Tweezers, Trucks and the Three Little Pigs: Term 4 Learning in Hippo and Giraffe Group
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...
Patterns, Rhymes and Creative Play: Term 4 in Zebra and Tiger 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,...
Cashmore Hippo and Giraffe Group Term Learning
'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 textures through...
Cashmore Zebra and Tiger Group Term Learning
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 resilience when our towers fall or...
Cashmore Hippo and Giraffe Groups Celebrate Christmas
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 Santa" by Rod...
Cashmore Tigers and Zebras Groups Celebrate Christmas
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 including "The Christmas...
Cashmore Term 2 Update for Hippo and Giffafe Groups
This term we have been learning about Bonfire Night and Diwali. All groups used clay to create Diva pots and then decorated them with paint. We learned about being safe with candles and got the chance to blow them out at group time. We decorated hand templates with...
Cashmore Term 2 Update for Zebra and Tiger Groups
This term we have been learning about Bonfire Night and Diwali. All groups used clay to create Diva pots and then decorated them with paint. We learned about being safe with candles and got the chance to blow them out at group time. We decorated hand templates with...
The Children’s Kitchen at Cashmore Early Years Centre
The children have enjoyed planting in our garden with Claudia from ‘The Children’s Kitchen’. They learned about the process of digging, planting, and watering as well as enjoyed the sensory experience of getting muddy and smelling the garlic bulbs. Because the...