsley are so proud and amazed at how well the children have settled into their new environment, learning our daily routines, exploring all of the different areas, indoors and outdoors and also making new friends. Our returning children have came back as if they haven’t had a break and have welcomed their new friends settle in being kind, caring and sharing. Well done everyone!.

Things we have participated in this week have been all about winter, and what a great week we have had as we have had SNOW!.
Using washing up bottles water and food colouring the children enjoyed mark making in the snow using a range of colours mixing the colours to create new ones, the children also enjoyed using the spades to scoop up the snow, and not forgetting to make snow balls where the children used their vocabulary, telling the staff the snow was freezing, cold, icy. Also using the snow the children used the diggers to dig and scoop, they also used the hammers and saws to break up the ice in the tuff tray.

We have been very creative this week as we have all made some beautiful icy, wintery  art work, using a variety of wintery coloured materials including foil and crepe papers, cotton wool pads and glitter. Using the curiosity approach to design their very own masterpiece creating a collage picture.

Also using paints the children enjoyed mark making and creating patterns, swirls, dots and lines onto tin foil. I think we have some great future artists in the making. We also used ice and food colouring to paint too which was super cool.

The play doh table was very popular too this week as the children practiced their fine motor skills by manipulating, squashing, squishing, squeezing and rolling the doh to make some lovely creations with their friends.

Also in the tuff tray this week we have enjoyed fake snow too, with the arctic animals, and also some cars in there too to make tracks and also peppa pig and her family also jumped into the tuff tray, jumping up and down in the snow, the children thought this was so funny.

The baby dolls got a wash this week in the water tray too with the sponges and bubble bath along with the cars which had been in the garage driving up and down the ramps all day long.

“PHEW what a busy week !”.

We can’t believe how fast this week has gone, “time flies by when you’re having fun!” and that’s what we do here in our 2YO explorer room, have lots of fun whilst we learn. Mrs Baines and Miss Ainsley have lots of fun planned for next week where we will be starting our nursery rhymes and our new story. Oooh how exciting, I wonder which story it’s going to be?.

Take a look at all our lovely pictures from this week, I’m sure you will agree your child has enjoyed themselves.

SANTA DASH 19.12.25 🎅

“What a fun day!”

Autumn 2/ week 7/ 15-19th December 2025

And that’s a wrap!🎁 what a great festive fun week the children have had this week, we have had a Christmas craft workshop, a party and lots of fun Christmas activities in our explorer room. This week we have had a hot chocolate station tuff tray, full of lots of chocolate cereals, cocoa powder, candy canes, marshmallows and also squirty cream and milk, the children enjoyed making hot chocolates for their friends, as you can imagine the squirty cream went down well, also in the tuff tray this week we have had the polar express, with icing sugar snow, lots of winter animals and of course a train track🚂 which the children enjoyed building together, using their vocabulary and language with one another.( I think they are really excited about Christmas).

A green spaghetti Christmas tree was a favourite sensory tuff tray this week too, the children enjoyed using tinsel and Pom Poms to decorate the tree, using their senses to feel and explore the spaghetti and oh a little taste of course.

Being creative using black card, puffy paint, googley eyes, lollipop sticks and orange card carrot noses the children made a melting snowman picture, they were pretty cool.☃️They also got creative making a Christmas wreath using paper plates green collage materials and red Pom Poms. 

For snack using digestive biscuits, icing sugar, giant marshmallows, edible eyes,and a strawberry lace for a scarf, the children made a melting snowman biscuit, they were ever so good adding the facial features in the correct place and adding the scarf around his neck, it is just as well the snowman was melting as they didn’t last long, they were just too delicious. 

We had a surprise visit in the garden too the “grinch”came to seen us, I think a few of the children got a real surprise when he came running into our garden, it was so much fun.

What a great year we have had, we hope every one has a lovely Christmas and we can’t wait to welcome everyone back, as well as our new friends who will be joining us for another year of fun and learning.

