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 6th October

Today a group of children have been exploring the spelling game as they find the letters they need to match up to their board to create a word. They did a bit of trial and error as they compared different letters to their board to see if they were the same and only needed a little support for some trickier letters. Great job everyone. ⭐️

Today a group of children worked together building a model with wooden blocks. “It’s a swimming pool, no it’s a lollipop”. “ It’s a swimming pool.” “It’s a swimming pool with a diving board.” They worked together to show others how to use the blue stool as a diving board.  Lots of laughter when using it.  Good imagination and building skills shown by all children.👷🏼‍♂️

This morning individual children explored the time area. They listened to the information from the adult and was able to find the Monday , October  and Autumn signs using the letter sounds. They then were able to select the number 6, then discussed the weather outside selecting the correct image. 📆

Tuesday 7th October

Today inside a group of children enjoyed exploring the slime as they discovered how it felt which led to a discussion about how things feel and discussed our senses. They discussed that it’s not safe to eat because it is “yucky.” “If you eat it you’d be sick and have to go to the doctors.” “Or hospital.” “The doctor give you medicine.” 🧑‍⚕️

Today an individual child is helping to keep their friends safe they he put a barrier and wet floor sign around the pool of slime outside to stop people from slipping on it.🪧

Today an individual child wanted to have an ID badge like the teachers.  They used a card to write on their name.  “I need a picture like yours ”.  They then drew a picture to complete their badge and with help we stuck it on to a spare ID cord. 🪪

Wednesday 8th October

Today in the forest a group of children were exploring the trees and used their imagination to role play. “We’re pretending it’s a space ship.” “We’re the space men.” “We’re going to play climbing.”

Today in the forest a group of children discussed turn taking as they created a line at the rope swing. They independently used their gross motor skills to hold on and swing from the landing to the ground.

Today in the forest a group of children have been risk assessing outside as they have used their gross motor skills to climb trees. They discussed how their tummy feels when they get too high.

Thursday 9th October

Today a small group of children asked for some music on. They asked for Elsa “let it go.” They used their gross motor skills to dance around. They recalled dance moves they had learnt at dancing and showed their peers and the ladies. 💃

Today the children enjoyed some snack together with banana milkshakes and fruit. The children are becoming more aware of routines as they confidently discussed handwashing before snack. They then get their crockery and help themselves to snack using the number boards. They have even become more confident at washing their dishes 🧼🫧

Today a group of children have chosen to work together to decorate a box outside. They recalled an activity they did last month that they wants to revisit… “I want to make another surprise box so we can sneak up and watch mr robin in the garden”. The children then decided they wanted to play hide and seek where they discussed counting from “number 0 because 0 means nothing” 🐦

Friday 10th October

Today inside some of the children independently took it upon themselves to look at some story books. They discussed with the ladies what they seen in the book and what part was their favourite. “I liked the pumpkin book best.” 🎃

Today inside a group of children used the blocks to create a garage for cars. “This is for the cars.” “It’s a garage.” And a rocket for hot wheels too.” The children worked together to problem solve and select appropriate solutions to made the blocks stay up. 🧱

Today inside some of the children independently extended their learning by exploring the learning wall area. They used the resources available such as the sea life facts and pens to create pictures and colour them in. ✍️

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 2 weeks holiday and we will see you all on Monday 27th October for another great fun filled week!

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.

At the forest this all the children were fully engaged in a range of play experiences. We had some children showing concern for the monster head that had somehow fallen over and was missing bits. They felt sorry for him so they helped to put him back together again. Another group was seen using their gross motor skills in using the rope swing to twist and turn to see who could do the most. We observed lots of tree climbing skills with discussions on  being safe. They enjoyed a warm snack of beans and pitta bread, along with a drink of warm milk or water .One child then began to use sticks to drum, this then led to a music wall created using string and a selection of sticks, which resulted in a round of queen songs being sung.

A few afternoons the children ventured down to the bottom garden using the space well, from climbing and exploring the loose parts,.

 

   

 

Outside this week we have been observing lots of mark making using the chalk and water to create a range of lines  and talking about directions, letters or numbers. In the mud kitchen they have been using  a range of loose natural parts such as conkers, cones, leaves and lavender using skills to mix, weigh and to cut up the lavender. They then created a restaurant adding a till and money to extend their play learning.

