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.

Today a group of children have been dancing playfully and expressively while repeated movements and gestures from the smart board and peers while dancing along to Scottish country music in the run up to St Andrews day.

Today a group of children got creative in the block area and created a robot.“We’re building a robot it can turn its eyes around. We’re making the arms because we forgot to build them. This robot is going to help us clean up. This is how to make the arms we put the brick through this one.”

Today a group of children got creative in the wood work bench developing their fine motor skills and hand/eye coordination by hammering nails into wood and egg cartons. “I’ve created a boat and sellotaped it shut so the baddies don’t get my treasure.” “I need goggles on to keep my eyes safe.”

Today at the forest a group of children all went up to the fallen down tree and used their bodies to jump up and down on the branch to make them move 😄

Today a group of children were using the large tree in the forest to sell ice-creams. They checked to see what flavours the customers ordered and then made a production like on who made them and who would hand them over.

Today at the forest, a small group of children explored using sticks to dig and scrape at the mud to see what they could find.

Today a group of children have created their own house using the crates and a picnic blanket. “We built it so we don’t get the cold air”

Today Brodie created his very own hopscotch using the coloured markers for his peers to explore. “You have to do one foot then two foot, there’s 16 steps all together”.

Today Jude is beginning to explore throwing and catching a ball outside with Miss McKenzie. Jude is also beginning to recognise his own and others achievements as he says “yeeeey” when Miss McKenzie or him catch the ball without it dropping 😄

Today a group of children worked together to support each other with the rules on how to play the recycling game.

Today a group of children have been exploring the frost/ice in the garden this morning. This sparked discussion on how ice is formed. “It’s made out of snow” other peers then joined the conversation and shared “it has to be really cold for the ice to come”

Today a group of children explored how to make it snow in the garden. The group of children found a higher up area using the shed roof so that the snow would fall down. A couple of peers  used the bats to scrape the snow while another peer threw a ring so it slid down and chained the snow to fall off.

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 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.
• 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.
• 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 the weather.
• 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.
• Forest is on Tuesday where we meet at Waterstone crook car park from 9:00-9:15. Can we also just make you aware that with the hot and humid weather that tics may be around in the forest area so encourage you to check your child after every forest session incase any have made their way home on your child!

  💭Any changes to your child’s Diet or Medication? Please speak with one of the Team who can support you.

  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 all have a great weekend.

The Nursery Team 

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

This week learning is… Exploring, Predicting, Being Curious, Literacy, Mathematics, Sharing, Self-Esteem, Creativity, Motor Skills, Turn Taking, Technology, Outdoor Learning and Problem Solving.

This week we have seen lots of children developing their own learning through asking lots of questions demonstrating skills to research, recall the new learning and create their own images of these animals. This is now creating a fabulous learning  wall. of lots of different animals being researched. We have had questions being shared from their homes such as chickens, tigers, giraffe., panadas and many more such as a Mammoth. This came from one child at snack using cucumber has tusks that inspired others to talk about elephants leading onto Mammoth research.  We have had children sharing their parents favourite animals. I could keep going on, but please take time to look at the wall as you come into the nursery or take a learning sheet home to share with your child. The children have also been enjoying exploring the resources displaying skills to match and sort the animals.

Some of the questions asked…..

“How fast do tigers go?

How big are giraffes?

“What are Mammoths?.

Also this week the children have been sharing their knowledge and understanding on People who help us when we have been evaluating the learning topic.

This week we have also been promoting the forth coming St Andrews day celebration through creating a weaving pattern and looking at the different tartans available. This continues from the weaving and threading area that has recently been promoted in the setting.

At snack the children are continuing voicing their opinions on whether they liked the snack that day through a mark making experience. Hotdogs seems to be the favourite at the moment. One child enjoyed sharing his knowledge on fruit, recognising that it was healthy for him, and sugar was not. We also celebrated Alfie’s 5th birthday on Thursday and we all hope that he has a lovely day on Friday.

