Hampton Pirates!

This week the older children have been pirates! William and Nyra started to talk about treasure, which led to a drawing a map telling them where to go. Nyra wanted to find the biggest treasure whilst William wanted to find the best. After making their map, the children decided they needed pirate hats. Zach and Maxwell were very proud of theirs, wearing them for several hours, whilst Emily thought these looked more like boats! Zach replied ‘Emily, no, they are hats! We are pirates going to look for treasure. Come help us!” Emily still used her hat as a boat as she pretended it was floating next to her, making the other children laugh. The children explored the garden, following the maps clues as to where the treasure was. Maxwell shouted out ways to go, including through the bushes, and they jumped out the other side with a big roar before moving on further. Eve and Ines walked up the stairs of the tree house, where the map had started to lead but there was sadly no treasure there. Ines said “Uh-oh, no treasure” and Eve replied “Let’s keep looking!”. The map then took them to the nature area, where they finally found their treasure - a big sea shell! Eve shouted “Look, x marks the spot” and then asked what to do next. William took the children back to the tree house and decided it would be their pirate ship. Zach and Maxwell loved their pirate ship and saw sharks and fishes in the water! Zach pointed out and said “Shark!” before they started to sing ‘Baby shark’, and when they were finished they all laughed at one another and began to chase each other as some were sharks and some were pirates. Great fun!

This week the younger children have enjoyed exploring the muddy puddles at the park. Alba said “Splash, splash” laughing as she jumped up and down in the puddles, whilst Zayne and Varun looked around the park with close interest Zayne noticed and named a dog and Varun noticed and named a truck. They have all been exploring the home corner, and Jasper made a tasty dinner in the saucepan and served it onto plates as Zayne made some juice with a watermelon. Lyra ate her dinner and when she was finished rubbed her tummy and said ‘Yum!’. Isla laid down in the bed and Jasper patted her to sleep, and she closed her eyes, and Lyra sat on the sofa and read stories to Alba. The little ones went through a sensory tunnel, and Alba and Jessie were so very excited and when one of them came to the end shouting “Boo!” Honour, Grace and George have loved the music and story times. They sway when the children sing, smiling happily, and point at everything inside the book, absorbing every picture.