Mearns Nursery (2019-2020)

Every month in the nursery we will be focusing on a particular author and learning about them as well as exploring and enjoying their books.

This month we will be focusing on Julia Donaldson. It would be lovely to hear about the Julia Donaldson books that you enjoy together at home.

We are delighted with the way our planning space is progressing. The children are keen to share their ideas with their key workers and the staff have been observing the play in the nursery, talking to the children and noting down their interests. Leading from this the children have been given opportunities to explore dinosaurs, volcanoes and money this week all linked to their interests and questions.

We would encourage families to add any ideas and comments to the board allowing us to build and develop our planning together.

The children made the most of the winter sun today by taking their play outside. There were bicycle races, obstacle courses and in the mud kitchen preparations were underway for a pizza party!

In the dinosaur books we have been enjoying there are lots of pictures of volcanoes, the children wanted to know what they were and then asked about the lava that they produced. To demonstrate how the lava would flow the children worked together to make their own mini volcano!

Harry Potter and the world of magic has caught the imagination of many of the children in the nursery. They have been writing spells, creating wands and sharing stories. Yesterday they came in to find a potion making space and many, many fabulous potions were discussed, measured and mixed!

The children have been asking all about money so we have followed their interests and this morning there was quite a queue at the cash machine!