Hello everyone, Here is a quick look at what we have been up to in nursery this week…..

This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, predicting, being curious, sharing, self-esteem, technology, outdoor learning and problem solving.

Throughout the last few days,  the children have continued their interest in team games especially Toilet tag and Duck, duck, moose outside. They are showing skills to follow the rules and take turns.

Inside the children were keen to further develop their own learning interest by researching the internet using google maps to find their grandparents home in Italy. Then afterwards researching Concorde aircraft and why it doesn’t fly anymore,  inspiring others to join in too. This was then added to our learning wall topic and our shared learning floor book for all to see.

We have introduced a few forth coming celebrations into nursery this week looking at Pancake day and the Chinese New year. We have created a small display promoting this event in other peoples lives. We have provided opportunities for the children to explore more through a range of short video ,and other experiences too. Some children explored the Chinese dragon  game working on ordering and sequences their numbers. from 0-10, 20 and even 100, going forwards and backwards. Others enjoyed looking at money using simple skills in addition using coins from 1p to £2. Another child shared his counting skills from home using a book demonstrating his mark making number skills.

 

Reminders

• Can all parents if your child has a packed lunch can we please ensure grapes and big fruits are cut to minimise the risk of choking.🍇   

• Can we remind all parents\carers to park in a white space only as the yellow spaces are for staff only.  If your child is going to be picked up by someone else, please let the ladies know or the office so we are aware. 
• Can we ensure that your child is dressed appropriately for all the weather  conditions that may arise.
• Can we ensure when you are leaving the nursery that the gate is locked.
• Can all parents ensure your child has a set of waterproofs and wellies to enable play outside when it’s wet.

Our nursery blog is sent out every week on a Friday afternoon.

Our Cosy Time Library and Story Sacks 📚

• This will be available to families at drop off and pick up time every day for you and your child to choose a book to take home to read 🏡There is no time limit on our library books we would just ask that you sign the book with your child’s name, the title of the book they have taken, the date it was taken and when it was returned ✍️f your child has any special requests for a certain book, please  ask a member of staff or send a message on seesaw and we can help you 😃There will be a folder with your child’s name for them to put the book in for its journey to home and back 📁if you have any questions, any member of staff would be happy to help.

 

• Loose Parts.

We are always in need of replenishing our loose parts in nursery. If you are out and about on walks, or are planning to recycle items, can we ask that you think of us first please 😃Here is some of the items we are looking for:

Conkers, stones, shells, tea cups, sticks, picture frames, plates, wood, drainpipes any old garden furniture such as chairs, tables or parasols, planks of wood, cable drums etc,  anything you think might be of used in nursery.

We hope you have a lovely extended weekend and we will see you all on Monday.

From  Mrs Wilson and all the Nursery team. x

 

Hello everyone, we hope you all have had a great holiday! Here is a quick look at what we have been up to in nursery…..

This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, predicting, being curious, sharing, self-esteem, technology, outdoor learning and problem solving.

Monday 2nd February

This morning a group of children were exploring the water tray area using a variety of non standard tools to explore the bubbles in the water and what they could do with these. They first explored how to make the bubble float, either by blowing or clapping them between their hands. Next they explored how they travelled down the pipes, discovering that the bubble needed some water to help them along. They explored how to make more bubbles. 🫧

Today inside a group of children got creative in the block area. They each had their own idea of what they were building using lots of different sized and shaped blocks as well as loose parts. There was a creation of a superhero, a girl, and a house for dinosaurs. 🧱

Today inside a group of children enjoyed a nice healthy snack at nursery. They independently discussed healthy foods on their plates and what their favourite snack at nursery is. A favourite was pears and mangos. 🥭

 

Tuesday 3rd February

Today inside a group of children got creative and used their imagination to create a boat independently. They used a range of junk modelling and loose parts putting their ideas together and working hard to create their models with some trail and error. 🛥️

Today inside a group of children were exploring the dressing up area. They used different outfits and discovered their look by looking in the mirror. They enjoyed making funny faces in the mirror to each other. 🪞

This afternoon inside a group of children played cooperatively for a long time through a role play experience. They demonstrated different roles people have in the community as they role played shops. They confidently shared resources and negotiated with each other when more than one person wanted one object. They all took part in discussions about what you find in a shop. They worked as a team to collect items around the nursery to create their shop. They discussed amount of foods they found and confidently showed one to one correspondence by counting out the books they chose to display in their shop. The group of children had opportunities to have experience of giving and receiving change through their role play experience. They were able to vocalise that in a shop you can use money or a card to pay for their items. They discussed shopping lists which we are going to explore over the next few days to promote mark making within their role play experience.

