The nursery children visited the local shop, playgroup , surgery and the Burnside Hall delivering posters about the Coffee Morning and Afternoon on Tuesday 8th November. The boys were developing confidence as they engaged with people explaining we were raising money towards our puppet show.

The children were excited to find lots of different bugs when we moved a piece of wood. They used magnifiers to take a closer look and used an insect guide to see what they found.

Malcom brought in a shed skin from a tarantula to share with his nursery friends which sparked lots of learning about spiders.

Logan shared his knowledge. “Spiders live in webs and they are very sticky to catch a fly. They go round and round and round. “

May drew a picture for our learning book. “My spider has lots of legs!”

Everyday opportunities to develop our writing and numeracy skills.

STEAM in action as the children worked together to move the guttering, hose pipe and bottles to make water flow. Harry realised a funnel would help to put water into the hose. “This one is too big – I need a smaller one.” Said Harry as he tried different sizes.

The new children have been developing self help skills , independence and becoming familiar with the nursery routines.

The children made their own shopping list and used it to buy snack at the shop. They looked at environmental print on their walk looking for familiar letters on street signs. Max was impressed by all the different kinds of bread.

We had a lovely visit to the park to  use the large equipment.

“I liked playing on the climbing frame. ”  Said Lennon.

“I climbed on the swing myself. ” Added Freya proudly.

“I liked having a picnic on the grass.” Said Annabel.

“I played Batman.” Joined in Natan.

Mrs Heggie from Childsmile came to talk to the children about the importance of limiting how often the children come into contact with sugar and reminded them how to correctly brush their teeth. She had a chat with parents looking at the sugar content in foods such as yogurt and smoothies.

Mrs Dickson visited the nursery and talked about her job as a nurse and things that your body needs to stay healthy.