Monday:This morning some of us have been exploring the garden enjoying some digging in the mud area. Using the toy cars they had a car wash and with the diggers we were exploring pattern with the tyres.

Tuesday: Most of us have been developing our climbing skills on our new apparatus in the garden learning how to climb safely, take turns and show consideration for each other.

Wednesday: Some of us today have been creative at the construction area building a stage then holding a concert for our friends and taking turns at performing songs.

Thursday: Today some of us were playing in the sand tray making volcanoes and castles using different sized containers to build them. We were also getting to choose furniture for the dolls house, discussing the pieces and where you would find them in the house.

Friday

A lot of indoor and outdoor water play today. This morning we have been role playing making cups of tea and soup for the cold weather in the mud pit.  At the water wall different sized tea pots were being explored to make cups of tea- we were able to take turns and share space well. This Afternoon we have been developing our communication skills and friendships by waiting and responding to our friends giggles to blow more bubbles.

Week Commencing Monday 8th September

Monday

It has been a busy start to the week, the house corner has been very popular with lots of children today. They have been engaged in role play with lots of cooking & showing what it takes to care for a baby. They have been building friendships with their peers through play.
Outside the sun has been shining, most of the children has been busy playing with the small world dinosaurs 🦖 as well as using the construction diggers.

Tuesday

We have had a lot of chats about nursery routines & how we respect our nursery, we have been working hard  together keeping both indoors and our garden tidy/clean. Some children have been learning numeracy through technology supporting each other to achieve the correct answer. Some children took part in performing for each other in the garden, some beautiful songs were sung.

Wednesday

Some children took part in wake up shake up this morning they listened & followed instructions they showed off their dance moves to fun music. In the garden some children painted the shed whilst others chose to mark make. The art area has been popular with some very creative art work using a variety of materials.

Thursday

All of the children have been learning about how to keep themselves safe in nursery, and have been talking about SIMOA. There is a display in the cloakroom & you will see our SIMOA elephant popping up around the nursery. In the garden some of the children have been exploring with water learning about floating & sinking. Throughout the day most of the children have enjoyed a story of their choice.

Friday

Most of the children have still been interested in caring for babies, today the babies got a bath in the garden spending time bathing them then wrapping them up. Hoola hoops have been popular with rolling & chasing. At snack & lunch we have been talking about healthy food choices, and what food helps our body grow strong.

Monday: This morning most of us have been enjoying water play and sand.  A few have been creative at the playdough station, exploring shapes and textures.

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Tuesday: At snack this morning a few of us were developing our fine motor skills chopping up our apples. Some of us enjoyed listening and taking part in songs and rhymes with Bookbug – developing our counting skills too, counting the ducks in the song.

Wednesday: Today  a few of us have been exploring forces with the magnetic shapes making stars  and houses. Some of us have been exploring developing our fine motor skills at the writing table making/creating  pictures.

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Thursday: Some of us have been  role playing families in the home corner showing awareness of the needs of babies. Outdoors we have been enjoying  the new toys playing at fire fighters and construction workers. We have also been watching the aeroplanes and pointing on the map to the airport showing where they maybe going.

Friday: Most of us this morning have enjoyed lots of role play in the garden with the dinosaurs . Some of us were exploring nusery rhymes and joining in.

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

Inservice Day – Closed to Children

Tuesday 

Inservice Day – Closed to Children

Wednesday

We were so happy to welcome our new children and our returning children to Ferryport ⛴️ Nursery. This morning children explored all areas of nursery and are beginning to get to know our new friends.

Thursday

This morning we are beginning to learn some of the nursery routines. All children are learning to self register with a little adult support from our families using the name logs and children who stay for lunch are choosing their lunch and recording on our lunch sheet. All children are beginning to wash hands before having snack and after using the toilet, some with adult support.

Friday

This morning we have been exploring the water outdoors. Learning the correct clothing to wear to keep us dry and developing our independence skills putting on our wetsuits and wellies. Some adult support was needed. We explored pouring the water from one counts to another then used the water to “paint the shed”

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.

Well we have settled into our temporary home here at Newport and are enjoying exploring all the spaces.

Monday:

Lots of fun exploring the gym hall area. We opted for the parachute and balls today, exploring different ways to incorporate both.

