Monday  – 09/06/25

Today there was a lot of interest in the art area where some children were drawing their favourite characters which went deep into a discussion about favourite movies. Some children created a ‘jumping platform’ with the blocks , a lot of turn taking and body control.

Out in the garden there was a few that created a game with the hula hoops , a lot of rolling , then through sharing ideas among one another they attached the different sized hoops together to step or jump round or into , one child choose to spin round with the big hoop showing exciting as he followed it round.

 

Tuesday – 10/06/25.

Today we were in separate groups as 1 stayed back at the nursery and the 2nd group took a walk to the beach in the sunshine. At nursery there was lots of technology use , using the mouse/keyboard to size pictures and researching images following on from Mondays discussions to print off and cut out.

Out in the garden a few of the children had created their own ramps and used the balls to see the force they went down from a variety of heights.

At the beach children were leading their own learning , one leading the beach charter and some organising the games , it lead to a variety of activities involving mark making , imaginative play with the rocks and then onto a hunt. There was a lot of discussions of sizes , shapes and the tide being near/far , fast/slow.

 

Wednesday 11/06/2025.

Today there was a variety of play around the nursery , while most of the children went along to school to meet their buddies for primary 1 the younger children spent a lot of time exploring mathematical play with the coloured bears , matching , sorting and counting them. The main focus was height , measuring them small to big and big to small.
There was a lot of exploring in the garden with the scooters and managing our ball skills by throwing , kicking and bouncing.

Thursday 12/06/2025.

Today there was creative songs and music using the iPad , exploring/experimenting with different tempos , high/low , fast/slow , loud/quiet even got in some dance moves. A small group got together to sing some rhymes and songs. We celebrated a fifth birthday today , we sang happy birthday almost all our children shared some delicious cake. Some of the children helped create anew sensory den in the nursery garden, offering suggestions of what they would like the den.

Outside a small group of children were building with the polydron

, we had lasers , swords and role playing different characters of their favourite movies.

Friday 13/06/2025

Today some of the children were building with the blocks , there was a lot of role play  including discussions showing knowledge of the outside world and how we work.
We then took a walk along to our community garden where we  sat down to listen to instructions – developing our listening skills.

’Can we all find the pond?’ .. with excitement everyone explored the garden to find it. We then went through the Willow tunnel with enthusiasm.

’This is amazing’ ‘wow’ ‘look come around this way this is so awsome’

We then collected some willow to thread to make the den , planted some beans , read some stories and took turns on the stepping stones , managing risk and our balance.