It’s safe to say inset day at Falmouth was a success! It was an incredible opportunity for the team to participate in a range of fun training and teambuilding activities. 💫
“To start the day, we engaged in a fun team-building activity where we divided into two groups to create the Happy Days logo. The challenge was to draw it using a pen attached to pieces of string, which made for an interesting way to control the pen! This required a lot of teamwork and focus.
Afterwards, we were delighted to welcome Nelly from the Learning Through Landscapes/My Nature Play project, who led us in a two-hour session. During this time, we explored the significance of outdoor play, the essence of playfulness, and how adults can act as co-explorers with children. Following the discussions, we moved outdoors to our garden for some hands-on activities. The first task involved pairs working together to find a hard surface, choosing a tool such as a hammer, pebble, or rolling pin, and gathering flower parts along with two pieces of cloth. Each pair placed the flower parts on one cloth to create a pattern before laying the second cloth on top. Using their selected tools, they banged, rolled, or scraped the cloth to see the results, discovering that the colours transferred beautifully and left a lovely pattern behind!
Next, we introduced clay as the medium for expressing feelings. Each team member found a hard surface and a piece of clay to mold their face, allowing for unique interpretations of how they wished to portray their emotions. By the end of the day, the sun had helped set the clay faces! We are eager to implement some of these enjoyable activities in our nursery over the next few weeks!
In the afternoon, we continued with more team-building challenges, where the teams collaborated to construct the tallest tower using just large marshmallows and spaghetti. The challenge required the structure to stand unsupported for a full minute! Our winning team achieved a height of 16cm, while the runners-up reached an impressive 14cm.
We all took part in a Makaton session led by Louise from the Local Authority.
Later, the team split into three groups to dive deeper into our SEND policy with our current SENDCo, Katie. Cindy, the Explorers Room Supervisor, addressed important topics related to Under 2’s training, such as sleep patterns, developmental stages, and the two-year-old checks. We concluded the session with a curriculum recap led by Kate before finishing off the day with an engaging knowledge quiz in the sunshine!
It was such a successful day and the team took a lot from it in terms of new ideas to explore nature play, how we can best support the children in our care, recommendations for families etc. We now look forward to completing some of these amazing activities with your children in the coming weeks!” ~ Kate (Nursery Manager)
If you are looking for your next steps in Early Years Happy Days Falmouth is currently hiring for a range of roles and we would love to hear from you. 😊
~Happy Days Falmouth ⭐
