Enjoying our visit at the Farm!

 

  

                                                           Feeding the animals!

Holding the little chicks!

The children kept busy this month creating wonderful art work for Easter. The children made beautiful Easter cards to take home for their parents.

The pre-school children made pretty Easter bunny ears!

Adding final touches to our Easter cards

Our babies got into the Easter spirit by dressing up as little Easter chicks. 

Our Babies dressed as Easter chicks!

Throughout this month the children have been learning all about the Titanic. They have enjoyed dressing up as characters from the story and making their own versions of the Titanic. The children used clay and cardboard boxes to make the Titanic.

     

 

Making our Valentine crowns

My pretty Valentine crown

On Pancake Tuesday we satisfied our taste-buds with some yummy pancakes which the pre-school and after-school children made for all!   The children loved choosing a topping of their choice to decorate their pancakes! Yum! Yum!

Melian, whose child Andy attends  our Eglantine Pre-School group kindly presented a slideshow to the Pre-School and After-School children about the origins of the Chinese New Year. She spoke to them about Chinese Astrology relating it to the year the children were born. She also provided prawn crackers and boiled dumplings which the children enjoyed for snack.

The children created dragon masks and danced the dragon dance to symbolise the Chinese New Year.

The children had the opportunity to make fortune cookies. We wrote fortunes on paper and put them inside the cookies.

Chinese lanterns have been used for thousands of years and are tradionally used to bring good luck. Our Pre-school and After-School children went to the garden to let go of the lanterns and make a wish.

The parents join in the festive fun activities!

Eglantine Pre-School and After-School children presented ‘The Sleepy Shepherd’

Deramore Pre-School presents ‘The Nativity Story’

Deramore After-School present ‘Humph the Camel’

The children were so excited to meet and receive a special gift from Santa.

The children have had the opportunity to experiment bubble blowing. They created some amazing space paintings.

The children had a fantastic time adding a spooky touch to discovery play.

We all thoroughly enjoyed our Halloween fancy dress parties. Thank-you to all our parents who offered support by providing and even making wonderful costumes.

The pre-school children keep fit at Salto Gymnastics. During their session at Salto they take part in obstacle courses. Here they are given the opportunity to develop their large motor skills and co-ordination on the A-Bars and the Balance Beams.

Monkeynastics class keeps our excited Toddlers very fit each week. When they visit they bring with them various pieces of equipment such as a trampoline, balancing beams, “monkey bars” and other amazing pieces of equipment. Monkeynastics also takes the toddlers on a long walk through the “Jungle” which resembles an obstacle course that encourages the children to use their imagination!

The children attend a Soccer coaching class once a week which the boys and girls really enjoy. This activity really encourages the children to play together as a team.

Throughout the Autumn season in the garden we have been watching the leaves fall, then collecting leaves, twigs and acorns to use in our discovery play activities and to add to our nature table.

The Pre-school children paid a visit to the Belfast Zoo were they encountered a number of different animals. The children got the opportunity to meet and handle the smaller animals. The children had fun looking at the Hedgehog’s spikes and touching the Lizard. They enjoyed getting to see the Elephants, Monkeys and other animals that live in the Zoo.

As the children from the nursery had visited many different places, a visit from Jumping Clay was a change of pace. The children had so much fun when they were given the opportunity to make an Octopus. They really enjoyed having Jumping Clay in the nursery.

Throughout these summer months the children have been taking part in a number of exciting activities, in our newly renovated garden enjoying a range of new outdoor equipment.