Inside we have also observed lots of children developing their own literacy and numeracy  skills through a range of different experiences. We recently set up a small area linked to time. We added a clock a other time related resources for the children to explore.  One child then helped to select some books to support their learning interest.

“Its a storm one”

“And that one got a wolf too”

The learning wall is still developing with an interest in shown this week in how the Octopus change change form, colour and texture. Lots of discussion arose from watching the video explaining and showing she children the different processes. This is now on display and we have now sent out a form and we are looking forward to seeing your responses to enable us to take forward.

 

Reminders

• Forest Kindergarten  meet at 9.00am at  Waterstone crook carpark.

 

• 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 for another great fun filled week!

Mrs Wilson and the rest of the Nursery team. x

 

We hope you have had a great week. Here is a look at some things we have been up to…..

 

Children have been exploring the outdoor area to create dens and develop their fine motor skills through cutting and chopping in the mud kitchen using scissors and freshly picked lavender. Children have been collaborating their ideas on how to make a good den using materials and crates.

A group of boys used the wooden blocks to make a track for the toy cars. They weaved the track around the room adding to their design as they went and listening to what others had to say to develop their ideas.

Children have joined in with a colour pattern game as they have to copy the patterned structure on the picture. Everyone worked really hard to match the colours and could recognise when they had made a mistake and worked to correct it with little support. The children requested trickier structures as they went. This opened up the conversation about positional language, height, colour patterns and symmetry.

 

The children have taken an interest in the tinkering table outside as they develop their fine motor skills through using the screwdrivers and unclipping pieces of circuit boards.

 

 

We had our first session this year at the forest which the children thoroughly enjoyed and spoke fondly of. Children were role play9ing that they were selling ice-cream, finding a forest monster made from wood and created their own games together. We also tried cooking pesto pasta for the first time which went really well and the children shared their liking for it.

When we got back we had lots of discussions on what went well and what everyone’s favourite thing to do at the forest was and what they request for snack on the fire next week which will be beans on toast or soup!

 

Children have been linking in nursery to learning at home as they bring in items to share with peers and adults. This has extended our learning wall for animals as children brought in bird books and shells from a recent holiday.

 

Reminders:

• Our forest session is on a Wednesday morning where we will meet at Waterstone Crook car park from 9:00am until 9:15am where we will then head to the forest location, please remember to pick up your waterproofs and wellies the day before.
• Parent chats will be happening next week, if you need a reminder of your time please just ask.
• We will be able to add faces to the blog as soon as we have received confirmation of all permissions for photos.

We hope you have a great weekend and we will see you next week ☺️

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.

Monday 15th September

Today inside a group of children are beginning to show their good knowledge of personal hygiene routines as they independently washed their hands. 🧼 

Today inside a group of children have been creative in demonstrating different skills. They used fine motor skills and independently manipulated small tools by using the scissors to cut pictures. In the writing area a group of children used different colours to create a picture for family members. They drew around their hand and proceeded to use lots of colours to create a beautiful picture for their sister. Today a group of children got creative in the art area and painted some card. They used their imagination and said “it’s got a car inside for my party tomorrow.” They pretended that the card was wrapping paper and there was a present hidden inside. 🎨 

Today in the sand tray a group of children worked together to make an aeroplane landing, a rocket, a volcano and a Christmas tree that they were going to decorate. The children used sticks to create patterns in the sand to show where the rocket was landing. 🏖️ 

Today a group of children enjoyed a story called “Little Tiger’s Big Holiday” with Mrs Wilson. The group of children linked this story to their personal experiences as they discussed holidays they had went on with their families. They also had a discussion about items they would take on holiday and towards the end of the story they noticed the suitcase wouldn’t fit in the car which linked to problem solving how would they make it fit. “By taking things out.” 📖 

Tuesday 16th September

Today a group of children have been exploring shapes through games and puzzles. The group of children worked together to crest a dinosaur jigsaw and turned the pieces to fit if required. 🧩 

Today inside a group of children worked together to create their own stories using character cards. The group of children worked with Mrs Laing. They came up with the story and while Mrs Laing scribed for them. They had lots of characters and good imagination skills to come up with a good story line. 📖 

Today outside a group of children have been exploring the garden and discovered a Robin. They used their recall from last week and remembered there was 2 walking in the garden. The children came up with the idea to make a bird watching area and decorated a cardboard box. The group of children then put out bird seeds and watched from a far. 🐦

