I had a lovely time in School in the last few weeks of Term – it was very busy and hot ! 

I enjoyed Sports Day.  Mummy came to help the teachers.  It was lovely having Mummy there to see me win a couple of races !!  Mummy helped out with the Summer Fete too, and was looking after the Bouncy Castle.  It was a fun afternoon and we raised lots of money for the School.

We had a wonderful time on our School Trip to ‘Wild Britain’.  We went inside the Butterfly House and butterflies came up really close to us !  We went on a Nature Trail and saw lots of different things.

I did lots of exciting things with Beavers this month.  I did a Sponsored Nature Trail in a woodland area.  We had to find and do lots of things.  I raised £40 for Children with Leukaemia.

On our last meeting of the Term we had a lovely Barbecue and ate some yummy hot dogs !  I received my first badge.  It is a ‘Global’ badge and Mummy is going to sew it on my uniform – I feel so proud to have my first badge !

We go to Aberdovey, Wales next month and I am getting really excited now.  I can’t wait to get on the beach and to collect shells and build sandcastles with Mummy & Daddy.
 

I had a lovely time over the Easter holidays.  We went to London and for my Birthday treat we went to the Imax Cinema in the Science Museum.  We saw the ‘Deep Sea’.  I get kept trying to grab the jelly fish and the fish !  It felt like they were coming towards me !!

I had lots of play dates with friends from my class and Mummy’s friends.  I had a great day with Grandma & Grandad.  They took me to Abington Park – it was so busy !  The weather was warm and sunny so everyone was out in the Park.  I climbed to the top of one of the climbing frames – Grandma was helping me and I felt so proud to be at the top !

I had fun helping Grandad in the garden.  We planted seeds and watered the beautiful flowers.  We talked about my week long sleepover and what I can take – I am allowed to take all my cuddlies !!!  I am looking forward to staying with Grandma & Grandad whilst Mummy & Daddy learn Thai Cooking in Bangkok.
 

I am now 7 years old !  It feels great to be 7 !

I have had a lovely Birthday / weekend.  One of my best friends in my class also celebrated his Birthday on the same day – it was really nice to share our Birthdays together.  The class sang the ‘Happy Birthday’ song to us both.

We had a great day in school.  It was the last Friday of Term so we go to do lots of nice things; activities of our choice in Science and Golden Time.  Some friends made Birthday cards for me which was kind of them.

I had some wonderful Birthday presents and the best gift was a new bicycle from Mummy & Daddy.  It is red and black.  I am a very lucky boy. 

We had a lovely time at Grandma & Grandad’s.  Uncle Steve and his family came over for the day and we had a lovely party – we all wore party hats and had some yummy Birthday cake !
 

I did a lovely stained glass picture on the computer at school and stuck this on the front of Mummy’s Mothers Day card.  Inside I wrote a poem about Mummy:
My Mummy is as beautiful as a Princess.
My Mummy is as special as an Angel.
My Mummy is pretty as a sparkly green and gold rainbow.

I gave it to her on Mothering Sunday and she loved it and was smiling, hugging and kissing me. 

I had a wonderful surprise for Mummy for when she came downstairs in the morning.  I placed some of my cuddlies on the sofa and I wrote lots of loving messages on a post-it note and put them by the cuddly.  Mummy was so surprised !

We took Mummy out for a special Mother’s Day Lunch at the ‘Thai Emerald’.  We had a lovely Buffet Lunch – it was yummy !

It is my Birthday this month !  I am very excited – I am going to be 7 years old !!
 

I had a lovely time in school this month – we made pancakes for ‘Pancake Day’.  They were very tasty !  And we made Valentine cards.

We went to see one of my London friends at Half-Term.  We met them at Greenwich Park – we had a walk around the park and went on the swings.  Mummy & Daddy took me to the ‘Museum of London’.  It was very interesting to see how London was a long time ago.

I have had some play dates and enjoying time with Mummy.  We went to the Library and we did a lovely Dinosaur collage together – I really enjoy doing arts & crafts.

It has been snowing a lot and I made a great snowman with Daddy in the garden.

It is my Birthday next month – I will be 7 years old.  I am very excited !
 

It is Mummy’s special Birthday this month – it is on the 20th. I have bought a lovely present and card for Mummy with Daddy. I took money out of my Peter Rabbit money box and put the money in my wallet. We even had coins given back to me ! Daddy helped me to wrap the present up – it looks lovely with silver sparkly ribbon !

I am very excited for Mummy – there are lots of cards and presents for Mummy to open.

Mummy loved her card & present – it was some yummy chocolates ! Mummy was given lots of bunches of flowers, chocolates and gifts. The lounge smells of lots of pretty flowers !

Daddy has written a poem for Mummy about going to Bangkok in Thailand to do some Thai Cooking at ‘The Blue Elephant Cooking School’. It sounds like fun ! I am very excited about having a week long sleepover at Grandma & Grandad’s. I am really looking forward to it. I really enjoy staying with Grandma & Grandad – we get to do lots of lovely things.
 

I had a lovely Christmas – I had a visit from Father Christmas !  The reindeers must have been very hungry.  They ate all the carrots !

I had some presents in my stocking; glow sticks, cars, Lego, chocolate coins amongst other things and a cuddly Gromit peeping out of the top of the stocking !

We spent Christmas Day at Grandma & Grandad’s.  We ate goose !  Grandad fancied a change from eating Turkey. 

We saw lots of relatives at a big Family Christmas Party – we had lots of fun !
 

I had a wonderful week last week at school.  I really enjoyed being the ‘King’ Snowman in the Christmas Play singing all the songs – it was fun !  Mummy & Daddy came to see me and were really proud.

I had my first tooth fall out !  It fell out whilst having breakfast the same morning of the Christmas Play on Monday.  It had been wobbly for some time and it fell out whilst eating my cereal !  Mummy told me to put my tooth under the pillow and the Tooth Fairy may come along.  And the Tooth Fairy did come – I had a £1 coin !!  I now have a big gap in my top row of teeth and it looks funny !

We had a lovely Christmas Party on Thursday.  We played party games, enjoyed a Lunch Party and saw Father Christmas.  I woke up Friday morning and looked out of the window and everything was covered with snow !  There was no school and Daddy worked from home.

We went to London yesterday and stayed at Nanny & Grandad’s.  Today, we met up with Gill, Nyge and Arthur at the ‘Winter Wonderland’ in Hyde Park.  We went on lots of rides.  I much prefer the slow rides !!  We went on the Big Wheel and at the top you could see lots of buildings around London like Big Ben, the London Eye and the Gherkin.

It will soon be Christmas Eve !
 

Sunday 13 Dec

I am enjoying opening a door on the Advent Calendar each day – it is fun to see what is behind the door!

We are very busy at school rehearsing the Christmas Play – we have performed the Play in front of the School. Mummy & Daddy are coming to see the Play tomorrow. I am very excited – I am standing by the Christmas tree!

Yesterday, we put up our Christmas tree and decorated the house – it looks lovely and the Tree is all sparkly with twinkling different coloured lights!
 

