Welcome!

As part of helping the children learn about caring for others and other living things, and taking responsibilty, we have a new edition to our household - 'Dale the snail' our Giant African Snail!

This term running alongside all the usual fun and games, arts and crafts, I am encouraging the children's personal and social development by getting them actively involved with caring for the snail, and talking about feelings and friendships. I have put together a 'feelings' bag with many books about specific feelings, and more general stories about friendships. There are some picture cards exploring emotions, a dvd called 'Transporters' which was designed with Autistic children in mind, but enjoyed by all children as it encourages them to learn about emotions/facial expressions. There is also a music cd all about feeling angry which we have had on and enjoyed.

We also have a large trampoline - exercise is vital to aid the physical development of children, and what better way than outdoors in the fresh air on a trampoline. I have a policy and permission forms in place, and it will only be used fully supervised and one at a time, with the safety net in place at all times. Its big enough for adults too ;-)