Wednesday 17th September

Today a group of children worked together to make an obstacle course. They were quite specific where the wheels had to go. They thought the obstacle course was good but said “I need a jump”. They placed another wheel down for the jump. They worked well together as a team . 🚲

After discussing a peers jumper which had an astronaut and the moon on it, we spoke about outer space and things that might be up in space. The conversation then turned to what animals have been to space and we researched on the iPad what animals had been, we made predictions on which the first one there. We found out the first animals were fruit flies. 🌌

Today, we went on a bird walk around the school grounds together 🐦 We made a chart for all the birds we predicted we would see which some of the children helped to cut and stick and all the children then put ticks next to them as we seen or heard them. All together we spotted 31 birds. The children were able to discuss which had the most and least and which were their favourites. After we returned, we made a bar graph to show everyone how much of each bird we found. We noticed that we had 19 crows and 9 pigeons. The children were able to point to which was the most popular. A peer also brought in a beautiful Magpie and Pigeon feather from home which they shared with their peers. A few children found a feather on our walk which we are going to research and see what bird it came from. We used our favourite Merlin bird app which identifies birds by their sound and shows you a picture of what they look like, the children looked at these pictures and shared if they knew it and what’s it name was. We had an extra little treat as we spotted a Stoat playing in the garden. We all watched carefully and stayed very quiet as it went back and forward playing right in front of us as it popped its head out from a plastic pipe 🐭 From this learning experience, we will create a more permanent bird watching area from inside the nursery and add appropriate resources to support this 🦅

Thursday 19th September

Continuing the interest of animals, the children requested to research animals trays. The children asked to do a zoo one “we haven’t done that before” and wanted to try something new. We worked together to collect resources from the nursery and took care of them by watching our spacial awareness to not drop them. The children discussed the importance of sharing and said “we all need a turn.” “Yeah it’s fair if we all have one each.” The children demonstrated good understanding of sharing. While putting the resources together the children started talking about their personal experiences and times they have gone to the zoo. They listened carefully to each other and waited their turn to reply. “The zoo makes me happy.” “It makes me excited.” “Me too.” “I went to the zoo for my birthday before.” “I went two times for my birthday.” “My mummy took me in the car to the zoo but I know you can get a bus.” The children discussed a range of feelings about how the zoo made them feel. They also discussed zookeepers and what zoo keepers do. “They give the animals food.””Like we fed the birds yesterday.” “They keep them healthy.” “They have to not walk by themselves.” “Do you know animals are living things and that’s why we have to feed them.” The children were able to discuss that a zookeeper looks after the animals which led to them discussing people who care for them. “My mummy looks after me and daddy.” “Sometimes my granny and grandad look after me.” While exploring the tray they used the animals to make footprints in the different materials. They continued role playing and discussed size, amount and lengths of the animals. “Look three sea lions.” “This one is bigger and that one is smaller.” “Yeah that one is longer too.” “We need one more sea lion to make four like the hippos.” “Do you know I had to pay to visit the zoo my mummy used pennies.” “Me too my granny used her card to pay.” The children discovered different ways we can pay for services. They continued to talk about different animals and times you might see them. “You never see sharks they are under the water.” “You see bats when it’s dark at night time and foxes too.” “I seen a bird today when it was morning.” After some of the children had finished with the tray they understood that they had to wash their hands. “I have to wash my hands with soap and water now because they are all muddy.” The children independently washed their hands after their play experience. 🐘🦒 

Following on from our interest in birds yesterday, An individual independently decided they wanted to look outside for birds using the tick chart they found. They used binoculars to look around and suggested we put seed out because that’s what would bring the birds to the nursery. They shared what their favourite bird on the chart was which they said “I like the robin”. We decided that it was just too windy for the birds to come out and we would try again later once the wind died down or even tomorrow 🐦

Today outside a group of children have decided to draw. They are discussing what they are drawing with each other and inspiring one another. They all drew different marks they drew JJ, Roblox and Minecraft. One drew a smiley face. One drew is a fireball. One drew their whole family and said “That’s me, that’s my mummy. I’m going to draw Harry” A peers said -“remember don’t forget your legs” (points to their peers drawing).😃

Friday 20th September

Today in the garden, a group of children worked with an adult to direct the making of a road for their car to travel and confidently shared his knowledge of directions. ‘We can go around the roundabout. ‘Go right now.’ ‘Go right then right.’ ‘That’s left (showing with arm).’ ‘The road needs to join…that way.’