The children are continuing to enjoy a session of cosmic yoga each day after lunchtime and they are developing their skills to move their bodies into an array of positions.

Outside there have been opportunities to enjoy the nice cold weather sharing their thoughts on how it made them feel, what they have been noticing such as the leaves falling, jack frost and discovering what creatures are about. This week we had a visit from a pheasant whilst enjoying one of the many walks around the school ground. They have found mole hills, a beehive even a horse. On Friday whilst outside a group of children observed how the planes made wriggly lines and straight ones too which lead to sharing holiday experiences and their travel journeys. This lead onto discussing how the moon comes out during the day too. Another possible learning wall topic for outside.  This lead to the adults setting up a turf tray of cloud dough which feel and looks like snow for the children to explore and investigate.

We are also being extremely busy continuing with the nursery’s enterprise scheme making  items to sell over the coming weeks.

Some children are preparing for the Christmas period singing and playing instruments to the tune of Jingle bells having lots of fun sharing and exploring the instruments.

Reminders.

Tuesday 3rd December 2024  –  Forest Kindergarten.  Meet at 9.00 am 9.15 am at Waterstone Crook car park.

Thursday 5th December 2024    –  BOOK BUG session starting at 9.15 am with Miss Nelson.

With the changing  seasonal and varied weather conditions  ☔️❄️🥶, please remember to provide your child with welly boots, waterproof clothing, hat, gloves 🧤, scarf🧣 and at least 1 full change of clothes in your child’s bag.

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 you think might be of used in nursery.

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

Miss McKenzie, Miss Nelson, Mrs Wilson and Miss Brougham 👋 x

We hope you have had a great week, here is a look at what we have been up to….

Children took part in a forest session in the bottom garden where they explored a lot of climbing, direction, forces and imaginative play. Children worked together to create a bed for the speed boat whilst others wanted to use the iPad to explore poses and other perspectives in the tree.

Children have been exploring their weaving skills as they use frames and ribbons to create a spooky house together.

Innes asked to search what the worlds fastest animal was with his peers but before we did that he guessed a cheetah as he had seen it on the TV. Innes matched the words from the wooden disc to the keyboard to login the computer in. After research we found out Innes was right and we also found out that the worlds slowest animal is the sloth.

Children joined in creating a bar graph based on the captain underpants book as they found out what everyone favourite underpants were. They guessed which would have the most, the least and who they thought might not get any votes at all.
 

Children have been using their mark making skills to draw outside using pens and card and they make their own designs and shapes.

Children have also been creative inside as they help with our Christmas enterprise activity by painting Christmas decorations and cutting out shapes using the clay. This sparked conversations around money and selling our items.

Children explored screen and film as they used props from a story box that linked to nursery rhymes and created their own stories as they used the stage to act these out together. The children also added loose parts to develop their ideas.

Reminders:

• Nursery will be closed to children tomorrow (Friday 15th November) as it is in service day
• please ensure your child had a spare change of clothes with them as well as wellies so they can enjoy some water play
• Our peep group is on Thursday morning from just after drop off until 10:30 roughly for anyone who wanted to join

Have a lovely long weekend and we will see you next 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.

Monday 4th November

Today a group of boys used their initiative and creative skills in building a no go area. They stated that it keeps people out. They worked together to share ideas and resources that further develop their role play.

Today a group of children played tickle tig outside! They are all taking turns to chase and be the tickler 😄

Today a group of children enjoyed a story with Miss Brougham. They were able to retell parts of they story they enjoyed.

Tuesday 5th November

Today a group of children have been working on their hand eye coordination skills as they play football with each other in the garden. They explored how high they could kick the ball as they kicked it from the ground to all the way over the top of the gazebo to the other side! ⚽️

Today a group of children have had a lovely morning in the bottom garden as they explore the seesaw and discuss hight together. “I’m higher”

Today a group of children persevered with a challenge of simple addition with numbers up to 10. They needed support to gain confidence to point and count, but this quickly grew. They worked together and used their initiative to ask for help if they were unsure, or to recheck their answers.

