Hecklegirth Nursery

Ollie’s Allotment

Further to a recent comment about Ollie’s allotment, his family have sent us a reply telling us what he grows there:

“We grow lots of things at our allotment, potatoes, onions, leeks, onions and lots more. Just let us know when you would like to visit. A Thursday and Friday are good for us.
On another note- it was very exciting to come home from work yesterday and hear all about safety with electric. Ollie totally understood all the reasons for being safe when around electric. Well done nursery staff- great work with little children as usual.”

Ollie’s allotment sounds like a brilliant place to visit especially with us having our own growing project in the Nursery garden. Hopefully we will be able to arrange a visit soon – our diary is at the ready and we will speak to Ollie’s Mum or Dad about it soon.
We’re glad that our learning about safety around electricity has also been successful. The children were very interested in this topic and we hope that this should show in their everyday lives.

Thank You

Thank you to Bethany’s grandparents for their lovely comment on Noah’s visit to Nursery:

“Great to keep up the contact and see a school that encourages partnership with the local community. Everyone was smiling and having fun in a real world learning context. Thank-you for all your hard work and effort that is noticed, and makes Hecklegirth a welcoming place to visit.”

It’s certainly true that we do have fun in our learning and all family members are very welcome to come and join in our play if they would like. Thank you for taking the time to visit our blog from afar and for leaving such a kind comment.

Well Done Ollie!

Ollie’s family has left a comment on his photo:

“Ollie was super excited with his certificate this week. He has also been enjoying looking after his courgette whilst growing at home. He would love to show some of the children our allotment when the weather gets a bit better.”

Well done Ollie. You really deserved that certificate with your super knowledge of the body. We like the sound of a visit to your allotment. I wonder what you grow there?

Message from Noah

Noah and his Mummy have left all the morning boys and girls a lovely message:

“Noah really enjoyed his morning with the nursery children. All the children were very gentle and kind and really made him smile! We are glad we could help you learn a bit more about looking after babies!”

Well done everyone. You must have made Noah and his Mummy feel very welcome in Nursery.

Madison the Gardener

It sounds like Madison is turning into quite a little gardener. Her Mummy left a comment about the photo with her courgette plant saying,

“maddy had fun looking after this, and took great care of it, we hope the strawberries we have planted at home will grow just as well.x”

Well done Madison – we were very impressed with your courgette plant. Fingers crossed for the strawberries!

Congratulations!

We had three Star Award winners last week in Nursery and they were all very well deserved. One was for showing super knowledge about the body and two showed very good understanding of how to look after a baby. Very well done all three of you. You certainly impressed us with your knowledge.

Look Who Came to Visit

Two lovely little visitors came to Nursery last week to help us learn how to look after a baby and talk about how we had changed since we were babies. Bethany and her Mummy brought in her little brother Noah and Dawid and his Mummy introduced us to his little brother Mason. Both babies seemed happy to help us and Bethany and Dawid also showed themselves to be a brilliant big sister and brother. They were very good at keeping us right when we thought that babies can eat pizza and go to the toilet. Thank you to Noah and Mason (and their mummies of course) for being such wonderful little visitors who helped us to learn lots.
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Fantastic Gardeners

Thank you to those of you who have been bringing in your courgette and pea plants which have grown from the seeds you planted with your families at the end of last term. You have obviously been looking after them well at home and they will be super additions to our garden growing area. Eileen is amazed at the size of some of your plants and will see you soon to find a space for them in our raised beds. Well done you fantastic gardeners. I wonder if anyone else has managed to make such a good job of looking after their plants?

Road Safety Stars

Last week’s focus on road safety produced two other Star Award winners. They showed very good understanding of the rules of road safety and why we need to follow them so are now the proud owners of a certificate.
Finlay’s family commented on how pleased they are with his achievement:
“Well done Finlay, Mummy and Daddy are very proud of you for good listening on road safety. Keep up the good work.”
We hope that our latest award winners are equally proud.

Baby Photos

We are looking forward to seeing everyone in Nursery tomorrow. We would like to remind you to bring in your baby photos, if possible, to promote our discussions about how we change as we get older. It should be good fun for the children to try to pick out which photo belongs to which child and will bring to life our learning about growth and how to look after a baby.