Welcome to Explorers Class
Children start their learning journey at Sleights in Explorers Class. Our hardworking and dedicated team is made up of Mrs Kipling, Mrs Wharrick and Mrs Harrison, our Pre-School leader. Explorers children enjoy activities that stimulate and engage children’s interests and lead to spontaneous play.
Practitioners know the children and their strengths and areas for development. It is this excellent knowledge that enables children to establish excellent foundations for their time at Sleights.
Explorers Class is open from 8.50am to 3.00pm Monday to Friday during term time. We are very flexible at accommodating sessions to suit all families. This can include mornings, afternoons, or all day. Lunch is also offered for children.
In September 2022, we excitedly opened our brand new, purpose built, Early Years unit.
Clothes
We hope that children in Explorers Class will enjoy a variety of play – some of it messy! With this in mind, we ask families to consider the clothes that children in Explorers wear during sessions.
Key Worker
Each child in Explorers is allocated a key worker. The aim of this role is to oversee your child’s learning and development journey throughout their time in Explorers. This key worker will share key learning activities with children and report strengths and target areas to parents and families.
From my head to my toes
We had a different sort of P.E lesson this morning! As we have been reading the story 'From my head to toes' by Eric Carle, we thought we would get moving like the animals in the book. The children used their listening ears and waited for instructions, copying the...
Our Body
This week in Explorers class we have been looking at our bodies. The book we are reading is called 'From Head to Toe' by Eric Carle. The children have already been moving in a variety of ways in which the animals in the book do. This will be continued each day...
The Gruffalo
For the last 3 weeks before we break up for the Summer holidays, our story book will be 'The Gruffalo'. I know this is a firm favourite with quite a few of the children but for those of you who may not have read the story before or don't have a copy at home, there is...
PE on the field
We took advantage of the sun this morning and had our P.E session outside. Initially, we played with the balls, hoops and small rings. Miss Idle then thought we would try a few games where we would need to listen to instructions, take turns and take our time....
Balloons
We've been using baloons in P.E this morning. Firstly, the children were given an instruction to try keep their balloons in the air and not let them drop on the floor. They were then asked to place it inbetween their legs/knees and jump or waddle over to Miss Idle at...
The wicked witch turned Mr Grason into a frog!
The Wicked Witch has been into our class this morning cooking up a potion. Mr Grason came for his daily chocolate biscuit from the cupboard and noticed the green tea looking all delicious. He was very cheeky and poured himself a cup but little did he know that it was...
The Lost Panda
Here is a picture book for you to look at. What do you suggest is happening in the story by looking at the pictures? Can you retell the story to a grown-up? Enjoy!