Wednesday 6th November

Today a group of children have been keen to help create and paint for our Christmas enterprise as they make decorations for the tree.🎄

Today a group of children explored new games on the smart board and worked together to operate it using their combined technology skills.

Today a group of children worked together to create an obstacle course using loose parts. They took it in turns to use their balancing skills to walk along the big blocks trying not to fall.

Thursday 7th November

Today a group of children have been developing their fine motor skills and textile techniques. They have been exploring weaving and threading with ribbons and pipe cleaners using different resources to thread through.

Today a group of children discussed their favourite snacks at nursery while they are developing their independence daily by collecting their own snack and displaying their likes and dislikes with the 10 frame.

Today a group of children wanted to play duck duck goose. “We can’t run inside we must walk.” They took it upon themselves to play walking duck duck goose to keep everyone safe.

Friday 8th November

Today a group of children explored planting. They were able to discuss basic parts of a plant and how to care for a plant by ensuring they have water and sunlight.

Today a group of children have been developing their fine motor skills and creative skills by creating pictures at the writing table to display in the room and take 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 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 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.
• 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.
• 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 the weather.
• 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.
• Forest is on Tuesday where we meet at Waterstone crook car park from 9:00-9:15. Can we also just make you aware that with the hot and humid weather that tics may be around in the forest area so encourage you to check your child after every forest session incase any have made their way home on your child!

  💭Any changes to your child’s Diet or Medication? Please speak with one of the Team who can support you.

  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 all have a great weekend.

The Nursery Team 

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

This week learning is… Exploring, Predicting, Being Curious, Literacy, Mathematics, Sharing, Self-Esteem, Creativity, Motor Skills, Turn Taking, Technology, Outdoor Learning and Problem Solving.

This week we have been continuing the children’s development and understanding of celebrating various festivals, celebrations and religious beliefs looking at Halloween and Diwali. A variety of activities that encouraged children to explore and participate in whilst having lots of fun.

Outside the children experienced creating very decorative tea light holders using clay, paint and sparkles. They used skills to manipulate the clay into a shape then after listening to and looking at information from books, pictures and the internet. They discussed the texture, feel of the clay, and the shape of the holder.

Also from observing and listening to a group of children discussing a recent Halloween party that they had attended, the adult promoted an activity to create a range of Halloween themed pictures. They used a range of natural tools to create their images, sharing the resources and their ideas well with others. They were then using the correct language to describe the  different sizes created,

Whilst inside a group of children were seen exploring the Diwali pattern making area to create their own patters using a selection of coloured buttons. They were able to sequence and follow a pattern, this extended then to creating their own patterns using other methods such as pens and paint.

At the forest, the children enjoyed a hot snack  of Hot dogs or crumpets along with a hot chocolate drink afterwards. They were able to discuss how the environment had changed after noticing how many leaves were now on the floor. This lead to discussions on how the weather is changing, with some saying..

“It’s getting colder now and windy too”

“Then wind makes the leaves fall down”

We also found some mesh netting which we hung up and the children sourced a variety of natural resources such as leaves, cones, sticks and berries to create a lovely piece of art work. They were able to share their understanding of not eating the berries, recalling the need to wash their hands afterwards.

In were able to discuss how their bodies felt. the week the children enjoyed a gym session that promoted skills to jump, balance, roll, hop walk forwards and backwards using a range of large gym equipment. Afterwards they

Yesterday lots of fun and games were had from pumpkin carving and then decorating using glue, sparkles and spray paint. But I’m not too sure if the spray paint actually went onto pumpkin,   The children showed their skills to match playing Spooky Halloween bingo, to reading stories under a table covered in dark material and a torch. Lots of imaginative ghostly stories were made. A Book bug session was held and afterwards the children explored the story sack of the Room on the broom.

Today the children explored the symbolic meaning of the Poppy. They shared that a Poppy is worn to remember people who help to protect us in the wars. This led to some creating their own Poppy for the Nursery.

Reminders.