We are getting very busy rehearsing for our Christmas Play – I am really looking forward to it very much.  I am going to be the ‘King’ Snowman !  Mummy & Daddy will be coming along to watch.  I am singing the songs around the house !
 

Today, we went to see all the twinkling lights at Milton Keynes Shopping Centre.  The Christmas display was lovely. 
At school we are starting to think and talk  about our Christmas Play. It is very exciting that Christmas is coming !
 

I had a busy week in school.  It was ‘Anti-Bullying Week’ – we had to draw a picture about being bullied.  The picture was entered into a competition and I won in my class !  I received my prize in Assembly on Friday and it was a lovely pencil case.

It was ‘Children In Need’ on Friday – a Fund Raising day to help raise some money for Children in need across the country.  We were allowed to wear our own clothes.  It is called ‘Mufti Day’.  Mummy baked 40 Fairy Cakes and I took them into school.  We were able to buy a cake or biscuit for 20p for snack time.  Mummy’s cakes went very quickly!
 

I had a busy week at school.  In Science I learnt about electricity.  We watched some wires being connected together to light up the light bulb.  Then we had to sketch it into our books – it was fun watching the light bulb lighting up !

We are going to put a stable together with Mary & Joseph, baby Jesus and the animals.  There is going to be a light in the back so the stable is lit up – it will look lovely.

Yesterday, we met up with some friends from my old school at Salcey Forest.  We managed go for a walk up to the Tree Top Walkway before it rained – it was very windy and the trees were blowing from side to side !  It started to rain a lot then we came back to our house for a cup of tea and homemade cake.
 

Yesterday evening we went to our neighbours next door for a Firework Party.  We had lots of fun watching the fireworks.  Some were very noisy - BANG !  The fireworks were very pretty – lots of different colours.  It was fun waving my sparkler around.
 

I had a lovely week with Mummy.  I did lots of creative things.  I picked up lots of leaves at Abington Park with Grandma & Grandad.  I drew round some of the leaves and coloured the drawings in.

I drew some Halloween pictures and painted them in and have put all my creative work in a scrapbook.  It is an ongoing Diary / Memory book so I can remember all the lovely things I have done with Mummy & Daddy.

Yesterday, Grandma & Grandad came round for some home made Birthday cake for Grandad’s Birthday which was in the week.  And they saw our new kitchen.  They think the kitchen is lovely.

I went to a small Halloween Party at my next door neighbours.  We played apple bobbing and went ‘trick or treating’ with the Daddies.  Everyone was dressed up and I was dressed up in my skeleton outfit.  We had a lot of fun !
 

It is Half-Term this week.  Yesterday, we went to London to see Nanny & Grandad.  Today, we went to ‘Hever Castle’ for the day.  It is a very pretty romantic castle – it has a drawbridge and a moat.

The Castle, gardens, lake and woodlands looked lovely with the autumn colours.  Daddy took lots of photographs – he is entering a competition at work and is going to enter one of the photographs he took today.

This week I am going to enjoy some time with Mummy.  We are going to bake a cake in our new kitchen together.
 

I received a ‘Star Pupil’ Certificate from the Head Teacher on Friday in Year 1 & 2 Assembly – I felt very proud. I get to wear a ‘star’ badge for the week on my uniform.

Yesterday, we went to Grandma & Grandad’s for Lunch. My cousins; Harriet & Charlie were there – we had a lot of fun !

I have one more week at school then it is Half-Term on Friday. We are going to London next weekend – I am looking forward to it very much.
 

I had a wonderful ‘Daddy & Tam’ day yesterday.  We went out for the day at Duxford.

We saw lots of different types of aeroplanes.  Some were in the air practising for an Air show today and others were in aircraft hangers.  The aeroplanes were doing lots of different moves in the sky. 

I really enjoyed special time with Daddy.  Mummy did not come with us.  Mummy was unpacking all the boxes and putting everything back in the kitchen.  The kitchen is now finished and it looks really lovely.  We are waiting to have a new table and chairs and blinds to go on the windows.
 

We went to London yesterday to see Mummy’s Nursing friend she trained with and her family. They have two boys so I played with them all day. We had a yummy lunch.

Today, I went swimming with Daddy for our ‘Daddy & Tam’ time. We went to see Grandma & Graandad in the afternoon.

Next Saturday, Daddy is taking me out for the day somewhere so we will be having ‘Daddy & Tam’ time all day ! Mummy is going to put all the things back in the kitchen. The kitchen will be finished this week. It is looking lovely !
 

I really enjoy Science at School. I learnt about pulling and pushing and measuring things last week.

Yesterday, we saw some relatives and saw the new baby girl – only 4 weeks old ! She is very small and her little hands and fingers are tiny !

Today, I had some Daddy & Tam time – we had a long walk around Abington Park and in the woodlands.
 

We are having a new kitchen put in – it is very exciting to see the kitchen cupboards go in last week.  This week Mummy says the flooring, tilling and painting will be done.  It will look very nice when it is all finished.

I spent the day with Grandma & Grandad yesterday.  We went to a Nursery and picked out some trays of pansies for the urns.  I picked out some yellow and blue pansies – they look very colourful and pretty.

The weather was warm and sunny.  We went to Abington Park and had an ice lolly – yummy !

Today, I went to my neighbours Birthday Party – I had a lot of fun !
 

I went back to school last week.  It was great to see my new friends and teachers again.  I am a big boy now – I am in Year 2 ! 

I am encouraged to go into school and the classroom on my own now.  It is all part of being a big boy and being independent.  I received a sticker from my Teacher on Friday.  They are very pleased that I am able to go into the classroom on my own and to be able to get on with an activity on the table.

I had a lovely weekend.  Yesterday we went and had lunch at Grandma & Grandad – it was very warm and sunny so we had our lunch outside in the garden. 

Today, we went to see one of my friends from my old school.  We had a lovely day with them.  We had lunch and had a lovely time riding on the quad bikes in the field – it was fun !

We are very excited – we are getting a new kitchen put in this week !
 

Summer Months 2009

We had a lovely week in Aberdovey, Wales. We were ever so lucky with the weather. It was sunny and warm – it only rained two times. We went to the beach three times. I really enjoyed the long walk on the beach for over 2 hours – I collected lots of pebbles and shells. We saw lots of little crabs and small fish in the sand pools.

I had a ride on a donkey – it was good fun ! We did some crabbing on the pier although the crabs did not like our bait !! Each time we pulled the line up they would fall off ! We did manage to pull up two crabs and we put them in the bucket with water. Afterwards, we let them out in the sea again.

We went on the Talyllyn narrow-gauge steam railway into the hills to the Dolgoch waterfalls. We had a long walk around the waterfalls.

We went to King Arthur’s Labyrinth – we had a boat ride in the cave. It was very cold, dark and spooky ! It was a very big cave – it was fun being in a cave.

We had a drive along the coast to Harlech Castle – a ruined Castle on top of a hill. At the top of the Castle you could see things far away. We pretended to be Knights of the Castle !!

We also walked around the woodlands and gardens in Portmerion Village.