Merry Christmas everyone from Mrs Baines and Miss Ainsley 🎅🌟 

CHRISTMAS PARTY DAY 15/12/2025

We are all partied out, the children have danced their socks off today, we have burned off lots of energy dancing, playing games and we also got a very special visit from a man in a red suit 🎅yes SANTA!, the children could not believe it, they also got a present off Santa too, they told Santa what they all wanted for Christmas and also told him that they had been good. The children also enjoyed some party food too with their friends. What a festive fun day.

Take a look at all the lovely pictures everyone looked amazing in their party clothes.

Christmas craft workshop 🎅🎄☃️

What a magical morning we have had, thank you to everyone who came to our Christmas craft workshop, I hope you all had a lovely time. I’m sure you will agree the children were amazing singing their Christmas songs, which they have worked so hard on learning over the past 3 weeks. 

It was lovely to see everyone in the festive spirit and being creative, take a look at all of the lovely pictures which were taken, I’m sure you will agree they are so special.

Autumn 2-week 6 / 8-12th December 2025

What a wonderful wintery week we have had this week in our 2YO explorers room, we have been working really hard this week on practising our Christmas songs to show off to our grown ups at our Christmas craft work shop this week, how exciting, we have been sharing lots of Christmas stories at carpet time too this week. 

Our week started off with lots of snowy sparkly sensory play. In the tuff tray this week we have had a range of messy fun consisting of sparkly white snowflakes made from cotton wool, the children used pipettes and ice blue water to change the snowflake to blue, using fine motor skills using pincer grip, their hand-eye coordination and concentration skills the children practiced squeezing the pipette and filling it with water (building dexterity and strength in hand and finger muscles) transferring the water onto the cotton wool turning it blue, at the end of the activity they enjoyed squeezing the cotton wool releasing the excess water into a plastic cup the children engaged quite a while in this fun activity. 

We also had a giant Christmas pudding tuff tray made from a variety of cereals, which they used bowls and spoons to pour, scoop and fill, oh yes and of course eat, “yummy!”.

We have also enjoyed playing in our igloo this week, inside we had the northern lights, icy bubble Wrap, arctic animals and sparkly ice, the children enjoyed sliding down the arctic animals down the chute into the snow, we also had snow balls which they enjoyed rolling too, it was so cool.

The play doh this week was popular too, the children enjoyed pretending to make Christmas cookies using the cinnamon/ginger scented play doh and the Christmas cutters along with the natural Christmas resources including acorns, sliced oranges, and cinnamon sticks.

Outdoors in the water tray was reindeer soup, using a range of Utensils, jugs and sieves the children loved scooping, pouring, filling, and of course splashing in the water tray, playing with the sprouts (which at one point were used as balls to throw and kick working on the gross motor skills in the garden) carrots, cranberries,sliced oranges, cinnamon sticks and acorns.

The children also have access to our mud kitchen everyday which contained lots of root vegetables this week, they also access the sand, bikes, reading corner not forgetting our slide and swing, we just love to be outdoors all suited and booted. We also saw a beautiful rainbow shining right above our garden this week, the children were all so excited, sharing with staff what colours they could see.

This week has also been Christmas dinner and jumper day, I must say all of the children looked very festive, they also got creative and designed a wonderful giant Christmas jumper in the tuff tray using a range of loose parts, it looked fantastic.

It is really starting to feel like Christmas and festive, we can’t wait for our Christmas craft workshop this week too. Take a look at all of our lovely wintery fun pictures from this week, I’m sure you will agree they are so “cool!”

Next week we will be continuing our festivities and getting into the party mood.

