Next time you are in the garden make sure you have a look at the fantastic dens some of the afternoon boys have been working on over the last few days. They have been using sticks, rope and hammers to build their den. They made a fire using stones and kept themselves safe by wearing high vis vests and helmets.
They worked hard as team and had to solve problems and persevere when the den kept collapsing. Well done boys!
We plan to build on this indoors using natural materials in our construction area.
Please ensure all nursery forms have been returned to the school office or to nursery staff. We are unable to share nursery photographs of all children on the blog before these forms are returned to us. We have some fantastic photos of wonderful learning experiences that we would love to share with you. 😀
We are looking for new stones or rocks for our stone pit in nursery. We use them for building, balancing, counting and for extending our imaginative play. Natural resources like stones are also a fantastic resource for open ended play experiences that require higher order thinking. For more information on the use of natural materials in early years settings please click here.
Please could all children try to bring at least one stone or rock to nursery as soon as possible. We are looking for stones or rocks in a variety of sizes. Many thanks.
Over the past week the afternoon boys have been very interested in exploring pouring, floating and sinking in the water tray. They especially enjoyed using the water pipes to make water flow. Today they used new nursery toys to extend this further. The new toys are quite similar to marble run and can be constructed in different ways to make pipes that flow in different directions.
The boys also enjoyed making different sounds using the pipes like trumpets. More photos to follow…
Possible home extension: provide jugs, pipes and cups for supervised bath time fun.
We all made a new nursery friend today – a frog! We were absolutely delighted when Frank, the janitor, brought through a frog that he had found in the playground. We all enjoyed watching the frog hop around and spoke in depth about its features. Both the morning and afternoon children took care of it by carefully providing him with a pool and rocks. Michael decided we needed some frog books for the story corner and we also have toy frogs in the water tray. We hope to share these stories in the next few days.
We used connecting pipes to make very large twisty tunnels in the garden today. We experimented with putting water inside and were trying to work out how to make the water come out of the different pipes. We found out that we needed to hold one end of the pipe up high to make the water flow.
We also experimented with shouting different sounds through the tubes and really enjoyed listening to the echo as our sounds moved through the pipes. We might follow this up by making cup phones.
The new boys and girls are excited about having snack for the first time tomorrow! Here is the snack menu for this week. A selection of fresh fruits and/or vegetables are served daily. Milk or water is provided.
Tuesday
Breadsticks, dips and vegetables
Wednesday
Build-your-own sandwiches with chicken, ham or cheese
The forest session WILL go ahead today. Rain is forecast this morning so please bring a waterproof jacket. We look forward to seeing you at the nursery gate at 9.45 (am children) and 1.45 (pm session). 🙂
The afternoon boys and girls have settled back into the nursery routine with confidence! They had great fun in the garden today and were very busy in their play. They enjoyed having snack in the garden and visiting the library.
The teddies have been very good and are now all tucked up in bed. They had a lovely story with Mrs Ogilvie and they all enjoyed playing in the nursery. Some of them went in the sand and water trays but luckily none of them went for swim! Some of the teddies made pictures at the drawing table and were very careful with the scissors. They liked building models in the construction area too.
Tomorrow you will be able to collect your teddy. They will be so happy to get a big cuddle from you!
On Friday you can play in some of the areas that your teddies played in.
We can’t wait to see you again tomorrow for the forest and we all loved meeting you today. Good night!
Mrs Duncan, Mrs Ogilvie, Miss Stephen, Mrs Gordon and Mrs Bartlett. 🙂
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