As part of our outdoor work with the children, we have begun preparations for a fairy garden. Obviously every little fairy needs a home and we think that they would be very happy in our garden if we made them feel welcome so the children have been cleaning logs and slabs of wood as a starting point. More work will need to be done to prepare for our fairies but we think that the children made a super start with these logs.
As the renovations continued last week in the mud kitchen area, it was decided that we needed to paint one of our big, wooden boxes before we chose some plants for it. It was a messy job that required suits and gloves, despite the warm weather, but there were plenty of willing helpers to make their mark. As you can see, it got the ‘thumbs up’ from some interested onlookers and you may have noticed the children’s newly decorated box in the garden waiting for some plants. We think that they did a great job.
Working as a team, sharing and taking turns are all important attributes that the children learn in Nursery and these children showed all these attributes when they created their own skittles type game outdoors. It was wonderful to watch them as they worked so well together at the same time as having great fun.
We have a comment from the parents of one of last week’s award winners:
“Lovely award, now proudly displayed on our sideboard 😊”
What a great idea to display your certificate at home. We hope that lots of your family see it when they visit. Well done!
The work in the digging area continues as the children help to move the old soil mixture out of the bed and the new soil in. It’s great to have so many good helpers outdoors. Let’s hope that everyone enjoys playing in the newly stocked digging area.
Callum’s family has been looking at the photos of the children helping in the digging area:
“Callum told me he had his photo taken outside. What a great photo it is with all his friends. He told me he had a great time helping outside. He said he was helping lifting the soil. He says he was strong and had big muscles. He is loving nursery especially playing outside.”
They were a great little team helping each other. We are all having a busy time outdoors at the moment and will share more photos soon. It’s good to hear that Callum’s enjoying outdoor play.
Some of the children have been showing themselves to be ‘effective contributors’ as they helped us in our outdoor mud kitchen. A new batch of compost and sand to fill our digging area needed transported so the children took turns to push the trolley and make a delivery. Even one of our builders was kind enough to help us with our new water butt which we hope to have installed soon. Thank you to all our little helpers who worked so well as a team.
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Towards the end of last year our new shelter was erected over the mud area and it has been very useful a few times recently when the rain has arrived unexpectedly. It’s hard to tell from this photo but it was actually raining here and the children thought it was strange that they were playing outdoors in the rain without suits on. They were very excited to play under the shelter, listening to the rain on the roof and were amazed that everything was still dry. Hopefully the children will be able to help us to develop this area further with their ideas over the next few months.
We have been talking to the children about rules in Nursery and why we need them. Already it seems that lots of children are beginning to understand our rules and the reason for them. Here are a few of their ideas.
Lucie: don’t run in Nursery. You might slip over something.
Owen: you have to be quiet.
Kenzie: you don’t hit in Nursery and you don’t push and you definitely don’t kick.
Enid: we don’t rip books.
Sally: no fighting.
Noah: you walk so you don’t trip.
Callum: we need to be friends.
Summer: have a little voice or your ears might get sore.
Reuben: you’re not allowed to hit.
Chloe: we need to tidy.
Riley: you don’t hit.
Harper: take turns.
Ava: no shouting.
Lily: you shouldn’t run away. We have to be nice.
Eli: no hitting.
Harvey L: don’t push.
Well done boys and girls. It sounds like you are thinking about what we can do to stay safe and happy in Nursery.