Next some of us planned out and made some items in the woodwork area. Using our organisational skills to plan, prepare and make our items. We used our problem solving skills to figure out whether we needed screws or nails.

“Look, I made a hammer with a torch on it. You can hammer things in the dark” TS

While some of us were making different objects with woodwork, the rest of us made models with Lego.
“My plane can fly high up with these bits!” MF

We had snack together today because we were celebrating a birthday too ! We hope you had a great birthday RD!

Tuesday:

There were not so many of us today, but we still made the most of our morning!
Again starting the day with some woodwork creations, followed by Lego, animation making with the IPads and outdoor play.

Some of us asked to go into the gym hall to play, where we had some music on so we could dance and some action songs. We even had some exercises which we followed. ( Once the grown ups figured out how to use the sound system!)

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Wednesday:

Today we all made “planes” with lolly sticks. We talked a lot about what makes them fly higher or further. Next we changed the designs and finally had a little competition to see all our models fly!

Some of us explored the outdoor sandpit. There was lots of mathematical chat about volumes. Demonstrating our understanding of volume related vocabulary. “It is full up” “Wait! Look! Let’s use that one, it’s empty!”

Later in the day we went back to the gym hall where we did some more action songs, used the giant measuring tape to find out how long the hall was, before having more fun with the different sized balls. Mrs Moyes even showed us how to juggle with two balls at once ☺️

Thursday:

We completed the Daily Mile today! We did it altogether and ran around the school grounds, followed by a party snack!

Next we played Dodgeball in the hall and listened to some music. We even got to request some of our favourite songs 😄 before tidying up the playroom for home time – another busy day!

Friday:

We made it to the end of another busy holiday week in Newport.

Today some of us worked collaboratively, making different models with the Lego. Lots of turn taking, problem solving and sharing ideas.

After snack we had time in the gym hall, trying to get different sized balls through the hula hoop. We tried it up high, down low and every possible challenging way we could think of!

Lastly before home time, we had a trip down to the trim trail before our grown ups came to collect us. We are becoming much more confident climbing and balancing, and some of us are happy to explore different ways to move our bodies all the trim trail!

Happy Weekend Everyone,

We will see you next week!

Ferryport Team

Monday 

Holiday

Tuesday

This morning there was continued interest in the paint app game on the computer. With some adult support children can choose an image and using the functions buttons they can now  edit colours, shapes and size. Then using the photocopier to make a paper copy of the completed image

Children have used the gym hall area well this morning to run, jump play football and dodge ball. Children leading their own games and agreeing rules through discussion.

Wednesday 

This morning we have used the large pipe in the garden, rolling up and down the hill, noticing that it is harder to roll uphill and tricky to keep up rolling it downhill. Discovering simple forces.

Some of the children played a role play game of dinosaurs 🦕 they can name lots of different types of dinosaurs 🦖 🦕 and demonstrated how each one moved. Developing their gross motor skills and sharing knowledge with peers.

Thursday

We watched some cartoons using the smartboard. Children talked about differences when they saw an old cartoon and new cartoon. The colours were brighter on the new one and they like the new ones better. Developing our interest in film and screen, talking about our likes and dislikes.

Friday

We were plying cricket 🏏 in the gym hall this morning. Testing out which bat was best. Some were heavy some were light. They tried with both and each decided which one they liked best for the game. 🏏 then they practiced throwing and batting, developing their hand eye co ordination and gross motor skills. They discussed the rules and looked for adult support when needed.

We played skittles 🎳 taking time to set them up, counting to 4 then rolling the ball 🎳 to knock them down. We celebrated our success as we knocked the skittles 🎳 down.

Monday 14/07/2025

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Today we learned it was Bastille day, a parent kindly came in to speak to us about the celebrations and the traditions happening in France. The children were very intrigued about the French language, some of us practiced how to say our names , our colours and some other words.

CC – ‘The Eiffel tower is in France.’

RC-‘ What is the numbers in French?’

JM-‘I can say it in Polish’ then proceeded to count to 3 in Polish as well as being able to  repeat some of the colours back in French.

Some children suggested to build the Eiffel tower out of bricks.

Everyone enjoyed the sunshine, there was a mixture of space hopping , action games , balancing and a lot of dancing to a variety of music.

