In nursery we have been learning about people who help us in the local community. Last week PC’s Scott, Liam and Ryan visited the nursery. The children tried on police vests and hats, and  Scott showed the children some of his police gadgets such as his walkie talkie, truncheon and pepper spray. The children were very interested, and asked Scott lots of questions about his role. The children were super excited when they sat in the police car when the lights were flashing and the sirens were ringing. The most important message that Scott shared with the children, was that the police are there to help and support people,  and not just to catch “baddies”, although that is also part of his job. 👮‍♂️

Tom made a “toasted marshmallow” with the clay, Harry then asked if we could build a campsite to have our toasted marshmallows on. We all worked as a team to build the campsite and had great fun using our imagination and role play skills.

Today Miss Field took the clay outside and had a messy area outside! We hadn’t great fun exploring the different texture of clay and all used our fine motor skills to mould the clay into different shapes and sizes! Some of the pre-schoolers had great fun using lollipop sticks to carve their names into the clay!

The children in the 2’s room are fascinated by ‘Shoe’ the fish in the 3-5 room. We discussed with the children if they would like a pet in the 2’s room and with an overall majority it was voted we would ask if we could get a fish. Mrs Ross agreed and on Monday we took a trip on the bus to visit the fish shop and purchase a fish. Whilst taking our bus trip we had a sheet with lots of different landmarks and vehicles to find. It was lots of fun and we nearly spotted everything. When we arrived at the fish shop we were warmly welcomed by the owner who kindly directed us and allowed us time to look around before making the big decision on which fish to buy. The children in the morning decided that they would like the black and orange fish with the children in the afternoon choosing a white and orange fish. Ms Connor safely carried our fish on the bus and they have now settled into their new home and seem to have become good friends with each fish following the other around the tank. We have yet to think of a name. If you would like to discuss this with your child at home we will gather all suggested names and put them to a vote.

Our story of the month is Jack and the beanstalk. Today we planted our own beans just like Jack’s and every day we plan to watch them and see how they grow.

Today we took out our biggest construction blocks to the garden to get more space to see what we could create. We worked as a team to help move the blocks around and built a huge rocket ship to fly up to space! It was great fun and we loved using our imagination skills with the construction outside!!

We’ve been having lots of different messy activities in our messy area today we had some slime. It was very stretchy and sticky. We made lots of different shapes in all different sizes with our slime and had great fun exploring different textures.

We currently have 5 hungry caterpillars in the 2’s room. We can see through the jar and watch them eating but the children wanted to know -” how they eat?” How move?” “Colour?”- with so many questions the ladies had a think and decided to use the microscope to see if looking closer at the caterpillars would answer all our questions. On plugging the microscope into the computer, the children were fascinated by what they could see close up. Soon we had all the children eager to see their hair, eyes, teeth all close up on the screen, but looking closely at the caterpillars was amazing!!!! Close up they look like “monsters” and have “ittle egs” , which we counted six of. We could have looked at them all day!!! We plan to look at the caterpillars again when they are in their cocoon, which we don’t think will be very long.

The weather has been fantastic so we spent most of the week learning outdoors. The children had the opportunity to investigate sand and water, play-dough, explore mark making, make a swing, build dens and obstacle courses. The children have daily opportunities to spend time outdoors. Fresh air and exercise is essential for a child’s overall health and wellbeing.⚽️🌸

It has been lovely weather this week and in the 2’s room we decided to take our relaxation and yoga sessions outdoors. The children are progressing well with these sessions with a noticeable difference in concentration and focus since starting, with some children being that relaxed that they fall asleep!!! Being outdoors was a real treat and by taking that moment of calm the children were able to use their listening skills to identify sounds of birds, lawnmowers, ambulances and motorbikes. Fingers crossed we can have more opportunities for outdoor relaxation.