For those who were involved in last year’s growing project, we thought that you might like to see the vegetables that were lifted from the raised beds this week. Despite a hot summer holiday when the beds were not able to be watered, there still was a selection of vegetables to harvest. The children had great fun pulling them out and some spent a long time searching for the smallest carrot which was quite a competition.
Tag: outdoors
Messy and Creative
Joe H’s Mum has been talking about what he enjoys in Nursery:
“Joe’s favourite activity at nursery is outdoor play. He enjoys getting messy and creative in the garden. Joe says he can’t wait to play in the snow!!!!!!!!”
The outdoors area is great fun and Joe loves it. I can imagine how you’re feeling about the snow Joe but I’m not sure we want it just yet. I wonder what other children enjoy best in Nursery?
Counting, Counting Everywhere
Outdoor play has involved a lot of counting skills this week. We have been busy counting shells, counting the stones on our mud pies and counting the number of balls we can roll down a pipe.
Setting the pipes up so that the balls would roll successfully down the pipe was another challenge in itself but the children are beginning to work well together in a team and they solved this problem for themselves.
Growing Success
Remember the lovely photo of Sophie’s sunflower that she planted last year in Nursery? Her Mum has sent us a message:
“Thanks for putting the photo up, she looks so proud! I must say to Eileen too that the corn seed she gave us to plant has grown out the roof of my Dads greenhouse and had actually got a corn on the cob on it we are just wondering when it will be ready to pick and eat!!
Its all been very exciting! such a nice idea so thanks to you all!”
We will pass the message on to Eileen thank you. Family Learning is starting again for Nursery parents tomorrow, September 4th, so we hope that everyone this year enjoys Eileen’s activities as much as our parents from last year.
Outdoor Play
The children are now becoming more confident to access outdoor play as well as indoor activities. They are building relationships and developing good teamwork skills as they investigate the climbing frame, the mud kitchen and all the different opportunities that the garden provides. As the weather has got a little cooler, the children are now wearing waterproof suits for outdoor play so their own clothes should hopefully stay clean.
Growing Project
Those who helped to plant vegetables last term as part of a Family Learning project may have noticed our crop in the raised beds in the Nursery garden. Some of the children harvested the carrots at the start of term and they seemed pleased with their efforts. Well done everyone who helped in this project and thanks to Eileen, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, for her work last term to make this project happen.
Super Sunflower
Last term the children planted sunflower seeds in Nursery and took them home so that they could care for them. Some children brought them back in to show us once they had started to sprout and they seemed to be doing a super job of looking after their little plants. Mollie was telling us today that her sunflower had grown lots over the summer and her Mum has sent us a photo to share with everyone. Well done Mollie! You have looked after your sunflower really well. I wonder if anyone else has a photo of their sunflower?
Shopping In The Sun
As we start to enjoy our holidays, the weather seems to have forgotten that it’s supposed to be summer. Here are a few photos from last week when the sun was shining and some of the children made a sweetie shop outdoors using their snack drinks and fruit. Let’s hope that you’ll all be enjoying some outdoor play at home soon if the weather improves.
Harvest
Earlier this year some children and their families worked together in a Family Learning project to plant vegetables at home and in the raised beds in the Nursery garden. Today they returned to the beds to harvest some of their crop. As you can see, they had great fun making faces with their vegetables as well as tasting them. (It really seemed a bit warm to make soup as planned). It’s interesting how some children won’t normally eat vegetables but they enjoyed tasting those that they had grown. Thank you to Eileen, as always, for providing her super Family Learning activities.
Snack Shop
With the sun shining and the outdoor area beckoning, many of the children are not so keen to have snack on these hot days so a shop was set up to sell milk, water, grapes and strawberries. Suddenly it seemed that everyone was hungry and thirsty and, as you can see, the little shop did some very good business out in the garden.
