Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

The water tray and ball station was set up outside which created a lot of interest discussing, sizes and force. This created a fun sensory experiences for a child who was directing the water play to watch force of splashing.

Sensory experience with playdough followed on from Mondays interest of changing colours and tallying our peers favourite colour choice. This then sparked a conversation about using a sensory experience of smelling. Adding flavouring to change the smell.  The children then chose to make cakes with their playdough, decorating and singing happy birthday and role playing blowing out candles.

Thursday

Friday

Some children explored the art area, using a variety of collage materials to create their own pizzas. There was lots of discussion about favourite toppings, with children using descriptive language to share their ideas and preferences.

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Monday 18th May.

Today in the nursery we have been very crafty and creating butterflies with a variety of materials, such as cellophane, Pom poms and shapes. The home corner was very busy with some children dressing up , looking after the babies and dogs , a lot of role play and conversation about who is feeding them , what they need to get fed and what they need to get big and strong.
The water tray was popular , a lot of exploring , splashing and pouring.
Before lunch , we practiced our rhymes for our nursery rhyme time , we are doing a great job learning all the words of the songs.

Outside a few of the children were exploring the garden to collect nature materials for their potions and making ‘rainbow trees’. Using their imagination some of the children were decorating the trees outside with quoits, bean bags and balls , it was full of colour!

Tuesday 19th May.

Today was a busy day for our little learners and builders. Some children were at the block area , creating a road with different sized blocks , they spent some time concentrating on getting the shape right so the cars can go down , then continued to build a garage to ‘park them’. Some were doing some patterns together and practicing to write their name. A few children were exploring the room with the magnifying glass to see what they can find. A lot of sand and water play throughout the day.

Outdoors , Miss Higgins introduced the children to a game called ‘hot potato’ and fun exciting way for children to work on their gross motor skills and throwing and catching , then continued with children had to pretend the ball was hot , who ever they were throwing it to had to catch it and do the same , or they threw into the basket for being ‘to hot’.

Wednesday 20th May.

While some of the children were doing their school visit , the children here were exploring all areas of the nursery , some choose to read some stories , some were in the messy area , creating patterns in the sand , making wands with sticks and tissue paper. A few children were using the furniture to make up the dolls house , there was discussion on what goes where and which doll goes where.
Outside there was a lot of dinosaur play , using the excess water from the rain to splash them in and use it to feed them. There was a lot of races with bikes and scooters.

It was our sponsored nursery rhyme time , we managed to sing 12 songs in 3 minutes!! We are super proud of all our boys and girls for all their singing voices. And to Mums , Dads , Grans and Grandads who came to see us.

Thursday 21st May.

To start off our morning , we all met at the gym hall where we practiced our potted sports and races for our sports day! I’m sure all the children are ready and they done amazing listening to the rules of the races. Back at nursery some children worked together to build different models with the Lego , such as cars , lorry’s , a dinosaur and much more, they shared the Lego really well showing kindness and fairness. Also using their imagination by feeding the horse. A few children were interested in measuring their height against the wall.

Outside there was a lot of physical play , climbing up and down the cubes , running , hopping and jumping.

To end the day we watching the life cycle of a butterfly , it was very interesting, we then got to draw what we thought the colours our butterflies would turn out like. We can’t wait to see!!

Friday 22nd May.

We spent most of the morning out in the garden to make the most of the sunshine , we had the water tray and tuff tray filled with jugs , pipes to roll balls down and explore the different forces. One child was loving throwing the water as far as it can go.
Some children spent some time making puppets with toilet roll tubes , sticks and tissue paper. We have created a suitcase and seat belt too!
To end the day we listened to a story , the cd version and the book of creepy crawlies calypso  , we heard the different instruments and we had to identify them when reading the book.

Monday
Public Holiday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday
In Service Day

Friday

This morning, there was a continued interest in our nature learning wall. In the art area, children explored a variety of painting and printing techniques, which led to discussions about the different tools and materials being used, and introduced early conversations about symmetry

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

Today  some have been identifying primary colours and matching colours. In the home corner there has been lots role playing the home life of parents caring for children such as feeding and tucking  into bed. Whilst looking  after the dolls  they have been using their fine motor skills to dress and undress.

