by Tom Walbrin | Apr 2, 2026 | Giraffe Group, Hippo Group, News from the Rooms
Hippo and Giraffe Group at Cashmore Early Years Centre have been having a wonderfully busy time, with fine motor skills, transport, people who help us and some brilliant books all featuring this term! Fine motor development has been a big focus, with the children...
by Tom Walbrin | Apr 2, 2026 | News from the Rooms, Tiger Group, Zebra Group
Zebra and Tiger Group at Cashmore Early Years Centre have had a fantastic Term 4, with patterns and rhyme taking centre stage in some really creative and playful ways! The children have been exploring patterns across lots of different activities, from peg boards,...
by Tom Walbrin | Feb 13, 2026 | Giraffe Group, Hippo Group, News from the Rooms
‘Handa’s Surprise’ by Eileen Browne The children have been giving attention to the narrative of this wonderful story whilst learning the names of different fruits. They have been tasting and cutting different fruits, exploring new flavours and...
by Tom Walbrin | Feb 13, 2026 | News from the Rooms, Tiger Group, Zebra Group
Construction The children have been creating towers and structures using bricks whilst learning new words like ‘construction’, ‘demolition’, and ‘structures’. They have been imaginative and problem-solving when creating, showing...
by Tom Walbrin | Dec 19, 2025 | Giraffe Group, Hippo Group, News from the Rooms
Book and Stories We have been reading “Five Little Reindeer,” learning to count whilst discovering key Christmas vocabulary, noticing pictures, and pressing the squishy reindeer which brings the story to life through touch. We have also enjoyed “Dear...
by Tom Walbrin | Dec 19, 2025 | News from the Rooms, Tiger Group, Zebra Group
Books and Stories We have been reading “The Gruffalo’s Child,” continuing our engagement with Julia Donaldson’s wonderful characters and developing our prediction and comprehension skills. We have also explored a variety of Christmas books...
