Monday

Think Equal – This week we are continuing to explore the first book of the Think Equal programme  entitled Me, My self and I. This story encourages a positive sense of attitude, developing self worth and self esteem and recognises/values similarities/differences between themselves and others.  We have been exploring the ‘WOW’ words relating to this story which are Self, Same and Different. We have engaged in activities relating to the story including drawing a picture of ourselves on a jigsaw shaped piece of paper then collating all the jigsaw pieces to create one big picture. This symbolises that we all fit together to create a whole! If any person is missing from the puzzle it wouldn’t be complete showing we are all special parts of our groups.

Today some our children enjoyed exploring in the mud pit using descriptive language to describe the mud e.g.  “It’s sticky” “It’s squelchy” “It’s soft and runny”.  The sand was also explored by some children by experimenting with different resources develop our mark making skills.

Tuesday

Today we gathered together with SIMOA to discuss keeping safe during our community walk to the harbour.  We discussed how to keep ourselves safe – “By holding hands” “By stopping, looking and listening when crossing the road”. All children then listened to the Ziggy and the lollipop road safety story.                                                                   Some children enjoyed exploring a variety of autumnal themed natural resources at the art area before creating a variety of paintings and models.

Wednesday

Water play was popular with several children today. They experimented by pouring and filling  a variety of different shaped/sized vessels whilst also developing their measuring skills, sense of volume and exploring the force of  water when being poured etc.  The element of force was also being explored in our brick area by a few children during which they built a variety of different angled ramps to experiment how fast/slow the cars rolled down. Lots of mark making was explored by almost all children today on the new smart board creating lots of discussion/use of language to share their work/ideas with their peers.

Thursday

Today as part of our garden renovation/tidy some children helped dig up the rotten ‘balance’ logs which weren’t safe. Some of the other children helped sweep, and tidy other areas of the garden.  Almost all children demonstrated their turn taking skills whilst developing their gross motor skills on our climbing cubes. Some children used words of encouragement to those that were a bit unsure!

Friday

Today some children created a bus using an old unit. They experimented/explored different ways of making the bus move. They decided tying a rope to the end was the best way of moving the bus! “Can I get on your bus?” “How many people can get on?”
A few children helped the grown ups dig the big stones out the mud pit and through children’s voice almost all children voted on what they would like the new mud pit and mud kitchen  to look like! A few children represented/shared their ideas through role play in the dolls house developing language and turn taking skills. Some children enjoyed using a variety of media to mark make sharing their ideas with others developing their writing/mark making skills.

Monday

At story time, we listened to Me, Myself and I. The children took part in discussions about differences, identifying what makes each of us unique while celebrating and valuing these differences and helping to build self confidence.

Tuesday

Following on from last week’s role-play interest in creating cupcakes, some of the children further developed their mathematical and food preparation skills by making real cupcakes. They followed the recipe, taking turns to add ingredients and stir the mixture and used to clock for timing.

In the garden, some children have shown an interest in exploring forces through water play and investigating different sounds. In response to this interest, a selection of pots and pans was added to the outdoor area to encourage further exploration. The children used force in a variety of ways, such as banging, tapping, and striking the objects, while investigating the different sounds they produced.

Wednesday

Today  we learned two new signs during our Sign Along session: home time and snack. There continues to be a strong interest in fairies, which has been expressed through a range of experiences across the nursery. In the art area, children have used natural materials to developing their creative skills to design and make fairy-themed creations. This interest has also supported with children using technology to type, identify letters, and create signs for a fairy village.

Thursday

Today, we learned a new seasonal song and took part in singing it outdoors. The art area continues to be a busy  with creating fairy houses. Children independently selected a variety of materials, explored different shapes, and demonstrated creativity and problem-solving skills as they designed and constructed their creations.

Friday

Today, we explored mark making in the sand area, encouraging children to experiment with creating patterns, shapes, and marks using a variety of tools. During role play, the children enjoyed making “cupcakes” in the sand developing imagination and communication skills sharing their flavours.

Monday

Today, several children engaged in a variety of role play experiences, including creating menus, serving tea in the home corner, and pretending to be different animals. Through play, they were developing their communication and language skills, taking turns, sharing ideas, and using their imagination. We also introduced the Sign-a-Long signs for eat and drink, and the children enjoyed practising these with their friends.

Tuesday

Wednesday

As part of our room restructuring following the nursery renovations, we moved the sand area outdoors. This sparked a great deal of interest, with many children exploring the sand using a variety of tools, containers and mark-making materials. Children were developing their curiosity, creativity and problem-solving skills as they investigated and experimented with different resources. Some children also enjoyed creating large-scale artwork on paper placed on the floor, using a range of materials and media. Through this experience, they were sharing ideas, expressing their thoughts and feelings, and turn taking.

