NEWS

Katie 'Fox' has been away training in Exmouth completing her Paediatric Emergency Outdoor First Aid training for Forest School. We keep our skills and qualifications up to date and for Forest School, this means ensuring an specific outdoor qualification is gained. Katie returned to her original Forest School training ground in Exmouth, run by the Outdoors Group. Running for two days in the forest, surrounded by birdsong and keeping warm by the campfire, criteria covered incl

Thank you to all our families and the team for making it a special Red Nose Day - baking cakes, buying cakes, contributing to the cause, wearing red, wearing pyjamas or comfy clothes and generally being amazing! A special thank you to the team for participating in the Red Nose Day video (check it out on our official Facebook page of you have not seen it yet! https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1DiBJPa4PZ/ )

Our little Ladybirds and Butterflies often enjoy a walk out and about in our community. We love our multi-seat pushchair as it lends itself to enable more friends to enjoy a walk at the same time. We go outside in all weathers and now the Spring is here, we are enjoying the beautiful sunshine, spotting the birds in the sky, noticing the clouds drift, waving at the big busses and lorries passing and delighting in the swaying of golden daffodils.

Kim from The Learning Journey visited us last week with some fun games and activities about St. Patrick and Ireland. Kim is a qualified Primary School teacher and Forest School Practitioner. She runs the most amazing Home Education programme and is a friend of St. Michael's. Kim is passionate about teaching children through play and making learning FUN! Kim has a special interest in teaching children about things with a Science, Nature and Mathematical twist. With St. Pat

Tuesday 17th March was St. Patrick's Day. A fun opportunity to discover colours, repeated patterns, matching, science, rainbows, stories, nature, shamrock, makaton and messy play. Our little Ladybirds and Butterflies had fun with the colourful soft play and shamrock printing with pappers and green paint were on offer for sensory exploration. In Dragonflies, the children were also invited to make shamrock printed pictures and explored the discovery table with lots of picture

Kim, from Torrington Dental Practice, visits us regualrly to teach us all about oral hygiene. Kim makes the sessions fun and always starts with a chat about how we should brush our teeth, when to brush our teeth and how often. The children were shown photos of unbrushed teeth and they noticed black they were. Kim talked to the children about the different foods and how it's okay to have the occasional treat as long as you look after your teeth and gums. She talked about h

Happy yellow daffodils are springing up all over the place at the moment. They bring us such joy and happiness. Our babies have been out on a walk enjoying the beautiful yellow daffodils bobbing about in the breeze. They have also explored the dragon themed sensory table where they enjoy pouring and mixing the red grains.

On Thursday 5 th March, we celebrated World Book Day.  It was a fantastic day full of excited children and staff ready to share stories and celebrate the wonderful world of books. We had a wonderful day full of fun, laughter and there was also book binding, bookmark crafts, making Paddington Bear's favourite marmalade sandwiches and story sensory bottles to explore and enjoy. Some children in Kindergarten enjoyed a story time at Waterstones bookshop in Barnstaple. Thank you

We enjoyed delicious pancakes for our pudding last Tuesday. Some children squeezed their own piece of lemon on their pancake. "Yummy!" In Forest School, we enjoyed pancakes around the campfire. Perfect on a chilly day in the woods!

Story Bears was such fun on Monday with lots of friendship songs, dancing, catching balloons, playing musical instruments and of course the bubble machine!