We had an ice-cream from the Sweet shop every day. The ice-cream is home-made and there are lots of different flavours to choose from. Each day we had a different flavour. Daddy’s favourite was the coconut ice-cream. Mummy’s favourite was the dark cherry ice-cream. And my favourites were dark cherry, honey and toffee ice-cream ! They were all yummy !

We also went to Legoland. I enjoyed driving in a Lego car and other slow rides and Mini Land. There are lots of different places like London all made out of Lego !

We went to Woburn Safari Park. I enjoyed the monkeys coming onto the car as we drove round the Safari and seeing other animals; Zebras, Elephants, Giraffes, Lions and Tigers.

I had a lovely time in London – we went to the Science Museum. I like learning things about Science. Mummy & Daddy took me to ‘China Town’ in London. We went to a Vietnamese Restaurant. Mummy & Daddy had Vietnamese Spring rolls and a Noodle dish. I enjoyed my Sweet and Sour Chicken dish.

I had lots of play dates with friends from my new school, old school and next door neighbours. I have enjoyed bouncing around on my new trampoline – I have some coloured balls on the trampoline.

I went to the Library with Mummy for Craft two sessions.  We made a wizard hat and a sparkly wand.  The next session we did a monster collage and we cut out lots of different materials to put on the monster.  Mummy help me to draw a monster and we put some shiny material on the monster - both monsters look good and they are on the wall in the Lounge.  I enjoyed doing some crafts with Mummy.

I go back to School tomorrow – I will be in Year 2. I start my swimming lessons again on Thursday. Also, on Thursday I will be going to Beavers. I am looking forward to going to Beavers.

I have been enjoying some time with Mummy during the first week of the Summer holidays.  I have had some play dates with our neighbours and friends from my class.

Yesterday, I went on my bike in Abington Park with Daddy – I rode my bike without stabilisers and it feels great !

Today, we went out for a special Birthday Lunch for Grandma to celebrate her special Birthday with the family.  We had a lovely meal.
 

Mummy & Daddy came to Sports Day last week.  I really enjoyed taking part in the races.  I really liked the hula hoop and the spud & spoon race.  We made our own medals in class – I was in the ‘Lightning Jets’ team !  We received stickers at the end of the races.

I had a day with Grandma & Grandad yesterday.  I had a wonderful time with them.  We did lots of things.  We went to Sywell Aerodrome and Beckworth Emporium.  Grandad bought a plant, a pie and a very yummy chocolate cake !  I had difficulty in choosing between the carrot cake & chocolate cake !  We also went to Abington Park.  I went on the bouncy castle and had a blue ice lolly !!

Today, Mummy & Daddy took me out for Lunch at TGI’s for being such a good boy and setting in well in my new school – they are very proud of me.  The pudding was ‘dirt and worm pie’ !  And Mummy & Daddy had a cocktail to share !
 

We saw Grandma & Grandad last week – we got to hear all about their trip to Canada & Alaska.  They went on a very long train through the Rockies and saw black bears.  They kindly brought back a cuddly black bear for me and it has a salmon fish in his mouth !

Today, we all went swimming as a family and this afternoon we have done some gardening.  Daddy mowed the lawn.  Mummy and I dug some weeds out – they come back very quickly !

Tomorrow is our Sports Day – Mummy & Daddy are going to come and watch me – I am very excited ! 

I have one of my friends from my old school coming with Mummy and her family friend to come and pick me up from school on Wednesday – I am looking forward to seeing her.
 

It was very hot last week ... phew it is cooler now !

I had a lovely time in School on Friday the ‘Blunderbus’ Theatre Company visited and we saw the stage production of ‘Giraffe’s Can’t Dance’.  I like this story very much and the production was great – they sprayed water at us !

Yesterday, we went to Silverstone for the Renault ‘World Series’.  I saw a race with cars very similar to the Formula 1 racing cars – the cars zoomed by and it was very noisy !  Mummy and I had to cover our ears !

Today, I went to London to see one of my London friends from Toddler Club days when we lived in London for a ‘Star Wars’ Birthday Party – it was lovely to see a couple of my London friends.
 

I had a lovely week at school – we are practising for our Sports Afternoon.  Mummy & Daddy are going to come and watch !

We went to Kew Gardens yesterday to see some of Mummy’s Cousins and their boys.  We had a great time playing and running around and went up on the ‘Xstrata Treetop Walkway’.  It was a long way down !  We saw lots of exotic plants and flowers.

Today, I saw my Cousins and we went to Abington Park – we played football and had lunch in the Café.  We walked around the lake and in the woodland area and had an ice-cream.
 

It is Daddy’s Birthday today ! 

We had a very exciting time today – Daddy took me swimming at Dane’s Camp today for our ‘Daddy & Tam’ time.

We went out for Lunch and drove to Sywell Aerodrome.  We saw a Microlight take off and visited the Sywell Aviation Museum.  We then went to Beckworth Emporium nearby  for a cup of tea and cake. 

I am really enjoying my new school and my teacher is lovely – she smiles all the time and is every so nice and caring.  I have made lots of new friends in my class – they are all very friendly.
 

I had a little companion with me when I came out of the classroom last Friday; ‘Bertie the Bear’.  I had to look after him for the weekend.  We did lots of exciting things over the weekend.

Nanny & Grandad came up from London – we did some gardening and went for Lunch at Harvester.  We also went to Delapre Park for the Northampton Carnival had yummy chocolate cake in the gardens – the flowers were ever so pretty.

I had a lovely weekend with ‘Bertie the Bear’.  I think he had a lovely time too !
 

Sunday 7 June

I started my new school last week – I really liked it !  I really enjoy walking to school – it is so lovely to walk with Mummy to school. 

The teacher is ever so nice and she smiles a lot !  I have made lots of new friends and I already know 3 friends in the class; 1 from my swimming class at Esporta and 2 from Toddler club days.

I think I am going to really enjoy this school.
 

We went to London to see Nanny & Grandad and my Cousins; Aimee & Adam.  I had a play date with one of my friends in class – we went to a café to have some lunch.  After lunch we went to Brixworth Country Park.  We had a great time playing in the sand pit and on the climbing frames.  We had a yummy mint choc ice-cream !

Tomorrow, I start my new school – I am very excited and looking forward to making new friends at my new school.
 

Sunday 24 May

I was poorly last week with a viral infection so I only went to school for 2 days.  I was well enough to go in on Friday to say Goodbye to my friends and teachers.  The class very kindly gave me a ‘build the bear’.  The bear has a T-shirt and the friends and teachers had signed the T-shirt.  They also gave me a card.  I gave all my friends a hug.
 

I did a big painting last week of a Sunflower like the famous Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh.

Yesterday, I was in Grandma & Grandad’s garden we took out the Sunflower shoots from the pots and planted them in the ground.  I did the same today in our garden – we are going to watch them grow and see which Sunflowers grow the tallest !

I am happy and sad at the same time – it will be my last day at my school on Friday.  I will be saying “Goodbye” to my friends and teachers.  I am also very excited to be starting my new school after Half-Term. 
 

