Nursery: Blog items
Date: 26th Sep 2024 @ 3:04pm
The children have really enjoyed listening to the story "Owl Babies". It's a great story for resssuring those who might be a little unsettled that mummy or daddy will always come back and get them, The children have been practising counting by making three owls to go on tree. They have been building their fine motor muscles by collecting worms for the owls to eat and have created some super owl art work.
Date: 26th Sep 2024 @ 2:52pm
Every Thursday,Nursery enjoy a PE session with Mr Ratcliffe. Not only is this great for thier physical development but it also supports their communication and langauge development as they listen carefully to instructions and then follow them. The children are also learning to take turns with their friends and to develeop their self-control by waiting for their turn.
Date: 20th Sep 2024 @ 2:36pm
You never know who you're going to find in the nursery garden! This week we found a very large slug! The children were fascinated watching him move around and noticed that his antennaes went into his head when they touched something he didn't like. We talked about what the slug might like to eat and decided it was probably leaves and not pizza! We were all cheering the slug on as he tried to climb the steps. We're not sure if he made it, but the next day he wasn't there so we think he must of reached the top!
Nursery Let Me See Those Funky Fingers
Date: 20th Sep 2024 @ 2:22pm
It is really important for the nursery children to have stong finger muscles to support a good pencil grip. There are always lots of opportunites for children to develop these muscles in continous proviosn both indoors and outdoors.
This week the children have been using tweezers to catch worms for the owl babies - it's very tricky as the worms were very slippery! Outside the children were investigating sunflowers. They pulled the petals off, mushed up the leaves and carefully pulled apart the middle of the flower. The children are goinfg to have the biggest finger muscles in town by the end of the year!
Nursery Are Forever Blowing Bubbles
Date: 12th Sep 2024 @ 4:36pm
Bubbles are never far away in nursery! They have so many benefits for the children and they absolutely love them! The chidlren have to learn to wait their turn and also learn self-control so they don't pop the bubbles when it's not their turn! The act of blowing bubbles is a super way for the chilldren to explore the different shapes they can make with their mouths ready for making different letter sounds. Popping the bubbles encourages them to move their bodies in different ways.
Nursery Get To Know Each Other
Date: 12th Sep 2024 @ 4:20pm
Nursey have been spending time getting to know each other and making new freinds. Playing in our provision has allowed the children to bond and support each other when someone has been a little unsure of their new envirnoment. The children have been leanring to share and treat each other with kindenss and respect.
Nursery Settle in for a Fantastic Year
Date: 5th Sep 2024 @ 8:42pm
We have had a wonderful week welcoming our new starters to Nursery. We have all spent time getting to know each other and the chidren have made a super start learning all the nursery routines. We've got a feeling it's going to be a brilliant year!
Date: 11th Jul 2024 @ 12:18pm
We were so lucky to have a mobile farm visit us at school this week. The animals were so lovely and the children were able to brush the goats and pony. The goats were a bit cheeky and tried to lick our fingers and the sheep were nore interested in eating their hay! The children were very gentle with the animals and throughly enjoyed the experience.
Date: 10th Jul 2024 @ 1:13pm
Nursery have been learning all about farms this week in preperation for the farm visit on Thursday. We read the story "Oliver's Milkshake" and learnt that we usually get our milk from cows, although you can drink goats milk too! We decided it would be nice to make our own milkshakes and voted to see who would like a strawberry milkshake and who would like rasberry. The winner was strawberry! So today we got to make a yummy, scrummy strawberry milkshake!
Date: 4th Jul 2024 @ 12:27pm
Nursery had a super sports stay and play. We invited the children's families in to take part in some sports activities with their children. We had a penalty shoot out, balancing bean bags, egg and spoon race, an obstacle course and target practise. We all had a wonderful time.
Date: 4th Jul 2024 @ 12:17pm
Nursery did a wonderful science experiment this week to make a rainbow! We needed kitchen towel, felt tip pens and two small bowls of water. We coloured a small rainbow at the bottom of the kitchen towel and when we placed it in water, the rainbow grew! This is becasue the fibres in the kitchen roll have lots of little holes. Water is absorbed throught the kitchen roll becasue when the first water molecule sticks to it and begind to move up, it pulls the next water molecules up with it, like a chain!
