Designing and Making

Children at Children's House are encouraged to develop skills and confidence in building and making every day.
They have opportunities to build, design and create in the construction area in class and the garden as well as using recycled modelling materials in class each day. Children are supported to use one handed tools such as scissors, mark marking equipment, sellotape, glue and masking tape to join recyclable materials.

Recently there has been much interest in our neighbours McAleer-Rushe at the construction site and children were encouraged to observe the vehicles we could see next door. We also used books and photographs from our visitors to look at different vehicles.
Children learned new vocabulary such as 'palette jack', 'bulldozer', and 'excavator' as they looked at the photographs.
Children spent sustained periods building with intention, returning to and playing with their models over time. 
It engaged large groups of children and motivated some to build creatively.

As you pass the construction site, look in through the gate and say "Hello" to the workers and look at the progress they are making.