My class visited ‘Abington Park Museum’ last week.  We looked at all the toys from different eras.  It was very interesting to see different toys. 

We planted some runner beans and we are watching closely to see how they grow.
 

It is a very exciting time for me at the moment – I went with Mummy & Daddy to see my new school on Friday.   We had a chat with the Head Teacher and I am able to start on Monday 1 June.  I am very excited !  I really like the school – it is local and I will be to walk to school and back home with Mummy.  I already know five friends in my new class.
 

I had a lovely holiday seeing my Cousins; Amy & Jack, Uncle Ian & Auntie Tanya and their two cats; Winston & Lily. 

Uncle Ian has done a lot of renovation work in the ranch (bungalow) and they now have a swimming pool.  It was great to play by the pool and swim. 

We did lots of things; go to the beach a few times and I made big sandcastles with Daddy, Amy & Jack.  And we saw the dolphin fins sticking of the water !  The water was very warm.

I had a wonderful surprise – Mummy & Daddy took me to ‘SeaWorld’ & ‘Magic Kingdom’ in Walt Disneyworld.  The best bit in ‘SeaWorld’ was seeing Shamu the killer whale in the ‘Believe’ show – Shamu leapt high out of the water and splashed onto the water and the water went everywhere – the people sitting at the front were soaked !

In ‘Magic Kingdom’ we went on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, Splash Mountain, The Haunted Mansion (quite scary but fun !), It’s a Small World, Peter Pan Flight & Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger spin.

I also went to ‘Dinosaur World’.  There were lots of life size dinosaurs outdoors – it was fun walking round seeing so many dinosaurs !

I really enjoyed the holiday with Mummy & Daddy – it is lovely to see my Cousins and Aunt & Uncle.
 

Mummy & Daddy came to see me in the ‘Sharing of Work Assembly’ on Thursday.  I sang songs and read something about Beatrix Potter & England.  It is lovely to have Mummy & Daddy watching me.

It was a fun day on Thursday as it was my 6^th Birthday !   I was able to wear the ‘Birthday hat’ for the day in the classroom.  My teachers & friends sang the Happy Birthday to me and gave me a card and present.

I had a lovely day – I went to my swimming lesson after the ‘Assembly’ and we had a tea party for my Birthday and opened some presents from family & friends.
 

I had a very busy week at school last week.  We went to the Australian outback and sang Waltzing Matilda !  We saw kangaroos, koala and emus in the bush and had some fairy bred for snacks.  We watched the Aborigines playing their didgeridoos and throwing their boomerangs !

I swam 5m & 10m in my swimming lesson and received a badge and certificate !!  I feel ever so proud !

Yesterday, I had a lovely day with Grandma & Grandad.  We painted a statue, did some gardening and I played on my bike.  We went to Abington Park and I explored in the woodland area and we queued for ages for an ice-cream 99 – yummy !

It is my Birthday on Thursday – I will be 6 years old.  Mummy & Daddy are coming along to the Parents Assembly to watch me sing some songs on my Birthday.
 

Last week we travelled over the Himalayas into China and had an amazing view of the Great Wall.  We floated down the Yangtze River and watched Panda bears chewing on bamboo shoots.  We found out all about different Chinese inventions such as paper, fireworks and yoyo’s.

I had a go at Chinese art – I drew a mountain, river and a man in paint.  We also listened to Chinese songs sung in Cantonese and Mandarin.

I went to my neighbour’s Birthday Party yesterday – it was fun !
 

We travelled to India this week in our ‘Topic’ of the week.  We made chapatti’s and listened to Indian music.

I was quite poorly last week so I missed two days of school.  It is the first time I have missed a day at school since the beginning of the school year.  Mummy looked after me.  I feel much better now and am ready to go back to school tomorrow.

It is not long to my Birthday and our holiday to Florida to see Uncle Ian, Auntie Tanya and Cousins; Amy & Jack.
 

We explored the British Isles last week and took step back in time to learn all about Beatrix Potter and her love of the British Wildlife.  I had a go at sketching animals and we got close to nature and had a picnic outside with sandwiches that I made in the Creative room.

Next week we are going to India to continue with our travels around the Globe !

I go swimming with Daddy Sunday mornings – it is our ‘Daddy & Tam’ time and I am starting to swim without the aid of floats and jumping in without holding onto Daddy’s hand – it feels great !  My swimming teacher is very pleased with me.

I have decided that I am going to give up bad dreams for 40 days in Lent.

I will turn 6 this month on the 26^th – I am very excited !
 

I had a wonderful Half-Term with Mummy & Daddy.  I had a day with Grandma & Grandad.  We went on a bus to go and see an exhibition of pictures and shoes at ‘The Guildhall’ in Northampton.  In the afternoon we did some exploring in Abington Park and had an ice-cream !

I went to the ‘Sea Life’ in Birmingham with Mummy & Daddy.  It was lovely to see all the different creatures that live in the seas.  We saw seahorses, sharks, rays, octopus, lots of different type of fish and our favourite bit of the visit was seeing the two giant sea turtles swimming around in the ocean walk through tunnel.  They swam up close to us !

I had a play date with a friend from school and we went to London for the day to see some London friends for lunch.

Mummy took me to see ‘Peter Rabbit and Friends’ at the Bedford Corn Exchange.  I saw Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, Jemima Puddle-duck, Tom Kitten, Mrs Tiggy-Winkle and Mr McGregor all on stage !

I had a very busy but fun filled Half-Term !
 

I have been learning all about Shackleton’s Antarctic adventures.  It was very interesting to learn all about his brave expeditions.  I have also been learning about life in the Amazon Rainforest. 

There are lots of different types of flowers, plants and animals in the rainforest like hanging sloths, toucan birds, monkeys and red eyed tree frogs.

I made some Valentine treats for Mummy & Daddy.

It is Half-Term this week.  Daddy is at home for two days – we are going to do lots of nice things.
 

I had 2 wishes over Christmas … to have some Lego and for it to snow – my wishes came true !!  I had some Lego at Christmas and when I came home from school on Monday it was snowing – lots of big snow flakes !

The school was closed on Thurs & Fri – I was so happy to be able to stay at home and to make a snowman.  There were lots of snowmen in our street – all different shapes and sizes.

Yesterday, we went to Grandma & Grandad and we went to Abington Park.  We had so much fun throwing snowballs at each other.  We found a surf board and I sat on it and Daddy pulled it and I was sledging down the slope – it was good fun !
 

I went back to school last week.  The topic this Term is ‘Around the World’.  We began the journey in the frozen Arctic and have been exploring freezing temperatures, wild animals and the life of the Inuit.

This week we are going to speak to some Inuit students via Webcam.

Today, I met up with Grandma & Grandad, Uncle Steve & Auntie Tanya and my cousins for a walk around Salcey Forest – it was fun we went and explored some woody areas with our sticks around the forest.  It was very cold but we were wrapped up nice and warm.

We went to the Café after the walk and everyone had hot chocolate with marshmallows !
 

Last week I was very busy writing my ‘Thank you’ notes to family and friends for my Christmas presents.

