From Tiny Seeds …
Tag: sciences
Who Lives In Our Garden?
As we continue to learn about growth and life cycles, we have been extending our learning to the outdoors where the children have been searching for minibeasts. Gardening tools, magnifying boards and clipboards have been at the ready as the children search for evidence of minibeasts in our garden. Here is some of the detective team in action.
Staying Safe
Staying safe near electricity was the theme of one of our activities this week when we visited the school library. Andy told us all about the dangers of electricity and what we should do when we see someone doing something dangerous. If you suddenly hear your child shout “Stop!” and raise his or her hand, just ask them what they think you’ve done that is dangerous because they are very keen to watch out for grown-ups doing dangerous things. The children were very focussed during this discussion and enjoyed listening out for some of Andy’s questions about when we should say, “Stop!”
Meeting Sparky, Andy’s clever bird topped off a very enjoyable visit even though he was a little rascal who kept trying to bite off their fingers. As you can see from their faces, the children loved Sparky so thank you to Andy for bringing him along.
Planting and Growing
Ollie’s Allotment
Further to a recent comment about Ollie’s allotment, his family have sent us a reply telling us what he grows there:
“We grow lots of things at our allotment, potatoes, onions, leeks, onions and lots more. Just let us know when you would like to visit. A Thursday and Friday are good for us.
On another note- it was very exciting to come home from work yesterday and hear all about safety with electric. Ollie totally understood all the reasons for being safe when around electric. Well done nursery staff- great work with little children as usual.”
Ollie’s allotment sounds like a brilliant place to visit especially with us having our own growing project in the Nursery garden. Hopefully we will be able to arrange a visit soon – our diary is at the ready and we will speak to Ollie’s Mum or Dad about it soon.
We’re glad that our learning about safety around electricity has also been successful. The children were very interested in this topic and we hope that this should show in their everyday lives.
Well Done Ollie!
Ollie’s family has left a comment on his photo:
“Ollie was super excited with his certificate this week. He has also been enjoying looking after his courgette whilst growing at home. He would love to show some of the children our allotment when the weather gets a bit better.”
Well done Ollie. You really deserved that certificate with your super knowledge of the body. We like the sound of a visit to your allotment. I wonder what you grow there?
Madison the Gardener
It sounds like Madison is turning into quite a little gardener. Her Mummy left a comment about the photo with her courgette plant saying,
“maddy had fun looking after this, and took great care of it, we hope the strawberries we have planted at home will grow just as well.x”
Well done Madison – we were very impressed with your courgette plant. Fingers crossed for the strawberries!
Fantastic Gardeners
Thank you to those of you who have been bringing in your courgette and pea plants which have grown from the seeds you planted with your families at the end of last term. You have obviously been looking after them well at home and they will be super additions to our garden growing area. Eileen is amazed at the size of some of your plants and will see you soon to find a space for them in our raised beds. Well done you fantastic gardeners. I wonder if anyone else has managed to make such a good job of looking after their plants?
Bring Your Courgettes and Peas to Plant
Eileen’s left a comment for everyone who has been part of the growing project:
“I would also like to thank the parents who have volunteered to help with this project. It was good to see the sun yesterday but I was quite pleased to see the rain today – we didn’t water the seeds yesterday. If any of you have courgettes or peas from before the Easter holiday please bring them back to me as we will be planting them in the beds.”
Finlay’s Mum also commented on our seed planting photos:
“Finlay said he really enjoyed planting seeds with Eileen, Finlay is growing vegetables at home too and is very keen to water them and look after them, all the children look as though they are having fun!”
The children certainly seem excited about their seeds. Let’s hope that our planting lives up to expectations as some of them have already been talking about using their vegetables for part of snack.
Our Growing Project
The next stage of our growing project organised by Eileen Johnstone, our Family Learning Co-ordinator, is now underway and the sun came out in celebration as we planted seeds in our raised beds in the garden.
The children talked about the tiny seeds and what they would have to do to help them grow to look like the ones in Eileen’s pictures.They then very carefully prepared the compost and planted their seeds. Each Nursery room has a bed of their own to tend and our kind parent volunteers will take turns each week to help the children look after their vegetables. Today the Sunshine Room planted carrot seeds and the Rainbow Room planted beetroot. I wonder which bed will show signs of growth first?
Thank you very much to Eileen and to those parents who have offered to be part of our work. This project provides opportunities to develop several areas of the curriculum and is a fantastic learning experience. The children are excited about it and we look forward to watching progress in the garden for the rest of this term.