 

 

Wednesday 4th February

Today inside a group of children were keen to go outside they showed their understanding of dressing for different types of weather. They independently got their waterproofs and wellies and confidently put them on ready to go outside to play in the rain. Can we remind all parents to provide wellies, waterproofs, hats and gloves on a daily basis to support your child’s well-being. ☔️ 

Today inside a group of children enjoyed some time at the learning wall. They used the books to explore pictures. The identified houses that looked similar to their from the story and discussed this with each other. 📖

Today inside a group of children worked together to create a holiday house using the cosy den. They shared ideas and solutions with each other to make their holiday home sturdy. They used the clips to place the blankets in place so they could role play holiday houses together. 🏘️

Today inside the block area a group of children worked together sharing their ideas and solutions to create a home for dinosaurs. They communicated well with each other when bricks were falling to suggest what to do next. They used lots of different sized and shaped blocks to create this unique design together. 🦖 🏠

 

Thursday 5th February

Today inside a group of children have been experimenting with the paint by mixing colours to enhance their artistic skills. They developed their motor skills by using the paint brush to confidently mix the primary colours yellow and red and used their colour recognition to understand it changes to orange. 🧡

Today inside a group of children have been expanding their vocabulary, enhancing language skills, and strengthening cognitive abilities like memory and attention by looking at books from the learning wall. They were able to discuss what they found in the book which was sea snakes and golden eagles. They enjoyed pretending they were golden eagles as they flew around the room. 🦅

Through imaginary play a group of children have been practicing kindness and empathy, understanding the impact of their actions on others. They engaged in a role play experience of playing spider man and discussed how they were saving each other from the bad guy. The group of children also used the home corner to cook food for each other and used the computer to buy things to catch the “bad guy”. 🕷️

Friday 6th February

 

 

Today outside a group of children worked alongside with the adult to share thoughts, ideas on creating a den using a range of sticks, material and crates. They confidently used words to describe what was working and not working, using skills to make changes. ⛺️ “It’s a man”. Today inside individual children have been using their fine motor skills to draw a picture, laying down in the art area. They used different shapes and line to create a chosen picture of a man. 🧍‍♂️ This afternoon outside individual children explored the sound area using different loose parts to make sounds. They showed a good understanding when the adult asked if they could go faster, slower, gentle hard using this knowledge to create a beat. 🎶

 

 

Our Cosy Time Library 📚 This will be available to families at drop off and pick up time every day for you and your child to choose a book to take home to read 🏡There is no time limit on our library books we would just ask that you ask a members of the team to help sign the book with your child’s name, the title of the book they have taken, the date it was taken and when it was returned ✍️There will be pens available for you to sign the books in and out. If your child has any special requests for a certain book please ask a member of staff or send a message on seesaw and we can help you 😃There will be a folder with your child’s name for them to put the book in for its journey to home and back 📁A tray will be available for you to put in your returned books so we can quarantine and clean them before putting them on display again, if you have any questions, any member of staff would be happy to help ☺️

Loose Parts.

We are always in need of replenishing our loose parts in nursery. If you are out and about on walks, or are planning to recycle items, can we ask that you think of us first please 😃

Here is some of the items we are looking for:

Conkers, stones, shells, tea cups, sticks, picture frames, plates, wood, drainpipes any old garden furniture such as chairs, tables or parasols, etc,  anything you think might be of used in nursery.

 

Reminders

• Can all parents label items of  your child’s clothing.
• Can all parents put in at least one full change of clothing for water play and accidents.
• Can all parents if your child has a packed lunch can we please ensure grapes and big fruits are cut to minimise the risk of choking.🍇
• Can we remind all parents\carers to park in a white space only as the yellow spaces are for staff only.
• If your child is going to be picked up by someone else, please let the ladies know or the office so we are aware.
• Can we ensure that your child is dressed appropriately for all the weather  conditions that may arise.
• Can we ensure when you are leaving the nursery that the gate is locked.
• Can all parents ensure your child has a set of waterproofs and wellies to enable play outside when it’s wet.
• Our nursery blog is sent out every week on a Friday afternoon.

 

We hope you have a lovely weekend .

Miss Nelson and the rest of the Nursery team. x

 

HHello everyone, we hope you all have had a great holiday! Here is a quick look at what we have been up to in nursery…..

This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, predicting, being curious, sharing, self-esteem, technology, outdoor learning and problem solving.

Monday 26th January

Today outside a group of children shared their thoughts with Miss McKenzie about turning the house into a cosy story den. The children worked well with Miss McKenzie to help move things to make it look cosy. They suggested adding blankets and lights too. 📖 

Today, Twinkle the unicorn came to speak to the children about brushing their teeth and how to keep their mouths healthy. Everyone had a turn at brushing Twinkles teeth and asked and answered a range of questions relating to tooth brushing. Children were able to discuss foods and drinks that were healthy and unhealthy for their teeth and the process of cleaning them. Well done everyone 🦷 🪥

Another group of children continued their interest in UNO today as they requested to play it together. They were able to share, take turns and colour/number match and even supported one another to make the best choice of card to play next 🃏

 

Tuesday 27th January

Today a group of children have been working together to fit the puzzle pieces together and confidently tidied up when they were finished. 🧩

Today individual children have spending time together creating pictures using the coloured buttons on boards with pictures behind to copy or create their own. 🟡🔴🔵🟢

Today a group of children enjoyed exploring the dolls house. They used different characters to role play and recalled their learning they have participated in by reflecting on our learning wall. 🏡

