It has been an unusual week. We have really missed all our younger friends and Bev and Laura too! Hopefully we will be back to normal from Wednesday of next week. The children have had fun in the woods, making seesaws with branches and hanging upside down like sloths. They have delighted in exploring the sensory den and making shadows with torches. The children have chosen board games to play and floor puzzles and they have experimented with black and white paint.

There is always work to do at playgroup, the children have been doing the laundry all week as well as washing cars and there are always helpers inside with a dust pan and brush. Outside we have been on journeys on buses and planes. There has also been a frequent game of snakes or taking turns to be the ‘big, bad cat’. There has been firework crafts and the children have been very vocal about their firework experiences. We have had stories and music to celebrate Diwali and we

We have returned this week and Autumn has very much arrived. There have been lots of Autumnal activities which included sweeping leaves and learning the Makaton signing for Autumn. There has been some super sharing of books and working together to follow picture instructions to build Mobilo vehicles. The children have taken turns to play ‘Duck, duck, goose’ and they have worked in teams for an animal sounds listening game. We all enjoy quiet/relaxation time. This is when Bev