Date: 27th Jun 2024 @ 4:48pm
Nursery enjoyed exploring oranges and lemons this week. They squeezed and squeezed until all the juice came out and then made some delicious fruit cocktails. They had to learn to take turns with the squeezers and did really well waiting their turn.
Date: 27th Jun 2024 @ 4:36pm
As part of the whole school Health Week, Nursery read the story "Handa's Surprise" and talked about all the deliccious healthy fruit Handa has in her basket. We then tasted pineapple, mango, avocado and pomegranate (Mrs Welch couldn't find a passion fruit in Aldi!). The children loved describing the fruit and said "It's so sweet". "It's juicy" "It's slimey" and "Yuk! I don't like that" when they tasted avocado!
Date: 20th Jun 2024 @ 4:37pm
There are lots of opportunites for the children to work collaboratively in nursery as its a great way to develop communication and language skills and PSED skills. This week we have been reading story "The Singing Mermaid" By Juila Donaldson and the chidlren worlked togerher the create a beautiful tail for the mermaid.
Date: 20th Jun 2024 @ 4:27pm
We were so excited when the ducklings from our Reception classes came for a vsiit. We talked about how the mummy duck laid an egg and the ducklings hatched out of the egg, We loved watching them waddle around!
Date: 13th Jun 2024 @ 12:15pm
Nursery have been busy making Sharks this week and were brilliant at following instructions. They carefully placed all the pieces in the correct place and the results were fabulous!
Date: 13th Jun 2024 @ 11:57am
The mud kitchin is a great place for children to develop their physical skiils, build relationships and develop their communication and langauge. It is also a brilliant place for them to let their imaginations run wild! We have had tomatoes in the mud kitchen this week and the children had a great time trying to cut them with out them rolling away or squirting! They also worked together to make some delicious tomoato stews and cakes - yum!
Nursery Release the Butterflies!
Date: 23rd May 2024 @ 1:27pm
We were all so excited this week when the caterpillars we loved and cared for turned in to butterflies! We watched them as the enjoyed the orange and sugar water we had given them and when they were strong enough we let them go so they could go in search of some beautiful flowers!
Nursery and the Repeating Pattern
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 12:14pm
This week we have read the story "Bumble Bear" about a bear who loves honey so much he joined a bee school! We have looked closely at the yellow and black striped pattern of the bee and have been recreating it in different ways,
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 11:36am
Our outdoor space is brilliant for the children to develop their gross motor skills. One activty that they love is using rollers and paint brushes to wash the windows and anything else they can find! The large action of moving the brush and roller across a large space is great for developing arm, shoulder and wrist muscles.
Date: 9th May 2024 @ 11:03pm
This week we have been reading "Nornan the Slug with the Silly Shell" by Sue Hendra. In the story, Norman the slug meets some snails and loves their shells! We looked closey at the spiral pattern you find on shells and then made our own jammy spiral pastries!
Date: 9th May 2024 @ 10:40pm
Wednesday is Dance Studio day! During our time in the dance studio we practise our Squiggle While You Wiggle moves using pencils and paper and use the parachute. There are so many ways to use the parachute to support the childrens developement. We have been singing songs and moving with the parachute to add actions to the songs. We also play games that develop the children's listening and attention and support their social communication skills.
Date: 2nd May 2024 @ 4:50pm
This week we have been reading "Superworm" by Julia Donaldson and the children have made their very own Superworms! They were able to practise lots of skills as they made their worms. These included counting as they rolled the dice and added the matching number of beads to their worm. Putting the beads on to the pipecleaner supported their fine motor developement and taking turns to roll the dice was great for developeing their social interactions. The worms looked pretty amazing too!
Date: 1st May 2024 @ 10:29pm
Nursery had a visit from Zoo to You this week. The children got to meet Mishell the snail, Milly the millipede, Jagger the bearded dragon, Zeus the snake & Spike the guinea pig. Gemma from Zoo to You told a story about walking through the woods and we met all the different animals on the way. The children were so excited to meet the animals and were brave enough to stroke them all!
Nursery and Repeating Patterns
Date: 25th Apr 2024 @ 11:31am
We have been looking at repeating patterns this week using two objects or colours. To embed this learning, the children have made their very own Hungry Caterpillar neclaces. This is also great for developing the childrens fine motor skills.
