This morning, I have put together a little video to show you how to make your own rain makers and shakers for our suggested activity. They are so easy!

Of course you can use different resources, you can use anything you have access to.

I made mine in less than 5 minutes, but you can take as long as you like on yours, especially if you are decorating them.

Happy crafting!

Good morning all Newdalers. Well the weather certainly didn’t disappoint last week and it’s clear to see from your observations that you made the most of it.

You have accepted our challenges from your baking, portraits and phonics play.

It’s so nice to see family values and celebrations going on in your homes still in these unfortunate times we are going through. Happy Ramadan to those that are celebrating, happy birthday to the girls and boys getting older and taller. Well done on the mile stones you are achieving from riding your bikes without stabilisers, writing and reading words, counting and sorting beyond what you thought you ever could, solving problems set by your parents to the physical obstacles in your gardens that you raced around negotiating space with ease.

Stay safe, be happy you are all doing a great job.

Now here’s the evidence for us all to see, some super action shots in these.

Wonderful Wednesday Cooking this week looks so delicious I might just make them for tea myself. Yummy 😍

Carrying on with what comes from our farms this week, this recipe is pack with the goods from Cheese, flour, vegetables and so many more, enjoy 😊

Some of our nursery team have taken part in our suggested activities with their own children too. Take a look at the videos below!

Our activities can be adjusted to suit your needs and resources. We love hearing about your activities, whether they are the suggested ones or your own. Keep sending them in and we can share them too.

Hope you’ve all had a great weekend.

Your challenge for Monday is to make a card, drawing or letter to send to someone your child cares about but is unable to visit at the moment.  They could include a drawing of themselves and their favourite activities at the moment.  Can you then encourage them to write their name on it (explain that this is so the recipient knows who it is from) using the correct letter formation?  I then would love them to add writing to their pictures by labelling what they have drawn, for example if they have drawn a fire engine they might write “f” or even further sounds they can hear such as  “fr en”.  It’s absolutely fine for them to write just what they can hear.  It would be great then if you could post their work, this gives children a real reason to write which is very motivating for them.