Today we will be cooking in preparation for our party tomorrow. Eliza suggested that we could make sausage rolls, we are going to have a go at making a vegetarian version. The children will need to place their piece of sausage on a piece of puff pastry before rolling and sealing it by brushing with milk. The top will also need to be brushed then they will need to gently use a fork to create holes for the steam. We will eat these tomorrow.

After we have made the sausage rolls we will move on to making circle biscuits as Marley suggested.   First the children will need to mix the ingredients until they form a ball. Then they will need to make smaller balls, rolling the dough in their hands before placing on a baking sheet. A fork will be used to press down the biscuits. Once cooked we will leave them to cool before dipping them in chocolate (as Luca suggested). These will also be eaten tomorrow.

Today we have our party. Party clothes can be worn and children can bring in suggestions for music that can be played throughout.

At the start of the morning they will decorate placemats using felt tips. We will remind them to use the pinch and flick technique throughout.

They will also be able to create bunting by cutting out circles, squares and triangles in coloured paper.

Today we have the last of our Balanceability sessions - this had to be postponed from earlier in the term

We are revisiting the  activity from last week to further develop skills. The children will be changing for this activity - please ensure that their PE kits are in school. The children will be warming up writing their name switch chalk on the playground. We will ask them to write really big letters and then really small letters. The children had loads of questions about football so we will begin by talking about “relaxing and playing football” as Jasper suggested. We will give each child a ball and ask them to move and steer it around the playground whilst keeping it close to their foot. At points we will pause them and ask them to try balancing a ball on their finger (as Bella suggested), or on their ‘pinky’ (as Seb suggested), or on their hand (as Ivy suggested) or finally on their foot. Then we will move on to exploring kicking the ball into a goal - without a goalkeeper (Million asked “ How do you kick it into a goal without falling over?” Fred asked “How do you kick it high into the goal?”). We will encourage the children to explore the technique that they agreed on following last week’s football challenge. Finally we will split each group into two teams and they will have a go at playing a game of football (the other groups will watch and then swap over so that everyone has a turn). ( BV:MR  SMSC) At the end the children will cool down by using syringes and water squirters to spray and wash away their writing.

Friday

Today we will be reflecting on the year in Nursery and how the children have developed and changed. We will also be tidying and cleaning (especially in the outdoor area) - getting ready for the summer break. The children can wear old clothes today.