Week beginning 3rd June 2025
Feast preparation and children’s interests week.
This week we have been preparing for the Village Feast, creating costumes, banners and decorations. We want our children to be proud of their village and surrounding areas and become active supportive members of the community and one way we can achieve this is to encourage the children and their families to join in events like the Feast. All costumes are made by staff and children which means that there are no barriers for families and all children can be part of this lovely community event. This year the theme was ‘Something beginning with Q’ so at playgroup we settled on ‘Questions of a pre-schooler’ Children love to ask questions especially why so we thought that this was perfect. All questions were posed by our children recently and included
Why do spiders build webs?
Do butterflies have tongues?
Why do birds build nests?
Why do dogs wag their tails?
How is a rainbow made?
We had a great day and the children were so excited walking beautifully in the parade, and waving at their friends and family on the way.
As well as preparing for Feast we also explored some other activities following the children’s interests and ideas.
Another busy week at Community Playgroup
Week beginning 9th June 2025
Oral health week/ keeping Ourselves healthy
This week we have spent time thinking about oral health and keeping ourselves healthy. We looked at lots of teeth cleaning activities and what were good choices for keeping our teeth protected and cavity free. We made some tooth friendly snack recipes and explored good brushing techniques.
We incorporated two of our favourite stories in our planning firstly ‘Alan’s big scary teeth’ a book about a scary crocodile who has some rather surprising teeth and also ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar which helped us to think about which foods we could each more of and which we should try to eat less of.
We also looked at good hand washing practices and thought about why it was so important to ensure we wash our hands properly.
The children were all given a special teeth cleaning pack to take home which included toothpaste, a toothbrush and a teeth cleaning sticker chart to help remind them to clean their teeth at least twice a day.
