Term Two | Menstrie Nursery Class Blog

Autumn Walk

This term we have been on a Autumn walk. We went a walk along the old railway, looking for different coloured leaves, chesnuts, acorns and sticks. Ms Russell told us about the different types of trees which we seen on our walk. We made a leaf dream catcher with Mrs Stanners which we put on our Autumn display. We had to keep safe, holding hands with our friends and staying with the staff and helpers. As part of learning to keep safe, we wore the hi-vis vests to ensure that everyone could see us. A special thank you to all of our parents helpers who came with us.

Pets

This term we have been learning about pets. Mrs Stanners set up a vets in our quiet room which we have thoroughly enjoyed. We have been discussing how to look after and care for domestic animals. We have brought photographs of our own pets to nursery and we have had visits from some of them too. We will be extending our learning to animals that hibernate during the winter. Mrs Ford will be visiting us to talk about hedgehogs etc.

Flourishing Communities

This term we have been focusing on ‘Responsible.’ We have been looking at ways in which we can be responsible. We decided that we can tidy up after ourselves once we have finished playing at an area and we can help the staff to tidy up with our groups at end of the session. We should be kind to each and helpful towards others. We are learning to follow nursery rules and the difference between right and wrong.

Halloween

We had a great time at our nursery Halloween party. We all dressed up in our Halloween costumes and went Trick or Treating round some of the classes in the school. We played Halloween games; spiders in gloop, dooking for apples, pin the nose on the pumpkin, Kim’s game and had a spooky Halloween story. We also played dancing games and had a special Halloween snack.

Halloween Visit to Menstrie House

The longer learner children who attend nursery for a full day went to Menstie House with Ms Russell and two helpers to visit the residents for Halloween. Together they played Halloween games, made Halloween crafts and had snack. Both the children and residents thoroughly enjoyed this.

Bonfire Night

Ms Russell dressed up a scientist to experiment with Cola and Mentos to make an exploding firework! We had lots of fun watching this. We had a fire-pit where Ms Russell, Mrs Stanners and Mrs Boyle made toast for us to try. It was delicious. We spoke about keeping safe around the fire-pit and Ms Russell drew a huge green circle on the ground to act as a safety barrier.