We are thinking about what contributes towards our health this week. Today, we talked about keeping safe online using the story of “Smarty the penguin”. This is also available to parents/careers by searching online for the early years version. The children are encouraged to seek adult support whenever they feel unsure of what to do next when using devices. In addition, we are completing five laps of the field every afternoon to improve our fitness. We were really proud of how many children were able to run all five laps.

The children were challenged to make the best sandcastle for our STEM challenge today. We firstly talked about what we needed and then what order we made it in. We tried dry sand initially and the children decided that it fell down and made a very poor castle. They then suggested that we added water to make the sand stick together. We mixed some water into the sand and the children thought it looked brown and sticky. They decided that wet sand worked much better to make a sandcastle. One child decided that it would be even better if we added more water to the mix, we tried this and we found that really wet sand worked well too. We then added our flags that we made using scissors, glue and sticky tape.

We have lots of daily science, technology, engineering and maths activities. Children learn about forces all around them by playing on swings, trikes and cars on ramps. They find out about seasonal changes, growth, life cycles and changes in materials by playing in the mud kitchen and garden. In addition we learn the basics of engineering by building and using construction materials and tools.