The boys in the afternoon nursery enjoyed looking at recipe books to get ideas for their play dough cakes. They shared the resources and their ideas.

We watch a toothbrushing song and animation to encourage us to brush our teeth for two minutes.  Click here to see the red boys and girls in action! 

You can use the video we use at home too. Click here to access it.

Thank you to all of those who returned their completed questionnaires on ‘Communication of General Nursery matters.’

We received 27/80 responses and are currently collating these responses and suggestions. We will display the feedback in nursery soon.

We use these audits/questionnaires to create action points for nursery and to establish which areas are working well.  If you have not already done so, please return your completed audits as soon as possible.  Your feedback is extremely valuable. Many thanks.

We continue to enjoy our twice weekly free-flow outdoor play sessions and our almost daily trips to the garden or playground.

We are learning to move our bodies with increasing skill and control as we jump, balance, climb, pedal and run.

Click here to watch an adorable video of us showing that team work and perseverance can help with physical tasks.

Outdoor play is a key focus of the nursery development plan.  Take a look next time you drop off/collect.  It is situated in the corridor in a folder.  Feel free to leave a comment.

We continue to demonstrate an interest in castles.  You will see evidence of this in the big book in nursery.  This is the big blue book next to the planning wall.  It is full of our drawings, comments and ideas.

We have been learning to use some castle resources to extend our play.  Many of us are beginning to notice how castles are different from our own homes through the use of the role-play castle.

Please click here to see a video of the castle role-play in action.  

You can clearly see how much learning takes place in just one context within nursery! The children are turn-taking, problem solving, collaborating, listening and talking, writing and developing their imaginations.

Many of us expressed a desire to make crowns at the art table to extend our castle role-play.  We have also been using small world castle role-play toys and sharing fairytale stories that take place in castles.

Notice the fantastic transfer of resources in the photographs: a digital camera in the  castle! 🙂

We are learning about the impact living things have on each other.  We are continuing to show an interest in watching the birds in the nursery garden.  We decided to make some bird cakes to help the birds get food during the winter months.  You will see them hanging in the nursery garden.

We are developing the use of an outdoor drawing/writing area to encourage the development of pre-writing skills.  The children have enjoyed drawing pictures using a variety of materials that they can choose from the outdoor box.  They are all becoming more confident controlling a pen/pencil and are enjoying having the choice to draw/write outside.

Please add any of your own suggestions for the outdoor drawing box to the interactive planning wall.

We made delicious home-made pizzas for snack last week.  We used 50:50 wraps, passata, mozzarella cheese, sweetcorn, pineapple, chicken and ham.  The children enjoyed working in pairs to create one pizza to share.  In addition to developing turn-taking and organisational skills, the children were learning how to make compromises, share their ideas and about how food looks, feels and tastes.  The pizzas were very popular and we had lots of empty plates after snack!  Click here to see the little chefs at work!

Please ensure you return your nursery child profile to nursery this week if you have not already done so.  Thank you

The children wanted to turn the role-play area into a castle.  They made a plan of some of the things that the castle would need.  The nursery staff have been observing very expressive and entertaining play! 🙂

The children have also chosen to draw flags for the castle. Materials were provided at the drawing table to help them achieve this.  They have also requested to make crowns and tiaras.