Gardening and mini beasts

This week the children have been focusing on the environment around them and also the mini beasts that live there. The children have been exploring the outdoor learning area. They helped to water the plants and also do some weeding. Elara said "the water helps the vegetables grow." Joshua then replied with "I don't like vegetables.! The children have also been on a mini beast hunt where they found different insects and natural materials. Jasmin found a pine cone and shouted excitedly to her friends "Pine cone, that's p, the sound of the week!" They spoke about what shapes they could see when looking at the creatures. Dawid said "Look !, circle, snai!". Afterwards the children all spoke about what they had seen and spent time carefully drawing the bugs.

The toddlers also participated in the outdoor learning area fun! They spent time looking in the pond. They shouted excitedly "Fish! " The little ones also helped to water the plants by using the watering cans. They watched very closely as the water ran down the end of the watering can and made marks on the wooden edge of the planting beds below them.