Wednesday 28th January

Today a group of children engaged with the adult to help plan some snack ideas. They decided on strawberry pancakes using the iPad to search for healthy sugar free options, which we found. Next step to write a shopping list which they started with using their developing letter recognition to write Greek yoghurt using a space in between the words. 🥞 

Today inside a group of children identified they needed a rest and cosied into the cosy den with a blanket over them to have some chilled time. 🕰️

Today inside an individual child created a model for their astronaut using different sizes and shapes of blocks. 🧑‍🚀

Thursday 29th January

Today inside a group of children are continuing their interest of homes and houses. Through an intentional promotion they used loose parts and their knowledge to create people who live with them. They used a mixture of stones, pine cones, shells, and sticks to create models of their family members. They were able to discuss how many people live in their house as well as counting with one to one correspondence and subitising. They discussed how many rooms are in their house as well as what features it has such as windows, doors, stairs and garages.

Today inside a group of children independently followed rules to the dotty dinosaur game. They confidently took turns at rolling the dice and taking their shot and reminded each other when it was their turn. 🦖

Today inside a group of children enjoyed exploring the art area. They used the crayons to draw themselves. They spoke about features they have such as long hair, short hair, eyes and independently drew themselves with lots of different colours. 🖍️

Friday 30th January

Today a group of children have been creative in the art area and other areas of the nursery. A group of children have been using the art area to create different models and pictures having a good look at what resources are available to them they independently chose what to use. Another group of children have been creative pictures on paper with lots of different coloured pens. 🖊️

Today a group of children worked together to create a den using the pillows and blankets in ten cosy den. They independently worked together by sharing their ideas on how to put a blanket up as a door. They used the clips to clip the blanket on the cosy den and chairs to hold in place as they climbed inside cosied up and enjoyed some sociable conversations. 🗣️

Today a few children identified there was lots of sand on the floor they used their initiative and became responsible citizens as they cleaned it up. They found dustpan and brushes and said “I need to sweep this up so no one falls.” Great team work. ⭐️

Our Cosy Time Library 📚 This will be available to families at drop off and pick up time every day for you and your child to choose a book to take home to read 🏡There is no time limit on our library books we would just ask that you ask a members of the team to help sign the book with your child’s name, the title of the book they have taken, the date it was taken and when it was returned ✍️There will be pens available for you to sign the books in and out. If your child has any special requests for a certain book please ask a member of staff or send a message on seesaw and we can help you 😃There will be a folder with your child’s name for them to put the book in for its journey to home and back 📁A tray will be available for you to put in your returned books so we can quarantine and clean them before putting them on display again, if you have any questions, any member of staff would be happy to help ☺️

Loose Parts.

We are always in need of replenishing our loose parts in nursery. If you are out and about on walks, or are planning to recycle items, can we ask that you think of us first please 😃

Here is some of the items we are looking for:

Conkers, stones, shells, tea cups, sticks, picture frames, plates, wood, drainpipes any old garden furniture such as chairs, tables or parasols, etc,  anything you think might be of used in nursery.

 

Reminders

• Can all parents label items of  your child’s clothing.
• Can all parents put in at least one full change of clothing for water play and accidents.
• Can all parents if your child has a packed lunch can we please ensure grapes and big fruits are cut to minimise the risk of choking.🍇
• Can we remind all parents\carers to park in a white space only as the yellow spaces are for staff only.
• If your child is going to be picked up by someone else, please let the ladies know or the office so we are aware.
• Can we ensure that your child is dressed appropriately for all the weather  conditions that may arise.
• Can we ensure when you are leaving the nursery that the gate is locked.
• Can all parents ensure your child has a set of waterproofs and wellies to enable play outside when it’s wet.
• Our nursery blog is sent out every week on a Friday afternoon.

 

We hope you have a lovely weekend .

Miss Nelson and the rest of the Nursery team. x

 

Hello everyone, we hope you all have had a great week! Here is a quick look at what we have been up to in nursery…..

This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, predicting, being curious, sharing, self-esteem, technology, outdoor learning and problem solving.

Throughout the week we have observed groups of children being very creative in developing their thoughts and ideas to create and build models using a range of resources inside and out. One group worked together in the block area to create a model. They shared their ideas by communicating with each other and solved design problems together and independently by using different sized and shaped blocks to keep their model standing. After concentrating on their model for a long time they discussed that it was a holiday home.

“We’re making it four floors.” “Will we make bunk beds.” “It’s the animal holiday house.” “The animals will live there.” Through higher ordering questions they could discuss places,” we could stay when we’re on holiday”. “We could sleep in a holiday house.

“When I went on holiday I stayed in a hotel. It had a swimming pool.”

“I’ve been to a caravan home but only once.”

They continued to communicate with each other and asked the ladies to take a picture of it so it could go on the learning wall. After completing it with a chimney they then asked to see the photos I had taken.

“Now can you send them to our mummies please.”

They then  shared their success and learning home to their families.

We also enjoyed seeing and hearing about the children’s achievements from home with models that they had created and confidently sharing these with us. One child had created a model hovercraft which then lead to researching more about these forms of transport. This inspired others to learn about this too. Another had used a range of junk to create his model confidently sharing that it was a dragon.

