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Review - July 2006 |
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staff at playgroup would like to offer our congratulations to
Kineton Playgroup Committee for their recent accolade awarded at the
Warwickshire Childcare Awards - Employer of the Year!!! What an
achievement and one that we, as a staff, feel privileged to be part
of. Thank you and well done! We did enjoy the ceremony (especially
after the announcement and the bottle of champagne tasted lovely!)
We are very busy at this stage of the term and although there are only 2 weeks to go before we say goodbye to some of our children, there is an awful lot of things that have still got to happen. We are busy practising all the different races for the Sports Days, looking forward to some more swimming at Kineton Primary School pool, a picnic and treasure hunt for the leavers at Glebe House and our own Teddy Bear’s picnic on the last day of term. Looking back over the term, it is amazing what has been achieved. The outing to Stratford Butterfly Farm was a success! It was so exciting to go on a coach, have a picnic in the bandstand, talk to lots of big children from Birmingham doing a geography field study, play in Stratford park as well as seeing all the butterflies, ants, spiders, beetles and iguanas. The Butterfly Farm made us very welcome - James was brilliant at showing us lots of creatures. It was strange to see lots of brothers and sisters there too - Class 2 had heard about us going there and had decided it was a good idea (but perhaps not on the same day?) We had great fun at Playgroup watching our caterpillars hatch, building an ant farm and a wormery. The discovery table was very interesting and magnifying glasses are now a permanent feature during every session (just in case we discover more fascinating things!) We discovered lots of facts and figures about out natural world and made a volcano erupt, put bats in caves, lived in a tropical paradise as well as making a polar region in the role play area. The igloo was rather small but proved accessible in a variety of different ways by the smaller child! We have spent time looking at how our bodies function. Foot painting, exercises, using our hands to catch, our brains to remember as well as discovering exactly what happens to our food when we eat it proved very popular. Suffice to say that it is amazing how long an intestine actually is! We have highlighted the need for being safe in the sun and emphasised the need for healthy eating. This included cheese and crackers for snack, fruit salad kebabs, wholemeal toast, porridge and vegetables and dips - yum yum. Words for numbers was a short burst on numbers and mathematical concepts. We used the estimation jar again - lots of thinking required there! Summer days have arrived - we didn’t mean the weather to get as hot as it has been but all our children know how to keep cool and are experts at making sure they are wearing a hat and sun cream. We are enjoying swimming in our role play area - the beach hut looked beautiful but sorry to say, it did not survive the thunderstorm!! Finally, before the end of term, the staff would like to thank everyone for their help, support and encouragement over the past year. We would like to wish everyone a happy summer break - rest and relaxation if you can!!
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