Today inside a group of children decided to help prepare the morning snack. They decided they wanted grapes and crackers along with pineapple and blueberries. They watched and listened for the instructions and carefully cut the grapes into small pieces. We discussed that 1 grape can be cut in two, using the half language. They then cut these into 2 again learning about quarters, simple fractions. “That makes 4” they both shared.

Today inside a group of children used the iPad responsibly for the first time to create different pictures on doodle kids.

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 and we will see you all on Monday for another great fun filled week!

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.

In all weather conditions this week  outside we have observed the children engaging in a variety of role play scenarios where they have assume roles from the world around them. We have seen lots of sharing, and listening to others ideas and lots of detailed descriptive language being used to describe what the items of loose parts are being used for We have seen pirates and treasure maps where a group used their mark making skills to create their maps. Some children have been using skills to investigate and explore to create the best solution in creating a ramp for a truck to go down. While others were seen exploring the flow of water  and how far it would go by pushing it.

      

Some children asked to go to the bottom garden to explore the environment. We observed lots of skills to climb,  independently developing their awareness to risk asses on being safe while  in the trees. Some explored the large pipes, using skills to push, roll, using a range of  descriptive language and make comparisons. A group shared their knowledge of not to touch or eat anything found outside after discovering a large group of mushrooms.

 

“You don’t eat them because they might be poisonous, and they can make you poorly”.

Inside our Learning wall topic of animals and sea life is slowly developing with more children now becoming more engaged and are sharing their work and ideas, thoughts to it. We have had one child sharing his favourite books and drawing a picture of his favourite character. Another after asking a question if Star fish are real, completed some research on this and  shared her learning to others

” they live in all the seas”,

“they like being on their own, they’re grumpy”

After an initial interest in shadows after reading the story of the Gruffalo’s child, the adult supported a child to create an area to investigate more shadows through using a book, torch and dark pieces of material. They used skills to find the solution to recreate a shadow, inspiring others to experience this too. This lead to the children using a book to explore other experiments they could experience. The resources were left out to allow the children to independently explore throughout the week.

“The shadow doesn’t work if you point the torch down”

“You have to point it up”

One child outside in the sun noticed that his shadow….

“it looks really tall”

   

At snack the children worked with the adult to make freshly squeezed orange juice. They demonstrated skills to cut, squeeze, sieve and pour using a range to utensils that sparked conversations on why we need fruit, and less of unhealthy foods. They shared their knowledge, linking personal experiences at from home.

“We could lemons, they are sour”

“Apple juice too”

“I would like apple juice, or bananas”.

The children have been really creative whilst sharing their feelings about being at nursery. They have created images of themselves using  oil pastels and a mirror. The discussions also included their knowledge of facial features and body parts, but also how we similar and different  but we’re the same too. These will be displayed in the dining hall for the children to share with others around.

Reminders

Could all forms be returned back to nursery by Monday if possible…..

• All about Me
• Sun cream permission slips
• Data protection forms.

Saturday 20th September 2025      –     Newport School Fayre  11.00am – 2.00pm

 

• 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 for another great fun filled week!

Mrs Wilson and the rest of the Nursery team. x

 

 

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

 

Children have been exploring lots of songs and rhymes as they take part in small group opportunities as they use the wooden song spoons and ‘what’s in the bag’. Children chose an object from a bag and sang a song based on what the character or item was. Children have also been looking at a range of books alone and with peers to see what they can spot in the pictures and retelling the stories together.

 

Children are becoming more confident when taking part in lunchtime and snack routines as they collect what they need with little support and carry their tray to the table and choose who they want to sit next to.

Children have been challenging themselves with puzzles as they complete a range of different jigsaws starting off with the ones with less pieces and working their way up to 100 pieces where they delegated who would complete each area to them combine their sections together to finish the jigsaw.

Lots of new friendships are being formed as children bond over shared interests with familiar and unfamiliar peers.

We have been exploring ball games outside where children used the football to pass to one another, a target to throw beanbags at to see what number would get the most points and using the bats and balls to hit back and forward. The children took turns mark making a line next to the points each time they hit either a 20, 50 or 100.

