As work on our outdoor area developed last term, the children learned how to use tools safely so some took the opportunity to practise their skills when we decided to turn some tree trunks into outdoor seating. As you can see, this super little team worked away with the hammer and chisel to remove some of the outer bark and then got to work with a paintbrush and varnish to give them a shiny finish. We think that they did a great job. Good teamwork boys and girls.
Learning about Autumn this term has been helped greatly by the children’s wonderful contributions to our display area. Chestnuts, acorns, a pumpkin, various berries, a squash 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. The children have shown great enthusiasm to look at and talk about our display. Here are some of the children with their finds.
After using the hammer and chisel to make doors and windows in the fairy houses, decoration was the next stage. As you can see, the children chose bright colours to complete their houses then it was time to place them in a quiet corner of the garden. A shiny river had to be decorated with blue stones and the brightly painted shells and stones were placed round the little garden. The children seem quite pleased with their work and we think that they have made a lovely little fairy garden, all created from their own imagination.
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The children should all now be familiar with the Nursery rules and they all seem to be remembering them most of the time. I wonder if they can tell you what they are?
Harvey’s Granny is impressed with his skills with a hammer and chisel:
“Harvey is really concentrating helping to make the fairy garden looking forward to seeing it finished x”
He has certainly done lots of super work for the garden recently. Well done Harvey.
As part of the children’s work on the outdoor environment, they decorated shells and stones to put in the fairy garden and around our sensory plants. There was lots of discussion about which colours and patterns to decorate them with and it is lovely to see what super ideas the children have had, creating a variety of designs. Once the stones and shells were decorated, some Maths skills had to be used as we needed to sort the blue ones into a separate pile to be used as part of the fairy garden’s little river. All the decorated stones and shells are now on display in the Nursery garden so we hope that you can find time to have a look at them with your children. We think that they have made a brilliant job of their artwork.
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.
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.
