In the 2’s room our ABC and Beyond story of the term is “Ten Little Dinosaurs” our sparkle words from this story are “Stomp” and “Safe”. With our sparkle words we give them meaning and make use of them within conversations with the children. Our sparkle words are there to extend each child’s vocabulary. The children have enjoyed the word stomp and have been stomping around the nursery like little dinosaurs. We have even made our own stomping foot prints, dinosaur style. Below are some pictures of how we made them and they are now pride of place stomping over our ABC and Beyond wall so feel free to check them out next time your in.

After lunch in the 2’s we have a little bit of quiet time before we embark on more energetic play. At our quiet time we have our own cosy blanket, we dim the lights and enjoy some peaceful, relaxing music. As you can see from the pictures below a number of our children fall asleep!!! This moment of rest allows their brains and bodies a moment to recharge before embarking on more learning adventures.

We had our first visit of the new term to our local library. Our visits here give us a chance to become familiar with our local community, to listen to a story and to explore a wide range of books to take back to nursery. The 2’s did very good listening and good sitting. We enjoyed two stories, with one being about dinosaurs just like our focused story of the term back at nursery. We are looking forward to our next visit which will be a big adventure for us all as it will be in the new community centre. Can’t wait.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The children in the two year old room are making “balls” and “cakes” using the play-dough. Many skills can be developed when exploring play-dough. It can can encourage children’s imagination and creativity, enhance fine motor skills and develop language and communication to name a few. Play-dough also a calming effect and sensory benefits.

We love play-dough in nursery! 💕

 

 

 

 

We had great fun today playing hide and seek in the garden. Robyn thought of a great hiding place and stacked up tyres and climbed inside!! Of course everyone wanted a turn at hiding in here, Miss Field had very sore arms after this game!

 

 

 

The weather has definitely took a turn for the worse, but nothing stops us getting out and having fun in the garden at nursery!

Coats- check

Puddle suits- check

Wellies- check

Puddles- check

 

 

Last week we had a lot of fun in the nursery garden exploring various forms of water play. At our water wall we had to problem solve how to get the water into the bottles and what path the water would take as it flowed from one bottle to the next. We discovered that by pouring the water into the flower pots it looked like it was raining. Many skills were used in this area: problem solving, exploration, team work, fine motor skills, language and early numeracy. Our other form of water play was basic, a bucket of coloured water and some paint brushes and rollers. Much fun was had washing windows, cleaning cogs, painting pictures. The children were very imaginative in their play and spent lots of time engaged in play. Who knew water could be such fun!!!!

This week the children have been learning about the different mini beasts that live in our nursery garden. With much enthusiasm they have been digging to look for worms, slugs, slaters and beetles. There was also a tiny ladybird that the children wanted to keep as  a pet. They were very sad when it flew away. We have been teaching the children to be gentle with the bugs and to release them back into the garden when they are finished looking at them. They are learning to be kind and responsible. 🐞🕷

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was wonderful to see the children’s happy faces back at nursery. There was old friends to hug and new friendships to be made. The children have adapted well to the full day at nursery. They enjoy a lovely lunch with their peers, and there is more time for fun and learning, both indoors and out. We also welcomed new staff into the setting, and we hope that they already feel a part of the St Ninian’s family. We have the best jobs in the world. 🤗

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We held our Nursery Sports Day on Friday 7th June. The weather forecast was for rain, so a decision was made to use the gym hall. The children ran, jumped, hurdled and balanced beanbags on their heads. Everyone a winner. The children were so excited when they received their gold medal for participating. Well done everyone🥇. Photos to follow.