The Nursery children have had great fun today making moving toys. We drew faces, curled paper, used glue and tape to attach card and craft straws. I think you will all agree that the children have done a fantastic job making our caterpillars!
At our stay-and -play, we had a great time showing our grown-ups some of the things that we enjoy doing in Nursery. It was lovely to see lots of the adults and to show them how amazing their children are!
Today the children have been learning about harvest. We thought about the food that grows outside and who else might also like to eat it. We then made scarecrows to scare away the birds.
Nursery explored the school on a listening walk. We talked about what we need to do to be a good listener including; using our ears, standing still and being quiet. We heard lots of things like keys jingling, children talking and people walking. I wonder what the children can hear if they use their listening skills at home?
Nursery have had a great day, exploring flowers, making observational drawings and creating perfume from petals and water.
As part of our Christmas celebrations, Nursery have had a Polar Express Day. We came to school in our pyjamas, watched the movie, explored hot chocolate cloud dough, hunted for bells in the shaving foam and then got our tickets for a ride on our very own Polar Express train. We even had some hot chocolate on the train.
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We have had a very successful start to our Forest School sessions. We began the session with our forest school song and rules before exploring the outside area to find sticks. Once we had enough sticks, we used them to make our own stick men, some children were creative and made houses for the stick people to live in. We also took part in lots of other outdoor activities with the favourites being mud painting and water play. We joined together to listen to outdoor sounds, making up our own songs about what we heard. We ended the session with The Stick Man story and our closing song.
Wow, what a day in Nursery! We started off by learning a little about Diwali and some of the things that Hindu’s do to celebrate. We made Rangoli patterns out of loose parts and paint and even participated in special Bollywood dancing. I wonder if any of our talented dances can show their grown ups a move or two!
The Nursery children all agreed that fruit and vegetables are healthy and we set about exploring. First we used all our senses to explore a range of fruits and vegetables, talking about them using descriptive vocabulary such as furry, soft, wet, sticky, smooth and sweet. We printed with different types of fruit and vegetables, talking about the colours and shapes. We investigated which fruit and vegetables float and which ones sink and we have used our knowledge of shape and number to make fruit faces. Why not continue exploring at home and see if you notice any interesting fruit and vegetables while you are out and about.
While the rest of the school participated in sports day, Nursery explored ways to get active and have fun. We loved playing on the trim trail, practicing our balancing and climbing skills. We also took part in some mini races on the nursery yard. Watch out as I’m sure we have some super athletes in the making!