 

Children have shown a keen interest in using the fire station to explore jobs in the community as they discuss firemen. There has also been men in to cut down a tree this week where children have been keen to find out about what they have to wear and how they keep safe. A child also noticed Rory our janitor with a tool box and quizzed him on what he was doing which lead to a discussion about tools they had at home and what jobs they like to help their families with.

Children have been working together to create a wonderful Christmas tree 🎄 The children had been role playing in the house that it was Christmas time so decided they needed a tree. This gave the children the opportunity to be creative and develop their fine motor skills as they weaved material in and out of the branches.

Reminders:

• can we please ask any relevant paperwork such as the All About Me Sheets, Sun permission slips, Seesaw permissions etc be returned next week. Thank you!
• Please feel free to leave a pair of wellies and waterproofs at nursery for your child for water play and can we ask that names are added to these so they don’t get mixed up with others!

 

We hope you have a lovely weekend and we will see you next week ☺️

 

The Nursery Team 

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 25th August

Today a group of children were exploring the sand tray and independently use loose parts and different resources to create a dinosaur house.

Today outside a group of children have been exploring vehicles as they have used loose parts to create a car. Another group of children have been investigating the digger and dump truck and discussed ways they are used in a working day.

Today a group of children helped create cakes at snack to celebrate Thomas turning 4 today, all children sang happy birthday and Thomas told them birthday gifts he had received.

Tuesday 26th August

Today a group of children have been exploring the clay. They discussed how it felt and used pictures to help them create the shape.

Today a group of children have been investigating the blocks in the block area and have used different sized and shaped blocks to create lots of different models.

Today outside a group of children found a woodlouse which sparked a discussion about different animals and when you are likely to see them. They discussed animals you would see at nighttime and ones you would see during the day.

Wednesday 27th August

Today a group of children have been creative in a variety of ways both indoors and outdoors. From painting clay fish to making binoculars to see things far away. The children have been using their creative side to demonstrate this.

Today a group of children asked for the fire engine and fire station small world down from the shelf. They used their imagination to role play firemen saving people from high roofs and putting fires out in houses.

Today a group of children are becoming more aware of hygiene and how to apply their knowledge to their daily routines. The children are becoming more confident at brushing their teeth after lunch time.

Thursday 28th August

Today a group of children were using the black tray to explore the rain. They decided to put the tray on the ground to make their own puddle and see how much rain they could can collect. This sparked discussion about the weather and they predicted there would be a rainbow.

Today a group of children have been exploring patterns as they have used pens to paper and created pictures of themselves for their folders.

Today a group of children have had an interest in story books and rhymes as the story area was popular with children exploring different types of texts and the song spoons.

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 ✍️There will be pens and hand sanitiser 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 ☺️

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 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.

 

We hope you have a lovely weekend ☺️

The Nursery Team 

Welcome everyone to our first nursery blog of this term. We hope you  all have had a great first few days and we have been overwhelmed at how well everybody has settled into the setting. But also how well our returners have embraced the new children too. 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.

A group of children have  been exploring the different jigsaws, demonstrating skills to fit the pieces into the right places. They have shared ideas, took turns with others and welcomed challenges set by the adult to persevere and complete harder jigsaws too. Others have been exploring a range of technolgy through the smart board creating a range of images, letters and numbers, recalling the need to be aware of other around and their feelings. Some have explored the music area , especially the floor piano creating a range of different sounds.

A    group of children have been demonstrating their creative skills using the clay to create a range of models adding lots of details to and using texts books for inspiration. At the play dough table some children helped to create tje rules of making the dough, showing how many spoons, squirts of water and oil is required, along with creating signs to support their use.

We have observed their use of the water and sand areas, displaying skills htrough their play to pur and talk about which holds more or less, and using the scales to describe the weight. In the sand  area inside and out the children have been creative using a range of natural resources to make cakes and ice cream, along with exploring what happens if they add water to the sand. Lots of descriptive language, and predictions arose from the children when engaged in dialogue with the adults.

Outside the children have spent long periods rengage in a range of activities from den making, using the range of large loose parts  to demonstrating their growing skills in using the pedal and balance bikes. They have explored the mud kitchen area to create a range of cookies and cakes. Some children have returned to previous learning of bugs and having been on the hunt finding a caterpillar in the leaves.

At snack they have enjoyed a range of fruit and vegetables, crackers and wraps etc and are developing their recognition of a free flow snack routine. At lunch they are developing their independent skills in collecting their lunch and to clear away afterwards .

