Sports day at Molesey!

The pre school children really enjoyed sports day. There was an obstacle course set up where the children could practice all of their physical skills such as climbing, football games, parachute and tossing hoops. Henry absolutely loved playing football, he was running up to the ball and taking a big kick and laughing each time Joe pretended to miss the ball and he scored a goal. Henry would call out, “I scored a goal again, you missed it Joe”. Jasper really concentrated when trying to throw the hoops on to the sticks. Every time he was successful, he then stood a little bit further back, challenging himself from a further distance. Paige told him, “Well done Jasper, you did it” and jasper smiled back saying, “Thank you”.

 The children also have been making ‘The very hungry caterpillar’ display board. Millie particularly enjoyed the fruit printing on to paper plates. She was telling her friends around the table, “This is all of the fruit that the caterpillar eats”. Edie replied, “Yes because all of the fruit is good for you and then you won’t get a tummy ache”. Parker got stuck in to writing numbers 1 - 6 to display up on to the board. The children showed their great writing skills to help and write the days of the week.

The children also explored making a water flow system using the large wooden angled blocks. They helped each other to make it really tall next to the water tray and then Tom suggested, “Now I think it’s tall enough otherwise we won’t reach it if it’s too high”. They then placed the sloped block on the top. They were very engaged whilst watching the water flow down the blocks and Millie was quickly running around to the bottom to collect the water and the end to start the process over again.

The toddlers have loved being able to cool down in the new paddling pools this week. Sophie and Jonny were first to lay down in the water and pretended to swim, this caused lots of splashing which made their friends very wet. Luna enjoyed using jugs to collect water and then pour it over herself which made her giggle. Her friends Zoe and Isabelle liked this idea and copied her until they were soaked head to toe. 

The toddlers were lucky enjoying to participate in their own mini Sports day on the field where they got the chance to experience a giant obstacle course, running races, football, parachute games and hoop jump. Immy was first up to walk across the balance beam which was raised off the floor, she was very careful and watched her feet so she didn’t fall off.  Whereas fearless Ethan ran across the balance beam with no looking back. Sammy was by the football goal practising his penalty shoot out. 

Back inside the toddlers loved watching and listening to the thunder storms. Zac, Tristan, Amelia and Harry stood at the open door and watched the rain pouring down. Tristan pointed and said “Look” and Amelia said “Listen” holding her ears. The toddlers found it fascinating as they started to see the rain flooding their playground.  While the rain was pouring the toddlers were busy being creative at their art station using different materials to make their own creations. They used lots of different materials like cellophane, feathers, dabber pens, cotton wool and even some googley eyes. 

The children in the under twos room have had a lovely time exploring outside. They have been for walks to see the ducks, feeding them bread and getting excited when they came up close to the buggies. The children had fun playing with toddlers and went over the field where they sat and played with Lego and books in the shade to keep out of the sun. Out in the garden Olivia loved playing hide and seek through the tunnel, Daniel and Ada liked using spades and moulds in the sand pit.

The children have had so much fun with water play, splashing in the different trays of water, Chloe was using the boats and cars to pour, and Sophie and Rafferty loved paddling their feet and bounce balls, watching the water splash.

Inside the the room the children explored messy play with gloopy cornflour. Sadie liked mixing and pouring with the cooking utensils. When playing with peas, Rafferty was good at scooping them up with a small spoon into a larger cup. Olivia and Chloe enjoyed mark making with cotton buds and paint holding the buds in a pincer grip like a pencil, making dots and lines across the paper.