Startwell Activties and information

Startwell Initiative exploring Food and well being.

Exploring imaginative play using food

Children exploring healthy options, they were using food play to create healthy wraps, using Fay 5 a day message.

Exploring our local park

Children today explored the start well character 180 Katie, encouraging children to stay active and keep the heart healthy; by keeping fit.

Children explored jumping, rolling, pushing, balancing, crawling exercises at the local park.

Learning about portion sizes

Children this week are learning about Micky Me size a character from start well who emphasis on portion sizes, children have been drawing around small plates and printing with their hands exploring the size of portions and plate size they should eat from. They also explored looking at feelings to sense when they are full.

Children and adults also compared their plates to each other measuring their portion sizes using their hands

Exploring First Hand experiences with food.

Children at Early Nurture Preschool re-visiting a huge interest in chopping, touching, smelling, tasting a variety of fruits and vegetables from different cultures and reflecting on the Start Well Health Messages.

They also used a variety of tools safely engaging in first hand experiences learning about risk assessment, oral health and healthy options, naming fruits and vegetables.

Recognition of numerals to objects of reference.

DFE Doctors at Pre-School Immunisation talk with parents

We are happy to share parents at Early Nurture Pre-School had a fantastic work shop on raising awareness on the importance of vaccinations and protecting children from harmful illnesses, the workshop was delivered by DFE NHS doctors.

Children have visited the local dentist today within their community, they had a good tour, a discussion with the dentist on oral health and keeping their teeth clean.

The children where given some goodies from the nurse at the practice.

This reflects on the startwell character Smiley Shen who emphasises on children brushing their teeth and ensuring oral health is taken into consideration.

Exploring Oral Health messages from Smiley Shen

Exploring with Fruits Fay 5 A Day and 2 Snacks Max

This week children are exploring Fay 5 A Day, 2 Snacks Max and portion sizes through creativity and child initiated play and learning.

Active Azra keeping children on the move

Pre-School children keeping active and exploring nature within the local community, through a variety of physical movements.

Startwell Initiative

This week we are learning about keeping healthy using the startwell characters Fay 5 a Day and Sammy Skills, exploring fruit and vegetables using fine motor skills.

Exploring vegetables using a range of senses.

At Early Nurture Pre-School children have been exploring vegetables in many different ways, they have been creatively using vegetables to print with using paints. Furthermore children have been using a range of utensils to chop vegetables, eat vegetables and explore all there senses. They where exploring plastic vegetables, fresh and frozen exploring different touch and feelings. They also explored matching numerals with vegetables, and matching vegetables into groups and categories.

Food Bank

We are part of a initiative to provide free food banks for communities and families that are in need, get your nearest food bank from: contact details: PFCC, Wallace Lawler Centre, B19 2EL, Saturday 12-2pm, 07596808880, Email: Pfccfoodbank2019@gmail.com. Serving the community every other week.