Super open ended building outside. We worked as a group to develop our ideas and change them. At first this was an aeroplane runway and then it became some jumps for horses! ⭐️💫 super imaginations nursery! #characteristicsoflearning

What a fun STEM based morning, designing our own skyscrapers as a timed challenge ! I’m so proud of your collaboration, resilience and excellent design ideas Reception 💫🧡@A_WilliamsAHPS @AcreHall @BrightFuturesET #characteristicsoflearning #expressiveartsanddesign

‘Let’s get messy’. We have been exploring and trying new things as part of our growing and changing topic #characteristicsoflearning

Quote of the Day - “You know what - I actually like learning.” Hope that doesn’t get knocked out of her! ❤️ #EYFS #characteristicsoflearning

This morning we followed instructions to plant our bean plants, after looking at the lifecycle of a bean, we can’t wait to take them home! We’ve also done some fabulous observational daffodil paintings 💛 @AcreHall #characteristicsoflearning

RS are designers, carpenters, engineers and scientists! Look at the amazing chairs that they designed, made and tested. Baby Bear was very pleased with his new chair but Goldilocks thought it was too hard! #characteristicsoflearning #buildingresilience

Super self initiated writing in our arctic area. I challenged the girls in provision to write the names of artic animals using their phonics mat - we even got onto simple sentences! #inthemomentplanning #characteristicsoflearning

We’ve been exploring the ice and frost today 🥶 “its crunchy and not that strong”, said one of our curious children. #characteristicsoflearning #scienceinearlyyears @AcreHall

This afternoon we have been exploring number 10 by counting and drawing around our fingers. We have used marks, pictures and numbers to find different ways of partitioning to 10. It was tricky but we kept on trying✨💛 #childledlearning #characteristicsoflearning. @AcreHall

It might be Friday but we’re really challenging ourselves in provision this morning 💫👏🏽 Great effort Reception #characteristicsoflearning #sharedstorytelling #earlywritingandphonics #resillientlearners

This week's Star of the Week has been chosen for persistence and perseverance shown whilst completing these 2 Farm jigsaws - others came and went but he stuck at it to the end! #characteristicsoflearning 😍🐱🍒🤿🏆❤️

A busy afternoon of construction. The children were learning and collaborating together! @AcreHall #characteristicsoflearning #engagement

Some super self initiated work this afternoon! Doubling, writing independent stories and exploring how to make pink. #characteristicsoflearning

We’ve had a very creative morning during outdoor play - drawing “ a flower garden”, making “ stairs” and a “ formula one car”. #expressiveartsanddesign #characteristicsoflearning @AcreHall

Today we have been explorers in Reception! Glueing one day and painting the next, lots of resilience and perseverance in our youngest children #characteristicsoflearning #earlyyears #perseverance #resilience

Some beautiful examples of self initiated writing in continuous provision today. Well done Reception ✨#characteristicsoflearning #practisingandconsolidatingthroughplay

Practising our learning with 3D shape names and properties. These three superstars turned it into a game!! 👏🏽 #characteristicsoflearning #motivation

Concentration, focus, perseverance and quiet determination #activelearning at its best! #characteristicsoflearning @MertonBankP @EYTalking @canigoandplay #workbench #woodwork #lifeskills

We had Exploring Bees 🐝 in PE today 🙌 Focusing on one of our characteristics of learning, exploring different ways to balance, climb and walk on the equipment 👍 #characteristicsoflearning #pe #learning #exploring #climb #balance #fundamentalskills @ReptonADFS2

We have been taking risks today and persevering with our climbing #characteristicsoflearning #physicaldevelopment