Some of our 2 year olds “loving” the rain. ☔️

 

We try to build resilience into all of our nursery children🤗

Having resilience, enables children to bounce back from change or cope with challenges that may prove difficult👍

 

This is Ted, he is our nursery bear. We need to look after him and show him that we can be kind and responsible children. Ted encourages us to be responsible citizens. Each week we will have a Teds Target to follow in nursery. This weeks target is “To look after the nursery things”. 😃

These four nursery boys decided to build a speedboat, but not just any speedboat. It had to be one that could fly and go fast. The teamwork and working together was just fantastic. Some of the materials were very heavy and the boys supported each other to lift them. They showed excellent focus and planning ability.  The speedboat had a big motor on the back and comfy seats. Just right for super adventures into the unknown. I am just so impressed😀. Well done boys.

It has been a busy week in the 2’s room. We have been learning all about fireworks and poppies. On Monday we created our fantastic firework wall. We watched a video about fireworks and pointed out all the colours we could see. We discussed how the fireworks could be very loud and that we had to be safe when we go to watch them. For the rest of this week we have been talking about the colour red. On Thursday we watched a short video which introduced the children to remembrance day and the significance 0f the poppy. The children were able to identify that the poppy was red. On Friday we created a fantastic field of poppies and again watched the short video. This time the children were able to recognise the poppies and the colour red. Well done everyone.

We had lots of fun at our Autumn party this week. We all dressed up, some as witches, ghosts and spiders, and had lots of fun taking part in games and activities. We had a finding activity which involved searching through squidgy jelly or slimy spaghetti to find spiders and insects galore. We played musical bumps and pass the pumpkin. We had a party food snack and did lots of dancing. We ended our party fun by watching Room on the broom. We all had such a fun day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This term at nursery we are going to be introducing new technology devices. Today we looked at the “Code-a-pillar”. this is a device that looks like a caterpillar which has separate “add-ons” to connect. Each add on has it own instruction for the code-a-pillar to follow usually a direction, “forward” “right” “left” and “stop”. Using this will hopefully extend children’s awareness of direction and their problem solving skills.

In the run up to the end of term we were very busy in the two’s. Our book of the term had been The Gruffalo and as a special treat we went on a Gruffalo hunt. The children had to find all the animals from the story who were hiding in our own “deep dark wood”. There was much excitement when we found the Gruffalo as he had brought us lots of tasty treats, everything from “Gruffalo claws” (monster munch) to slippery snakes (gummy sweeties). We had lots of fun.

We have been growing pumpkins in the community garden. After picking them we decided that we would turn them into something yummy. On the last day of term we turned our pumpkins into muffins. The children enjoyed measuring, mixing, pouring, whisking and of course eating!!!! I hope you all enjoyed them at home. We will have the recipe available in nursery if you would like to try at home.

We plan to continue with more autumn related activities this term before the onset of winter!!!

We are continuing to develop our outdoor learning environments in both nursery gardens. After consulting with the children we have developed an action plan. We have tried to source free loose parts, such as logs, pieces of wood, tyres and pots and pans to name a few. We also asked the parents and carers if they could assist us. Matthew and Aaron’s dad helped to dig a path- we hope to create a sensory walkway 🤗 and Patrick’s mum created an amazing Teepee for the children to explore. We would like to thank both parents for helping us, it was very much appreciated by staff and children alike. 👍

 

Role play is good for developing children’s curiosity, communications and imagination. It allows them to get into character and  act out real life situations. The boys and girls in the nursery love role play. We have some children who are away to be big brothers and sisters and they have been practicing their skills with the baby dolls in nursery. Aaron and Aimee in particular have been feeding and changing the babies. Smith and Kai have been role playing the snack routine with Smith playing the role of the adult and pouring out the “cuppa tea”. Ava has been taking “group time” and can usually be found in the story corner with the boardmaker , a story and a few of her friends. On close listening you can here her asking the same questions the ladies do when we take group. The children also like to dress up and this term we have had some interesting clothes to dress up in. We have dresses, blazers and some lovely hats and scarfs. Role play is so much fun and is so important for a child’s development.