I saw one of my friends from class in school on a play date.  I go back to school on Tuesday.  This Term I will learn how to play Hockey.  I have some special gloves to wear – it will help me to grip the hockey stick.

I had some ‘Daddy & Tam’ time today.  Daddy took me swimming – we had great fun in the pool together.
 

I was very excited Christmas morning – Father Christmas had visited !  He ate the mince pie and drank the port !  Rudolph the reindeer ate his carrot too !  Sticking out of my stocking was a cuddly toy called ‘Stitch’.  I had lots of little presents; Lego pieces, cars, glow in the dark balls, chocolate coins and a satsuma.

We spent the day at Grandma & Grandad’s – we had a lovely time.   Yesterday, we had a big Family Party at Grandma & Grandad’s – we all had a wonderful time.
 

Mummy came along to the ‘Christmas Activity’ morning on Friday.  We had a lot of fun !  Mummy helped my class friends make Christmas crackers.  I also made a reindeer mask, a snow man tree decoration, Christmas crispy crackles and a Christmas card. 

Today, I went to Grandma & Grandad for the morning.  I helped them decorate the Christmas tree – I had a lovely time putting the baubles on the tree.  It looks wonderful with the twinkly lights on. 

I am now on holiday and I am looking forward to spending some time with Mummy at home.  I have some play dates with my class friends next week and we are going to London on Friday to see some London friends.
 

We had a paramedic visit us from the South Central Ambulance Service.  We learnt all about the response bag and monitor and were able to explore the ambulance inside and out – it was very exciting !

Yesterday, I went to my 2^nd Cousin’s ‘Jo Jingles’ Birthday Party.  I had so much fun !  We sang songs and danced and created our own type of music.  There was a giant ball and lots of bubbles !  I had a wonderful time – it was one of the best Birthday Parties I have been to.
 

Last week we had to imagine ourselves as bears in helicopters have soared high above the classroom.  When we had come back down to earth we created ‘bird’s eye’ views of our classroom. 

We had a Reverend to come in and explained all about the workings of fireworks and who also talked about his role as a priest.

We had the ‘Image Musical Theatre’ come to the school.  We watched their version of the Jungle Book.  Some children were asked to help by becoming actors for the morning and we all enjoyed joining in with the singing – it was fun !
 

I have enjoyed being back at school.  We had a busy week last week celebrating (a week later) the Indian Hindu Festival of Light; Diwali.  A very kind girl in the class brought in some sparkly Diwali bracelets for us to wear and keep.

We had a walk around Great Houghton Village exploring the local community.  Part of my Homework last week was to draw and illustrate my journey from home to school.

On my way to school I looked out of the car window and took notice of all the things we passed; 6 roundabouts, bridge over the dual carriage way, horses & sheep in fields, traffic lights, children walking over the zebra crossing to get to school, sign posts, red telephone & post box and St. Mary’s Church in Great Houghton Village.
 

I wore my Halloween outfit Friday evening for ‘trick or treat’.  Lots of people came to the door – it was fun seeing all the boys and girls dressed up in their outfits !

Yesterday, I went to see some relatives and we went to see ‘Bob the Builder’ at the Cinema.  It was my first time going to the Cinema.  I really enjoyed the film but it was quite noisy at times so I had to cover my ears. 

Tomorrow, I go back to school – I am looking forward to seeing my friends again. 
 

We were in London this weekend.  I saw a London friend – it was lovely to see him again.

Yesterday, I had a great day out.  We went to the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden.  I saw some very old style buses and trains and some modern ones too.

Today, we saw more friends in Stoke Newington for lunch.  Tomorrow, is Grandad’s Birthday.  I am going to have some ‘Daddy & Tam’ time – we are going swimming.  Mummy is going to bake a cake and we are going to see Grandma & Grandad and sing the ‘Happy Birthday’ song !
 

I had some lovely ‘Daddy & Tam’ time yesterday.  We went to Willen Lake in Milton Keynes.  I rode on my bicycle around the lake and I had fun in the playground area.

I had a sleep-over at Grandma & Granddad last night.  Mummy & Daddy had a meal with Grandma & Granddad and Uncle Steve & Auntie Tanya.  They had a Take-away Thai meal. 

It was fun staying at Grandma & Granddad’s.  We went to Abington Park this morning.  We fed the ducks and collected 25 conkers ! 
 

I had a busy week at school last week.  I explored about light and dark and investigating different types of light sources around the school.  I baked some bread in Cookery and learned about Harvest Festival.

In Art I looked at the work of Modigliani and attempted to do my own portrait using his style of water colours.  In Maths I am learning about addition and number bonds to 20.  And in English I have looked at the structure of a sentence using my knowledge of high frequency words to create my own sentence adding adjectives to make them more interesting.
 

Sun 14 Sept

I am enjoying being back at school.  I am learning lots of new things.

Yesterday, we went to Stoke Bruene and walked along the Canal – it was a lovely sunny day.  I saw lots of canal boats – we watched them as they went through the locks.

My class is going to Rookery Farm in Stoke Bruene this week – I am looking forward to it very much.
 

Last week I felt quite poorly – my body is covered with spots and there are some in my mouth and ears.  It does not feel very nice having lots of spots.  Mummy has been looking after me and we have had some lovely Mummy & Tam time.
 

Half-Term

I was allowed to take Twitchy the cuddly rabbit home from school.  We took Twitchy to London.  We saw Big Ben, the London Eye, walked round St. James’ Park and we went to see where the Queen lives – Buckingham Palace !

I had lots of fun during Half-Term with Nanny & Grandad, had a day with Grandma – Grandad was playing in a Golf Competition.  And I saw a friend who lives locally.
 

The Topic last week was ‘Great Britain’.  We talked about what it would be like to be a King or Queen for the day, the Queen living at Buckingham Palace and Big Ben.

It was St. George’s Day on Wednesday – we made Union Jack & England flags and bunting for our St. George’s Day Party on Friday.  It was great fun – the boys were allowed to come to school dressed up as a Knight or a Prince and the girls were allowed to go as a Princess for the day.
 

Sun 20 April

The Topic last week was ‘Spring in Great Britain’.  We talked about the season ‘Spring’ and what happens. 

I did lots of drawing and colouring in pictures of butterflies.  And painted some daffodils on paper and on the computer.

I planted some sunflower seeds – I am looking forward to watching them grow over the next few weeks !

This weekend I have been enjoying some ‘Daddy & Tam’ time.  We have done some crafts; drawn, coloured and cut out some fishes to hang on the wall and in cardboard box fish tank complete with seaweed – it looks fantastic !

Some of the fish have sparkly bits on and they twinkle in the light !
 

Sun 13 April

I went back to school last week – it was lovely to see my teachers and friends again. 

I received a ‘Special Award’ for doing lots of work over the Easter holidays.  I wrote 26 Thank you cards to family & friends thanking them for my Birthday presents.  I also wrote in my Sentence book – writing & drawing lots of things I had done during the Easter holidays.

Today, we went to Church for a ‘Dedication’ Ceremony for two twin boys – they are really cute !  We sang songs and prayed with our hands together.

