We had a fun start to the new term today in nursery. Lots of us dressed up and we enjoyed some traditional Halloween activities like dookin’ for apples. Some of us were brave enough to perform our ‘party pieces’ so we had some lovely songs, some jokes (that the adults didn’t get at all but we found hilarious!) and some interesting dance moves! We made pumpkin lanterns and had a spooky snack.
As we didn’t find any chestnuts on our trip to the woods, Miss Carson brought some in for us to explore. We were surprised at how sharp the shells were and loved opening the chestnuts up to discover the soft spongy insides, and of course the conker! Miss Carson wasn’t the only one to bring in chestnuts. Aiden had his own collection and won the title of the ‘Conker Champion’ by collecting more than Miss Carson! We did some observational pencil drawings of the chestnuts and acorns and have added various forest items and toys to our Tuff tray. We have also used them for counting activities.
We decided it was time to dig up the potatoes that we had planted in the garden. We were amazed to find out we had over 40 tatties to eat. We had a lovely group snack of potato and vegetable soup which we helped to make. We still have some potatoes left so we will be able to make more tasty snacks!
To finish off our Elmer topic, we had Elmer Day in nursery. Lots of us dressed brightly, just like the elephants in the stories. We played party games, decorated a party hat, hunted for Elmer’s friends in a treasure hunt and had a treat of cake for snack. The session finished with our elephant parade. We wore our party hats and paraded around outside playing musical instruments. We have enjoyed hearing all of the stories about Elmer and his tricks!
To kick start our new topic ‘Autumn’, the boys and girls from the nursery went a walk in the woods. Despite the wet weather, we stayed dry because “the trees are a big umbrella”. We had a picnic snack, collected things to take back with us, had lots of fun exploring and enjoyed a story. We intend to go back again soon.
We went on a pattern hunt to the park. We were pattern detectives and took binoculars and magnifying glasses to help us. We were amazed at how many patterns there are around us. We all got a chance to use the cameras to take photos of what we found – and we took quite a few pictures of our feet and the ground as well! Below are some of the pictures that we took ourselves.
This week we are beginning our Autumn topic with a walk in the woods on Wednesday and we are concluding our Elmer topic with an Elmer Day celebration on Thursday.
This week we have started to follow the adventures of Elmer the Elephant, who is a colourful character from the popular stories by David McKee. We have been using these stories to learn about colour. We have particularly enjoyed the colour treasure hunts in the garden and filling large elephants with paint in the playground. In nursery we have been making a large collage of Elmer for the wall, as well as little elephants of our own. We have played games to help us learn our colours and have sung colour related songs. We are looking forward to finding out more about Elmer next week, and investigating pattern next.
In one of the stories, Elmer and the elephants went on stilts so we tried them too!
We really enjoyed this traditional favourite. We acted out the story with different props, sang a song about Goldilocks and had lots of fun spooning porridge into different containers. Some of us copied and completed patterns using Compare Bears and lots of us made masks. The masks were mostly of bears but some of us decided to be different animals such as monkeys and cats!
Last week in nursery we were very interested in measuring. We explored the use of metre sticks, rulers, measuring tapes and trundle wheels. We drew lines, compared heights and cut lengths of wool. We also used cubes and Cuisenaire Rods and put things in order of size. This week we are going to read Goldilocks and the Three Bears so we can do some more comparison work.