Tuesday 5th November 2024  –  Forest Kindergarten.  Meet at 9.00 am 9.15 am at Waterstone Crook car park.

Thursday 7th November 2024    –   PEEP session starting at 9.15 am with Miss McKenzie.

With the changing  seasonal and varied weather conditions  ☔️❄️🥶, please remember to provide your child with welly boots, waterproof clothing, hat, gloves 🧤, scarf🧣 and at least 2 full changes of clothes in your child’s bag (remember the…🧦 🧦🩲🩲 )

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 you think might be of used in nursery.

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

Miss McKenzie, Miss Nelson, Mrs Wilson and Miss Brougham 👋 x

We hope you had a lovely relaxing time off. Here is what we have been up to the first week back….

Children have been exploring their fine motor skills as they create their own masks using paper, wool and scissors. They only needed a little support to attach the wool and hold the paper still as they cut.

Children have been exploring weight outside as they looked at items that were heavier than others. Children have also been threading outside using straws and seeing how they can create different lengths.

Children have been exploring mark making and attempting to copy words that they need for their everyday play. They then independently used a ruler to explore how long their pictures were.

Using bottles and a range of other resources, children made their own music shakers. They then developed these using their own creative ideas by adding colours and tape to make them unique.

Children are beginning to explore Diwali and look at how others celebrate as they made their own henna designs on a hand print they drew and cut out. The children were able to discuss their own experiences with Diwali as they said about seeing something on television about it. “That’s the festival of light, they light candles and dance to music and do hand designs”.

Children have been working together to look after the nursery resources independently. Luke and Florence noticed sand in the home corner and swept it up together. “I can be the bin man” says Luke.

Children are continuing to show an interest in our learning wall topic “People who help up” as they ask to read a story about the police. From this, Rosie shared that she learned all about finger prints and how they are put on the computer to catch the bad guys. Innes showed an interest in looking at all the different sections of the book.

This week a group of children asked to make play dough. Leo asked for blue play dough as he was going to make Sonic. Through a group discussion and problem solving we decided to add blue powder paint to the play dough to create the blue colour. The group of children explored making models of numbers, shapes and animals. This led to a discussion about what animals eat and where they come from. “Giraffes eat leaves.” “We get leaves from trees” “trees grow in the ground.” This then led how to care for plants by giving them water and sunlight.

This week a group of children participated in making a “special” tray for the story sharing a shell. We worked together to create a mind map and gather ideas from the story to see what we could incorporate. Innes enjoyed looking through the story to see if we were missing any resources. Jackson, flora and Rosie enjoyed helping create the rock pool. “This is where they live” “yeah but they live in a shell”. They got creative and used instruments and a torch to create thunder and lightening in the storm. “This is the storm” Rosie and Flora enjoyed retelling the storm part or the story using the instruments and flashing of the torch. They confidently spoke about their favourite parts of the story and retold them.

This week Rosie and Sehrish demonstrated their skills to listen to a set of instructions that described size, such as tallest, smallest, medium sized then selected the correct picture.

Children have been sharing their kind and caring sides with one another as they help others around the room. Children helps others by fixing their clothing or fixing resources they noticed were broken. “It’s broken I need to fix it!”. “There you go I’ll do your cardigan for you”.

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 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.
• 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.
• 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 the weather.
• 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.
• Forest is on Tuesday where we meet at Waterstone crook car park from 9:00-9:15. Can we also just make you aware that with the hot and humid weather that tics may be around in the forest area so encourage you to check your child after every forest session incase any have made their way home on your child!

  💭Any changes to your child’s Diet or Medication? Please speak with one of the Team who can support you.

  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 😃

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 30th September

All the children are becoming more confident with daily routines as they independently place their lunch boxes and water bottles back on their shelf before brushing their teeth.

Today has been a day of being creative outside with loose parts and different materials.

Today a group of children were very proud of the den that they had made to protect the buggies from the rain. They helped each other to lift the stand to put the blanket underneath to stop it from blowing away and helped add the blanket and find tools to make the blanket stay in place. Great team work!