Also continuing from the ice interest last week the children enjoyed a little experiment to see how long the ice balloon would last. Over the 3 days the children recalled to take a photo of this using skills to estimate how long it takes to melt. By day 3 the ice had all gone with the children confidently sharing the reasons why it had melted…

“its because its raining and its hotter too”.

 

Throughout the week we have been focusing on patterns, sequence, match which has supported their developing hand and eye coordination through manipulative in using the small pegs and boards, and the counters to create designs. The area is set in a quiet space to allow the children to freely investigate.

The children have also been enjoying playing a range of card games especially UNO where they have been quietly developing important numeracy skills along with turn taking and following the game rules.

 

The Learning wall is developing well with lots of the children’s input through the learning sheets from home or in general questions being asked. Please take a look at all their hard work, and we welcome any input from yourselves too.

Reminders

• Can all parents if your child has a packed lunch can we please ensure grapes and big fruits are cut to minimise the risk of choking.🍇   

• Can we remind all parents\carers to park in a white space only as the yellow spaces are for staff only.  If your child is going to be picked up by someone else, please let the ladies know or the office so we are aware. 
• Can we ensure that your child is dressed appropriately for all the weather  conditions that may arise.
• Can we ensure when you are leaving the nursery that the gate is locked.
• Can all parents ensure your child has a set of waterproofs and wellies to enable play outside when it’s wet.

Our nursery blog is sent out every week on a Friday afternoon.

Our Cosy Time Library and Story Sacks 📚

• This will be available to families at drop off and pick up time every day for you and your child to choose a book to take home to read 🏡There is no time limit on our library books we would just ask that you sign the book with your child’s name, the title of the book they have taken, the date it was taken and when it was returned ✍️f your child has any special requests for a certain book, please  ask a member of staff or send a message on seesaw and we can help you 😃There will be a folder with your child’s name for them to put the book in for its journey to home and back 📁if you have any questions, any member of staff would be happy to help.

 

• Loose Parts.

We are always in need of replenishing our loose parts in nursery. If you are out and about on walks, or are planning to recycle items, can we ask that you think of us first please 😃Here is some of the items we are looking for:

Conkers, stones, shells, tea cups, sticks, picture frames, plates, wood, drainpipes any old garden furniture such as chairs, tables or parasols, planks of wood, cable drums etc,  anything you think might be of used in nursery.

We hope you have a lovely weekend and we will see you all on Monday.

From  Mrs Wilson and all the Nursery team. x

Hello everyone we hope you have had a good week, here is a look at what we have been up to….

 

 

Outside, children have been exploring the tinkering tray as they use tools to develop their fine motor skills and find out what different components make up the items.

 

Some children took part in researching about ice hockey as one child had been to see their first Ive hockey game the night before. We watched the highlights from the game and discussed the rules, the score and the different teams playing. Children shared their own personal experiences relating to ice hockey and another child linked going to a football match to hockey.

 

Children have been exploring books together independently as they use the pictures to tell the story and point out the different features in the book. Children are becoming more confident when exploring books alone or with a small group of peers.

Children made use of the junk modelling in the art area as they created models using different materials. The children shared the resources and their ideas to make their structures.

 

Children have been building an enclosure for the dinosaurs in the sand tray. They shared that they pushed all of the sand to the side to make an area for them to eat from and an area for them to walk in, they are sharing the space and their ideas well 🦕

Children have been following dance workouts and routines on the smartboard. The children could coordinate their movements and also performed them from memory from the previous day. What started as two children then grew into a bigger group who were inspired by their peers dancing and laughter.

Following on from an interest in the weather conditions and finding ice around the setting. An are a set up that incorporates frozen water balloons, a range of tools, paint, flour etc to encourage the children to investigate and explore the water ice balloons. They used creative skills to decorate the ice sharing their findings on how it peels off. They used hammers to smash the ice to discover ice crystals, they found that one balloon was hollow inside and they could see through. We heard lots of language to describe what they were doing, finding, and to make predictions on what might happen. His interest also discussed how we froze the balloons, linking to freezers and electronic equipment. Also how some countries have lots of snow and ice with penguins and polar bears, recalling their previous interest.

 

 

Reminders:

• most of you will have taken home/your child will have in their bag a learning wall sheet all about Homes and Houses. If you could please fill this out with your child by either drawing a picture or doing some writing to show what your child already knows about the topic or questions for things they want to find out 🤣
• please ensure your child comes dress or has spare clothing for the colder/wet weather e.g wellies, waterproofs, hat, gloves, scarfs and cosy clothing.

Hello everyone, we hope you all have had a great holiday! Here is a quick look at what we have been up to in nursery…..

This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, predicting, being curious, sharing, self-esteem, technology, outdoor learning and problem solving.

