What a Busy Week! 🚆❄️

What a busy week we had—full of learning and fun!

We started the week with our swimming open day on Monday. It was wonderful to have mums and dads join us and see just how far the children have come. Swimming is such an important life skill, and it’s a great way for us to keep our bodies healthy too!

On Monday and Tuesday, we explored different types of transport and how transport has changed over time. We discovered a bike from the past called a Penny Farthing (with one very big wheel!), learned about steam trains and steam ships, looked at cars from long ago, and even saw the very first aeroplane. We compared and sorted past and present transport and learned that modern transport can travel faster and further—and is much safer!

From Wednesday, we began role-playing train station situations. The children practised buying tickets, and because they loved it so much, we expanded our role-play area! We made wallets, cut out money, added a station coffee shop, set up a platform, and even had numbered seats.

On Friday, we focused on Japanese yen. The children cut out toy yen and received new tickets so they could practise paying in yen (we had been using British pounds earlier). They carefully checked ticket prices—Tokyo or Osaka? One way or round trip?—to make sure they paid the correct amount.

In maths, we have been working hard on:

• Addition to 10
• Place value (decomposing numbers 10–20 into tens and ones)
• Exploring different representations of numbers from 10–20

And to top it all off, we were lucky enough to enjoy some snow play too! ❄️

What a fantastic week of learning!