sciences – Hecklegirth Nursery

Outdoor Projects

Construction is always popular both inside and outdoors and the children like nothing better than to become involved in a little project together that they will then be able to use in their play. This gallery demonstrates examples of this as you can see children making their own roads, investigation panel and music display. Regardless of weather, the children are happy to busy themselves with important tasks to create resources that they then love to use. What great satisfaction it brings when you can play with something you have made yourself!

Bird Watching

Sophie’s family has sent in a lovely activity suggestion that they are taking part in and would like to share with other families.

” There’s a wildlife census we can all fill in online from 1st July recording any sightings of these birds and creatures in our gardens in June. – Sophie and max are loving watching out for them all and learning lots about them different species and which ones come out at night for example they can now identify starlings, magpies, blackbirds, blue tits and are really excited to tick them off the list. “

This looks very interesting and certainly something that other families may enjoy. Thank you very much for sharing it. Happy bird watching everyone!

Busy Briana

Briana’s family has sent some lovely photos of her busy outdoors. Briana has been growing her own flowers and carrots, as well as feeding the birds, so she has certainly been kept busy while Nursery has been closed. Very well done Briana and thank you so much for sharing your lovely photos. It’s great to hear from you.

Fly Away Butterflies

Mrs. Mackay and her family have kindly shared a video of the moment they released the butterflies they had so carefully nurtured. In the end all ten butterflies emerged from their chrysalises so they had great success. Mrs. Mackay’s daughter was very lucky that one of the butterflies landed on her hand so she was able to get a close look at it for a while before it flew away to a new life. Mrs. Mackay says that this was a great experience which they all plan to do again in the future.

Thank you very much to you and your family for sharing all your photos and videos over the weeks Mrs. Mackay. We are sure that everyone has enjoyed seeing the progress of those little caterpillars.

A Butterfly Is Born

We have exciting news from Mrs. Mackay. After we saw that her caterpillars had formed their chrysalises, we were waiting for the butterflies to emerge and we are excited to tell you that this has now happened. What is even better is that Mrs. Mackay managed to capture one on video just as it was emerging from the chrysalis.

Click on the video below to see it as it happened. Thank you Mrs. Mackay for managing to record this. It is brilliant to watch and we are sure that everyone will enjoy it.

Super Work Robin

We have been hearing about what Robin has been doing while Nursery has been closed and have some lovely photos to share of him building with his bricks and of a super bird feeder that he made. We are very impressed with your writing too Robin.

Very well done Robin! The birds will love visiting your feeder and that will always be a reminder in your garden of this time as you grow up. Thank you so much for sharing your super photos.

Learning About Electricity

There have been so many different things to share on our blog since we closed that we have still not managed to post all the photos we have from last term so we thought you might like to see these as a fond reminder of the children’s days in Nursery.
The snack area provides many opportunities for learning and independence skills. Here you can see the children in the Rainbow Room learning about electricity as part of preparing for their snack. They had lots of discussion around how the microwave and toaster work and were able to use them independently to prepare their own snack.

I wonder if the children can remember what they learned? Can they find three things that use electricity and three things that do not? See if your child can help to prepare a meal or snack and tell you which items he/she used that needed electricity or if you used any electricity at all.

Caterpillar News

We have exciting news from Mrs. Mackay about the caterpillars her family is looking after. Just like Isaac’s tadpoles, they have grown and transformed.
This week all the caterpillars have made their chrysalises and have been transferred to their new home until they emerge. She had mentioned previously that she thought that one set was a little bigger than the other and reports that one pot did make their chrysalises two days before the other so that must be their age difference.
She also reports that they had one chrysalis which attached to the side of the cup and it then fell to the bottom of the pot but that it seems to be absolutely fine. Goodness me, we have had that happen so many times in Nursery in the past and have worried over our little caterpillars but usually they have been fine so fingers crossed. Mrs. Mackay said that there was great excitement in her house when the chrysalises started shaking when they moved them but they have settled down well now and her family is looking forward to seeing the butterflies emerge.
Thank you to Mrs. Mackay for sharing her photos and story about her caterpillars. We are looking forward to hearing about their next stage.

Looking After Our Plants

James and Lily have been visiting our planter on the High Street and their family told us that they have been learning about keeping the flowers alive and what they need to grow.
How kind of you both to water our plants Lily and James. Some of the Nursery staff have been trying to care for them in the hot weather and it’s great to know that we have such super helpers. Thank you so much and thank you for sharing your photos. We love to see you all. Keep up the good work!

Tadpole Update

I wonder if you remember the tadpoles that Isaac was looking after? Well we have exciting news – the tadpoles have grown and their legs are now forming. What a brilliant job you must have been doing Isaac in caring for them. It is great to see their progress.
Always busy, Isaac has also completed a 48 piece jigsaw puzzle unaided and has been playing a board game with his family called “Pop To The Shops” where he has been counting and learning about money. What a lot of super skills you have been practising there Isaac!
Thank you so much for sharing your photos. We have been wondering how those tadpoles were progressing. Well done for all your hard work.