Yesterday a group enjoyed a dance session displaying skills to follow a sequence of movements and following instructions, then some showed skills to stretch their bodies through yoga.

Throughout the few days we have seen so much engagement from the children, and how well the children have settled  showing a sense  of being secure and comfortable to engage with us its been so lovely to see..

Reminders

Could all forms be returned back to nursery by the end of next week if possible…..

• All about Me
• Suncream permission slips
• Data protection forms.

 

• 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 in spring
• 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 play outside when it’s wet.
• Our nursery blog is sent out every week on a Friday afternoon.
• Can we ensure when you are leaving the nursery that the gate is locked.
• There is learning at home sheets available in the nursery to share your child’s learning and experiences you do at home.

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 ✍️There will be pens and hand sanitiser available for you to sign the books in and out. If your child has any special requests for a certain bookplease 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, etc,  anything youthinkmight be of used in nursery.

We hope you have a lovely weekend and we will see you all on Monday for another great fun filled week!

Mrs Wilson and the rest of the Nursery team. x

 

 

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 30th June

Today the children enjoyed a lot of outdoor play. Jude made his own adjustments to the garden as he tried to put up a branch on the fence. “This goes here, I need nails” 🪵. Joni demonstrated good control on the pedal bike as she cycled the length of the garden without support 🚲 . Emily-Rose and Fraser settled well into nursery and have been discussing their upcoming birthday party 🥳 Gregor started his own game using the hoop outside. He started by passing it to an adult and then decided to see how far he could roll it from one end of the garden 🪴 Zac and Jude have been hard at work today on the digger and dumper as they moved sand confidently around in the sand pit 🪏 “We are making a train bed” Leo, Brodie and Lachlan used the cushions and blankets outside to create a sleeping train to relax in 🚂

Tuesday 1st July

Today Sehrish, Joni and Elyn enjoyed a lovely snack together. Joni and Elyn had ham on their plates and Sehrish identified she couldn’t have it due to her religion. Joni discussed how she wasn’t allergic to anything and could have everything and Elyn identified she is allergic to make up but that’s not something I eat. The girls could confidently discuss their likes and dislikes and dietary requirements at the snack table. 🧀

Today outside Jackson, Leo, Brodie, Lachlan, Cammy, Reuben, Zac and Jude enjoyed exploring and investigating with water in the mud kitchen. They used paint brushes, bowls and loose parts to create a cleaning potion and another potion that makes you strong. They discussed what they would need in a strong potion and they said “we need this and this in it.” The boys worked together and communicated with each other to use the correct ingredients. 🧪

Today all of the children took part in our nursery leavers assembly. This gave the children leaving to move onto Primary 1 time to celebrate. The children confidently sang songs in-front of their families that they have been practicing at nursery. All children received a certificate and gift for their year at Newport Nursery and enjoyed some strawberries and cream afterwards. 👩‍🎓

Wednesday 2nd July

For today’s fun the children enjoyed some slime time. They discussed the smell, texture and how it gets longer when held up. Some explored what would happen if they squeezed, pulled or squashed it into the table. Some suggested ways to remove the slime from their hands by rubbing them together.

Today inside Innes, Lachlan, Euan, Luke, Jude, Zac, Florence, Joni, Flora, Jackson and Sehrish followed simple movements from Danny go after asking for ice and fire. They confidently watched their space and used their spacial awareness to be mindful of their peers dancing too.

Today the children enjoyed investigating the props to capture individual and group pictures with our summer Photo Booth.

 

Thursday 3rd July

Today all of our children enjoyed a nice teddy bear picnic with their buddies. They enjoyed a biscuit and juice together as well as participating in a treasure hunt the buddies had created.

Today Florence and Rosie got creative in the art area and created different items for their teddy bears. Rosie created a tie for her bear and Florence created collars

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Today Cammy, Innes and Leo were being responsible citizens as they independently tidied up the block area when they had finished playing.

 

Again we wanted to express our sincere gratitude for the thoughtful gifts. Your generosity is truly appreciated and reflects the wonderful support we receive from you all. It has been an absolute pleasure to have your children in our care. Watching them grow, learn and explore has been a rewarding experience for us all. We will cherish the moments and memories we’ve shared and are grateful for the opportunity to be part of their early development. Thank you once again for your kindness and support. We wish you all the best into Primary 1 and for the children who are staying in nursery another year we look forward to welcoming you back after the holidays. We hope you all have a well deserved holiday.☀️ Miss Nelson 🫶🏼

 

 

Hello everyone, we hope you  all have had a great week! Here is a 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.

