March - 2018

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Characteristics of Effective Learning

We hope you are all warm today after this rather bizarre 'Spring' weather. Either way our frog spawn are perservering through the cold and some have changed into tadpoles. This week our article is about the importance of characteristics of effective learning, the article is a little bit longer than last time, but highlights some really interesting case studies that show the importance of a learning environment that follows the childs learning rather than dictating the lear

A Froebelian Approach to Play and Learning

We hope you enjoyed the chapter we shared with you last week. We have had some really lovely feedback from many of you sharing things you are doing at home following the chapter. Thank you for taking the time to link with what we are doing. The attached chapter is a little bit longer, we feel it explains really well why we provide certain activities and how we observe and scaffold the children’s learning the way we do. Part of the chapter showcases an observation and the

Froebel - an environment for living and learning

As we progress along our journey of becoming an outstanding Froebelian setting, we realise the importance of making sure the parents join us on the journey. Froebel believed that educators should work closely with parents so that there was a close connection between Nursery and home. A child should feel a sense of harmony and continuity between Nursery and home , not a sharp division. Athey’s research confirmed how powerful this partnership can be when professionals and pa

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21st January

Jan Tu Bishrat - New year of the Trees

28th December - 4th Jan

CHINESE NEW YEAR

Confucians, Daosit, Buddhist celebrate this event. Chinese New Year, also known as the "Spring Festival" in modern China, is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar, the children will learn mandarin and make their own decorations for the festival along with celebrating traditional cuisine. They will also learn about the different phases of the moon.

8th February

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
Many of our children got given dinosaurs over Christmas which has fostered an interest in paleontology. Lavender Hill, shortly followed by Webbs Road and Old Town will all be taking trips to the Natural History Museum to discover the dinosaurs that roamed the earth up to 200 million years ago!