Sunbeam Room: This week in the Sunbeam room, we have been celebrating Halloween. We have been going on walks in our community to see the Halloween decorations. We discussed being safe whilst out in the community and made sure we were safe when crossing the roads. We saw lots of very exciting decorations!
We have also been exploring some Halloween experiences throughout this week such as making potions, developing our curiosity as we explored the inside of a pumpkin, developing our creative skills as we were making skeletons using cotton buds and developing our fine motor skills as we have been rescuing Halloween characters from a giant spider web using tongs. We have also began celebrating Guy Fawkes night this week as we have been creating our own fireworks in a variety of creative ways such as printing using glue and glitter, and developing our scissor skills as we made sparklers using art straws and sparkly material.
We also had our nursery Halloween party this week where both the Sunbeam and Daisy room children came together to have a party. We participated in Halloween experiences such as dookin’ for apples, Halloween crafts, doughnuts on a string and lots of dancing and party games. We also had a lovely Halloween party snack with some spooky treats! We absolutely loved all of the children and staff’s costumes, you all looked amazing!
Forest Schools: During our Forest School sessions this week, we have been focusing on planting. The children developed their knowledge of living things and how to care for plants as we planted some daffodil bulbs in the Secret Garden. We developed our fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination as we were digging the mud to make space for the bulbs. We can’t wait to see our bulbs grow into gorgeous yellow daffodils in the Spring! We have also been using our imaginations to make up some spooky stories to tell at the Secret Garden as we celebrate Halloween this week. Some of our stories were super spooky!
Daisy Room: This week in the Daisy Room, we have been exploring a variety of different Halloween themed experiences. This has included developing our curiosity and exploring our sense of touch as we were making spooky handprints using some neon green paint. We also explored some purple gloop and developed our curiosity as we discussed why the gloop “melted” in our hands, changing from a solid to a liquid. We have also developing our fine motor skills as we have been mark making using a variety of different tools, such as forks, potato mashers and spatulas. We explored the different sizes and shapes each of these tools made on the paper using the paint.