Tuesday

Today the art area was very busy with interest of mixing primary colours to discover the changes whilst using different techniques to paint. Some have been developing friendships listening and dancing to nursery rhymes. Some children have been role playing daily home lives of washing dishes and cooking “tea.”

Wednesday

A couple of children spotted a honey bee. With modelling how to care for nature this sparked a conversation leading with many questions and suggestions. What do you need when you have been very busy running and are feeling very hot ? E “Need water” Discussing looking after and respecting nature to allow the bee to have a drink safely to help with energy and fly away again. J- then suggested the bee “maybe go see mummy.”

A couple of children have been developing their balance and confidence through risk play using the logs to jump and balance.

Thursday

There was a lot of excitement due to the heavy rain,  all children sharing space well with one another as they splashed.

At the outdoor music area a child was able to share playing “Happy Birthday”  and  “Twinkle Twinkle.” The  children have been developing their communication skills through taking turns. Exploring different tempos and sounds.

Friday

Fun filled Friday! Today there has been lots of water play, developing co-ordination and discovering how water travels by selecting different methods to fill and pour.  Some children have been exploring the woodwork bench selecting different tools and discovering their functions.

Some children’s first full week at Ferryport, lots of exploring and discovering all areas of the nursery. Developing friendships as they learn through play.

Monday

Today there was lots of different gym equipment in the hall which all most of of the children created their own games developing their imagination using the equipment as circuits, used as propts to role playing dinosaurs and the floor is lava.

Tuesday

As a group the children created a hopscotch game in. One of the children was able to write 1-10 in sequence. The game created discussion developing turn taking and sharing fairly with one another.

Wednesday

One child was role playing their birthday celebration from last week using play dough to create a birthday cake and singing 🎶 Happy Birthday🎶  Then observing and counting the amount people in the room the cake was divided for a fair share. 🍰 Using lavender to design different decorations and using sprinkle technique.

A of couple of the children created a tower designing a complex design and discussing safety and using descriptive language “It’s wobbly.”

Thursday

Today a child asked to make a bird. A discussion lead into oragami and the meaning of this. Some other children joined and were able to listen and follow the step by step guide. 🦁🐅 The rest were busy making paper aeroplanes and problem solving how to increase their distance using mathematical language and problem solving skills.

Friday

Today one child continued their interest of oragami selecting a “cat.” The child then creatively designed and developed features and details. The guide was then not needed and the hold successfully created the rest independently. Most of the children used the reels to jump and balance sharing and discussing where safest place to place their feet.  This risky play allowed the children to risk asses their movement. In the gym hall all children used different body movements to dance to the music.

Monday

A couple of children have been creating  necklaces developing their fine motor skills to thread, discussing size, colour and shapes.

Today some of the children used coloured cellophane to make glasses/masks. Discovering that everything looks different when looking through the cellophane. They then used them to investigate and explore the garden.

Tuesday

Some of the children have been continuing their interest in jewellery   making. A few have been playing basket ball developing their confidence and resilience skills. There has been an interest in mark making and developing awareness of the alphabet.

Today at beach a new rule had been created to care for the wild life as there were ducks near by. The children were intrigued and asked lots of questions of the function of the water sport they seen.

Wednesday

Transition visit to Tayport primary for nursery leavers sparked an exciting conversation on their return discussing their tour around the school.

Using magnetic letters to explore and discovering signalong for letters. ‘What’s in the bag’ created discussions of favourite songs developing confidence and adapting names to personalise the songs.

Thursday

A very busy Thursday, first we had the P6 junior support leaders join us to supported the children during their last practice for sports day. After gym we had a visit from Pauline (previous local librarian) who visited with Bookbug.

Outside a group have been busy looking after the garden, weeding and watering the plants. Lots of discussions about what plants need to grow and noticing that the herbs all smell different.  A child shared it had been National Bumble bee Day this week🐝🐝 they then helped to create a water station for the bees in the nursery garden. We’re excited to see what wildlife will use it.

Friday

This morning we had a farewell snack for our catering member of staff Lynsey which helped the children to understand the transition by asking questions. A child created a “castle” with adult support to introduce new mathematical language ‘symmetrical’. with the blocks who then shared with peers for dramatic role play “I’m the queen.”

We had a very successful sponsored nursery rhyme time which the children were able to recite 13 songs/rhymes within 3 minutes! Some children have been adding materials to clothing to create rockets. Whilst a group of children were working together to fill turf tray with water using different objects….. and off course splash in!

