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Tag: health and wellbeing
Sparkler Safety
Just like the afternoon children, those in the morning showed good listening skills when learning about staying safe with fireworks. They were very patient waiting their turn for their sparklers and all followed the rules very well. It’s good to know that you remembered how to stay safe boys and girls.
Staying Safe
Sparklers are a great way to learn about staying safe with fire and the children listened so well to all our instructions when we enjoyed them in the Nursery garden last week. Just look at the faces of the afternoon children, all concentrating and listening to our advice as we talked about how to behave and what to do once the sparkler is finished. Some were more cautious than others but everyone was happy to hold a sparkler so well done boys and girls for being confident to try out something that was new to many.
Sticky, Stretchy Marshmallows
As we have been talking about staying safe for Bonfire Night, we had a fire in the garden last week to support our discussions. Toasting marshmallows also gave us the opportunity to talk about what happened to them as they were heated over the fire and they certainly tasted delicious once our experiment was over. The children used some good vocabulary as they talked about how the marshmallows felt once they were cooked as they found them “sticky”, “stretchy” and “like a spider”.
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child is the world’s largest children’s Christmas project and children in Hecklegirth can donate a Christmas shoebox which will be sent to needy children who will undoubtedly be delighted with your gifts.
Pupils in school and Nursery can donate boxes between 1st and 14th November so that they can be delivered in time for Christmas. Please hand your boxes in to Nursery staff if you wish to contribute.
Happy Hallowe’en
Witches, ghosts, bats and a few superheroes arrived in Nursery on Tuesday for Hallowe’en. Thank you to all those who helped their children play the part – here are some photos we managed to capture of some of those super outfits in the afternoon. We will post photos of the morning children soon.
Exploring In Mud
Brooke’s family has been looking at the photos of the children’s ‘sticky mud game’:
“Brooke loves exploring in mud and getting messy so I can imagine how much fun this would of been for her, looks like a great game they have all created together. Well done everyone.”
It was a super game which kept them engaged for such a long time. Great teamwork!
The Sticky Mud Game
We love it when the children play co-operatively to plan and carry out their own ideas. These photos show a group of children playing a game of their own creation which they called “The Sticky Mud Game”. They used the resources that they found outdoors and made their own rules, telling me, “You have to get the mud and move it into the puddle. It’s a bit hard but it’s easy if you keep doing it”.
As the children moved mud into the puddle, they then realised that the puddle was filling up so they said, “We need to make the puddle bigger so there’s room for the mud”. Cups and bowls were then used to transport water from another part of the garden to make the puddle bigger.
What super teamwork and creativity they have shown to invent their own game, agree on the rules together and work out how to solve problems they came up against. We love the Sticky Mud Game.
Well Done!
Lunch Time
We have an increasing number of children who enjoy back-to-back sessions in Nursery. Each day a little group lunches together in the school dinner hall with staff and they have developed a lovely little social group, discussing their morning and developing confidence in the wider school environment. As you can see, the children enjoy this time of day when they can relax and rest while enjoying their tasty lunches.