Afterwards there was a Celebration Reception at the Northampton Golf Club.  I watched some golfers play the game golf whilst we ate some food.  There was also a Clown to entertain the children.  It was the same clown that came to my Birthday Party ! 

I had a go at plate spinning & juggling.  We had a lovely day.
 

Sun 6 Apr

We went to London last week and I saw some of my London friends.  It was lovely to see them again.

On my Birthday, Mummy & Daddy took me to ‘Hamleys’ Toy shop.  I bought some Lego with some of my Birthday money.  We had lunch at the ‘Rainforest Café’ – it was fun sitting in the jungle whilst eating my lunch ! 

In the afternoon we went to the London Aquarium.  I enjoyed seeing some sharks and my favourite fish was the clown fish – it looks like the fish in the film ‘Finding Nemo’.

I went to see my Cousin and we had an Easter egg hunt in the grounds.  The Easter bunny had left us some clues to find some Easter eggs – it was great fun looking for the eggs !

I had a lovely Birthday week.  I now 5 years old and I feel like a big boy !
 

We had a very exciting week at school.  We went on a bus trip to ‘Holdenby Countryside Centre’.  We went for a walk and were ‘exploring the environment’.  It was good fun looking for things like bugs and mushrooms. 

We had an indoor picnic and in the afternoon I made a little dinosaur out of clay – we had a lovely day.

Mummy came in on Thursday morning for the ‘Easter Activity Morning’.  I made lots of Easter crafts; an Easter bonnet, Easter chick and an Easter card – it was wonderful to have Mummy in school.

Yesterday, was my Birthday Party.  I invited all my friends in my class.   There was a bouncy castle and a clown.  The clown did a magic show – I had to stand with her and I had a wand in my hand and it kept going wobbly !  We played games like pass-the-parcel – it was great to share my Birthday with my friends.

Today, it is Easter Sunday – it has been snowing !  There is not enough snow to make a snowman though.
 

I went on a Bear Hunt with my class friends – we started off in the corridor and we walked around and eventually came to a cave and inside there was a very scary bear – it was one of the teachers !  It was good fun

We decorated some cup cakes to share at our ‘Parents Sharing of Work Tea’.  It was lovely having Mummy & Daddy come into school on Thursday.

Mummy & Daddy saw lots of pictures and creative things I have done.  I showed them all my books; photo journal, writing, work books and numeracy.  I feel proud when Mummy & Daddy come into school.
 

It was ‘World Book Day’ on Thursday. All the teachers & pupils were allowed to go to school dressed up as a character from fiction.  I was ‘Buzz Lightyear’ from the story ‘Toy story’. It was fun being Buzz Lightyear for the day!

Each week we look at some ‘blend’ sounds.  Last week we looked at words which begin with the sound ‘dr’.  For ‘Show & Tell’ I took in a Chinese dragon and a Chinese drum !  I stood in front of the class and showed the class the dragon & drum.  The dragon stretches out and the drum makes a lovely sound !
 

I had great fun in my P.E. lesson last week.  We were put into teams and we did an assault course !  We had to crawl through a tunnel, walk along a bench and balance a bean bag on our heads as we walked – I kept looking down so the bean bag fell to the floor !  We cheered our friends on as we all took turns to do the course.

It is Mother’s Day today – I gave Mummy a lovely present made from salt dough.  The teachers helped me to mould it into the letters ‘Mum’.  They also helped me to paint it red and the teachers put the letters on some black card.  It looks really good !

Today, we went out for lunch – I had ice-cream for pudding !!
 

The Topics this Term is ‘Shapes’.  Last week we went on a ‘shape’ walk around the school grounds.  We had to find things that were either square or rectangle shape.  It was fun !

We have Speech & Drama every Monday & Friday – we take in our favourite toy/book or DVD.  I took in the film DVD of ‘Bambi’.  I stood in front of the class holding up the DVD and talked about the story of Bambi.  At the end I asked if there were any questions.  Everyone clapped afterwards !

I have moved up another level in my Reading to the ‘pink’ level.  Mummy & Daddy are very proud of me (and very surprised !).  I enjoy reading very much.

I had some ‘Daddy & Tam’ yesterday.  We went for a walk around the ponds in Abington Park.  Afterwards, we went to the Bakery and I chose a cake.  It was a treat for doing so well at school last week.
 

I had a lovely time in London during Half-Term.  I did lots of things.  Last week I enjoyed some ‘Mummy & Tam’ time.  We did some baking and saw some friends from school. 

Yesterday, I spent the day with Grandma & Granddad – we went to Abington Park and did lots of walking around the lakes.  We watched the film ‘Bambi’.  It is a lovely film.

I had some ‘Daddy & Tam’ this morning.  We went to the ‘rubbish tip’ to take some rubbish and garden cuttings.

I have been writing and drawing lots of things in my Sentence book about all the things I did during Half-term.

I am looking forward to seeing my friends back at school tomorrow.
 

Today is Mummy’s Birthday !  I gave Mummy a lovely card and present.  I helped Mummy to open her present and blow out the candles on her Birthday cake !

Last night I did a sleep-over at Grandma & Grandad’s – it was good fun !

Last week I have been writing lots of sentences about some of the things I did last weekend and at school in my sentence book.  I am able to spell and write lots of words now – I can spell over 35 high frequency words (I think Mummy & Daddy are very surprised !!!)

It is great to see Mummy on Monday & Friday mornings in my Reception class.  Mummy helps out with the Group reading. 
 

Sun 13 Jan

It was great to go back to school last week and to see all my friends & lovely teachers. 

In our ‘Dance’ lesson we pretended to be robots so we moved like robots – it was great fun !  We moved in time to the music and when the music speeded up we moved faster.  And when the music slowed down all the robots slowed down too.  At the end all the robots just stood still with their bodies bent over and heads bowed down – the batteries had run out !

It was lovely to have Mummy come into school to help the Reception class with ‘Group Reading’.  I am very proud to have Mummy with us.  Mummy will be coming in to help us read on Monday & Friday.
 

Sun 16  Dec

Last week was very busy – the best bit was Mummy & Daddy coming to see me in the Christmas play at school.  I felt so proud and kept waving to them !  I enjoyed being a shepherd singing all the songs and saying; “isn’t he lovely” as the shepherds visited Joseph & Mary and the baby Jesus in the stable.

After the Christmas play some of the boys had a little go at playing rugby with a P.E. teacher.  We had to pick the ball up, run around cones and pass the ball to a partner. 

We all enjoyed a big Christmas Party – we played a game of musical statues.  We dance and when the music stops we have to stand still – I was out quite quickly as I moved !  We had lots of party food and crispy crackles; yum yum !

We went for a walk to St. Mary’s church next to the school.  We watched them as they prepared for Christmas and we listened to the story about baby Jesus. 

We had a magician called ‘Mr Magic’ – he made things disappear !

Mummy came into school on the last morning of Term – Christmas Activity morning.  We made lots of things; Christmas crackers, decorated pine cones, glitzy hanging lanterns etc.

Phew …. what a busy week !
 

Sun 9 Dec

Last week the Reception class walked through Great Houghton village to the post box to post our letters to Santa.

