Monday 05/10/2026.
Today in the nursery , the children were all around doing some role play , upon listening there was a lot of conversation about cars and how we can use the blocks and ramps to use , we were looking to see how fast the cars would go down the ramp and how far they would go , there was exploration of different sizes of shapes and models.
At the art area , the children were using a variety of natural materials to create nature images.
One child and 2 ladies went out on a little walk to familiarise him with the community as we work towards our beach walks , they talked about safety and looked at the cars going along the road , they even seen some cats and dogs.
Outdoors , the children have took a real good interest in the water tray, there was a lot of pouring and exploring how the water can go down the funnels, some children were practicing their climbing as we introduced the cube again , where we worked on our turn taking skills and incorporating our signalong in our play.
Tuesday 06/10/2026
Today in the nursery there was a lot of interest in the playdough with the natural materials to create their own models , there was a mixture of conkers , pine cones , sticks and leaves.
Our second group remembered our safety rules as we went through them before going out again down to the harbour , it was a lovely walk and we spotted a man getting the boat of his car to set sail. The second group done great and are ready to tackle the beach after the holidays.
We introduced the second book of our ‘Think Equal’ programme , ‘Is there anyone like me? It sparked some discussion about we are all different in our own way , we talked about our hair , our eyes , some of the ladies have glasses and some don’t , we did a little test to see who knew who as we closed our eyes and someone spoke , we had to figure out who it was!
We learned new sign-along words this week to.
‘finished and toilet’
Outdoors there was a lot of physical play , climbing , running , playing football and on the bikes.
Wednesday 07/10/2026
Today in the nursery we had a lovely slow start to the morning as we had a fire place on to have a calming atmosphere, a lot of the children took their shoes off and relaxed at the screen.
Some children took an interest in creating their own jewellery with pipe cleaners , a lot of working towards our cutting skills also.
Introducing ‘is there any one like me’ again there was further discussion , which sparked talking about the differences of our families , some of our mums and dads were tall , small , some of us had brothers or sisters.
Some of the children took an interest in the smart board games and and drawing , which then formed letters to explore their literacy skills.
Outdoors the children were washing a lot of the cars as they created their own car wash.
Today to start off the morning we had a stay and play session , where a couple parents stayed with their children as they played in the morning , playdough was made and a sprinkle of peep through out the nursery.
Some children were making their own ‘clothes’ with a lot of different designs for pants , skirts , belts with a little support from the ladies choosing colours and materials.
At circle time we sang some songs with some choosing a variety of different tunes.
In the afternoon children were dancing along to the actions of Danny go, where they spent a a lot of time burning off energy. Also some yoga to chill out.
Outdoors the children were in the mud pit where they found some worms and used the mud as food.
Friday 09/10/2026.
Today in the nursery it was full of role play , creative writing , box drawing or using them as houses..
A few children were in the story corner looking at books with the blankets or doing the jigsaws.
Outdoors there was a variety of play where some children were role playing with babies , fishing with their sticks using imaginative play.
Some children were curious about the song ‘Three little kittens’
Circle time was different today as some of us confidently stood up in the middle to do a little dance and chant ‘Who am I , I am me’ from our book this week , there was a lot of silly dances , moves , some weren’t so confident at first but managed with a little encouragement and praise from their peers , it then lead to a lot of songs and dancing.
In the afternoon Danny go was another big interest as the they were reacting the knight story!