Autumn 2 / week 5 / 1-5th December 2025

What a fun week we have had this week in our 2 year old explorer room. We have had lots of “muddy” messy fun this week in our garden, the children have loved getting all messy in our giant mud planter, they have enjoyed mixing in the water digging and splodging in the mud, there was quite a few welly’s got a bit stuck too, “oh dear” but the children thought this was so much fun seeing their friends “stuck in the mud”, of course they did help each other get out in the end. Also outdoors the children got creative, using the curiosity approach (which encourages child-led learning and exploration, using open ended resources, fostering the children’s natural curiosity in the journey of their creation, their imagination and learning, it’s all about the process rather than what their creation looks like). Using a variety of herbs, berries, flowers and of course mud, oh and beetroot, the children created a masterpiece, by squashing, mixing the berries and beetroot, adding herbs and also mark making with a variety of brushes/sponges adding mud too, exploring the textures and senses to feel, smell, and of course taste. The pictures are amazing.

Our focus/theme this week has been yeah you guessed Christmas/winter, we have continued to rehearse our Christmas songs for our Christmas craft workshop. This week we have added jingle bells to our list, I think the children are ready to blow off your socks with their amazing singing.

In the tuff tray this week we have been painting ice, we have had a “gloopy” melted snowmen, and also we have been feeding the reindeers with reindeer food, practising  our fine motor skills and cognitive skills to concentrate, using the spoon to put the food into the reindeers mouth, I think the reindeers might have had a bit too much food, I hope they manage to pull Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve.

The play doh area has been popular too this week, using glittery sparkly doh and tinsel, Christmas cutters, the children practised their fine motor skills to squash, squeeze, pinch, roll their doh into shape, their were some beautiful shiny stars amongst the lovely creations the children had made.

We have also been preparing our precious Christmas craft gifts to our grown ups, but we won’t share any pictures of this “oh no it’s a surprise” I’m sure you will love them.

Also in our explorers room we have been feeling festive, making a Christmas tree, the children all helped to create a beautiful tree on a large scale, they painted the tree green, added glue and Pom Poms for baubles, tinsel and lights, and not forgetting a beautiful glittery golden star 🌟they are all so proud of their amazing tree. 
For snack the children enjoyed a Rudolph the red nose reindeer biscuit, chocolate digestive, edible eyes, a cherry nose and 2 pretzels for the antlers, they all did so well placing the facial features in the correct place, of course they didn’t last long as they were too delicious. “OH DEER!”.

On Friday we were so lucky, as we had a special performance in our hall, A PANTO, “oh yes we did!” the children were amazing sitting through the performance of little red riding hood, they even joined in clapping, they sat so well, we are so proud of them all, well done everyone!.

We have lots of festive fun planned for next week, and not forgetting our Christmas craft workshop, lots of preparations underway from santas elves Mrs Baines and Miss Ainsley, we can’t wait to share with you our lovely songs.

Take a look at our pictures of what we have been getting upto this week.

Autumn 2/week 4/24-28th November 2025

Eeeeek, how exciting, Christmas is getting closer, as well as repeating “when Santa got stuck up the chimney” we have introduced a new Christmas rhyme this week, “Christmas pudding” the children have learned these songs so quick, not forgetting all of the actions and movements we really can’t wait for you to see how amazing they are, we will be learning a couple more rhymes over the next coming weeks. Also our focus nursery rhyme this week has been “I’m driving in my car” last week the children’s interests were playing with the vehicles, so there was no better time to introduce this rhyme and add in some fun activities linked to vehicles. 

At carpet time the children enjoyed pretending to put on their seat belts and getting their steering wheels ready as they sang. They drove very slowly and quietly, using their listening ears, their attention and listening skills as staff encouraged the children to drive slow, and then drive very fast and loud, oh dear I don’t think I would like to be in the passenger seat in those cars, they go really fast. It was so much fun!

Being creative, using a paper plate, paint, circle shaped card for wheels and square shaped card for windows, the children each made their own car, painting the plate, then adding 2 wheels and 2 windows to their cars, positioning the shapes to the correct area as to where they thought their wheels and windows were to go, whilst helping to develop their fine motor skills and also introducing early maths numbers and shapes.

