Monday

Today some children demonstrated their creativity by using a variety of materials to represent their ideas. Before opening the outdoors we completed our daily risk assessment checking the garden was safe to pay in. We then enjoyed some energetic play exploring the bikes, scooters, balls etc – developing our gross motor skills and descriptive language “I’m going fast !” “It’s hard to push this!”.

Tuesday

Some children joined in a ‘Wake Up Shake Up’  exercise video developing our listening skills and following instructions. We started our new Learning Wall about ‘Books’. We created mind maps noting what we already knew about books and what we want to find out about books! We chose a book from our story corner and after we’d listened to the story we used our thumbs to show if we liked, didn’t like or thought the story was ok.

Wednesday

Today as part of our Burns Day celebrations we listened to some Scottish music before trying some Highland dancing. We also marched to the music counting as marched . Some of the children anttempted to  identify some of the instruments we could hear e,g, bagpipes, drums etc. Some children experimented with scissors developing our cutting, hand/eye coordination and fine motor skills.

Thursday

Today we practised our turn taking skills whilst playing a dominoes game – developing our counting skills and number awareness.  During this activity some children demonstrated their ability to subitise.  Lots of creativity with the playdough sharing ideas and dough tools creating lots of different structures, models e Most of the children enjoyed a Burns supper for lunch today as part of our Burns Day celebrations.

Friday

Today some children were planning, designing and building various structures in the brick area today. The playdough was popular again today with ‘Birthdays’ being the popular interest and lots of different shaped, sized Birthday cakes being created. The majority of children took turns to  perform our Scottish poem, for Burns Day, in front of the other children and staff. They each then received a certificate to celebrate their success.

Monday

Today we have been busy role playing at the block area.  A house was made using a selection of different size blocks & some of the small world dolls. They spent time caring for the babies in the house feeding and caring for them. Outside the hoola hoops have been popular some of the children moved there bodies with them whilst others chose to roll them.

Tuesday

We have been excited by the colder  weather today & have been exploring with ice in the garden we have been looking at the ice through the magnifyed glass looking at the different patters. The ice also  sparked discussion about safety & how we keep ourselves safe. In the room we have being creating at the woodwork bench using hammers & vice. Some fantastic creations have been made where some of the children decided to extend their models by adding paint to them.

Wednesday

Today we have been looking at books all different styles of books. We have been reading some books in Scott,s which is very interesting as many of the words the children have never heard before. We have been looking at poems and have chosen a poem that we have been learning everyday. All of the children take part in singing at dancing at some point in the day.

Thursday

Some children have been making their own squishy this involved cutting, gluing, sticking, they then added their artistic flare to the finished product. Lots of the children have been investigating floating and sinking uses a number of different materials. There was lots of predicting what would sink & what would float.

Friday

We have celebrated some birthdays this week which is always fun. Some of the children took part in cosmic yoga 🧘‍♀️ learning different moves and strengthening their bodies. We had a little bug in the nursery which we watched crawling about. In the garden we have been using the bikes as well as playing basketball.

Monday: On our first day back after the Christmas break we have been having fun playing together and catching up. We have enjoyed role play in the home corner and outside we have been checking the garden for safety and found ice on the ground, carefully putting it in the tough tray to explore so it didn’t smash “like glass”.

Tuesday: This morning we woke up to snow. We have wrapped up and warm and explored the snow covered garden. We brought some snow inside to see what would happen, exploring water in different forms.

Wednesday: Today some of us have been practicing our mark making skills making maps of where to go showing awareness of directions.

Thursday: Today we have been creative in the construction area with some of us building a stage and using various different shaped blocks to decorate it. Outside we have been exploring how the weather has been affecting things spotting icy spider webs. A few have been filling up different size and shaped containers with water to leave outside to see what happens to it.

Friday: Today we have enjoyed a wake up shake up with Danny Go getting our bodies moving.  Most of us have joined in with nursery rhymes learning about words which sound similar and listening  to stories.