We have been visiting the Primary 1 classrooms every week in preparation for moving to P1 in August. We have been finding out about the different play choices that are available and have been learning some of the rules and routines in the green unit. We have been having our snack in the classrooms and are learning to become more independent when eating and keeping our tables tidy. We have also had the opportunity to play in the different learning zones and have been lining up with the Primarys 1s and 2s when the bell rings. We are becoming more confident playing with less staff support in the playground when the bigger boys and girls are outside at break times and lunchtimes.
Over the last few weeks we have all been working together to make our garden better. We wrote letters to shops, businesses and individuals to ask for their help. Please look at our nursery display to find out more about this.
Alfie wrote a letter to Farmer Brian asking for a tractor tyre. Today it was delivered! Farmer Brian also brought his sheepdog and trailer to the nursery. We were delighted!
We were very good friends and welcomed Farmer Brian and sheepdog Lucy enthusiastically. We asked questions about farm life and were keen to help Farmer Brian transport the tyre into the garden.
We had fantastic adentures in the forest today. The morning class were particularly interested in using string and ropes to extend their play. Several children worked together to make a giant spider web – try having a look next time you are passing through.
We were all learning to keep ourselves safe by assessing the risk involved and thinking about how we can take risks safely.
Many of us continue to be interested in mud and minibeasts.
The afternoon class spent a long time baking, cooking and mixing with the mud. They explored different consistencies of mud and giggled as they tried to serve their delicious ‘food’ to their friends. A few children used paintbrushes to paint the trees with mud!
The afternoon class were very resilient today- they experiences rain, snow and wind! And the vast majority were unfazed! 🙂
We all learned to follow new safety rules and managed to keep ourselves safe around the ‘fire’. If we continue to show that we can be safe around the ‘fire’ we will light a real fire! We want to cook marshmallows and sausages!
Here are a selection of photographs from the morning session:
We all had lots of fun exploring the forest in the pouring rain. We particularly enjoyed investigating the mud and were able to use maths words such as deep, shallow, high and low as we jumped, climbed and ran in the mud. We also spoke about why the mud was thicker in certain places.
Many of us in the afternoon class showed an interest in bugs. We used pictures and information books to help us find out what each minibeast was called.
We had our snack in the forest using our new ‘handwashing tree’ and particularly liked warming up with a nice cup of steamy hot chocolate.
A huge thank you to all of our super parent helpers!
We had a fantastic forest session this morning with the red and yellow boys and girls. The weather was great and the heavy rain had created lots of thick, oozy mud in the forest. Many of us enjoyed jumping, squelching and falling in the mud! A lot of us showed an interest in using rope and string to extend our play. This is a super way of encouraging us to develop fine and gross motor skills in addition to problem solving skills and perseverance.
We had our snack in the forest and were able to follow the new routines of washing our hands using our new hand washing tree! We warmed up with hot chocolate! A huge thank you to our mummy, granny, daddy and grandpa helpers – we couldn’t do it without you! 🙂
We had a great day in the forest day. The weather was fantastic!
We deliberately did not take any toys or resources to the forest. This was to encourage us to use natural materials rather than using plastic in our play.
We played lots of hiding games to help us learn some of our new forest safety rules. We also had LOTS of time to explore the forest ourselves. We climbed trees, built dens, built bug houses, hunted for bugs and squelched in the mud.
Photos to follow. Apologies to all of those parents/children who were desperate to see the photos tonight, I am having a technical difficulty. I hope to have them up tomorrow. 🙂
The returning children have been showing an interest in minibeasts for months. The new nursery boys and girls were very interested in the minibeasts in the forest. Unfortunately, we had not been finding many bugs in our garden – we decided to do something about this.
In small groups we shared stories about bugs and looked at photographs of bug hotels. We also spoke about the types of homes and food that bugs might like. You can see our fantastic ideas on our ‘Bug Hotel’ wall in nursery.
We made lists and mind maps of the things we needed based on the new information about bugs that we had learned. We have now started building our minibeast hotel using all of our ideas. Please ask your child to show you it next time you pass through the nursery garden. We hope to add lots of numeracy and literacy resources to it soon too!
The green and blue boys and girls found some natural materials in the forest to add to our minibeast hotel.
We have been developing our physical skills as we explore new large apparatus in the large playground. We are also learning to steer, control and move new scooters, bikes and cars. Many of us chose to challenge ourselves further by taking risks such as riding the scooters down a large ramp or climbing very high on the large netted climbing frame. (More photographs to follow).
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