26.04.24
This week our focus topic has been ‘Mad about Minibeasts’. We have read stories such as ‘The hungry caterpillars bug hunt, Superworm, The ladybird who heard’.
Activities this week at pre-school:
- The children made snails! They coloured in a snail picture and decorated a paper bowl to make a 3D shell.
- Painting Minibeasts! The children painted pasta shells and butterfly pasta to make bees and butterflies.
- We read ‘The hungry caterpillar’ and acted out the lifecycle of a butterfly. The children used props to talk about how a butterfly starts as an egg and then a caterpillar etc.
- Small world play – The children played with lots of pretend minibeast figures including, worms, dragonfly’s, spiders, butterflies, caterpillars etc. The used different sensory resources in this area to support their role play.
- ‘The ladybird who heard’ tuff tray role play – the children acted out the story using different props such as, toy ladybird, farm animals, farmhouse, pond etc.
- Minibeast hunt! We looked all around the top of the school and the mud kitchen area for different minibeasts. We ticked them off a list and looked at photos of them afterwards.
- Playdough – Every child made a bumble bee mini beast out of yellow playdough and black pipe cleaners.
Important information
- Send in any WOW moments for the children or photos of experiences to: pre-school@bishopstawton-primary.org.
- Please send back the summer term funding form either via email or paper copy no later than Friday 26th April.
- Please bring in any books you might have about minibeasts.
- As we are now approaching school transition time, we ask the children not to bring in their own toys from home to pre-school.
19.04.24
This week our focus topic has been ‘Mad about Minibeasts’. We have read stories such as ‘The hungry caterpillars bug hunt, Superworm, The ladybird who heard’.
Activities this week at pre-school:
- We read Superworm at circle time. The children then played a game where they had to pick out all the worms from a mud sensory tray. We timed each child to see how fast they could pick all of the worms out.
- The children made a butterfly out of tissue paper, pastels and stickers. They each picked which colours they wanted to choose for their butterfly.
- Small world play – The children played with lots of pretend minibeast figures including, worms, dragonfly’s, spiders, butterflies, caterpillars etc. The used different sensory resources in this area to support their role play.
- Playdough – Every child made their own minibeast using yellow playdough. They added different features to their minibeast by using the minibeast playdough resources. This included pretend spider legs, antennas, wings etc.
- On Tuesday the children collected leaves from around the school. They used these leaves to make a natural butterfly. They decorated and glued the leaves to a lollypop stick. They then made a face using eye stickers and a colouring pens.
- We looked at lots of different photos of minibeasts and talked about their different characteristics. The children then separated the minibeasts into categories based on whether they fly, crawl or both.
- Guess the minibeast game – The children were given four clues and had to guess which minibeast was being described.
Important information
- Send in any WOW moments for the children or photos of experiences to: pre-school@bishopstawton-primary.org.
- Please send back the summer term funding form either via email or paper copy no later than Friday 26th April.
- Please bring in any books you might have about minibeasts.
- As we are now approaching school transition time, we ask the children not to bring in their own toys from home to pre-school.