“King of the castle!” a child said as they climbed on top of the crates. Another child also joined in and they have now turned the crates into boats 🚤 “I’m the captain” said one of the children.

Tuesday 1st October

Today a group of children used the big tree as an ice cream van and a Pokémon house. They said “it has 51 ice cream flavours, my favourite is chocolate and toffee and mines is vanilla and strawberry.” They were able to discuss as menu and what a menu is used for as well as talking about how they would keep the ice cream cold using the freezer.

Today a group of children helped build with the tarpaulin and bungee cords. Once we had pegged it down they decided they didn’t wants to us it as a den and wanted to use it as a climbing frame and slide instead. They were able to risk assess and talk about how we could keep safe using it. “If someone is underneath no one is on top.” “We talk to our friends to se how they are feeling.”

Today a group of children waited patiently and turn took by using their communication skills to wait for their turn on the rope swing. They confidently discussed how to stay say at the swing. “One at a time and stand back”.

Today a group of children explored mark making using different materials today. The group of children used the dry mud to create shapes and pictures in the mud using their fingers and sticks.

Wednesday 2nd October

Today a group of children helped to prepare a baking activity for snack after the kitchen had given the nursery some extra bananas. We looked at our resources we had in the cupboard and selected banana scones. They used skills to make bread crumbs, mashed and mix and cut out. Along with counting skills up to 24 They enjoyed eating the scones either with honey or butter along with fresh strawberries and raspberry fruit mix. They all agreed that they were amazing and yummy!

Today, groups of children have been creating a mind map to think about who helps us at home. Children were able to think about all the different family, friends and carers and what they do for us to make us feel safe, loved and cared for. Children shared ideas such as “cooking dinner for me” “take me to nursery” “give me cuddles” “help me learn” 🖋️ 💕

Today a group of children were discussing holidays and asked to create a beach. “That beach looks so good”. With a lot of discussion about beaches and what we could find on a beach we worked together to find resources to create our own beach. The children respected the resources and placed them nicely in the sand and water. We need sharks and dolphins “that’s a big shark and that’s a small one.” The children were discussing different animals and their different sizes. “I’ve seen a dolphin when it was very hot”. This then lead to conversations about what we would wear in hot countries and how we would travel to get on holiday. “We need to wear sun cream and sun hats when it’s hot”. “I’m going on a aeroplane to go to London” “I’ll be sitting on a aeroplane to go to Tenerife”. Another peer then said “I got a boat before”. Through observation of watching the group of children playing with the beach they were discussing what would happen if a shark bit them “you would phone an ambulance they help you.” “Yeah you would go to hospital and the doctor would make you better.” They also discussed personal experiences and different holidays they have been on with their families. After this they then role played with the different animals from the sea.

Thursday 3rd October

Through daily play a group of children role played in the home corner. They started off with mums and babies and added a cafe as the mums job. They pretended to cry “the baby is sad” “we need to make her smile to make her happy.” The group of children showed a good under of feelings and emotions people may feel and how they can support them. “You need to give the baby milk.” “You take them for a walk so they go to sleep and give them air.“ “I’m going to the shops to get 5 bags of shopping I need my money and I’ll take the baby with me”“I need to rock my baby to go to sleep.” “She’s not done the toilet yet so we don’t need to change her nappy.” The group of children confidently showed how to care for and look after a baby through role playing. “Mum what can I have to eat” “we have some gummy wipes”. “We have broccoli and carrots that’s healthy for you.” “Sweeties is not healthy though you get ill if you eat too many.” The group of children demonstrated a good understanding of healthy foods and healthy choices we could make instead. “The baby is sick we need to call the doctor they will help us. They might give us medicine to make you feel better.” “I can’t touch the medicine because it’s not safe.” “Mummy you need to give me it.” The girls are showing understanding of medicines and when we use them. The children said they baby got sick macaroni cheese she had made for her. “Now you’ve had your medicine it’s time to go to bed.” “I need my dummy it’s night time but it’s underneath the bed.” “I’ve got it for you baby” “Night Night mummy.” A couple of the children used the sand timer to indicate when bed time was over.

