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Themes for Spring Term 2020

With all children now fully settled into Spring Term and enjoying some of our new activities such as our fun sound discrimination games, w...

Chatterbox

Today the children and I enjoyed being part of a lovely community project run by 'The Waterlily Project', which brings together senior ci...

Parent Consultation is sent...

... asking for feedback. This consultation is going out to all parents. For many of you that means I have been supporting you and your fa...

#DorsetHiddenBooks

Not only did we enjoy reading Belle (thank you Florence aged 2), the girls ended up making friends with the little girl they helped to di...

#DorsetHiddenBooks

This week children have started bringing in their own books found with their families on days out and we have enjoyed hearing about their...

Fabulous Mosaics

At nearly fifty years old, these mini shape tiles were one of my childhood toys and are still being enjoyed half a century later. Just a ...

The Wareham Bears

We loved peering into the miniature world of 'The Wareham Bears' and chatting about what we could see and all the things they were doing....

Fairy doors, Squirrels, Woodpeckers and Owls

The children and I loved the peace and tranquillity as we explored the woodland around Blue Pool, Dorset. With pencils and trail sheets i...

Standing Guard

We met some lovely allotment holders who kindly talked to the children about all the bumper crops this summer. We loved the prize wining w...

Woodland Crowns and Journey Sticks

Each of the crafts made us look that little bit closer at the beauty around us. We love our National Trust membership, because as they ri...

The Maize Maze

The two acre Maize Maze in the Kitchen Garden at Kingston Lacy has been a favourite summer time outing and we have enjoyed finding our wa...

All Aboard

The perfect weather, the perfect smells and the perfect sights. We looked on in wonder as the trains came thundering past us. I loved the...

Medieval games

We had lots of fun playing traditional games as we explored the ruins of Corfe Castle. Kayles was just one of the bowling games we enjoye...

Get closer to nature

With pencils and our copies of the National Trust '50 things to do before you're 11¾' we set off to explore the great outdoors. We added ...

More loose part play

It was a pleasure to watch the girls totally engrossed in their project to build the perfect 'soft play'. There was a deep level of invol...

Funny Faces at Seafield Gardens

We couldn't help but be inspired by the beauty around us. Making funny faces was certainly fun, but there was so much learning behind the...

#DorsetHiddenBooks

The children were so excited to find a book hidden in the park at Kings Park. It was one of the 'Dorset Hidden Books' adventure and the m...

P.Y.O. at the Cat and the Fiddle

On a warm Wednesday morning all senses were firing as we explored all the different fruit, vegetables and flowers to be picked at the P.Y...

Punctures

With an early morning text from a Daddy to say he would be a little bit late as they were just getting a puncture fixed, the breakdown se...

People Who Help Us

Today we have thought about 'People Who Help Us' and in particular firefighters. We watched one of the CBeebies 'shorts' videos called '...

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