The children got wonderfully messy, whilst enjoying a sensory experience, using vehicles and paint to create a piece of artwork, gliding their toy cars through the coloured paints to create tracks, marks and patterns whilst also creating new colours, we also attached pens to the vehicles too this week to make marks on paper.

The tuff tray has been fun this week too, using paint and cars to mark make and create patterns whilst mixing and creating new colours, they then enjoyed experimenting with the ramps  sliding down the vehicles onto the paper to create  tracks on the paper on the floor, enhancing problem solving skills, creativity and fine motor skills by adjusting the ramps, encouraging independent building, seeing how fast their vehicles could go. Next their vehicles had a wash in the car wash using sponges, but they didn’t stay clean for long before they were back into the paint and off again down the ramps, the pots and pans also got a wash too. The children enjoyed this so much we continued this throughout the week also using shaving foam to mark make.

Also adding tape to the tuff tray to create roads this week, the children enjoyed using their vehicles to glide along the tape, helping to promote their fine motor skills and cognitive skills, sparking their imagination through small world play.

The play doh area has been popular this week too, using coloured play doh and plastic/wooden rings the children manipulated their doh squeezing, pinching, pressing, squashing and rolling into shapes, adding the rings to the doh to make wheels, some cars had 1 wheel 2 wheels and some cars had 3 wheels, staff encouraged the children to use their vocabulary by saying “how many wheels does your car have?” also introducing early maths using numbers, they all did so well.

Last of all not forgetting our tasty snacks this week “tasty pin wheels” using ready made dough, tomato and cheese we made our very own car wheels, using their fine motor skills to scoop and spread the tomato and sprinkle on the cheese then “rolling” the dough into a wheel, we enjoyed these for snack, they thought these were “wheelie” nice.

Next week we will be enjoying lots of festive fun and getting all prepared to blow your socks off with our Christmas craft workshop in the next couple of weeks we can’t wait.

Take a look at our fun pictures from this week.

Autumn 2/week 3/17-21 November 2025

It’s so exciting we have officially started our preparations for Christmas fun. This week we have been learning when “Santa got stuck up the chimney!!” we are just amazed at how quickly the children have learned the song, not forgetting the actions, we will be continuing learning new rhymes each week until Christmas.

Also this week we have been learning all about our body parts and facial features, our focus nursery rhyme has been “head, shoulders, knees and toes”. During the rhyme staff encouraged the children to place their hands on the correct body parts as they sang”head, shoulders, knees and toes” they did fantastic, we then did the actions in slow motion and a quiet voice, we then speeded up very fast and very loud, (I really think they enjoyed the fast version, oh my goodness).

Linked to our rhyme the children enjoyed participating in a range of activities including:

Paper plate faces: using paper plates, paint (for skin, eye colour) a variety of coloured wool (for hair) a Pom Pom (for a nose) and a pen (to draw a mouth). First the children looked into a mirror, and staff asked “what colour are your eyes, hair ?” they then painted the plate, added the colour of their eyes and hair using the paint, wool, they placed the facial features onto the plate where they thought they were to be. This activity not only learns the children about facial features, but enhances their hand eye coordination and boosts creativity and imagination, helping to develop their fine motor skills. 

Puzzle: We then took a selfie 📸 staff made the picture into a picture puzzle, by cutting it into a jigsaw for the children to put back together, using their problem solving skills they stuck the pieces of their puzzle back together again to create their face, placing the facial features in the correct places. “Well done everyone!”. They are so good we have them on display in our classroom.

Cress heads: using a paper cup, cotton wool, cress seeds, the children made their very own cress head, each adding cotton wool to the cup (with their face on) pouring in water and adding cress seeds, we can’t wait to watch them grow. This activity supports, learning about science, responsibilities and life cycles, whilst also helping to develop their fine motor skills through decorating and planting.

