Welcome to our October Update!
This month we had lots fun with the theme of Celebrations! We had a Birthday theme for the first half of the month and then our halloween theme for the next! We explored growing and changing as we celebrate each birthday, we looked at shapes and pattern in Maths and An scoil in Gaeilge.
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We had our 4 areas of play, which included Role play, arts and crafts, construction and small world.
Role play
We had our birthday party corner set up for the first 2 weeks of October. Here the students got into the role of a family and celebrated someones birthday, providing food and cake for the party.
For the second half of the month we had the witches kitchen set up, where the students could be a spooky witch or wizard and create spells and potions.
For the second half of the month we had the witches kitchen set up, where the students could be a spooky witch or wizard and create spells and potions.
Construction
For construction we used Lego to build our own birthday party house. The students created all sorts of houses or made cakes from lego or party places.
Small world
| In small world this month the students had the dolls houses and figures related to the topic, a family for the birthday theme and witches, wizards for the halloween theme. The students were able to add decorations to help celebrate the different occasions. |
Arts and Crafts
| At the Arts and Crafts area we were making and writing birthday cards and then we were constructing witches and wizards hats out of paper plates, paint and card. |
Water play
The students had a water play area also where the could make potions with water, glitter and bubbles. The students enjoyed playing and exploring the water with the different containers and adding the glitter to make it magical!
Autumn Walks
This month we also started talking about Autumn and the different seasons. We went on a lovely nature walk through Newtown and found Conkers and different Autumn leaves. The students had lots of fun gathering and finding the different signs of Autumn.