Construction With Meaning

At Children's House we work closely with our local community: we want our children and families to feel proud of our community and part of it. Our new neighbours are McAleer Rushe who are developing Stroudley Walk.
Leanne, from McAleer-Rushe, came to spend time with the children this week. 

Children have been interested in construction: they have been supported to build with a purpose, developing a narrative, collaborating with their peers and talking about their creations.
As we can see the site cranes from our garden and classrooms and hear the construction, children have been part of the  journey of the development so we invited lovely Leanne.

To further support children's understanding of the local environment, Leanne brough lots of large photographs of machinery which has been used on site. Children were excited and some knew the names of the vehicles: excavator, dump truck, digger, crane, lorry. Many children were able to identify the machinery and use the vocabulary in their play. 
Children learned about different colour hard hats - did you know yellow is for labourer, black for supervisor, white for site manager, green for health and safety, orange for signaller and blue is for everyone else. 

Children are going for local walks next week to think about our local area, what they like about it and how we can look after it.

You and your family can do your bit:
Please do not drive to school - walk, scoot or cycle.
Help to pick up rubbish if you see it.
Be kind to your neighbours.