Over the last two days we have had something very exciting happen in F1... Our caterpillars have turned into beautiful butterflies. The children were amazed and so excited to see the transformation. Now, we have to wait for the weather to get warmer so we can release them outside. 

Yesterday, the children loved exploring the garden looking for clues and finding minibeasts. We have discovered lots of things living in our garden such as woodlice, centipedes, ladybirds, worms and alder leaf beetles.  The children found lots of worms and this sparked lots questions - we used the internet to help find the answers.
We found out some very interesting facts about worms: 
* They have no eyes 
*They have tiny hairs but we cannot see them
*They have five hearts 
*Worms can poo
*They like to live where it is dark and damp 
*If they dry out they will die

We also found out we could make our very own wormery. The children listened, looked carefully and worked together to create their very own. If you would like to try and make a wormery please click here. 

This afternoon some of the children enjoyed looking at our information book all about birds. Our information books showed pictures of the birds and what they liked to eat. The children used their binoculars to look out of the window... the children  were in luck... we spotted two Wood Pigeons, a Feral Pigeon and a Blackbird. We remembered the differences between a  Wood Pigeon and a Feral Pigeon - the Wood Pigeon has a white patch and the Feral Pigeon has green on it's neck. 

We found out that most birds eat seeds, berries and nuts but others eat cereals and some bigger birds eat fish and frogs! 

When we went outside the children collected sticks to make a nest for the birds. They remembered that birds make their nests need in high places to stay safe from cats and foxes that might be hungry.

There are no jobs that are too big or small for our builders and creators!
​The children have worked on developing their imagination, creativity, problem solving, working collaboratively and also developing their mark making and mathematical skills. 
It is all in a days work for these super stars.

The children have loved observing and finding our facts about the caterpillars. The caterpillars are in their final stage, we cannot wait to see them turn into beautiful butterflies. 

This week we have been looking at different 2D shapes and describing their properties. The children have done so well in remembering shape facts of 2D shapes - circle, oval, square, pentagon, triangle, rectangle and hexagon. The children used their shape knowledge in other areas of our provision too. 

Today we had a very special caterpillar delivery. We are fascinated by the caterpillar life cycle and cannot wait to observe the changes our caterpillars make over the next few weeks! 

A Garden Centre has opened in F1 this week. There are very helpful staff available to assist customers and they also do a great job tidying the stock. Visitors can pop into the coffee shop for a cuppa and a cake during opening hours.

Today we went for a walk in the sunshine looking for signs of Spring. We were very excited to see buds on the trees, Spring flowers and signs of birds nesting. 

We designed and built an obstacle course in F1 this week. We had great fun jumping ,climbing and learning how to balance. We took turns and made sure we maneuvered around  the equipment safely.