Monday 5th January

Today outside a group of children have been exploring the ice and discussed how it looks a bit like a crystal .🔮

Today inside a group of children participated in a song and rhyme session. They explored number songs and rhythm through using the drum and beater. They enjoyed the song sleeping bunnies the best. 🐰

Today inside at the art area a group of children have been exploring different tools and materials to create models and pictures. 🎨🖌️

Tuesday 6th January

Today inside a group of children have been exploring colours as they have used different colours and mixed them to create lovely pictures. 🫟

Today inside a child independently created some play dough and could discuss if they needed more water or flour to find the correct consistency. 💦

Today inside a group of children have been using their fine motor skills to connect the Lego together. They shared their successes with each other by showing each other what they had created. 🧱

Wednesday 7th January

Today a group of enjoyed a nice sociable snack at the snack table. They all independently collected their crockery and followed the number dots to allow them to collect the correct amount of snack. They discussed their favourite part of snack which today the favourite was the cereal. 🥣

Today inside a group of children engaged in a lovely role play experience as they played families together. They confidently could discuss roles they were taking on as they spoke about who was the mum, dad and baby. 🧑‍🧑‍🧒

Today outside a group of children were playing with a cheeky robin today who was coming close to them jumping in and out of the bug hotel when they weren’t looking. “I see him where the spiders are!” 🐦

Thursday 8th January

Today a group of children have been working together to fit the puzzle pieces together and confidently tidied up when they were finished. 🧩

Today a group of children were so excited snack was ready that they all went through at the same time to wash their hands. The children could confidently discuss the import of hand washing and why we should use soap. 🧼

Today a group of children enjoyed dressing us using the Lycra as capes. We’re superhero’s. “My superpower is dancing” “my superpower is flying.” 🦸‍♀️

Friday 9th January

Today inside Fergus and Roddy used different sized and shaped blocks to create a model. They worked together and shared their ideas with each other. “The animals live here.” They created a zoo for the animals with lots of different animals. They discussed how a zookeeper helps the animals by feeding them. “They look after them so they don’t go wild to other animals.” “They also feed them, they feed them different things.” “Sometimes predators eat meat and if they are not predators they eat not meat, they eat leaves on trees and also grass.” 🦍

Today inside a group of enjoyed investigating with the clay. They independently used the roller and their hands and discovered the more they rolled the clay the flatter it was getting and when they used their hands it was turning into a ball. They continued to use more tools and discovered what they do. One child independently created a snowman. ☃️

Today inside the children looked outside at noticed it was snowing 🌨️. They enthusiastically grabbed their waterproofs and jackets to go and play outside. The group of children who went outside independently got themselves ready with all their outdoor clothing and confidently asked for help putting gloves on. 🧤

Our Cosy Time Library 📚 This will be available to families at drop off and pick up time every day for you and your child to choose a book to take home to read 🏡There is no time limit on our library books we would just ask that you ask a members of the team to help sign the book with your child’s name, the title of the book they have taken, the date it was taken and when it was returned ✍️There will be pens available for you to sign the books in and out. If your child has any special requests for a certain book please ask a member of staff or send a message on seesaw and we can help you 😃There will be a folder with your child’s name for them to put the book in for its journey to home and back 📁A tray will be available for you to put in your returned books so we can quarantine and clean them before putting them on display again, if you have any questions, any member of staff would be happy to help ☺️

Loose Parts.

We are always in need of replenishing our loose parts in nursery. If you are out and about on walks, or are planning to recycle items, can we ask that you think of us first please 😃

Here is some of the items we are looking for:

Conkers, stones, shells, tea cups, sticks, picture frames, plates, wood, drainpipes any old garden furniture such as chairs, tables or parasols, etc,  anything you think might be of used in nursery.

 

Reminders

• Can all parents label items of  your child’s clothing.
• Can all parents put in at least one full change of clothing for water play and accidents.
• Can all parents if your child has a packed lunch can we please ensure grapes and big fruits are cut to minimise the risk of choking.🍇
• Can we remind all parents\carers to park in a white space only as the yellow spaces are for staff only.
• If your child is going to be picked up by someone else, please let the ladies know or the office so we are aware.
• Can we ensure that your child is dressed appropriately for all the weather  conditions that may arise.
• Can we ensure when you are leaving the nursery that the gate is locked.
• Can all parents ensure your child has a set of waterproofs and wellies to enable play outside when it’s wet.
• Our nursery blog is sent out every week on a Friday afternoon.

 

We hope you have a lovely weekend .

Miss Nelson and the rest of the Nursery team. x

 

Well we have made it to another end of term and what a busy term it has been. We have lot seen lots of children insentiently developing their own learning, and confidently sharing these with others.

Here is a quick look at what we have been up to in nursery…..

This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, predicting, being curious, sharing, self-esteem, technology, outdoor learning and problem solving.

 

Outside the children enjoyed creating a range of Christmas images to paint a card. They discussed colours and shared what their favourite Christmas character was. This was continued inside to with some children adding sparkles to their designs. They talked about the textures, and used problem solving skills to find the correct way to keep these on their pictures.

A group of children were building a den and several children used their imagination to come up with several ideas to attach the den blankets. One child used hair tongs as a large clip and another child used several heavy toys to hold the blanket in place. Lots of fantastic teamwork.

Some children decided that they would explore the instruments to see what sounds they could makes. Has their confidence grew they were recalling familiar sounds and tunes to sing these songs keeping to a beat.

