Star Learners
Holiday Reminder
We would like to remind everyone that there will be no Nursery on Monday and Tuesday of next week due to the May Day holiday and a staff INSET day. We hope that you enjoy your long week-end and look forward to seeing you all again on Wednesday 8th May.
Bring Your Courgettes and Peas to Plant
Eileen’s left a comment for everyone who has been part of the growing project:
“I would also like to thank the parents who have volunteered to help with this project. It was good to see the sun yesterday but I was quite pleased to see the rain today – we didn’t water the seeds yesterday. If any of you have courgettes or peas from before the Easter holiday please bring them back to me as we will be planting them in the beds.”
Finlay’s Mum also commented on our seed planting photos:
“Finlay said he really enjoyed planting seeds with Eileen, Finlay is growing vegetables at home too and is very keen to water them and look after them, all the children look as though they are having fun!”
The children certainly seem excited about their seeds. Let’s hope that our planting lives up to expectations as some of them have already been talking about using their vegetables for part of snack.
Our Growing Project
The next stage of our growing project organised by Eileen Johnstone, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, is now underway and the sun came out in celebration as we planted seeds in our raised beds in the garden.
The children talked about the tiny seeds and what they would have to do to help them grow to look like the ones in Eileen’s pictures.They then very carefully prepared the compost and planted their seeds. Each Nursery room has a bed of their own to tend and our kind parent volunteers will take turns each week to help the children look after their vegetables. Today the Sunshine Room planted carrot seeds and the Rainbow Room planted beetroot. I wonder which bed will show signs of growth first?
Thank you very much to Eileen and to those parents who have offered to be part of our work. This project provides opportunities to develop several areas of the curriculum and is a fantastic learning experience. The children are excited about it and we look forward to watching progress in the garden for the rest of this term.
Hecklegirth Nursery Street
Learning about road safety can be fun. At the end of last week we made a road with road signs in the garden to help the children learn about staying safe. We talked about what the different traffic lights mean and about how to cross the road safely. As you can see, traffic became a little congested at times but the children enjoyed using the traffic lights and the “Stop” sign. We will be looking at this topic again this week in Nursery as part of our whole school Health and Wellbeing focus.
Hello Georgia
How lovely it was to hear from former pupil Georgia. She left a comment on one of our photos saying,
“WISH I WAS STILL AT NURSERY”.
We’re glad you’re still able to see what going on in Nursery through the blog and it’s nice to hear that you have good memories of your time with us. It would be great if more of our former pupils got in touch. Thank you Georgia for your kind comment – it was lovely to hear from you. Hope school’s going well.
Learning About The Seasons
To help us learn about Spring, we have been talking about our previous learning about the seasons. We talked about what happens in each season and what sort of clothes we wear. Some of the children gave some good answers in these discussions and we thought you’d like us to share some of them with you.
Mischa: Autumn’s the windy one. Kailey: the leaves fall off in Autumn.
Grace: you get conkers in Autumn. Kyle: when it’s windy you need a coat.
Nate: we wear water suits when it’s rainy and things are wet and muddy.
Emily: you need warm clothes, hats, scarves, gloves and boots in Winter.
Liam: Santa comes in Winter Ava: you need a warm coat to keep cosy.
Imogen: you need your wellies in Winter and scarves, hats and gloves.
Shay: we see snow in Winter. Katie: the icicles come.
Ollie: you get your paddling pool out in Summer.
Adam J.: you wear T-shirts and hats when it’s hot.
Mischa: you wear dresses in Summer and you can get your goggles out.
Ava: you need swimming wear.
AND WHAT ABOUT SPRING?
Malachi: trees grow. Isaac: flowers pop out.
Joseph: all the bulbs grow and the leaves go back on the branches.
Grace: the baby sheep are born and blossom trees grow.
Scott: baby lambs come out of the mummy’s tummy.
Rohan: trees grow and I planted one at my Dad’s.
Summer: you get Easter eggs.
Neve: baby chicks are born and blossom comes on trees.
Hannah: the trees get leaves.
Dawid H.: the flowers grow.
What an exciting time Spring is!
Stars of the Week
Miss Wilson was delighted to present four Nursery children with Star Awards this week and our winners look rightly proud of themselves. Some of our stars got a certificate for being very helpful towards others and some were for being good listeners to help their learning. Congratulations to this week’s stars! Keep up the good work – we are all proud of you.
Spring is Here
On our return to Nursery we have been learning about growth and the changes in spring. This has been reflected in the children’s paintings which have included lambs, chicks, trees full of blossom and some lovely daffodils. Maybe if we make enough pictures of spring, the weather will eventually realise what it’s meant to be doing?
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Welcome
We hope that our three new children feel as happy as we do that they have joined us. It can be daunting joining a class of children who are already settled and familiar with the Nursery environment and rules but these children have taken it in their stride. Thank you to all the other boys and girls for making them feel so welcome. We hope that our new families enjoy using our blog to get a taste of life in Hecklegirth Nursery.
