We had lots of fun and took part in a number of fun activities such as a Hero's obstacle course, colouring in, an awards prize giving and taking part in songs and games.
Tuesday, 19 April 2016
Hero's Day
We kicked off our Phoenix House Holiday Programme this Monday with a 'Hero's Day'! this could have been anything from a Superhero to hero's within our community e.g firefighter, policeman, doctor etc
We had lots of fun and took part in a number of fun activities such as a Hero's obstacle course, colouring in, an awards prize giving and taking part in songs and games.
We had lots of fun and took part in a number of fun activities such as a Hero's obstacle course, colouring in, an awards prize giving and taking part in songs and games.
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Wheels Day!
We aslo did 'wheel' themed activities throughout the day such as Car painting.
We will be sure to hold another 'Wheels Day' soon as we have received so much positive feedback from both the parents and children :)
Tuesday, 5 April 2016
Music and Dancing
Music and Movement has been a fast growing interest within the Phoenix House.
Two games in particular that are consistently popular with the children are Musical Statues and Musical chairs.
These games encourage children to move to the beat of the music as well as listening carefully to when the music stops. They gain a great amount of enjoyment and delight from dancing and having the opportunity to play and compete with their peers in a safe and friendly environment.
With social games such as these it allows children to respect rules and learn to follow and enforce them to their peers. It also keeps the game fair and predictable.
Social games also foster appropriate social behaviour even when things don't go their way.
We will continue to extend and foster this interest through a variety of different games and activities for the children to participate in.
Two games in particular that are consistently popular with the children are Musical Statues and Musical chairs.
These games encourage children to move to the beat of the music as well as listening carefully to when the music stops. They gain a great amount of enjoyment and delight from dancing and having the opportunity to play and compete with their peers in a safe and friendly environment.
With social games such as these it allows children to respect rules and learn to follow and enforce them to their peers. It also keeps the game fair and predictable.
Social games also foster appropriate social behaviour even when things don't go their way.
We will continue to extend and foster this interest through a variety of different games and activities for the children to participate in.
Creating Tambourines
The Phoenix house have a growing interest towards Music and Movement lately and absolutely LOVE to dance! Today we decided to make some tambourines of our own to make music with :)
They decorated their paper plates using a variety of different colours and chose streamers and feathers that they wanted to use for their personalised creation!
We used rice to put inside our tambourines - children decided the amount of rice they wanted to use inside depending on what kind of sound they wanted their tambourine to make. E.g. Loud or quiet
All the children conveyed a great amount of creativity and focus throughout this activity and showed such pride when making music with their very own tambourines :)
They decorated their paper plates using a variety of different colours and chose streamers and feathers that they wanted to use for their personalised creation!
We used rice to put inside our tambourines - children decided the amount of rice they wanted to use inside depending on what kind of sound they wanted their tambourine to make. E.g. Loud or quiet
All the children conveyed a great amount of creativity and focus throughout this activity and showed such pride when making music with their very own tambourines :)
Easter Egg Hunt
The Phoenix House had a great day hunting and searching for their hidden eggs this morning. They looked high and low for their chocolate treats :)
Have a safe and Happy Easter xx
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
D.I.Y Superhero's
In continuation with our interest in superhero's we decided to make some superhero's of our own! The children chose what colours they were going to use, drew on their facial features and they came up with a unique Superhero name for their creations as well as super powers they might have. The children conveyed a lot of creativity, focus and interest throughout this activity :)
Superhero's
Superhero's have been a BIG interest within the Phoenix House at the moment - so today we decided to create our own superhero masks :)
We had so much fun creating our own masks and choosing our own colours and designs. We will be sure to continue to foster this interest through a number of different areas of learning.
We had so much fun creating our own masks and choosing our own colours and designs. We will be sure to continue to foster this interest through a number of different areas of learning.
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