As well as learning about hygiene and safety when preparing foods, our youngest children in the Sunshine Room were developing their understanding of science and talking and listening skills when they recently made chocolate crispies. Who would have thought that something so tasty could provide so much learning? It is great to see these young children becoming so independent and focussed in their activities. Super work all of you!
We hope that some of you will take advantage of the free holiday swimming sessions for Hecklegirth pupils. The sessions available are:
• family sessions 11.00-1.00 Monday to Friday and 12.30-1.30 on Saturdays and Sundays
• Float Fun sessions 1.30-2.30 Tuesdays and Thursdays
• public sessions 6.00-8.00 on Thursdays and 1.30-4.00 on Saturdays and Sundays
Remember to notify swimming pool staff that you are from Hecklegirth to claim your child’s free swim. Accompanying adults will gain entry for a child’s price. Have fun in the pool everyone.
As part of our recent learning about the changing seasons, a group of children visited the nature area to look for signs of Autumn and were very good detectives, collecting lots of leaves to help them produce some super works of art. They kindly shared their finds with the rest of the children and lots of fun was had creating prints of the Autumn leaves. I wonder if anyone has tried this out at home in the holidays?
Tucked away in a sheltered part of the garden is our performance area where the children can experiment with music using a range of instruments. They love to work together to create music and then step on the stage for their performance either as a band or individually. Here is a little snapshot of some of their experiences in our outdoor music area.
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Evelyn’s family has been looking at the photos of the children who have found signs of Autumn with their families.
“Evelyn was so happy to show everyone the pine cones and acorns she found on the way to nursery that day. She loves collecting them, I find them everywhere haha x”
Well done Evelyn! It sounds like you have been very busy.
Nursery is now closed for two weeks holiday but we still have lots of comments and photos to share from our first term so keep an eye on our blog as we will continue to post during the holidays. Have a lovely holiday everyone.
Tilly’s family has been looking at the photos of the children with all the signs of Autumn that they have been collecting with their families.
“Tilly loved seeing her photo on the blog and showing it to her sister! She loves collecting conkers and pine cones at nana’s house, we have a huge collection!!”
Well done Tilly for bringing your nature finds to add to our display. I wonder what else you might find in the holidays?
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Learning about Autumn this term has been helped greatly by the children’s super contributions to our display. Chestnuts, acorns and leaves of so many colours have been collected by the children and their families. Good talking skills have been evident as the children shared their finds with others and talked about where they had found them. Thank you so much to all those families who have taken the time to talk to their children about the signs of Autumn and have helped them find examples. Here is a selection of the things the children have brought in.
Very well done to last week’s award winners. We are all delighted to award you with your certificates which were very well deserved.