While others have been discovering different sounds as they  used the beaters and hit the different notes of the xylophone.

Throughout the week we have been continuing to promoting hand and eye coordination using manipulative skills using the Lego  which was set up for the children to explore and share their ideas to create a range of models and to confidently share these with others. Lots of fantastic ideas emerged with imaginative role play occurring.

Inside to link into the Gingerbread decorating experience on the Sing a long day some children used their skills to create their own images of the character. Afterwards the listened to the story using the puppet, and afterwards they experience using the CD story with songs linked to the character and events in the book.

     

This week we had the very successful Sing a long afternoon, and what a lovely time we had. A very big Thank you to all who attended and stayed to participate in some fun experiences with your child. What lovely singing by all and how confident they were too to experience performing in front of a audience. What fun did they children and you too in using the photo booth with the different props. We have some amazing pictures too. We also had the picture hunt and the Gingerbread man decorating activity.

     

On Thursday we had our Nursery Christmas party filled with lots of dancing and party games.. Here is a quick snapshot of the events.

 

Reminders

•  Friday 19th December 2025  –   Last day of Nursery for the Christmas holidays.
• Monday 5th January 2026       –   Nursery resume today.

 

• Can all parents if your child has a packed lunch can we please ensure grapes and big fruits are cut to minimise the risk of choking.🍇   
• Can we remind all parents\carers to park in a white space only as the yellow spaces are for staff only.  If your child is going to be picked up by someone else, please let the ladies know or the office so we are aware. 
• Can we ensure that your child is dressed appropriately for all the weather  conditions that may arise.
• Can we ensure when you are leaving the nursery that the gate is locked.
• Can all parents ensure your child has a set of waterproofs and wellies to enable play outside when it’s wet.

Our nursery blog is sent out every week on a Friday afternoon.

Our Cosy Time Library 📚

• This will be available to families at drop off and pick up time every day for you and your child to choose a book to take home to read 🏡There is no time limit on our library books we would just ask that you sign the book with your child’s name, the title of the book they have taken, the date it was taken and when it was returned ✍️f your child has any special requests for a certain book, please  ask a member of staff or send a message on seesaw and we can help you 😃There will be a folder with your child’s name for them to put the book in for its journey to home and back 📁if you have any questions, any member of staff would be happy to help.
• Loose Parts.

We are always in need of replenishing our loose parts in nursery. If you are out and about on walks, or are planning to recycle items, can we ask that you think of us first please 😃Here is some of the items we are looking for:

Conkers, stones, shells, tea cups, sticks, picture frames, plates, wood, drainpipes any old garden furniture such as chairs, tables or parasols, etc,  anything you think might be of used in nursery. We would like to say a very big Thank you for all the lovely gifts that have been given to all of us here at the Nursery. That was so kind of you all they are very much appreciated..

We hope you have a lovely Christmas with your families and friends and we will see you all back to nursery on Monday. 5th January 2026.

From  Mrs Wilson and all the Nursery team. x

 

 

 

Hello everyone, we hope you have had a good week. Here is a look at what we have been up to……

Children enjoyed playing in the art area. They put their creative minds together and used different junk modelling, paints and loose parts to create different models and pictures.

Children continued their interest of the train track and used their imagination and creativity to make a ramp demonstrating the car needed pushed up it to allow it to move. They also discovered that if they let go of the car at the top of the ramp it would just slide down without any force.

Children showed great mark making skills as they used paper to create different drawing using different shapes and colours to take home to their families.

Children worked together in the block area to make a bed and a wall for “the worm”. One pretended to be a worm as the others placed the carpets over her as a blanket.

Children worked together to build a den. They used their knowledge to discuss how to stay safe using the helmets and high visibility vests. They worked together with Fraser recognising how many sides the den has and why they needed that number of sides.

Outside this morning, children were observed exploring the water tray area using a range of weighing equipment and non standard measuring intentions. They used problem solving skills to explore ways to move the water from one place into the bucket to see how heavy the water was.

Children have been coming and enjoying a balanced snack this week of lots of mixed fruits and either crackers, rice cakes or breadsticks. The children were able to independently decide if they wanted snack and could recognise the number of each items to take based on the display boards.

 

We made a special trip to the library for a Bookbug session. We picked out some stories to read there and some for taking back to nursery. The children learned some new songs and the actions to go with.

 

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Reminders:

• Next week is our last week at nursery before the Christmas holidays we are in for a regular full week
• the nursery Christmas sing along is on Tuesday 16th December at 2:30 in the huts where we will sing songs and then come back to nursery for some Christmas themed activities
• the nursery Christmas party is on 18th December in the afternoon after lunch time

 

Have a great weekend, see you all next week ☺️

Hello everyone, we hope you all have had a great week! Here is a quick look at what we have been up to in nursery…..

This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, predicting, being curious, sharing, self-esteem, technology, outdoor learning and problem solving.

