March 2022
Marvellous March was filled with lots of fun learning for the children in the green group.
We celebrated Cross Arthurlie Nursery’s 1st Birthday !
The children all brought a teddy bear from their home and took part in the Teddy bear’s picnic. They also helped make and decorate cakes, made bear head pieces and took part in lots of fun activities throughout the day. We even had some visitors from the Primary School and some staff from Carlibar Nursery and Arthurlie Family Centre visited also.
Outdoor Fun
March has brought us some lovely sunshine and the children have been enjoying playing outdoors!
We now have a Pulley system in our tree house area and the children have been really enjoying transporting water, mud and objects from the ground to the higher level. They have been working as a team to lower and lift repeatedly, which is helping to develop their understanding of weight distribution, engineering and gross motor skills.
The Titanic
Some of the children have shown a really keen interest in the story of the Titanic. The children are fascinated by the size and all of the details about the ship.
We made an iceberg in the fish tank to help give the children a visual understanding of what happened to the ship and they really enjoyed seeing in real life the impact ice can have.
The children also continue to explore our outdoor areas and develop their gross motor skills whilst doing so. It is lovely to see the children’s confidence grow in the outdoors whilst assessing their own risk taking and to see their friendships blossom whilst doing so.
Planting
The children in the green group have really enjoyed taking part in some planting outdoors. We have spoken about how a tiny seed can grow into a beautiful flower or plant, if it is given the correct love and care. The children have been learning about the importance of watering our seeds in order to keep them alive.
Science Week
During March we also completed some fun experiments for Science week throughout the Nursery. Here the children were experimenting with food colouring to see if it could turn white roses different colours. The children also developed their numeracy and mathematical awareness here as they used different measuring tools in order to place the correct amount of water and dye into the test tubes.
Cress Heads
The children made some cress heads part of Science Week. They were required to wait for their turn and then put the correct amount of cotton balls and seeds into their own individual paper cup. The children have been keeping a close eye on their seeds growing and have also been making sure to water their seeds daily, to ensure they grow.
Goldilocks and the three bears
The children sparked an interest in the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story, which we then re-created in our home corner of the Nursery. They helped to paint and make the three different sized beds and then had lots of fun taking part in imaginative play, pretending to be different bears from the story. We also had porridge in the tuff tray so the children could explore different weight and measure with the different sized bowls and spoons.
