Hello everyone,

It's December already! How did that happen?  The flowers that the children grew in the spring have only just finished blooming, this prompted a lovely conversation about why the flowers had died, the seasons of the year and the hope that more flowers will grow next spring. 

Throughoit Autumn, we have collected leaves, acorns, pine cones and conkers, looked at squirrels, spiders and hedgehog's, discovered autumn colours and explored mud and puddles at the park.

We have counted, sorted and explored mathematical concepts like shape, time and pattern, big, bigger and biggest and small, smaller and smallest, and we have continued to look at our names and the letters that are in our names.

 We scooped out pumpkins and examined all those slimy seeds, made firework pictures and stick sparklers and we looked at remembrance focusing on all those people who work to keep us safe.

Christmas preparations are now in full swing; Sparkle the Elf has begun his daily visits with treas and challenges which the little ones always find fun. We are hving shape of the week and using this as a base for our Chrismas crafts. We have already looked at circles, counting them and sorting by size and we have used circles to make baubles, wreathes, robins and snowmen. This week we are looking at triangles and looking more closely at Christmas trees.  

As usual my planning can be found on our current topic page.

If your little one is due to start school in September '25, I recommend you get their name down with your chosen school before Christmas.

Please remember to bring your little one in a suitable coat for the season, we like to get out, even when it is raining.

I hope that you all have a joyous Christmas, thankyou so much for your support.

                    Lesley

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