We had a visit from the refuse collectors and they taught us about the importance of recycling.

The children had to work hard sorting through some rubbish and putting them into the correct bin with some litter pickers.  Dave then showed us how to work the bin lorry and pressed a button the tip the bins upside down. The children were also very safe and listened carefully to instructions as they walked round in pairs.

Over the last few weeks the children in the Orange group have been taking part in a variety of Frobelian Occupations.

Paper Pricking –  The children used cocktail sticks to make holes in the play dough and then added paper on top to create another pattern. They really enjoyed holding the paper up to the lights to see  it shine through the holes.

Threading  – The children were keen to make bigger holes in the paper and card with the hole punch.  They concentrated really well while threading wool through the holes and made some wonderful designs.

Sewing – The children then progressed onto sewing with needles and threads on binca material. This was a little trickier, especially threading our needles, but the children concentrated really well and were keen to add to their designs every day.  They made some beautiful patterns and shapes!

Slat work –  The children have been very creative and have shown great imagination with the wooden slats.  They have made roads,  patterns, objects, shapes and letters.

Mrs McCluskey has been so proud as many of the orange group have continued to revisit these experiences time after time extending their knowledge and skills.

 

This month the children were enthusiastic when asked what their favourite activities were to do at group time, or even an idea that we haven’t done before.

The children’s ideas were fantastic and together we made a mind map. Each day the children have been excited to see if it was their activity at group time. All the orange group have been kind and shown enthusiasm to others, sharing their likes and dislikes with each other.

“Jenga was a great idea”

“I do like using pens to draw but crayons was good too” 

“I like your idea”

Over the last few weeks we have had lots of things to celebrate;

Science week was packed full of lots of fun, exciting science experiments. We investigated icebergs, dying flowers, planting flowers and even volcano eruptions.

We celebrated the nurseries First Birthday by having a teddy bear’s picnic!

 

 

As the weather has been improving more children have been exploring outdoors and our new pulley system!