On Friday we all went to the Front Hall and sat with the Headmaster; Mr Barnes.  There was a letter by the fireplace from Santa to all the children in Reception class.  Mr Barnes read out the letter to us – Santa was saying ‘Thank you’ for all the letters !  This is a very busy time of the year for Santa.

All the pupils and teachers dressed up as ‘doctors, nurses and patients’ for a late ‘Children in Need’ Charity themed mufti day.  I dressed up as a Doctor – it was good fun !

The class is getting so excited about Christmas – the anticipation is unbearable !
 

Sun 2 Dec

The Topic last week was ‘The Snowman’.  We talked about the story of The Snowman.  We had fun playing in cotton wool, shaving foam, salt, cornflour and ice with glitter in.

We wrote a letter to Father Christmas.  I wrote ‘hot wheels’ and a Lego racing car.  The teachers had to tell Mummy what hot wheels were – a type of racing car !!

On Friday we had a Snowman Party – we wore hats and scarves and danced like the Snowman in the story.  We ate marshmallows – yum yum !

I opened the first window on the Advent calendar yesterday – it was a picture of a donkey.  I have one window to open each day until Christmas Eve – the day before Christmas Day !
 

Sun 25 Nov

We had a lovely trip to the Farm last week.  We took a bus ride to the Farm and saw Jumper the sheep and sang ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’ to her.  We also saw chickens, ducks, doves, budgies, 2 dogs and horses – it was great fun visiting the Farm with my friends and teachers.

It is very exciting – Christmas Day is in one calendar month !  My Auntie & Uncle have kindly given me an Advent calendar (without chocs !) with a Christmas Tree on.  Next Saturday I open the first window and a new window every day until Christmas Eve !
 

The Topic last week was ‘Fireworks’ so I was very busy at school making lots of sparkly glittery pictures.  In ICT I did a picture on the computer with lots of brightly coloured fireworks.  And In P.E. we were pretending to be all different kinds of fireworks and some made lots of loud noises !

We were told a story about a man called Guy Fawkes – he tried to blow up a castle !  He was a very naughty man.

Mummy & Daddy are ever so proud of me – I received a ‘Special Award’ certificate on Friday from my Reception teachers.  The Award is for doing so well with my reading and key words – I can read all 45 High frequency key words  (I think Mummy & Daddy are quite surprised at how quickly I am starting to read and learn all 45 key words)

This week I can choose 3 keywords and learn to spell the words – I have chosen: mum and dad.  I like putting letters together to make words on the fridge with the alphabet magnets and picking out the letters and putting them on a magnet board.
 

We did a lovely Autumn walk this week – it was lovely and sunny.  We walked around the school grounds looking for things to do with the season; Autumn.  I picked up lots of autumn leaves and some twigs.  It was good fun !
 

The Topic last week was ‘The Three Little Pigs’.  We have been thinking about what we would like our houses to be made of.  We made collages of houses made of straw, sticks and bricks and have built them with wooden blocks, straw and lollipop sticks.

I enjoyed playing ‘dressing up’.  I dressed as Peter Pan – it was fun ! 
 

I had another great week in Reception. 

Mummy & Daddy and the teachers are very proud of me – I now know 16 key words !  And I am starting to read !  It is great to be able to recognise some words and say them out loud ! 

I can also count to 10 in French and say “Hello” my name is Tam.  It is fun learning lots of things. 
 

I have a full time-table and there are different Topics each week.  I will be doing Literacy, Sound work & handwriting, Numeracy, Creative activities, Speech, PE, Music, Sticky kids, ICT, Dance, French, Show and tell, Circle time, PSHE and Adventure playground last thing on a Friday afternoon – yippee !!

In Reception we go into the big playground at break time and we sit with some of the older boys & girls in the dining room.  Lots of new things to learn and do – I am very excited to be in Reception.

Yesterday Mummy & Daddy had a very special surprise for me.  We went to a ‘British Airways Engineering’ Open day at Heathrow.  We stood very close to a 'Boeing 747-400' Jumbo jet – the Rolls Royce engines are very very big and noisy !!  It was lovely to be able climb up the steps into the plane.

We walked all the way round the plane; kitchen areas, Economy class, World Traveller plus, Business and First class and sat in all the seats trying out the gadgets and headphones !!

The highlight of the plane tour was having the opportunity to sit in the cockpit – it was great pretending to be a co-pilot and pilot sitting in the seat and looking at all the different switches, buttons etc.  There were rather a lot of them !!

In the aircraft hanger we were able to wonder around and to see how aircraft seats are designed and tested, how a modern jet engine works and some people experienced a computer-generated walk through Terminal 5 and flight simulator of the new 'Boeing 787 Dreamliner'.

On the ground there were other British Airways aircrafts including a Concorde !

Summer months

I went on two train rides; one underground train and one over ground train to go to see on one of my friends in Thames Ditton – I love travelling on different types of transport.

I particularly enjoyed going to Hever Castle.  The castle is small with a drawbridge and has a small moat around it.  There are lots of grounds, gardens and a yew maze to run around in.  I did some rock climbing in the woodlands area !!  Daddy and I went around the water maze – it was good fun but we got a little bit wet !!

Thur 7 June

The Topic this Term is ‘The Environment’ and this week it is all about Sunflowers and the letter H.

We have been busy painting a huge sunflower – we all had to paint different parts of the sunflower and I somehow managed to get some paint on my face and ear !  We planted some sunflower seeds too.  I told my Nursery teacher that I had already planted some sunflower seeds in my little garden patch !

Today Mummy & Daddy came to the Nursery to talk to the teachers and to have a look at some of the work I have created during the past couple of Terms.  It was lovely to have Mummy & Daddy at Nursery – I felt very proud showing them photos and pictures of all the different things that I have done.
 

Thur 31 May

I took in Mummy’s stethoscope in so my Friends can listen to their heart beating ! I also took in a book ‘My First Experiences’ and the teacher read the story about ‘Going to the Doctors’.

I really enjoyed making a stethoscope with a piece of string with lots of pasta shapes on – it was fun !

We are off to Coventry this weekend for a ‘Vietnamese Reunion’. There will be about 20 families with adopted children from Vietnam & China (mostly from Vietnam). There will be lots of fun things to do / make !
 

I am back at Nursery today – it was good to see my Friends and Teachers.

We did some painting today – mixing lots of colours together and painted daffodils.  The weather was warm and sunny – we had stories outside sitting on the blanket.

Next week I will be going Tuesdays & Thursday all day and Wed mornings.  Mummy says this is in preparation for Reception.  I go into Reception in September after the Summer holidays.
 

I loved flying in the big aeroplane – it was a big adventure !

I had a wonderful time with my Cousins; Amy & Jack and their Siamese Cat called Winston.  They live in a lovely ranch (bungalow) in Wimauma with a big yard (garden !).  Uncle Ian is working really hard – he is renovating the entire ranch.  He has renovated and decorated Amy & Jack’s room and they look really smart and the hallway looks lovely too.  It will take 2-3 years to renovate.

