Throughout the month of December the red group have been busy elfs around nursery. We have learned some new winter and Christmas songs and rhymes which we have loved practising.

Getting prepared for our wonderful Christmas markets required us to be very creative as we made some decorations, cards and even some magical reindeer dust.

It was so special welcoming the red group’s families in for our market days, it was lovely to see everyone together cosying up  with a cup of hot chocolate.

Santa stopped by for a visit and left us a gift after we sang him our favourite song… Jingle Bells!

As the weather got colder we had a think about how we could help the wildlife during the winter months. We made bird feeders using the empty oranges from snack, bird seed and lard. We mixed the seeds and the lard together and put the mixture inside the oranges. Then hung them up in the garden for the birds to enjoy.

Look at those little angels!

Enjoying a wee hot chocolate together.

   

Say cheese for the camera!

We watched the story of Christmas and had lots of fun trying on the different costumes.

Let’s dance

 

Janurary 2023

It has been lovely to see the children returning back to nursery after the Christmas holidays and from all the exciting news we’ve been told, it sounds like everyone had a fantastic time with their loved ones.

We have welcomed some new friends to the red group and we are excited to see where our learning journey will take us together.

Number fun with ice and shaving foam.

Being creative in the art area.

At group time we read The Colour Monster. As we read the story we spoke about the Colour Monster’s emotions, and we then took turns of sharing our thoughts on how different situations can make us feel.

“I’m happy when I cuddle my mummy”

We looked at the different parts of a hyacinth bulb and discussed what plants need to help them grow. The children identified plants need “water” and “mud” to grow and learned they also need the sun too!

The children suggested names to call our hyacinth, voted on their favourite and decided to call it “Happy Hyacinth”. Every week they check on  Happy’s progress using a measuring tape to identify just how much it has grown.