We started the week with a topic-related Kim’s Game. The children enjoyed discussing the objects on the tray which were all needed to make pancakes. Unfortunately, we were not able to eat them as they were made of plastic. However, on Tuesday, there was a special treat for the Robins… yummy pancakes with strawberry jam. There were so many empty plates and everything had been eaten.

Being kind to each other and having nice manners is part of our foundation to learning in Robins. This week we had a discussion during carpet time and we had a brainstorming session on how we could be kind to each other and living things. There were lots of fantastic ideas as to how we could achieve this. It was lovely to hear the children’s thoughts and a couple of Robins made connections to nature. With this in mind, we refilled our bird feeders in the front garden.

Continuing with our topics, we made yummy heart-shaped jam tarts. We spoke about the different shapes and each Robin carefully used the ingredients to make their tarts. We also made a delivery to Mrs Tickner, Mrs Parker and Mr McCarthy.

I brought my spider plant in from home as it had grown lots of spiderettes. The children thought this was very cute and they enjoyed watering the plant. The Robins were excited to transfer the spiderettes to individual pots to make them nice and cosy. Lots of fun was had decorating the pots with a variety of stickers.

When we arrived on Thursday, the children were greeted with a big dinosaur surprise. There was a dinosaur land with a bridge for the dinosaurs to jump into the water. The Robins thoroughly enjoyed this activity and they took turns, sharing the toys.

As a surprise, we made Hey Duggee cakes. This worked very well with our topic as Duggee is a loveable dog who is very kind to his friends. First, we spoke about the ingredients and each child mixed the ingredients together. Once the cakes were cooked and cooled, the Robins added icing, sprinkles and edible pictures.

Even though it was a little bit drizzly, we visited the chickens to give them some delicious raisins. They thoroughly enjoyed our treat which was gobbled up superfast, as the children spooned the raisins through the fence. Such lucky chickens!