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Butterflies Learning Experiences W/c 28th November 2016 

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The children have had a great time making cakes with the play dough in a range of shapes and sizes.  This week we will be doing it for real as we create a variety of different foods to taste.  Look out for our trifles as we watch the consistency change over time, our chopping skills as we make fruit kebabs and our coloured marble cake.  Instead of weighing children will be following recipes that enable them to recognise numerals and to scoop the correct amount of tablespoons into the bowl. Our...

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Butterflies Learning Experiences W/c 21st November 2016

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What a fun week we have lined up as we explore and investigate a range of interests.  Outside we will be creating a Firefighters dream as we create fires with coloured shaving foam to be put out using sprays and hoses. This will be continued with our very own small world tuft tray that will have the addition of red and yellow rice, and tissue paper alongside the usual action figures and vehicles.  The work of our real Super Heroes will be explored through various art and craft activities...

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Butterflies Learning Experiences W/c 14th November 2016

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Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, we’re going to the Moon.  The children will be thinking of outer space this week as we explore Twinkle, Twinkle and creating their black hole with torches to enable them to create a night sky using various mark making tools.  In the small world, we will be extending on our Space Play with the addition of planets, craters and boxes to build Rockets that will help us reach our destination. Outside in our construction area, we will be re-enacting the rhyme of Humpty Dumpty as we...

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Butterflies Learning Experiences W/c 7th November 2016

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Its National Nursery Rhyme Week, so whatever room you are in, you are about to jump into the Land of Nursery Rhymes… We are going to be exploring rain with Doctor Foster and Incey Wincey Spider.  How can we make the water look like rain?  Will we be able to make a puddle that reaches up to our middle? Will Incey be able to climb that spout without being washed away yet again?  This week will be able to explore and test our ideas with lots and lots of water! Over in our malleable area, we will...

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Butterflies Learning Experiences W/c 31st October 2016

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‘Remember, remember the fifth of November’ To celebrate Guy Fawkes night the Butterflies will be toasting marshmallows, drinking hot chocolate and singing songs around our fire pit. We will be discussing how we stay safe and why we need to be very careful when standing around the fire. To link in with this activity, we will be making some pretend fires on the veranda using logs, twigs, leaves and our various other construction materials to help. Will you make a big fire or a small one? As the...

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Butterflies Learning Experiences W/c 23rd October 2016

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The interest of parties is still a keen interest, and so this week we will be taking this further as we introduce the popular celebration of Halloween through our arts and crafts.  The children are already starting to talk about the costumes that they will be wearing!  The children will be making Halloween decorations for our outside area in readiness for some afternoon tea parties with our friends.  With Halloween comes Pumpkins, are you aware of just how many different varieties and colours...

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