The children have enjoyed looking at the books that they have brought in from home. We have been learning all about books this year and the children understand about authors, titles and illustrators. They also know that they can find out what a story is about from the blurb on the back.

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We have been painting pictures of castles after looking at pictures of Durham Castle.

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We talked to the children about setting up a perfume station.  They were very keen and visited the herb garden in our allotment area to collect some herbs to mix with water in order to create different fragrances.  They collected the leaves from mint, rosemary, parsley and fennel plants in separate pots. In the kitchen area they mixed them together and even added some buttercups for variety. They were very pleased with the results!

We had a Teddy Bears’ picnic to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee.

All 10 of our eggs have hatched! The children have been so excited to see them emerge from

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their shells.

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This week we have been planting peas in our allotment.

Our older children are becoming much more interested in letters and sounds now. Some of them are even trying to write and read words themselves.

The children have been enjoying a lot of outdoor play this week, making the most of the sunshine and the drier weather. We are looking for signs of Spring in our garden, and hopefully it wont be too long until we see lots of Spring flowers and new leaves.

The children are using treasure maps in our outdoor area. They are really using their imagination “We have to tiptoe past the Big Wolf’s House and not wake him up!”.

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We have introduced more construction kits this week, and the children have enjoyed following the plans and making cars, aeroplanes  and boats.