Monday

Taking ownership of safety, a small group of children worked together communicating responsibilities for garden check. One child volunteered to  “mark” make the risk assessment whilst the rest of the children were able to compromise by selecting who would chose which area of the garden t check. Developing communication skills to been feed back the information to be checked off and organising themselves through agreements.

Tuesday

At the building block area a couple of children made a “head quarters” each child had a different role to help construct the building. Designing the roof using bamboo sticks sparked a conversation to problem solve the structure. A couple of children set up  their own stage to perform – signing and dancing. By encouraging and supporting their peers helped to develop confidence.

Wednesday

At beach today a couple of children discovered writing on a bench and asked “what does that say?” Showing awareness of print, this lead to a discussion of remembering people who have past away and the meaning of the numbers. Some children shared their stories of passed family members. At nursery a couple of children created sandcastles using loose parts and materials to create and design- discussing the different heights and the wet sand representing the water at the beach.

Thursday

At gym today everyone was developing their developing their listening skills and following instructions through “Simon Says our listening skills and took leadership in our game of Simon says giving an instruction each to the whole group. We had our first practice for sports day taking turns and working in teams. For cool down we focussed on stretching discussing the different body parts and muscles and were able to describe how it felt.

Friday

During role play the blocks were used to create a house which developed into dramatic play. Exploring sensory outdoors using different textures of material whilst incorporating songs. Outdoor water play filling and emptying buckets. working together and sharing ideas to support one another to make an easy transfer.

Monday

Using the blocks a large group of children worked together whilst developing their communication skills by sharing and listening to different ideas. This creation became a large complex structure whilst focusing on detail to create different heights and displays. Other children then joined along the way which was then used for imaginative role play.

Tuesday

A couple of children created a stage which they then performed songs dramatically using their body movement and voice to perform taking turns.   A couple of children created snow balls with playdough developing their mathematical language to discuss sharing out the quantity. At beach kindergarten, children were able to identify the change in the tide and discuss the force of the waves as it crashed at the shore.

Wednesday

A group of children role played shops creating a ‘music shop’  were each selected their own musical instruments. As a group they created their own rhythmic sounds using drums and shakers . Some have been discussing the learning wall topic of ‘pets’ and sharing how they care for their pets. One child shared their understanding of a pets affection.

Thursday

We had visit from a child’s puppy which lead to more questions for our learning wall, discussing the health and wellbeing.  At gym we all participated in a yoga session using our listening skills and gross motor skills to stretch  and move our bodies to warm up before using the apparatus.

Friday

We had a visit from a child’s pet chicken which sparked questions that the children had as well as gaining new information on chickens. Everyone had the opportunity to stroke the pet if they chose to . This helped to develop confidence as well as using descriptive language to describe a new experience for everyone as they got to stroke a chicken.  A few of the children created a castle using the building blocks which then developed into creative play to use their structure.  Some children and their parents joined our Bookbug session this morning listening to a new story Hen in the Bed.

Monday
Following on from the child’s interest discussing pets- a display has been made which has sparked more conversations sharing  details of their pets and their names.

Outdoors some of the children were role playing families. Carry out role of daily life , through communication skills homelife was shared and were able to negotiate to  delegate tasks such as washing up and setting the table.

A couple of children were role playing being in space which then lead to a discussion on gravity.

Tuesday

Some children have been mark making at the writing table. Selecting different materials to “send a letter”. This lead to a discussion of why there is writing on the front on envelope and what writing there should be.

Some children have been sharing photos of their pets which they then created into a photo album  to share with their peers.  Developing mark making skills as they share their pets names.

Wednesday

In the art area some children have been creative exploring materials to create masks and car. Using cello tape.

At gym we have been all been developing our confidence whilst using large apparatus to challenge ourselves.

Thursday

One child has shown an interest in the alphabet sounding out the letters and listening to the alphabet song. Exploring the letters written whilst recognising some letters and sounding them.

A chart has been created to allow children to collect data and discuss what would be their ideal pet.

Friday

Some of us have been creating talking devices in the art area which was then used to role play with each other developing our creative skills as well as fine motor to thread, cellotape and cut. Some have been  using data handling by discovering on the graph discussing more or less points than the previous game.