Monday 1st December

Today inside a group of children came into nursery and noticed the Christmas tree with the decorations sat next to it. The group of children took it in turns to put baubles and tinsel on the tree to make it look nice. They all discussed Christmas experiences they have at home. 🎄

Today in the home corner a group of children took on appropriate roles during their role play as they pretending it was going to be Christmas Day. The group of children pretended to sleep before Santa came with presents on Christmas morning. 🎅

Today a group of children worked together in the block area by sharing their ideas and selected appropriate solutions when building their model of a dinosaur McDonald’s. The group of children used different sized blocks and used loose parts to enhance their model. 🦖🍟

Tuesday 2nd December

Today inside all children participated in an intentional promotion by creating fireplaces to create a cosy winter wall in our art area. They used different coloured paint and dabbed the brush to create different textures and will continue to paint some lights on the fireplace. 🔥🕯️

Yesterday, we started to open our advent calendar where the children got to find and open number 1. Behind the door was a mouse dressed like Santa. They all recognised that today’s door would be number 2 and found a hedgehog behind the door.🐭

Today, a group of children have started creating our Christmas enterprise projects. We have made gift bags and gift tags for selling as part of the project. Everything will be on sale as of next week for the nursery and school community.🎄

Wednesday 3rd December

Today inside the children asked for music on to use up excess energy in the room this afternoon after lunch. The group of children participated in a dance experience after requesting Christmas songs. They sequenced their bodies in a range of movements and demonstrated teamwork by listening to each other while they followed each other’s lead. 💃

Today outside all children participated in a forest experience down in the bottom garden. The children confidently confirmed all of the rules to keep us safe. They used their communication skills, motor skills and risk assessing skills in the bottom garden as they worked together and independently climbed trees. 🌳

Today a group of children were pretending to be different animals. We were cats and dinosaurs they discussed how a dinosaur would eat meat so a cat would definitely be scared. They also discussed that cats would live inside and outside and like lots of cuddles. Whereas dinosaurs would not like cuddles as they are “ fierce and dangerous”. 🦕 🐈‍⬛

Thursday 4th December

Today inside a group of children enjoyed looking at the smyths toy superstore catalog. They were pointing out lots of different toys they already have and what they would like from Santa. 🎁

Today a group of children helped make reindeer food for our nursery enterprise. We will be selling these to families and school pupils over the next coming weeks. 🦌

Today in the art area a child independently worked in the art area using different colours of paints and loose parts to create a model of a smartie machine. 🍬

Today a child has brought in a head torch to nursery where they have given it to peer to try out. They is showed their peer how it’s worn and the different settings.To extend their learning with the torch they decided to get all of our resources that had been pushed under the shed. They helped each other by getting some sticks to reach the items and swept the items up to put in the bucket for safe keeping .🔦

Friday 5th December

Today a group of children were inspired by the Dear Santa book and used the Christmas wish list to write their letter to Santa at the writing table. They mark makes to express what they were wishing for. ✉️

Through everyday activities today a group of children confidently made choices about who they are going to play with and how they are going to use resources. They confidently discussed that they were making a play park and discussed what each resource was getting used for they used the planks as a slide because things could slide down them. They used the big whisk as a roundabout because it could spin in the sand, confidently sharing their reasoning for each item. 🛝

Today a group of children used their gross motor skills as they followed simple instructions and sequences. They used the space creatively and playfully and made sure there was enough room for for them all to dance without bumping into each other. 🕺

Our Cosy Time Library 📚 This will be available to families at drop off and pick up time every day for you and your child to choose a book to take home to read 🏡There is no time limit on our library books we would just ask that you ask a members of the team to help sign the book with your child’s name, the title of the book they have taken, the date it was taken and when it was returned ✍️There will be pens available for you to sign the books in and out. If your child has any special requests for a certain book please ask a member of staff or send a message on seesaw and we can help you 😃There will be a folder with your child’s name for them to put the book in for its journey to home and back 📁A tray will be available for you to put in your returned books so we can quarantine and clean them before putting them on display again, if you have any questions, any member of staff would be happy to help ☺️

Loose Parts.

We are always in need of replenishing our loose parts in nursery. If you are out and about on walks, or are planning to recycle items, can we ask that you think of us first please 😃

Here is some of the items we are looking for:

Conkers, stones, shells, tea cups, sticks, picture frames, plates, wood, drainpipes any old garden furniture such as chairs, tables or parasols, etc,  anything you think might be of used in nursery.

 

Reminders

• Can all parents label items of  your child’s clothing.
• Can all parents put in at least one full change of clothing for water play and accidents.
• Can all parents if your child has a packed lunch can we please ensure grapes and big fruits are cut to minimise the risk of choking.🍇
• Can we remind all parents\carers to park in a white space only as the yellow spaces are for staff only.
• If your child is going to be picked up by someone else, please let the ladies know or the office so we are aware.
• Can we ensure that your child is dressed appropriately for all the weather  conditions that may arise.
• Can we ensure when you are leaving the nursery that the gate is locked.
• Can all parents ensure your child has a set of waterproofs and wellies to enable play outside when it’s wet.
• Our nursery blog is sent out every week on a Friday afternoon.
• Reminder that next week is PEEP and we look forward to seeing you all there.

 

We hope you have a lovely weekend .

