All posts by Mrs Adamson

Week Beginning 16th September

Monday

The children have been busy in the garden & enjoying the sunshine. They have been very physical with lots of running/hopping/ Skipping. Some children have been busy creating healthy soup in our mud kitchen

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Tuesday

The art area has been a popular choice this morning with some very creative designs being created they used a variety of different materials for their design.  Our nursery snack has been developing independence and offers a good selection of healthy foods.

Wednesday

Today we all went for our shore walk for some of the children this was their first time with the nursery. They explored on the rocks allowing the opportunity to risk assess and work out how to keep themselves safe. We found crabs and some beautiful coloured sea glass.

Thursday

Today we went to the gym where we played with the parachute. We played different games which required listening and following instructions as well as turn taking. We then went to the library for a book bug session, lots of songs involving numeracy and we listened to two stories.

Friday

The block area has been busy with some of the children building houses with our large blocks. There was lots of discussion about electricity and how to light the house. In the garden some children joined in playing what’s the time Mr Wolf  developing listening skills and numeracy.

 

Week Beginning 19th August 2024

Monday – In Service

Tuesday – In Service

Wednesday – Today we welcome back our existing children and some new faces to Ferryport 😊. Lots of the children have been designing, problem solving,, sharing ideas and building in the brick corner – bridges, shops, houses etc creating good use of language.
We played a variety of table top games – developing turn taking, sharing, and counting skills.
We experimented/ explored the water area outdoors using a variety of different shaped/sized vessels.

Thursday – Some children made alligators/crocodiles with the playdough creating lots of ideas and discussion.
Some  children were exploring a variety of equipment outdoors e.g ropes, hoops, bats, balls etc – developing hand/eye and gross/fine motors skills.

Friday- A few of our children have been role playing in the water tray with the sea creatures – learning the different names of the creatures and what they eat etc developing use of vocabulary/ language during discussions🦀🐠🦞🦈. Outdoors we have been taking an interest in what the workmen are doing in our nursery garden creating lots of discussions about the different machinery being used and the different jobs the workmen are undertaking 🧱⛏️.

Have a lovely weekend everyone and we look forward to see you all next week😀

The Ferryport Nursery Team 😊