We went to the beach and saw dolphins leaping over the waves and made lots of sandcastles.  The water was really warm just like having a bath !

Auntie Tanya & Uncle Ian arranged an Easter egg hunt.  I had to find lots of different coloured eggs shells in the yard and inside the shells were candy (sweets & choccies !) and cars – it was great fun hunting the eggs !

Mummy & Daddy had a surprise for me after seeing Amy & Jack.  I thought I was going to the airport to fly home.  Instead we went to ‘Walt Disney World’ !  It was very exciting going to ‘Magic Kingdom’ having my photo with Buzz Light year Space ranger, Woody and Tigger and going on rides; Small world, Buzz Light year, Winnie the Pooh and Peter Pan. 

We also went to ‘Animal Kingdom’ and went on a Safari and we saw a baby Giraffe and lots of other animals including lions and hippos !  I had my photo taken with Mummy & Daddy, Baloo the bear and King Louis.

At ‘MGM Studios’ I saw my favourite characters; Lightning McQueen and Mater from the film ‘CARS’.  The cars were real life cars and I had my photo taken with them – I couldn’t believe my luck, I was giddy with excitement !

At ‘Epcot’, we went on a ride seeing ‘Nemo & his Friends’ and walked around the ‘World Showcase’ visiting Mexico, Morocco, England and Japan etc.  I enjoyed watching the Japanese drummers.
 

I am now 4 yrs old !  I had a lovely Birthday with Mummy & Daddy and Grandma & Grandad.

We are off to London today to stay overnight in a hotel near Gatwick airport.  Tomorrow we fly off to Florida in America to see my Cousins for the first time !  I am bursting with excitement !
 

Thur 15 Mar

In PE this week we had to be an animal.  I chose to be a T Rex Dinosaur – it was great fun ! 

A teacher helped me to make a very special card for Mummy – I am ever so proud of it.  It is Mothers Day on Sunday.
 

Thur 9 Mar

I have been poorly this week so I have not been able to go to Nursery.  Mummy has been looking after me.  We are off to London this weekend and going to one of my London Friends’ Birthday Party – I am looking forward to seeing my London Friends.  We are staying at Nanny & Grandad’s.
 

It snowed so much today I could not go into Nursery !  Daddy worked from home today.  I played outside in the snow with Mummy and we made a snowman – it was great fun !  There is no Nursery next week – it is Half-Term. 
 

This week we made some bread rolls with one of my Teachers – it was good fun putting all the ingredients together, mixing and kneading the dough.  They smelt so lovely when they came out of the oven.  I had them with my tea with lashings of butter on – yummy !  Mummy & Daddy said they were delicious !

Mummy & Daddy attended ‘Consultation evening’ at my Nursery – they said it went very well.  They saw my Photo Journal – pics taken during my time in the ‘Rising 3’s & Rising 4’s’ and my Foundation Stage folder.  I love going to Nursery – I am so happy there.
 

We were allowed to take in food items related to fairy tales and story books.  I helped Mummy make some Gingerbread men and I took some in today to go with ‘The Ginger bread Man’ story.  I made a Ginger bread House biscuit and decorated it with icing with a lovely kind Teacher – it was a lot of fun !

It has been very cold this week – so cold, it snowed !   It was really magical waking up to find the garden covered with a blanket of snow. 
 

I had fun baking this week.  We made cookies and I brought it home and ate it with Mummy – it was delicious !

I made a lovely card for Daddy – it is Fathers Day on Sunday.  I can’t wait to show him the card - I feel ever so proud !

We had to take a Teddy Bear in this week – we are learning to perform our poems in Speech and Drama class for the end of term.  One of the poems is called Teddy Bear.
 

It was great to be back at Nursery this week.  It was nice to see my Friends and Teachers again.  It has been really warm and sunny this week so we have been playing outside a lot – I like the space and freedom outdoors.

In our French lesson I was saying “my name is Tam” in French – how cool is that !
 

Half – Term this week so there was no Nursery.
 

I spent some time in the Rising 4's room this week - it was great fun being with the big boys and girls.  I rather like it in this room - there is a Computer just like Daddy's at home. 

I am really beginning to make friends in my class - we have lots of fun and take care of each other.  I like playing outdoors in the playground and in the garden – I like looking for sticks !
 

We did Bubble painting which was great fun !  The Teacher said I will be able to bring it home to put up on the wall.

I had my first French lesson !  I am saying words like “Bonjour” to my Friends !

This week my Teacher gave me a nice shiny blue star sticker for being very helpful in tidying up.  Mummy and Daddy were ever so proud of me.
 

The Topic for the next couple of weeks is ‘Spring and mini beasts’.  We had lots of fun planting things in the garden, making a rockery and looking at little creatures like Tadpoles and Ladybirds.  It is warm and sunny at the moment so we are spending more time outside which is great !
 

I really do feel like a Big Boy now - I am 3 years old !  Yippee - I went back to Nursery this week.  It is great to be going back and seeing my Nursery teachers and Friends.  I did miss going to Nursery.  We have new Girls and Boys in the Class - I no longer feel like the little one.
 

The Nursery Staff gave me a Special Award – the Certificate is in recognition: 'displaying confidence in his music sessions'. My Nursery teacher said my name was mentioned in the School Assembly on Friday and everyone clapped their hands for me !

I love the music sessions on Thursdays.  Each week the Music teacher brings in a different instrument and we all take it turns to play with the instrument – I like all the different sounds the instruments make.

Mummy says it is the End of Term and I have done really well in settling into Nursery Life and both Mummy and Daddy are very proud of me.

I love going to Nursery and I have made lots of Friends and the teachers are really happy and smiley !

I am going to be 3 years old on Sunday – I am ever so excited !

I am getting excited as Mummy is coming to Nursery next Tuesday for the ‘Easter Activity Morning’. Mummy is going to help the Nursery Children make Easter cards – it will be fun ! There are going to be lots of other Mummy’s and Daddy’s helping with other activities; decorating Easter eggs, Easter chicks and lots of other things too !
 

The Topic this week was 'food'.  We planted some cress seeds into some soil and did lots of things to do with food.  The Potato Painting was great fun and sticking pictures of food from magazines onto paper.  I enjoy doing creative things with my hands.

I really love going to Nursery – I do not like going home now when Mummy comes to collect me.  Mummy always seems to appear when I am having so much fun playing with my Friends. 
 

The Topic this week was ‘textures’.  We had to take different kinds of fabric in and the teachers cut them all up and we have put them altogether to make a collage – great fun !

I have some Prep this week – it is some pictures of ‘The Owl and the Pussy-cat’.  I need to colour them in different colours; Pea-green, Sky-blue, Blood-red and Sunshine-yellow.  I am looking forward to doing some colouring with Mummy and Daddy over the weekend.

Mummy and Daddy said we are in March now – I am going to be 3 years old very soon !
 

I had the Flu this week.  I felt very really poorly - it was getting me down.  I missed going to Nursery to see my Friends and the Nursery teachers. 
 

I am getting really excited !  I will be 3 years old NEXT MONTH !!!!  I am going to be such a Big Boy !