Even though the weather has been not so great this week, the children are still exploring and developing their learning through their play. Outside the children explored the turf tray after some of children were discussing  their holidays. With a  discussion about  the beach and what they could find on a beach they worked together to gather resources to create their own beach. The children  showed respect the resources, placing these nicely into the sand and water.

“We need animals lots of sea creatures”

“I found a baby octopus and that’s a big one.”

The children were discussing different animals and sizes.

“I’ve seen a jellyfish and orcas but I can’t remember where”.

“I’ve seen a lot of dolphins here but never when I’ve been to Spain.”

This  led to talking about what they would wear in hot countries and how to travel.

“We need to wear sun cream and sun hats when it’s hot”.

“I’ve been on a aeroplane to go to lots of places. Even Portugal and Spain.”

Another peer then said

“I got a boat before”.

Observing the children they were discussing what would happen if you would drown.

“You would need the fire engine, ambulance and even the coast guard.”

They also discussed personal experiences and different holidays they have been on .whilst they  played with a range of sea life animals..

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Our last forest session for this year was held on Tuesday. Some children explored the large stones around the area, recognising  and recalling the different shapes that they were similar too.

“That’s a triangle, and that’s a square”

While others explored the charcoal and was using it to mark make.. A group of children demonstrated their skills to use the rope swing, twisting and spinning around. Others enjoyed role play sharing their imaginative ideas and cooperation to deepen the play. Afterwards a hot snack and a drink, a group went on a safari through the long grass, recalling the words of going on a bear hunt. They used their skills to climb up and down steep banks sharing their knowledge of the nature around them.

 

The children enjoyed developing their skills to explore and investigate using their senses. They explored the bouncing putty using skills to roll, mould the dough into shapes, then try to bounce the putty into the pot. They found that by kneading the dough well made the putty bounce faster and higher. Some  children made cloud foam dough, supporting skills to mix, knead the dough and through using their senses discussed the texture, smell of the mixture, and what happens if they add more cornflour or conditioner.

Throughout the week we have observed so much  child initiated learning  occurring throughout the nursery. We’ve observed some children using the blocks to create very detailed buildings to some developing their shape recognition and matching skills when tidying up the blocks.

Others were seen developing their mark making skills using sand instead of paper, some developing their early reading skills to match names whilst helping to prepare a game for the adult. while some have revisited previous learning when discovering lots of different insects and bugs. They found a green shelled woodlouse, which they further extend the interest to learn more about this creature called a Rose chafer. A group played a game of Pokémon card hunt, demonstrating skills to search, listening to advice and using directional language, following the rules of the game and working well with others to problem solve how to reach the card that had blown out of the garden setting.. Outside one child enjoyed sharing his knowledge of the clouds and how the rain comes down, then strops, then goes slow or fast demonstrating using the sand falling onto the truck..

  

     

Our last play on pedals session for the bikers today focused on gliding and judging distance through a game called King or Queen of the castle. We also played Pirate treasure that supported skills to steer and be observant, but also early reading skills in recognition of their name and use counting,  and add and subtraction skills. All the children followed the rules giving support to others throughout the game to finish. They also recognised others achievements after judging in the distance challenge when we had the 2 winners  to become a king and queen of the castle game. Today we had 2 volunteers to support the adult, helping and preparing the area with the adult. Todays last session for the balancers ran on the same has yesterday with Leo becoming the King and Sehrish the queen of the castle for gliding the furthest. We also participated in the pirate treasure with Captain Innes being the first to find all his tokens. We finish off playing what’s the time Mr wolf focusing on using their brakes. Also can i say a very big thank you to all the parents that supported their children through remembering to bring their helmets and bikes over the last few weeks, it was much appreciated.

         

Reminders.

 

Tuesday1stJuly 2025  –   Nursery leavers afternoon starting at2.15pm either in the hall or bottom garden depending on the weather.

Thursday 3rd July 2025 –  Nursery’s last day…………….

Friday 4th July 2025 –   SUMMER HOLIDAYS

 

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 😃

We hope you have a lovely weekend ☺️

The Nursery Team 