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V E T S 🐶🐰
Our vets has opened in Rising Fours this week! The children have been helping take care of our Woodlands “Pets”
When young children pretend to take on occupational roles such as, police, doctors, nurses, teachers and builders, they’re engaging in play that encourages empathy amongst their peers.
It’s fun and beneficial for Early Years to imagine themselves working in different roles in society.
Through occupational role play, early years naturally build their communication and problem solving skills as they discussion situations they face in their imagined job role.
We’re going to have so much fun playing with our friends and learning to take care of our animals.
#childdevelopment #creativity #problemsolving #empathy #communication #buildsconfidence #understandingtheworld #EYFS ...

L O V E ❤️🌹
This week our Rising Fours at Barnes have been celebrating love.
Their curiosity table is full of play dough, cutters, rolling pins and much more. So that the children can explore and develop their fine motor skills, pre writing skills as well as promoting creativity and imagination.
We’ve also added resources to extend literacy and numeracy.
The children really enjoy the curiosity tables and being able to take their learning in their own direction.
#curiosity #curiositytable #literacy #maths #earlyyears #eyfs #love ...

WOODLANDS IS TURNING 18!!
This week we are celebrating Woodlands turning 18!
It’s been an amazing 18 years and we are beyond proud of what we have been able to achieve.
We have faced many different challenges over the 18 years but have always come out the other side stronger.
We have set down roots in two locations now and are so proud of the way our nursery has grown.
Some of our team have been with us from the very beginning and some have joined us along the way but we are the amazing setting because of them. Our Woodlands family, providing the best experience for our families and always putting our children first.
We are very much looking forward to celebrating this week and invite you to share your memories of Woodlands with us by adding to our memory board!
#woodlands #woodlandsecoproject #woodlandsis18 #birthday ...

On Monday we are introducing our first Role Play of 2022 the ‘Woodlands Coffee Shop’!
Role play is an important part of child development, as it builds confidence, creativity communication, physical development and problem solving.
Along with being a fun activity, it also allows the children to get into character and act out real life fictional performance and handle real money.
Babyccino anyone? ❤️
#EYFS
#SEVEN AREAS OF LEARNING
#REAL LIFE SITUATIONS IN A SAFE FAMILIAR ENVIRONMENT ...

G I A N T • F I N 🦈
Today it was Woodlands Also’s turn to be visited by Phil who wrote and illustrated @giantfin
Phil read the story to us, and joined us in making our very own giant fin illustrations, making sharks with play dough and exploring sensory trays of rice, sand, water and ice!
The children were also keen to show Phil a few of their other favourite books about sharks and other sea creatures.
We want to say another great big thank you Phil for taking the time to come and read your story to us, we enjoyed it very much and can’t wait for your next book! 🦈
#giantfin #philclaydon #reading #eyfs #loveofreading #earlyyears ...

G I A N T • F I N 🦈
Today Phil, who wrote and illustrated @giantfin visited Woodlands.
Our children absolutely loved having Phil here and they loved showing off their fins they had made, pictures they had drawn and he also read to them in small groups.
Instilling a love of reading to our children is so important, reading not only provides an opportunity to spend quiet time snuggling up and really promoting close relationships, it can help with speech and language, turn taking and increasing attention span.
It was lovely to watch the children in awe of Phil and his animation as he read his amazing story.
Phil, a huge THANK YOU for coming to spend time with us. We had the most amazing morning with you 🦈
#giantfin #philclaydon #reading #eyfs #loveofreading #earlyyears ...

D I W A L I 🏮
Happy Diwali!
Today we are celebrating Diwali with our children. Our Pre schoolers have been busy making their own candles from clay and talking about the celebration.
#diwali #earlyyears #celebrations #festivaloflight #woodlandsearlylearning #woodlandsecoproject ...

We have been doing some spooky science experiments today at Woodlands also! Carving funny faces into some pumpkins, adding bicarbonate of soda, some food colouring and shaking in some vinegar. We were fascinated by the reaction which occurred when the ingredients mixed together and talked about all the bubbles, the smell of the vinegar and of course how funny the pumpkins looked with the mixture spilling out of their mouths!! 🎃 #woodlandsalso #experiments #spookyscience #earlyyears ...

Yesterday at Woodlands Also our preschool children had the opportunity to make use of our outdoor classroom ‘Darek’s Den’. They began their day by learning all about fire safety and all the rules they needed to follow to keep themselves and their friends safe! They then spent the day going on a gruffalo hunt around the garden, using the saw to create their very own log slice medal, and enjoying their lunch of sausages, toast and beans which was cooked on the fire. The group also kept warm with some hot chocolate and marshmallows toasted on the fire, it was delicious and such a yummy treat! 🐝 #woodlandsalso #outdoorlearning ...

P I C T U R E S • F R O M •
O U R • F R I E N D S 🍁
This morning our friends from the care home brought some lovely pictures over to share with us, that they had made. Our Rising Fours really enjoyed adding to the beautiful tree picture and it inspired them to make their own pictures. They particularly loved the jewels that had been used, so added some to their own pictures.
This afternoon our Pre-Schoolers are going for a leaf hunt to make a leaf picture, just like Cathies!
#intergenerationalwork #earlyyears #autumn #childledlearning #childledlearningthroughplay ...