Today a group of children worked together using the different sized, shaped and coloured blocks to create a boat. “We’ve made a boat and look we have made a house for the dog.” “We made a boat to travel around to catch animals and eat them.” This led to discussion about different foods and products we get from different animals. “We can get wool from sheep and eggs from chickens.” “We also get milk from cows.”  “It’s a house boat that means we live in it.” This led to a discussion about other homes people have such as a caravan, house and flats.

Whilst inside a group of children explored the music area using a range of different materials to create sounds. They could confidently show understanding of loud, quieter, faster and slow when asked questions by the adult. They also used the radio and made it loud and quiet.

Friday 4th October

Today a group of children asked to create something different on the tuff tray. “Can we make something on the tuff tray just not a beach.” We used the computer to research ideas. The children spotted a few they liked and asked to create a dinosaur themed one. “Can we make a dinosaur one.” “I think that’s a good idea I like dinosaurs.” “We need grass, blocks and leaves.” We worked together to collect resources the children noticed there was no leaves and problem solved and used lavender instead. “The dinosaurs can eat it.”

Today, everyone joined in for a bookbug session where the story was all about going on holiday as children shared their plans for the October holidays.

Children created an obstacle course outside using the wooden blocks. Children put their ideas and plans together to come up with a great idea. Children were independent in taking turns, negotiating, team work and balancing.

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 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.
• 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.
• 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 the weather.
• 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.
• Forest is on Tuesday where we meet at Waterstone crook car park from 9:00-9:15. Can we also just make you aware that with the hot and humid weather that tics may be around in the forest area so encourage you to check your child after every forest session incase any have made their way home on your child!

  💭Any changes to your child’s Diet or Medication? Please speak with one of the Team who can support you.

  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 all have a great holiday and will see you in 2 weeks.

The Nursery Team 

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

This week learning is… Exploring, Predicting, Being Curious, Literacy, Mathematics, Sharing, Self-Esteem, Creativity, Motor Skills, Turn Taking, Technology, Outdoor Learning and Problem Solving.

Whilst outside the children have been continuing their interest to explore and investigate using the playdough materials and a range of tools  and utensils. They used the correct language to describe and predict the outcomes whilst involved in a very fun but sticky experience.

“We need scoops and spoons to mix”.

“we need more flour, its sticky”

“Now we need more water”.

We have also been revamping the sound area outside using loose pats that allows the children to explore a range of different sounds they can make. The adult worked with the children to listen to their ideas on what  where and how they could do these.. These supports our nursery vision and children’s rights of listening to and valuing the children’s thoughts and feelings along with the children actively taking responsibility  of their learning environment. Afterwards we observed and heard lots of different sounds coming from this area- exploring the different tools to make these sounds, using language to describe the sounds  such has loud, very loud, faster, slower.

A group  of children are also  showing an interest to further develop their own learning interest by asking a range of questions .  One child asked ..

“What makes wind”

“I like the wind, it blows on my face”

They recalled past storms stating that lots of trees came down, and it made lots of noise. They were also able to share their learning from the research given and being shown a short educational video on how wind is made to their parents. We have started a floor book that will show all the other learning interest researched by the children. This will be in the basket located in the story area for you to look through. Some children enjoyed using the natural counting sticks to recognise and match the quantity to that number. Afterwards using these to be creative and shared these thoughts with others.

The children are continuing their interest to develop essential skills in using scissors outside in using the lavender to cut and prepare delicious dishes. They are recalling the need to use these safety by listening to the advice given by the adults, and then  demonstrating this by how they hold them whilst walking, and when not in use.

We have also observed children using the puppets and the puppet show retelling  their favourite stories in their own words. This is continued with a group of children using the puppets whilst listening to the story outside. One child listened to her favourite story then she re-read the story by herself, discussing what happens in the story, along with the characters feelings. The smartboard is being used well either to further develop their mark making skills or to complete a range of jigsaws linked to the Autumn theme.

