This week in RDT we have been celebrating when we have tried something new and had a go at play experiences that are less familiar to us! We talked together about how when we try something new we develop new skills and apply what we have learnt elsewhere to make our learning deeper. We looked at our class learning line as a group and discussed that when we try something different it can feel sometimes tricky, but if we persevere and show resilience, we can achieve something amazing! We have all demonstrated these important skills this week with wonderful results!
Some of us set ourselves the challenge to create some Little Red Riding Hood themed artwork! We showed perseverance and resilience throughout, which helped us to create some beautifully-detailed pieces. We learnt that it’s really fun to choose something different when we are exploring our provision. We beamed with pride at our achievements once we had finished!
The sun shone down on our outdoor area this week which encouraged lots of us to venture outside! For some of us who enjoy lots of fine-motor mark-making, cutting and sticking activities, it was lovely to get outside and develop our gross-motor skills. We had a great time racing around the outdoor space as we played an imaginative role-play game about monsters! We also enjoyed having a go at some writing challenges in the outdoor area.
We were all spotted trying something different this week during provision time! These choices led to some incredible ideas coming to life, which included a Lego ‘Jamaica House’ and a carefully-cut bear mask to retell the Goldilocks story. We showed real resilience as we concentrated carefully and persevered to achieve our desired end result. We recognised where we had been on our learning line throughout our learning experiences and celebrated as we reached our own goals! We enjoyed having a go at using our imaginations to take on the role of different traditional tale characters this week, which meant we had a Gingerbread Man in RDT this week!
This half-term in EYFS we are focusing on resourcefulness as one of our learning behaviours. Having a go at something new has really helped us to think about what we want to achieve and use our imaginations to plan out how we will do it. This has in turn encouraged us to be really resourceful in using everything on offer to us within our learning environment and applying what we know to create something amazing! This entire small-world town, with rail network included, was certainly a wow moment during the week!
We will continue to encourage the children to do something new when exploring provision and celebrate the wonderful end goals together. You could have a go at doing something different at home this weekend and upload it to Tapestry for us to share together next week!