A big warm welcome to everyone in the Blue Group! All the children have been settling in well and investigating what there is to play and learn with at Cross Arthurlie Nursery.
At group time each afternoon we have been learning our friend’s names through playing games. We have been learning how to identify our own names at group time using our wooden slice, which we also pick in the morning as we enter nursery and place in a basket to indicate our feelings.

The children have been having lots of fun in the home corner where they have been busy baking and cooking lots of ‘play dough’ food.  Our numeracy skills have been developing as we have been counting our currant buns, sausages and counting cookies.  The children have also been developing their fine motor skills and pencil control while writing orders and making their own recipe books.

The children were excited to welcome their family members to stay and play at nursery.  They had lots of fun showing everyone around and taking part in lots of fun learning experiences together.

Since coming back in August we have been developing our self-help skills when getting ready to go outside to play. We are able to identify our belongings and have been practising putting our wellies and suits on. Go Blue Group!

We have had the opportunity to explore all areas of learning through our play outdoors including the mud kitchen, construction area, water play, sand and physical activity such as basketball and climbing.