*STARS OF THE WEEK*

***What a good week I have had….***

Arayah - You have eat brilliantly this week, no nagging required which is wonderful for the grown-ups and you are such a lovely girl to have at Pebbles. You quietly get involved in all our activities and do as you are asked straight away.

Harry - We are so proud of you using the toilet and washing your hands independently this week.  It's a big thing with the older children around and you have coped brilliantly.

River - You have coped so well with the change to being in the classroom and it is lovely to see how you have grown in confidence.  We were so impressed that you stood in front of all your friend holding the forest school photo. 

Dear Parents,

What a lovely week we have had.  Once again we have been so fortunate with the weather which means we have spent lots of time outside.  Instead of P.E. on Tuesday we were active in the old Pebbles garden; walking up and down the planks, going on the slide, using the trikes and cars on the glass, which is tricky.  We also loved the children's use of imagination play with the hose and climbing frame, which was a burning building and Casper was the fireofficer putting it out!

We loved the catkins that Maisie brought in from her tree at home and used them to make hoglets to add to our Autumn display board which now looks amazing.

In the classroom we have started our faces. Painting our little white plates, looking in a mirror and finding the colour that is most like their own skin colour.  Next week we will be adding our features.

Rather than pasta we decided to use the items we had collected from nature and we were very impressed with how well the children used the tongs to move the conkers around as well as the laddles and spoons, developing their fine motor skills.

Next week we will develop our focus on 'Ourselves' introducing similarities and differences.  We will encourage the children to sort themselves in those with the same colour hair or eye colour.  With the older children we will create tallies and put the children in height order, encouraging them to think about whether the tallest is the oldest child.

Have a lovely weekend. 

The Pebbles team.