outdoors – Page 2 – Hecklegirth Nursery

Alfie’s Pizza

It was lovely to hear from Alfie’s family that, just like Kyla, they too are out on painted rock hunts. We love these super photos that Alfie sent us and his Mum explained what they had been doing.

“After a walk hunting for painted rocks this one gave Alfie the idea for dinner. We made our own pizza dough & sauce then Alfie decorated his pizza with lots of vegetables to look like himself. “

I wonder who left that painted stone that inspired you? Your pizza looks absolutely delicious Alfie and it looks just like you. What great skills you are learning to be making your own dough too. Very well done and thank you so much for telling us all about your adventures. It’s great to hear from you.

Well Done Kyla

Mrs. Gray has been looking at the photo of Kyla’s great work:

“Love your painted stones Kyla. My favourite is the Ladybird. I keep a look out for them when i out walking. Thank you for sharing them with us.”

I wonder if Mrs. Gray will find any of your stones?

Environmental Print

As well as sharing books together, the children could have fun developing their reading skills while out enjoying their daily exercise. There are so many letters, numbers and signs in the world around us so they can keep their eyes peeled for lots of examples.

• What numbers can you find? What number does your house have? Can you find that number on another door?
• Some of the children showed great interest in clocks last term. Are there any clocks outside in Annan?
• What about cars? Can you find your age on a registration plate? Or a letter that is in your name?
• Are there any symbols on road signs or letters on the roads?
• What letter does your name start with? Can you find it on a sign anywhere?
• Do any of the shops in Annan have a logo as well as a name on their sign?

You could take photos of all the letters, numbers and signs that you find when out and about then talk about your findings when you get home. You may well be surprised how many symbols and signs there are in the world around us.

Fun In The Sun

It’s lovely to hear from our families and to get photos of what you have been doing at home. We would like to share this photo of one of our pupils enjoying time outdoors. It looks like he’s having great fun!

Please send any photos you would like to share to the school e-mail address

gw08officehecklegirt@ea.dumgal.sch.uk

You could add a sentence or two just to tell us what you have been doing and let us know if you would like us to name your child in our post. We look forward to hearing from you.

Bird Watching

One of our families has kindly shared these photos to let us know what they have been doing recently while Nursery is closed. Bird watching was the activity of the day for them on Monday. They have a new bird box in their garden and made their own binoculars, to keep an eye out for any visiting birds, followed by a three and a half mile bike ride.
Thank you so much for sharing your photos. It looks like you are having a great time and keeping fit too. Fingers crossed that some little birds start visiting your garden.

How Many Ways Can You Move?

Outdoor play is always very popular with our children and this little group was certainly displaying super gross motor skills as they found different ways to move across the frame. I wonder what you have all been doing outdoors at home in the lovely weather?

How many different ways of moving can you think of? What about climbing like this little group, running, rolling … remember all those different moves you learned in the hall? See how many different ways you can show your family to move and count them together. I wonder which is your favourite movement? We would love to hear how you get on.

Fun Home Activities

Here is another little gallery of some great activities from home. We love your beautifully decorated hat and the plants look bright and colourful to cheer up your garden. I wonder if you are needing to water them lots as we don’t seem to have had rain for such a long time? It’s great to have the responsibility of looking after your own plants and we feel sure that you will do a super job of it.

Outdoor Stories

I wonder how many of you have been enjoying stories with your families this week? It’s a great chance to revisit your old favourites and to get to know some not so familiar. You could look online for stories as well as enjoying those you may have at home. These children from the Raindrop Room enjoyed looking at books outdoors recently which you could perhaps do if you have a garden? Please leave a comment to let us know if you have enjoyed any good stories this week and we can share it with others.

Dinosaur Measuring

With so many children showing great interest in dinosaurs, we talked about how big they were compared to us as children and adults then how big they might have been compared to the Nursery corridor or the playground. Once some serious measuring had been done, we laid this paper out on the playground to help us appreciate just how huge dinosaurs were which certainly made everyone think.

Heart Rate

Energetic play has an important role to play in the children’s Health and Wellbeing development and most are more than happy to enjoy this, particularly outdoors. This little group of Rainbow Room children was learning about what happens to their bodies when they take exercise and they loved using technology to find out what was happening to their heart rate after spending time running as fast as they could.