Eleanor has painted a wonderful picture of a beach scene for her Uncle Fernando. She used the Promethean board to paint her picture and wrote a special message for Uncle Fernando which says, “Please read this message”. Eleanor then took a photo of her work so that it could go on the blog for him to see. We hope you like it Uncle Fernando?
Our trip to “Trotter’s World of Animals” was a hit with all the morning children this week. Some of us enjoyed the reptile encounter; others preferred to “hug a bunny” but we all loved the funny little monkeys and the lemurs. As you can see, Stan the Star particularly enjoyed meeting the bunny. As always, a picnic lunch goes down well and our time at the park or in the soft play area finished our day off nicely. We hope that the photos tell the story. Thank you so much to all the mummies and grannies who came to help us: we could not have had our trip without your support. We are looking forward to Thursday’s visit with the afternoon children.
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We would like to remind everyone that we have our Nursery outing to “Trotter’s World of Animals” tomorrow (11.6.12) for the morning children which means that there will be no afternoon session. Likewise, on Thursday (14.6.12) there will be no morning Nursery session as the afternoon children will be on their outing.
Children should register at 9.00 and we plan to be back at 3.00. Details are in our previous letter but please ask staff if you have any concerns. Let’s hope that the weather is kind to us and that we have a great day.
P.C. Leggat visited us this week to talk about “Stranger Danger” and staying safe when crossing the road. We spent a long time talking about what a stranger is and P.C. Leggat gave the children some possible scenarios to make them think about what they should do if this happened to them.The children always enjoy chatting to P.C. Leggat and his visit certainly made them think.
We feel so lucky that the sun shone on our Diamond Jubilee celebrations on Monday. The children looked fantastic in their red, white and blue outfits and some even had their faces painted or Union Jack flags with them too.
The cake decorating was a little messy, as you can see from the photos, but great fun and the teddies seemed to enjoy being in Nursery for the day. We had games in the sunshine and our day was topped off when so many parents came back early to sample the children’s cakes. Thank you, as always, for your support – the children get so excited when they know that their families are coming to see something they’ve done.
We seem to have so many lovely photos of the day and hope that you enjoy our sample below.
No doubt most of you will know about the latest additions to Nursery – our five little caterpillars which arrived in a cardboard box last week. Having recently learned about the life cycle of a caterpillar, the children were very excited to get the opportunity to look after their own.
Miss Kerr read the instructions so that we would know how to look after them properly. As Finlay said, “They need perfect conditions”. When we came back to Nursery today, they had already grown so hopefully they are healthy and happy in Nursery.
Lots of the children have already shown their families our new “babies” so everyone is looking forward to seeing how they develop in the next week or two. Please feel free to ask the children to show you them if you want to follow their progress.
We would like to remind you that everyone can bring a teddy to Nursery tomorrow (4.6.12) for our teddy bear’s picnic to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee.
Children can wear red/white/blue if they wish and they will be decorating cakes during the session for their picnic. If you would like to pick your child up ten minutes early, you will be able to sample their cakes which we are sure will please the children very much.
Fingers crossed for a sunny day so that we can have some games and our picnic outdoors.
There have been some beautiful butterflies appearing in Nursery this week as everyone has been having fun decorating them at home with their families. What a lot of fantastic ideas you all have! Some children used glue and collage materials, some painted or used crayons and one even used his feet to paint his butterfly. If you look carefully in our photos you can also see Suzie’s fantastic butterfly that she painted on the Nursery Promethean board.
The children have been keen to talk about their wonderful creations and we have spent time discussing which ones are the same on each side and which are different.
To add to our excitement of learning about butterflies, a very special parcel arrived today in Nursery. We are now the proud owners of five little caterpillars so we may produce some real butterflies of our own in a few weeks. Please ask the children to keep you posted on their progress.
Now that the children’s ideas have been so fantastically transformed by Rory’s Mum and Dad into a piece of art on our garden wall, we asked them what they thought of it. We hope that you all enjoy their comments. The story of this design from beginning to end is in a book in the story corner for everyone to look at.
Layton: I like the Earth. It’s where we live and it’s got a bit of jig-saw attached.
Grace: I like the princess – she’s going to her castle.
Rohan: I like all of it. That lady’s called a mermaid ‘cause she comes out of the water and looks for a dinosaur and goes back underwater to hide.
Theo: I like the Loch Ness monster.
Neve: I like the princess’ dress.
Hannah A.: I like the planet. I think everyone dances on it.
Lee: I like the puzzle ‘cause it’s got a spider’s web.
Liam: the green lizard’s good.
Emily D.: the rocket flying past the moon.
Haydn: I like the Loch Ness monster that’s in the water.
Finlay: I like the butterfly and Stan the Star and the planet – I think it’s Mars.
Caleb: I like the spider in the web. It’s stuck.
Courtney: I like the princess. I like her dress best.
Lexie: the sunflowers are the best bit.
It was all sunshine and smiles for our Fun Activity Day this week. We were lucky with the weather which helped to make everyone so happy and the children certainly had beaming smiles on their faces as they had fun at the various activities. It was great to see them all working together for their team and trying their best. We certainly felt very proud of them all and, judging by your comments and the super support the children had, we feel sure that you felt the same. Thank you so much to everyone for coming to cheer the children on. We think they thoroughly deserved their medals and ice lollies after all their efforts.
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