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 week the children have been demonstrating skills using a variety of technology in their play from using the smart board to complete jigsaws, selecting the right pieces to fit in the correct place supporting hand and eye coordination. To working with the adult after a short survey in naming the the play shed literacy area creating a graph using the various buttons. To using various apps on the iPad such as Chatter PIX. They applied  creative skills to produce a video featuring  singing, specialist stickers and a colourful background as well as their name.

‘I want the colourful background.’ ‘When Santa got stuck up the chimney.’ ‘It’s a bit quiet.’

‘I want to sing Let it Go.’ ‘I want the rainbow.’ ‘I’ll have the happy birthday (frame).’ ‘Look at my dress.’

Some children were demonstrating their estimating skills through using the bug catcher game. They needed to guess which had the most or least amount of coloured butterflies. Then used skills to catch them.

   

Outside the interest in a range of physical activities continues with games of football, rugby and tag. Also we have seen some children enjoying yoga too, along with Kodaly sessions with Mrs Laing.

 

Also this week lots of interest in using the mud kitchen, digging, mixing, creating imaginative play along with bug hunting, especially the worms. Some children have worked with an adult to develop more literacy in the area creating a mud recipe, taking ideas from the children’s mind map

  

On Thursday we celebrated World book day, and how brilliant were all the costumes worn and throughout the day the children engaged in an array of activities linked to a range of different story books. We also created a story book that captured the children’s characters and created a short mystery story of who stole Winnie the poohs honey pot.

On Friday we had another successful PEEP session that focused on Listening and Talking. Next Friday the focus is Book bug looking at favourites.

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’ve had a lovely week, here is a look at what we have been up to…

 

Groups of children created a bus using crates and planks of wood outside. The play expanded when the children created their own bus tickets to hand out to one another.

Children revisited the story of the 3 Billy Goats Gruff story outside as they designed and built their own bridges and houses using a range of loose parts and blocks, sharing their ideas and why they have used certain materials with others.

Children have started to explore the new Jenga game where they are turn taking and team building as they discuss which blocks they should and shouldn’t take out to help their peers to stop the tower falling down.

Children have been exploring some of their favourite stories such as Superworm where they have been looking at rhyming, feelings, pictures and characters.

Children have been keen to share their ideas for our garden development. Children shared their ideas for an adult to write on a mind map where the children contributed their mark making skills after. Some children shared they wanted to create more dens, someone said they wanted to plant pretty flowers and another shared they wanted pretty things in the house.

Children have been making use of the art resources as they create different dinosaurs and plan how they want them to look and how they can make that happen. Another child created a “little birdie” using junk modelling independently.

 

After developing our dressing up area, children have been making use of the items on show and exploring different role play experiences together.

“it’s my whole family, that’s me, mummy, daddy and my sister” children have been exploring their mark making skills as they create pictures of their family and proudly show it to others

Groups of children have been continuing their interest in UNO as they take turns, show good number and colour recognition and sharing the rules of the game with each other.

Children brought their knowledge of the story of the 3 Billy goats gruff into their play in the garden as they used various loose parts. They had a troll living under the bridge so they needed to travel across very quietly so not to wake it.

 

Reminders:

Peep on Friday 7th March 2026

If you have any permission slips please remember to bring these in within the next week for our trip to the science centre or any eye tests.

 

Have a great weekend!

Miss McKenzie 😊

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 16th February

Today inside a group of children asked to help the ladies. They have been helping by taking the lunches to the office and collect the bands for everyone. They then proceeded to  have a look at all the loose parts face cards and could name some of the feelings. ☺️

In the block area, a group of children worked together and  constructed a chair which was designed to support a person. They celebrated their design and construction and supported their friends to have a seat. ‘Look Mrs Laing.’ ‘You can go first.’ ‘I’ll show you.’ 🧱🪑

Today inside a group of children asked to do some Kodaly songs this morning. They used the drum to keep the beat and the rhythm and used different props to help remember their songs. 🎶

Tuesday 17th February

Today inside some children have been drawing a beautiful picture of their families and using the new whiteboards. They could confidently identify each family member as they spoke through their picture. 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒

Today inside a group of children have been working together to make a picture using the coloured pins. They used their colour recognition to match the pins to the board to create different pictures. 🔵

While exploring Top Marks games with an adult, a group of children have selected a phonics game and successfully applied their mouse skills and sound knowledge to complete words by selecting the correct initial sound. 🔡

Wednesday 18th February

Through imaginary play a group of children have been using the dressing up outfits to create different characters. They dressed up as an inspector to inspect things, a real hunter their job was to “make plants grow.” And another hunter and their job was to “help.” 🧐

Today inside a group of children have been developing their motor skills and creativity in the sand by creating different things. One peer created a volcano, while two others worked together to create a home for an electric eel. They created a road and cleared some sand to represent water for the eel to swim in. 🌋

Today outside a group of children have been working together to make some pasta using water, lavender and sand in the mud kitchen outside. 🍝

Thursday 19th February

Today inside a group of children have been continuing to explore the technology in the room to complete their number recognition and placing in the correct order. They confidently ordered 1-5, and  6-10 with some children needing a little bit of support with this to place correctly. With continued support they continued up to 20. 🔢

Today outside a group of children have been exploring the farm. They have been mimicking the daily routines of farmers and caring for animals, they have been learning responsibilities of farmers and been developing their communication skills by discussing what they were doing. 🧑‍🌾

Today outside a group of children have been developing their fine motor skills and hand/eye coordination by being creative. They have continued their interest of painting outside and moved to drawing pictures. ✍️

Friday 20th February

Today inside a group of children have been independently and confidently using the smart board to explore measurement as they select the correct answer each time. They were able to check using the ruler and line up to where the object ended and selected the number. They were able to measure using full and half numbers. “That one’s a 1 and a 5” 📏

Today a group of children liked the sound of toast for snack. They independently followed routines of collecting their plates and items of food. Some of the children chose to have beans. They then sat down and socially enjoyed their snack together. 🍞

Today inside a child independently spent a good amount of time in the block area. They used different size and shaped blocks to create a model of Lego city. “I made captain americas room at the very bottom of the avengers tower.” “This is vibranium shield, it is the strongest metal that nothing can break it.” “When captain America throws his shield it bounces off something and comes straight back to him.” 🛡️

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.
• Bookbug will be next week (27th February 2026)
• 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, 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