Thursday

Today many of our children enjoyed creating a variety of models outdoors using loose parts. One group worked together to design and build a slide, developing their problem-solving, design, communication and turn-taking skills. The fantasy cube was also well used, with several children using it as a car for an imaginary holiday to Spain. Through discussion and shared decision-making, the children decided what they would need to pack, helping to develop their language, imagination, planning skills while extending their role-play experience.

Friday

Today, some children used their creativity and imagination to create birthday cakes using playdough and a variety of loose parts/materials, sharing ideas and talking about celebrations as they played. This experience supported the development of their fine motor skills, communication and imaginative thinking. The block area was also busy, with children demonstrating their matching and pattern-making skills while constructing a variety of models. They worked together to build and explore their ideas, developing their problem-solving,  and creativity. Outdoors, bats and balls were a popular choice. Through active play, children were developing their hand-eye coordination, gross motor skills and concentration whilst also also practising sharing resources, taking turns and cooperating with their peers.

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Nursery Improvement Work

Ferryport News – September 2026 

Welcome to Ferryport Nursery!
We would like to extend a warm welcome to both our new and returning families. Our monthly newsletter will keep you updated with important information, news, and key dates for your diary. 

Nursery Blog – Each Friday, our nursery staff create a weekly blog which is published on the nursery website. A link is also shared on Seesaw, giving families a variety of ways to access it. The blog provides a snapshot of the children’s interests, experiences, and learning throughout the week, helping parents and carers stay connected with what has been happening in nursery. 

Key Workers – Over the coming days, if this has not already happened, your child’s Key Worker will introduce themselves and arrange a short welcome meeting with you. This provides an opportunity to discuss your child’s interests, needs, and how we can best support them during their time at Ferryport Nursery. 

While each child is assigned a named Key Worker, all members of staff work closely together and share responsibility for the care, wellbeing, and learning of every child. Please feel free to speak to any member of the team if you have any questions or queries. 

Seesaw – Our new families should now have received a personalised code to access Seesaw, our communication platform. 

Seesaw is used in a variety of ways to help keep you connected with your child’s nursery experience. We use it to share children’s achievements and learning, celebrate successes, provide reminders about upcoming events, and share important nursery updates. Children also enjoy contributing by sharing their own photos, videos, and voice recordings. 

If you are having any difficulties accessing Seesaw, please speak to a member of staff. We will be happy to help you get connected. 

Nursery Renovations – We hope you like the renovations that the nursery undertook during the summer. There are still some minor issues to be resolved re furniture etc and we thank you for your patience and cooperation during this time. We hope to have these issues resolved soon! 

Gate Safety – Can we please remind ALL parents/carers to please make sure they bolt the side gates, when entering/leaving the nursery, using the top bolt. Thank You. 

Illness- As it is coming into cough and cold season, can we please remind you that if your child feels unwell and requires paracetamol based medication i.e Calpol, can we please ask that you keep your child at home. This will help minimise the spread of infection to other children and staff.  

Clothing Reminder – We would be very grateful if you could ensure that all clothing and personal belongings are clearly labelled with your child’s name. With lots of children in nursery, this helps staff return items quickly to their owners and reduces the likelihood of belongings being misplaced. Thank you for your support. 

**If you have any questions/queries please speak to a member of our nursery team.  

Monday

It has been a busy start to our week with lots of  outdoor play, we have been exploring with water in the garden floating/sinking, using different resources to see what sinks. We have been learning all about SIMO & how we keep ourselves safe in nursery & when we are out. The children then spent the afternoon role playing with the hi-viz vest & the stop sign to help them process what they learned.

Tuesday

Play dough has been popular with most of the children where the created birthday cakes soup & many more beautiful dishes. They are developing their language skills as well as building friendships. Some children have been interested in measure 📏 using the tape to measure different body parts. We used chalk outside to draw round each other then chatted about who was bigger/ smaller as well as different shapes of bodies. Helping then understand that we are all different.

Wednesday

We have been learning some sign along today helping us develop language & communication with each other.  There has been lots of role playing in the house corner playing families . They have been using the doctors kit to help each other  with many different injuries.
Our rocking horse is still very popular with all the children allowing them to view their environment from a different height .

Thursday

The bikes have been busy with a road being chalked out they then added a round about into the play. They chatted about keeping safe on the bikes & when people could cross their road. At the art area some beautiful art work has been created. We are starting to decorate our play house walls with all the paintings.

