The children were all very excited to bring their picnic lunches to school and then to have a ride on the minibus to Kent Life! The children were absolutely amazing at listening to myself, Mrs Sayers, Mrs Sexton and Mr Phil about staying safe when getting on and off the minibus. 

We arrived at Kent Life armed with picnics, wellies and, of course, Teddington Bear... all in glorious sunshine! After being shown our lunchroom at the farm, the children changed into wellies and we excitedly set off to see some of the animals. We headed to see the pigs, who were very happy sleeping in the sunshine in the mud. We also saw sheep, alpacas, ducks, goats and a very big horse called Rupert. We all then headed down to the farmyard to meet one of the farmers for our Meet the Animals activity. We were greeted by some very noisy orphaned lambs who were baaa-ing extremely loudly waiting for their breakfast! He showed us Ernie the pygmy goat, Truffles the Shetland pony, Freddie the ferret, a chicken called Cocoa and one of the very noisy lambs, who thankfully had been bottle-fed so wasn’t so noisy any more! The children listened very carefully to the farmer about stroking each of the animals and they were all very gentle when they stroked each one, feeling the soft fur and feathers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We all had to then go and wash our hands at the special handwashing stations before enjoying a biscuit treat. Of course, it wouldn’t be the same without a visit to the play area. So we headed off to the climbing equipment and all the children had so much fun climbing very high up to the top of the slides and then enjoying a wobbly ride on the caterpillar! After speaking to Dave, the tractor driver, we joined the queue to wait for the next ride. We all climbed aboard and we were all in fits of giggles as it was such a bumpy ride! We went all around the farm and saw some of the animals we had met before bumping back along the track to get off and head up the lane to collect our picnics. As it was such a beautiful day, we found tables outside in the sunshine and as everyone was very hungry, we all tucked into our picnics. After a quick visit to the toilets, we headed back down to the coach park where we found Mr Phil waiting for us in the minibus. We headed back to school and a couple of the children had a little nap after such a busy day! Mrs Sayers, Mrs Sexton and I were SO proud of the children for their impeccable behaviour and fantastic listening. It was lovely to hear a member of the public at the farm telling me how well the children sat for their lunch and listened to their teachers. We hope you enjoy looking at all the photos of our trip!

Back in Nursery, the children have been enjoying listening to our story Grumpy Frog, which is about a frog who goes through so many emotions in the story but, thankfully, he ends up with a resting face rather than a grumpy face in the end. The children have had lots of fun making their own Grumpy Frog puppets, which we took to music to sing Five Speckled Frogs, Mr Frog on a Log and Mmm Mmm went the Little Frog One Day to sing with Ms Norford. 

There was a lot of concentration when the children used the scissors to cut and snip around the pictures of the five frogs to make more frog puppets for the song Five Speckled Frogs. We hope you have been enjoying them at home! 

On Thursday, we took our puppet frogs up to the paddock where the children balanced on logs and we sang Six Speckled Frogs and the frogs tried to catch the flies too! On our way, we showed our frogs to Mr John who was busy cutting the hedge and we also saw two of the children’s big brothers who were having a lesson in the outdoor classroom, so they enjoyed a cuddle together. 

In our Special Books this week, the children looked at the emotions stones to choose which face they would like to draw. The children loved looking at the stones and we chatted about what makes us feel happy, sad, grumpy and worried just like ‘Grumpy Frog’ does in the story.  The children have also been busy exploring different colours by using paint, chalk and acrylics and they used the shape sorters to match colours and shapes together. In another colour activity, the children had to carefully use the tweezers to pick up different coloured objects and sort into the correct coloured pot - lots of fun and great colour matching too!

Our Special Leaf for our Learning and Growing Together Tree in Pre-Prep Assembly was for super listening at the farm on Tuesday, so another special moment for myself and Mrs Sayers.

Outside, the children have been busy playing with the water and making potions by cutting the flowers and adding mint from our herb garden. The mummies and daddies have been busy looking after the babies and, of course, we have all been enjoying this beautiful sunshine!

Next week we are looking forward to our story of Jack and the Beanstalk.

Have a lovely sunny weekend!