Rock A Tots - Compton Acres, Canford Cliffs

Well done Tiff on passing your level 3 with distinction
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This month our theme is Animals. One of our children has recently showed a big interest in cows so we created a cow for them to milk this has helped the children with their fine motor skills. They spent a long time at the activity, and have been using new words such as udder during their play.

What a lovely Friday surprise having Kerrie over from West Moors for the day! Preschool have thoroughly enjoyed a water tray exploring sea creatures with Kerrie! The children were able to identify animals names and ask if unsure. They imitated what some of the creatures do, such as a crab who snaps! The children shared resources well with one another, relating the activity to our book which is Commotion in the Ocean!

Our new kiddie bus has come to Rock A Tots!
We can't wait to use it on our walks 😀

Come on England! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Today the babies have painted England flags to show our support for the Euros ⚽️

Cheese straws!
Today with Preschool 2's we decided to do some baking! We started by practicing our fine motor skills when spreading cream cheese on to the pastry, then sprinkling grated cheese on top. We finished off by rolling them really flat and gently twisting them!

This week in babies we enjoyed making our own ice creams using shaving foam as the Ice cream, Filling and emptying using colourful rice and Ice painting.

This week the children have been enjoying the sun with some beach yoga, celebrating D Day and doing colourful experiments.

The babies enjoyed exploring the sensory farm tray, They enjoyed learning the different sounds the animals make.

Congratulations Maddy on passing your level 3 with distinction
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Forest School!

In forest school we practiced our sawing skills and reminded our selves of the safety rules around the tools and the fire!
We practiced our cooking skills in the home corner and we even took part in a bug hunt searching for bugs in their natural habitats!

To celebrate National IBD day we took part in lots of different activities in relation to Crohns Disease.
We used tights and playdough to represent healthy intestines and then added elastic bands to represent the digestive struggles. We also decorated our own Crohns and Colitis Awareness badge.

Today in babies we enjoyed exploring the car wash. The babies used paintbrushes to clean the cars.🚗

Today in babies we have enjoyed using different construction tools to create marks in paint.

This morning in babies we have been continuing with our theme of building and construction. The babies enjoyed exploring the construction gloop tray.

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This month in baby room, our theme is building and construction! 🧱

We set up a construction site using dry rice, pasta and spaghetti, the children enjoyed exploring the different textures of these dry foods.

Do you want to be an Architect?

One of the parents came in to talk about her job, she is an Architect! It was really interesting to hear about the different jobs she has to do... especially looking at the different buildings and hotels that she had designed!

We were able to look at lots of different buildings and were even able to practice drawing some of our own houses before using recycled boxes to construct our final pieces!

We have been looking at the book People Need People and highlighting that of everyone is valuable and important!
We took this on to looking at different jobs and invited parents in to talk about their jobs!
Our first parent taught us how to make bath bombs! Everyone enjoyed working their fine and gross motor skills to mix the the different ingredients together and squeeze them in the different moulds!

Happy Easter Everyone!

This week we have been very happy exploring our new storybook The Hot Cross Bunny!

We have decorated our own Easter eggs, made Easter cards, made our own palms for Palm Sunday.

We were really lucky because Reverend Luke Steven came in to give us an Easter talk!

We learnt some new songs, and the story of Easter.

Happy Mother’s Day to all parents, carers, grandparents and special people. Relax, enjoy and share a lot of love today # # #

Special shoutout to the staff who dressed up as the characters from What the Ladybird Heard!
we have a very sad Lanky Len and Hefty Hew and some very happy farm animals!

World Book Day 2024!

🌊Montee The Manatee🌊
Last week we were looking at our new storybook, Montee The Manatee. The story focuses a lot on how our actions effect others and why we should be kind to our friends, we will also be looking at the the different types of sea animals in the book!

😄Feeling Faces😄
We used a template to create our own feeling faces. We used different resources to create our own interpretations of a happy face.

🐠Under the Sea Animals🐠
We used paper plates and different creative tools to create our own animals that live under the sea. Lots of us created Jellyfish ready to hang in our beach at the end of the week!

🌊Under the Sea🌊
We created our own tuff tray and filled it with sparkles, shaving foam and animals for everyone to explore.

And much more! We can't wait to show you what we do next week!

The Colour Monster!

Our most recent book caused lots of excitement! We explored the different colours of each monster, and explored all of the feelings in the book with different ways of expressing them!

Some of the activities we have taken part in are:

Paper Mache Monsters! which we decorated and hung around the room.

Fruit Kebabs! in the matching colours of the different monsters for us to explore.

Colour Monster Clay! where we manipulated the dough to create our own monsters.

🥞Pancake Day!🥞
This year we set up a pancake station for Shrove Tuesday! For pudding, Rock A Tots were able to come up to the station and choose their toppings!

This was very fun and we had some really sticky faces!

🪵Forest School🪵

Today we had our monthly Forest School visit!

We were reminded of the safety rules around the fire and different tools. We practiced our cutting skills with the saw on sticks and practiced our teamwork as we took turns in the hammock.
We also painted pinecones to look like robins and took part in a bug hunt and comparing the differences.

This week, we practiced our fine and gross motor skills, teamwork, balance, communication and language skills and we all had great fun!