Snack time activity: For snack time the children made a funny face biscuit, using icing, edible eyes, cherries for a nose, jelly lips and teeth, the children were able to identify and label the facial features as they placed them onto their biscuit, extending their vocabulary and understanding as well as counting skills and number recognition 2 eyes 1 nose. They then ate them for snack, ( take a look at the finished product, I’m sure you will agree, they were definitely funny face biscuits).

Play doh: using face mats the children rolled and manipulated their doh to make facial features onto the face mats.

In the environment throughout the week we have had mr & Mrs potato head joining us, we have been washing the babies, also the vehicle and construction area has been very popular too, even the cars got a wash with the babies, using the transporting schema quite a few things got a wash. 

Also not forgetting this week “WE HAD SNOW!!!” ❄️☃️ outside in the snow the children were so excited as we got suited and booted and had fun enjoying “yes throwing the snow” feeling the snow, using vocabulary to talk about the feel of the snow “cold” “wet”.

🎨🖌️Last of all, being creative, the children were introduced to “mono printing” which is a printmaking technique, choosing a colour, painting a pan, then using a cotton bud to mark make and create patterns, staff then transferred the images to paper, they are all so unique and beautiful we have them displayed in our environment.

Phew what another fun week, but we can’t wait for next week where we will be learning another Christmas song. How exciting 🎄

Children in need (pudsey bear day) 14/11/25

Today we had a very special visit from pudsey bear, the children were so excited when pudsey came into our nursery. We also had a fun day of activities, painting pudsey pictures, and making a yummy biscuit.

The children also enjoyed a sensory pudsey spaghetti tuff tray, and making their own pudsey bear in the playdoh area. What an exciting day.

Autumn 2/week 2/10-14th November 2025

This week we have been so busy with odd socks day, Remembrance Day, pudsey bear day and also having fun with activities linked to this weeks focus nursery rhyme which was “5 currant buns”, our weekly nursery rhymes are so beneficial to your child as they cover so many learning skills including new vocabulary, repetition and early rhyming which helps speech development. This weeks rhyme also learns basic maths concepts, and social skills, the children have loved taking turns, using their listening skills each taking it in turns with currant buns and penny props to buy a currant bun from their friends exchanging the penny prop for a currant bun during the rhyme. Each time a currant bun was bought, staff asked the children how many buns were left, we all counted the buns together, practising counting down from 5 as buns were bought, they did ever so well.

Being creative using paint, glue and paper plates the children made a currant bun, they painted half their plate brown and using their fine motor skills they used their fingertips to put on the currants using black paint, on the other half of their plate they glued their cherry on top. “They were just cherrific!”🍒

For snack this week we made our very own currant buns with a cherry on the top (“a few cherries mysterously went missing when it was time to put the buns in the oven!!”) Mrs Baines and Miss Ainsley had to get more from the tub, we still don’t know where they could of gone it’s such a mystery!! the children each took it in turns to mix the ingredients together add the currants and manipulate their dough ready for the oven, they enjoyed these when cooled for snack with a nice spread of butter, “delicious!”

We have enjoyed lots of messy, wet, muddy fun too this week in the mud planter and mud kitchen, transporting the water and mud into the mud kitchen, digging, pouring, mixing, filling, using the bowls, jugs,utensils, seives and of course hands, developing their fine motor skills, squishing and scooping whilst enjoying the sensory element feeling the textures of the mud.

Also outdoors in the tuff tray, the children got messy and sticky with gloopy baking ingredients, flour, cornstarch, sugar with added currants and cherries, they had lots of fun mixing in water, using a variety of utensils, enjoying sensory exploration describing what they could feel and see. 

“What a fun, messy week we have had!!!”

Take a look at our fun pictures from this week Mrs Baines and Miss Ainsley are super excited as we are thinking about our festive plans and activities which will be starting in the next couple of weeks “how exciting!”