First Steps Academy

HERMITAGE 🏫

🛒✨ This week at Hermitage we became real supermarket experts! ✨🛒

Our little ones had so much fun exploring the theme of the supermarket 🥦🍎🥖. They created their own shopping lists, walked around the supermarket filling up their trolleys 🛍️🛒 and even paid all by themselves using their coins! 💰👏

Throughout the activity, they discovered the different sections and products you can find in a supermarket 🥛🍌🥫, learning in a fun and hands-on way. They also designed and created their own personalised shopping bags 🎨👜 and they turned out amazing!

It has been such a wonderful experience full of excitement, learning and lots of fun 😊💛

We would also like to say a huge thank you to all the families who came to visit and help us in the Hermitage supermarket this week 🤗✨. Thank you for your support and for being part of these very special experiences!

RATHBORNE 🏫

This week at FSA, our curriculum theme was Grocery Shopping, with a special interest in fruits and vegetables, and the children had so much fun exploring healthy foods through hands-on play and creative activities. 🍎🥕🍌

Throughout the week, the children took part in lots of exciting experiences including role play, art, and sensory activities linked to shopping and healthy eating. The children loved pretending to be shopkeepers and customers in our grocery shop, helping to develop communication, social skills, and imaginative play.

The children also enjoyed stamping different shapes with paint to create colourful fruit and vegetable artwork, encouraging creativity, fine motor development, and self-expression. One of their favourite activities was making their own big shopping baskets to “go shopping” with around the classroom.

With the beautiful warm weather this week, we also spent lots of time enjoying the garden, where the children had great fun taking part in outdoor play and cooling off with some water play activities. ☀️

CHURCHWELL 🏫

This week at Churchwell, we’ve had an absolute blast!

Our youngest children have been developing their gross motor skills through all kinds of obstacle courses, both indoors and outdoors. Others enjoyed the warm weather while playing, exploring, and learning with ice and sea animals.

Meanwhile, our older children put their knowledge of healthy eating into practice, while others had fun practising the letters of the alphabet.

What a fun-filled week of learning and discovery! 🌟

ST EDMUNDS 🏫

This week at St. Edmund’s, our children explored the exciting theme of All About Food 🍎🥕🍞💚.

Through creative activities 🎨, sensory games 🧩, music 🎶, and hands-on experiences, the children learned about healthy foods, different ingredients, and where food comes from. They also enjoyed preparing simple recipes together, making the experience even more fun and interactive 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳.

Throughout the week, the children explored flavours, textures, colours, and healthy eating habits while developing their creativity, confidence, and curiosity ✨.

And we also celebrated our fantastic Super Hero Day 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️✨. The children had an amazing time dressing up, taking part in exciting superhero activities, and enjoying a day full of laughter, fun, and special memories together 😊🌈

STAPOLIN 🏫

We had a lovely fashion week, where everybody explored their creativity by making funny and colorful ties, jewellery, hand bags, we also made our own model where we painted paper dolls and dressed them up, and we even did a relaxing yoga exercise to wind down and de-stressed We really enjoyed this lovely and creative fashion week together.😊🌈✨💍👗👠🥿💼🕶️

ST FRANCIS 🏫

Superhero Week has been full of fun and creativity! 🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️

We built different superheroes, designed amazing masks, and created our very own superheroes of the week. We also made the After School superheroes together! 💥✨

HERMITAGE 🏫

🍓🥕🍞 What a fun and exciting week we’ve had at our creche! 😍✨

Our little ones enjoyed lots of creative, hands-on activities while exploring the wonderful world of food 🌽🍉🥦.

👋✨ Through food-themed sensory tables, the children had the opportunity to touch, explore and play with different materials and textures related to food 🍋🍝. It was a week full of curiosity, discovery and fun!

🎨🖌️ The children also showed their artistic side by creating colourful watermelons and experimenting with different painting techniques using sponges, cling film and tempera paint 🧽🌈. We loved seeing their imagination and enthusiasm shine!

🥗📚 In addition, we explored the food pyramid and learned about healthy eating habits in a fun and age-appropriate way 🍌🥛🥕.

🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️ To finish the week, we celebrated our exciting Superhero Day ⭐💥 The children created adorable mini versions of themselves as little superheroes and were so proud of their wonderful creations!

🥰 Every day we continue learning through play, exploration and lots of smiles. Thank you to all our families for being part of these special moments with us! 🌟💛

RATHBORNE 🏫

This week at FSA, our curriculum theme was Healthy Eating and Our Favourite Foods, and the children had so much fun exploring different foods, learning about healthy choices, and talking about the meals and snacks they enjoy most. 🍎🥕🍓

Throughout the week, the children took part in lots of exciting activities including food-themed art, sensory play, and discussions about fruits, vegetables, and foods that help our bodies grow strong and healthy. They enjoyed creating colourful artwork using paint, printing, and craft materials, supporting creativity, fine motor skills, and self-expression.

Today, we were also excited to celebrate Superhero Day as we raise money for LauraLynn. 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️💛 The children had an amazing time dressing up as their favourite superheroes and taking part in lots of fun activities throughout the day for such a special charity.

CHURCHWELL 🏫

This week, the children have enjoyed all kinds of activities, from symbolic play to recognizing numbers. Some have been discovering sea animals, others explored life on the farm, while some learned about different cultures around the world!

We never stop learning here, but most importantly, we make sure to have lots of fun along the way 💛

ST EDMUNDS 🏫

👀👂👃👅✋ This week, our little learners explored the amazing world of the 5 senses! 🌎✨

Through fun and engaging activities, the children discovered how we see, hear, smell, taste, and touch 💛

They explored different textures, listened to exciting sounds, identified yummy and surprising flavors, smelled different scents, and observed colorful objects around them 🎨🎶🍋🌸

Throughout the week, they learned:

✨ How our senses help us understand the world
✨ To describe what they feel, hear, smell, taste, and see
✨ To be curious, observant, and expressive
✨ The importance of using their senses safely and mindfully

There were so many smiles, laughs, discoveries, and hands-on moments along the way 😍🙌

Learning becomes even more magical when children explore with all their senses 💫