“Word of the Week” this week will be ‘hatch’ in the Rainbow Room and ‘sport’ in the Raindrop Room.
Category: 2018-2019
We Can Make Plastic
We have some enthusiastic little scientists in our Nursery who are always keen to try out experiments, making predictions about what might happen and observing the results of their experiments.
Here some of the children were making plastic. They warmed milk in the microwave, added vinegar and stirred the ingredients until they started to clump together. The children then strained their material and used paper towels to press the liquid out and discovered that they had made plastic. This experiment caused great excitement and was tried out several times to check that it worked each time. The children even moulded the plastic into different shapes which successfully held together. As well as developing their understanding of science, the children developed their numeracy skills as they measured ingredients and read numbers to set the dial on the microwave. Everyone loved this fun learning experience.
Making A Slide
It never ceases to amaze us how inventive our children can be in their play. This little group decided to use the planks from the balancing activity to turn them into a slide. They carefully positioned and repositioned the planks until they found the right position and angle to make it work and here is the end result – a great little slide. Good teamwork boys and girls!
Nursery Pirates
Inspired by the interest of a group of children in the Rainbow Room in pirates, those playing in the outdoor area recently created a pirate ship using the materials they could find in the garden. This produced endless hours of imaginative fun and great teamwork to create their ship. As you can see, discussions around pirates also led some to creating their own parrot which look great.
New Term
We hope that everyone has enjoyed their holidays with their families. You will no doubt have lots of tales to tell us when you return.
Nursery starts back tomorrow (Tuesday, April 23rd) at our normal times. Please remember that those starting at 8.00 should all use the Rainbow Room entrance.
Details of upcoming events this term can be found on the “Dates for your Diary” link on the right under “Support Information”. As always, this will be updated as soon as any further dates are finalised.
We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow especially our new children and their families.
Bubble Making
We all know that most children love bubbles but to make your own is great fun too. These children in the Raindrop Room experimented with different quantities of materials to produce their own bubbles using warm water and a bar of soap which was grated. Once it was whizzed up by an adult and mixed by the children, their ingredients turned into thick foam full of bubbles which provided endless fun.
Spring Is Here
Discussions around the signs of Spring were the stimulus in the art area before the holiday and many of the children have enjoyed creating artwork using their observational skills and imagination. Pens, paint and craft materials were all used to produce these Spring pictures in the Rainbow Room. I wonder if any of the children recognise their own work in our little gallery?
Fun, Exciting And Engaging
Tilly’s family has left us a lovely comment on a photo showing Tilly and her friends exploring the tray of shaving foam:
“This is a fabulous photo! Sums up exactly what nursery should be…fun, exciting and engaging their interests! Lovely to see how happy they all are!”
We love that photo too and, as you can see, the children absolutely love this activity. Thank you for your kind comment.
Measuring Sugar
Just as the children in the Rainbow Room learned about the food triangle and which type of foods help to keep us healthy, those in the Raindrop Room investigated how much sugar was in different types of foods. They found out about checking packaging to check which ingredients are in food and they then measured the amount of sugar there was in each example that they looked at. Once the sugar was on the scales, the children seemed quite surprised at the amount each item had and they were able to compare different foods. Hopefully the children are now beginning to develop an understanding that sugar is not only in sweets as they tended to believe initially.
Happy Photos
Oscar and Letti’s family like our photos of the children looking at the tractor brought in by Fern’s Daddy:
“Oscar was very happy to tell me all about the big New Holland at nursery.”
Everyone certainly seemed to enjoy that visit and we are very grateful to Fern’s Daddy for taking the time to bring it in.
They also enjoyed the photos of the children making chocolate nests:
“Letti enjoyed making herself and Oscar a chocolate nest and she gave Mum have a very small nibble!”
That was kind of you to share Letti. Again, this was a very popular activity. Thank you for taking the time to comment in the holidays.
