How Do We Know That It’s Winter?

As part of our learning about the changing seasons, we have been talking to the children about how they know it is winter and what happens in winter. Here are a few of their ideas.
Crue: it gets very cold.
Fraser: robins come out. It’s minus one.
Alexa: it’s slippery ice.
Brooke: the water will freeze. We need to wrap up warm. We need a furry coat.
Jasmin: Santa comes and presents.
Annalise: it gets so cold.
Frankie: you can build a snowman. You need two snowballs, a big one and a little one.
Penny: the trees have no leaves.
Emily: the clouds are holding the snow. When the snow gets bigger, it comes out.
Skye: you might slip on your bottom.
Imoen: the snowflakes are on the car when it snows.
Olivia: we should leave bread out for the birds.
Tom: it snows.
Aoife: we need boots. We need to give the birds berries because they are hungry.
James: we need to wrap up warm.
Cali: we can throw snowballs.
Priya: there’s lots of snow on the trees.

We think that the children have some good ideas about the signs of winter. I wonder what they can see coming to Nursery that tells them it is winter time?

Happy Reading

Enid’s Mum was one of the parents who joined in with our reading day:

“I really enjoyed the opportunity to come in and read with the children, it makes me so happy to be able to do these things with Enid especially when I see how happy it makes her.”

We really appreciated all those parents joining us as we try to find different ways to encourage literacy for our children. We hope to offer this opportunity again next term if there is interest from our families. Thank you to all those who took part this term.

“Squishy, Sticky and Slooey”

The children have been enjoying an interesting sensory experience as they have experimented with some gloop. Here are some of the comments they made about how it felt and photos of their experience.
Eadie: slimy.
Archie: it feels like soup.
Safoora: squishy.
Cameron: sticky.
Devlin: like banana.
Aoife: yukky and cold.
Priya: it’s slooey. It feels like gooey, gooey.
Cali: it’s a bit warm.
Derry: it feel like alien stuff.
Crue: it’s slime.
Leah: squidgy.
Halle: all weird.
Enid: a bit chilly and jelly.

We love your ideas boys and girls. I’m sure people can imagine what if felt like by your descriptions.

Literacy in Nursery

We would like to thank those parents who joined us last week to read stories to their children in Nursery. This is one way that we are trying to promote literacy for our children and we hope that those who participated enjoyed the experience. Here are a few of the parents who took part, enjoying some story telling. We hope that lots of you will be able to join us again after the Christmas holiday when we will arrange another date.

Well Done Enid

Enid’s family left us a comment to say that she is delighted with her recent certificate:

“Enid was thrilled to receive a certificate, she has been working very hard at learning her letters & sounds, her hard work has paid off.”

Well done Enid! Super learning! Your family must be very proud of you.

Bonfire Night

After looking at some books about Bonfire Night and how it started, the children discussed what they had done with their families.
Bethany: I had sparklers at my friend’s house. We put them in a bucket with water when we had finished.
Devlin: I had some at my house. They banged.
Mason: we had fireworks in a barrow. My Dad ran when we lit them. It made big bangs and some flew like rockets. We had pizza.
Enid: I went to Dumfries in the car to see fireworks.
Safoora: I saw some from a bridge. We had toffee apples.
Joshua: we had fireworks. I stayed next to Daddy to stay safe.
Tom: when it’s dark you can see fireworks.
Penny: I had a bonfire at my house.
Louie: I saw some fireworks in the sky. They were far away.
Evan G.: I saw two fireworks, one was yellow, one was white.
Dave: we saw big bang fireworks. We had chips.
Ava: I went to see fireworks with Mummy. I like pink ones. We didn’t have sweets or toffee apples.
Fraser: I had fireworks at my house. They were rockets.
Kobe: I had some fireworks at my Papa’s house.
Imoen: I had rockets and sparklers at my house.

It sounds like you all had lots of fun!

Who Looks after You?

After reading a story about a bear feeling ill, we talked about who looks after us when we don’t feel well. Here is a selection of the ideas that the children gave.

Louie: my Mummy helps me. She reads books to me.
James: when I have a bug, Mummy and Daddy say I can watch telly on the sofa.
Matthew: my Grandpa gets me a football to make me feel better.
Eadie: my Mummy puts a bowl and a towel beside me when I’m watching T.V.
Archie: Daddy and Dodie play with me.
Frankie: I had chicken pox. My Daddy and brother looked after me when I was in bed.
Cali: Mummy and Daddy get me water and I go to sleep.
Olivia: I had spots on my tummy that were itchy. Grandma took me to get checked.
Leah: Nana looks after me and reads me stories.
Lewis: Mum looks after me. She gives me cough medicine.
Ava: Mummy looks after me. She plays a game with me.
Kyle: Papa and Nana give me medicine.
Brooke: I had spots and Mummy looked after me.
Enid: I had a bad tummy. I lay on the sofa and watched the telly. Mummy helped me.
Imoen: my Dad and Mum – they catch the spots and read me a story when I’m in bed.
Amelia: Mummy gives me a hug.
Kobe: when I was ill at bedtime Mummy and Daddy looked after me.

It sounds like you boys and girls are very well looked after by your families.

Talking About Autumn

Learning about Autumn this term has been helped greatly by the children’s super contributions to our display. Chestnuts, acorns, various berries 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.

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