Friday

Lots of role playing along with adding some new resources to the garden, we added a large mirror to the mud kitchen this prompted lots of curiosity. Some of the children have helped to start to clean down the garden as they want to make the mud kitchen a cafe environment.

This week in Ferryport has been very different with the nursery being decanted to a new location for the duration of the Summer.

The first couple of days consisted of staff, and our AM session children, contributing suggestions on where furniture etc should be placed. On Wednesday our ‘wrap around’ care children joined us.

All the children have enjoyed exploring the new nursery space and the activities/experiences available. The playground has proved a popular choice with some children exploring the playground games, some exploring balls and a range of sports equipment. One child found a pile of leaves which then became a game of how high we can throw the leaves, how far would they float etc.

Inside there was cooking in the home corner whilst looking after the pets. Some children enjoyed bouncing on the space hoppers, exploring the crash mats and trying their hand at shooting basket balls. The art/craft table proved popular with some children sharing ideas and using a variety of media. A few of our children enjoyed representing their ideas on the white board.

Monday

Due to renovation works starting in the nursery next week the children have been helping to pack up nursery resources ready to be decanted for our move to Tayport Primary for the summer. Continuing on the children’s interest in nature some children helped plant some wild flowers in the nursery garden to hopefully encourage more wildlife into our garden.

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Tuesday

There has been a lot of interest again in water play today. Children exploring volume, capacity and force. A few children asked for bubbles and estimated how much soap we would need to add to the water to make bubbles. Some children organise and lead hide and seek in the garden developing counting, turn taking skills.

Wednesday

Lots of discussion about how big our pea plants were getting and how long the pea pods were. We picked some of the  pea pods so all the children could taste them We then created a tally mark sheet to tell us who liked/disliked the peas. This created some use of mathematical language.

Thursday

Today some children were planning, designing and creating a variety of models using the bricks developing problem solving skills whilst sharing their ideas and representing their ideas. A few children made good use of descriptive language to explain their models to their peers. The writing table was busy today with children using a variety of material to mark make and share their ideas.

Friday

Today the majority of  our children chose to engage in a variety of outdoor play including cooking in the mud kitchen, watering plants, role/imaginative play in the playhouse by making it into an ice cream shop  “Who wants ice cream? “ “What’s your favourite?” , developing turn taking and gross motor skills whilst exploring the bikes, scooters etc.  A few children took the opportunity of indoors being quieter to explore a variety of books in our story corner.
Today was also a bit of an emotional day for all in nursery, as we said good bye to some of our term time children who will be starting school in August. We wish them well on the next exciting stage of their education ✏️📕🏫

Ferryport News July 2026   

Nursery/School Holidays-

Our term-time children will finish at Ferryport Nursery on Friday 3rd July at 3.00pm.

Due to renovation works being carried out at Ferryport Nursery, children attending our AM sessions will finish at Ferryport on Friday 3rd July and will attend nursery within the Sports Hall at Tayport Primary School from Monday 6th July until Friday 14th August at their usual times of 8.00am -12.40pm. Parents/carers may drop off and collect children flexibly within these times .

Wrap Around Care Pilot Scheme –For those who have signed up, and been allocated a space on the ‘Wrap Around Care’ Pilot Scheme, this will begin at Tayport Primary School (Sports Hall) on Wednesday 8th July and will run until Wednesday 12th August, on the days and weeks you have selected.

Please note:

• Sessions will run from 8.00am – 12.40pm.
• Parents/carers may drop off and collect children flexibly within these times.
• Drop off/Pick up should be done using the side entrance at Sports Hall in bottom playground.
• Children attending are asked to bring:
  • a small healthy snack
  • a drink, preferably water

Contacting Nursery Staff During the Summer Holidays -As the nursery will be based in the sports hall at the school during the summer holiday period, staff will not be able to hear calls to the main nursery office phone. A temporary mobile phone will therefore be in use throughout the holidays. The contact number is 07872 699292.

Please note that there will be no clerical assistant on duty during the summer period. As a result, nursery staff will not have access to the Ferryport Enquiries email account, and this should not be used to contact staff during the holidays.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Monday 20^th July – Nursery will be closed to ALL staff and children due to it being a public holiday.

Monday and Tuesday 17^th and 18^th August are in-service days, and nursery will be closed to all children.

New Term starts for ALL children on Wednesday 19^th August 2026.

Gates/Front Door – A gentle reminder to all parents/carers to PLEASE double check that the front door, side gates and front gates are all securely closed when entering/leaving the building.

Thank You.

Wishing all our families engaging in holidays a lovely, happy, safe time.

The Nursery Team

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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