Miss Nelson and the rest of the Nursery team. x

Hello everyone, we hope you all have had a great week! Here is a quick look at what we have been up to in nursery…..

This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, predicting, being curious, sharing, self-esteem, technology, outdoor learning and problem solving.

Outside a group of children have been experimenting with bubbles that was made up by Miss Nelson. They discovered whilst making the solution there was water and fairy up liquid . They used sports bats as the  bubble wands and  created their own bubbles. To extend their learning the boys  created their own mixture  using language to describe more or less of the  liquid or water . The boys discovered that there wasn’t enough rain water to collect for their mixture so used their initiative to collect water from the tap.

Also outside we have observed children selecting and using a range of blocks to create different structures and designs with their friends, developing  balance, problem solving and imagination. ‘I’m going to balance.’ ‘I’m a sloth.’ We have also seen children using their imagination to pretend they were scary ghosts who were scaring away the goblins.

  

Inside the children are using the daily chart to recognise and develop their understanding of time.  They also looked outside to  decided what the weather was and to find the correct tile. They decided today it was sunny and cloudy.

Throughout the week some children have been discovering the clay area,  using the books to help  them with ideas. One child decided he was going to make a dog then turned it into a pizza. Others seen been creative too in the art areas, block area and loose parts outside using a range of materials.

     

Yesterday, a few of us were individually supported by an adult to explore a new game on the PC. ‘I can explore, play and communicate using digital technologies safely and securely.’

Others independently investigated the symmetry game on the computer. They needed to manoeuvre the mouse to click on the matching image, then tick the check box. They demonstrated skills to listen  firstly to the advice and instructions, then as their confidence grew to correctly match the images. They used their initiative to make changes to correct when checked. While some explore jigsaws and other number games too.

 

From observing some children with animals in the sand area. The adult asked if they would like other animals too. The play then extended into the block area with mountains and a volcano with more animals to create a safari park with a jeep and people. Lots of imaginative play occurred with ideas being shared to deepen the play and discussions on the Animal learning topic.

Lots if interest shown in books and research that had occurred this week with some wanting to discover more about Basking sharks,  inspiring others to join in too. Through the research they discovered that they have hooked teeth and they swim with their mouths open. This has been displayed on the learning wall and into their PLJs

 

After reading Pip the little Penguin, we discussed what Pip was made out of. We discovered he was a fingerprint and some children wanted to find out more about fingerprints and what they were. We decided to do our own little experiment and test our fingerprints by using chalk and tape. Some then found a tool to look at them closely and compare them. We discussed how fingerprints were unique and our prints were special to us. We found out the names of the different prints and decided what each of us had. Hollie then wanted to find out whose prints matched her pattern.

Some have spent time exploring the tools in the water tray. They were investigating which non standard items held the most water, and were observed using the correct language sharing their thoughts to describe mass.

A group of children are enjoying a balanced snack this morning of wraps, cream cheese, cucumbers, carrots and pomegranate seeds. The children are also giving some lemon water a try where they said “it’s not too sour, it’s nice, try it” to encourage their friends to give it a go too. Whilst on our forest day down in the bottom garden the children enjoyed a hot snack of porridge and fruit to give them plenty of energy to play and explore.

Through the week the children have been developing their early reading and recognition of number words and numbers using the computer and games.. They used their hand eye coordination orientation in the movement of the mouse to click on the required number/ word. With the games, some  participated in a game of Counting sheep. The game promotes skills to recognise, count, match and turn take.

Reminders

•  Wednesday 03/12/25       – No Forest Kindergarten.

 

• Can all parents if your child has a packed lunch can we please ensure grapes and big fruits are cut to minimise the risk of choking.🍇   
• Can we remind all parents\carers to park in a white space only as the yellow spaces are for staff only.  If your child is going to be picked up by someone else, please let the ladies know or the office so we are aware. 
• Can we ensure that your child is dressed appropriately for all the weather  conditions that may arise.
• Can we ensure when you are leaving the nursery that the gate is locked.
• Can all parents ensure your child has a set of waterproofs and wellies to enable play outside when it’s wet.

Our nursery blog is sent out every week on a Friday afternoon.

Our Cosy Time Library 📚

• This will be available to families at drop off and pick up time every day for you and your child to choose a book to take home to read 🏡There is no time limit on our library books we would just ask that you sign the book with your child’s name, the title of the book they have taken, the date it was taken and when it was returned ✍️f your child has any special requests for a certain book, please  ask a member of staff or send a message on seesaw and we can help you 😃There will be a folder with your child’s name for them to put the book in for its journey to home and back 📁if you have any questions, any member of staff would be happy to help.

 

• Loose Parts.

We are always in need of replenishing our loose parts in nursery. If you are out and about on walks, or are planning to recycle items, can we ask that you think of us first please 😃Here is some of the items we are looking for:

Conkers, stones, shells, tea cups, sticks, picture frames, plates, wood, drainpipes any old garden furniture such as chairs, tables or parasols, etc,  anything you think might be of used in nursery.

We hope you have a lovely weekend and we will see you all on Monday.

From  Mrs Wilson and all the Nursery team. x