‘The floor is lava’ was the favourite!

Tuesday 15/07/2025

Today there was a lot of creative play, most of the child were using popsicle sticks to invent ‘Ninja Stars.’ First they started off by sticking 2 together with cellotape to see how far it would fly outside, using directional language to describe such as high and low to compare.  They then discovered some did not fly at all which then created discussion to problem solve by adding more sticks or More material. All children explored the garden,  developing their gross motor skills. Some used space hoppers and balls to practice racing whilst  the rest of the children enjoyed balancing on the trim trail and on the seesaw.

Some children took an interest the paint app selecting characters to colour and discovering the variety of tools and functions.

Wednesday 16/07/2025

Some today were taking care of the babies in the home corner , there was a lot of discussion and conversation about how to look after them.

CC – ‘Look we can put them to sleep here’

RC -‘ Okay, I can get them to sleep by rocking them’

CC – ‘They need food’

As the day went on we added bubbles to the water which sparked interest and everyone took a turn in the tray, some were describing the feel of the bubbles as ‘popping’.

Out in the garden children were using the cable reels to see if they can roll them as they were all different sizes.

‘Look I can fit on this one’

‘This one is too big’

Thursday 17/07/2025

We made use of the big space outside of the nursery room , where some children used a variety of Materials to create a ‘safety zone’ as there was an explosion ‘this way’. Also there was a destruction of a building, there was warning signs ‘stand back’ showing awareness of risk.

We had a visit from Mr Cameron who introduced us to the world of technology and all the different features that can be used with an Ipad or the smart board , we were able record ourselves then watching back in slow motion and fast motion. The children were inspired as they were trying out different body movements, grabbing toys to check if how they were on the screen.

Later in the morning some children wanted to take the Ipads down to the trim trail and play area to record themselves climbing and jumping from heights or videoing the nature around them.

Friday 18/07/2025.

Today was a very busy day, first it was free play around the garden and Lego building inside. Later Mr Cameron came to visit again with a lot more ideas for us. Some children created their own costumes with a variety of materials , a lot of imaginative ideas with learning how to use the tools safely required to add bits on and cut where we need to. We learned how to use the animation feature, where we drew something of interest and it recorded into a video of us doing it , there was a spark of trying different materials, there was cars and sand used too it was amazing how the children learned so quickly.

One was focused on spelling today , he was able to spell out the words ‘BINGO’ and ‘BLUEY’ with his alphabet. We noticed he could not find a letter at first so he used an alternate , but once found he figured out how to switch them round. Great work!

Lastly to burn off energy we all had a game of dodgeball in the big hall.  What a great week!

Monday

We are still enjoying exploring our new temporary environment with children sharing ideas of where to put things etc.  Today we also ventured into the surrounding playing fields exploring the trim trail and a variety of outdoor activities e.g. balls, cones and space hoppers- developing our sharing/turn taking, gross/fine motor skills as well as sharing ideas of different games to play.
Lego was popular today with a variety of models being created by representing/sharing ideas whilst designing and problem solving.

Tuesday

Today some of the children were experimenting in the water tray with the papettes “How far can we squirt the water?” “My waters going further than yours!” “Let’s see if we can hit the whale.” Exploring the force of water whilst developing use of language.
We explored another/different area of the outdoors today whilst developing our turn taking skills on the see saw and experimenting with our balancing skills and developing our gross motor skills.

Wednesday

Today a few children explored different kinds of forces whilst experimenting with the tyres -How far will it go? Will it reach the fence? How fast will it go?  Developing our estimation skills and use of mathematical language.  At the work bench some children shared ideas whilst planning/designing what kind of model they were going to build developing turn taking, problem solving skills and demonstrating their knowledge of how to keep themselves safe whilst wearing safety goggles to protect their eyes, holding/using the tools correctly and safely.

Thursday

Today all the children went on an adventure to the local estate. “We’re going on a bear hunt!” “I wonder where we’re going?” “What are we going to see?” “Is it far?” Whilst developing our questioning skills we explored and became more familiar with the local area. The children used a variety of vocabulary/language to describe their adventure on their return to nursery. Some of the children used a variety of resources/materials to represent their ideas, developing problem solving, designing, language and creative skills.

Friday