In the forest this week the children enjoyed role playing superheroes using the trees has vehicles and sticks to combat the not so nice characters in their play. The children are especially enjoying using the rope swing, demonstrating skills to move, balance and hold whilst learning to share and take turns.  They enjoyed pancakes and butter along with hot chocolate or water to drink. On the way back a group of children enjoyed sharing their knowledge of the area, and are beginning to recognise signs and print in the environment.

Reminders.

Tuesday 1st October 2024  –  Forest Kindergarten.  Meet at 9.00 am 9.15 am at Waterstone Crook car park.

Friday  4th October 2024    –   Friday nursery finishes for the October holidays. We return back to Nursery on the Monday 21st October 2024.

Please remember to hand in any paperwork you have to the nursery staff as this is important for us to collect!

With the changing  seasonal and varied weather conditions  ☔️❄️🥶, please remember to provide your child with welly boots, waterproof clothing, hat, gloves 🧤, scarf🧣 and at least 2 full changes of clothes in your child’s bag (remember the…🧦 🧦🩲🩲 )

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 you think might be of used in nursery.

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

Miss McKenzie, Miss Nelson, Mrs Wilson and Miss Brougham 👋 x

We hope you have all had a lovely week, here is a snapshot at what we have been up to….

A group of children have been exploring some conkers that were collected and seeing how they can open them up to look at what’s inside. This then sparked an interest in going for a walk around the school and nursery areas to collect lots of natural resources such as sticks, leaves and conkers.

The children had their first forest session this week where they explored all around the environment. There was lots of discussion about negotiation, findings and turn taking. The children were independent with the tree swing and made sure that their friends were safe as they used it. Children were resourceful and used charcoal to create pictures.

Children have been exploring the clay. They followed a book where it showed step by step how to make an animal of their choice. This activity is great for developing fine motor skills. The children also explored the texture of the clay as they used it on different surfaces.

Children have been continuing to explore people who help us as they used the wooden figures. This sparked lots of conversation about different peoples roles and how these people help in the community.

Children have been creative with the mud kitchen as they mix a range of resources together. The children collected some lavender to add to their play and spoke about the textures and smells.

Children have been experimenting as they used water and pens to create a rainbow. A piece of paper was put into two cups of water with ink in them which then made the colours transfer to the paper where the colours then rose and created a rainbow.

A group of children were very careful as they made their own crispy cakes. They used a candle and stand to melt the chocolate and marshmallows and then mixed in some rice crispies. The best part of all was eating them after!

Children outside have been exploring numeracy through puzzles as they used a rocket puzzle to count up and down from ten. The children worked together to fit the pieces together.

Children have been exploring literacy through books and mark making. Children have the opportunity to explore mark making in every area of the nursery both indoor and out.

Reminders:

• Forest kindergarten is continuing on Tuesday, please remember to still bring your child’s bag with a change of clothes and shoes for going back to nursery in the afternoon. We meet at Waterstone Crook from 9:00 – 9:15 where we will then head to the forest location behind Forman Arts Centre.
• Can we ask that any families who haven’t yet returned their All about me, sun awareness, seesaw and data capture forms do so by next week as it’s very important we get these back.

We hope you have a great weekend and we look forward to seeing you all next week.

The Newport 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 9th September

Today a group of children asked to swap the doctors kit for the firefighter box. This has been an interest of the children’s. The children enjoyed the fire station and enjoyed role playing firefighters today as they used the dressing up outfits 👨‍🚒

Today the children had a really good lunch experience today and have been discussing their favourite school lunches and items in their lunch boxes.

Today a group of children enjoyed playing in the sand and used problem solving skills and team work to create a sandcastle.

Tuesday 10th September

Today a group of children had a great time laughing together as they built a tower using the crates outside and climbed to the top, helping one another keep steady.

Today a group of children were playing a game of catch the bean bag on the bat together. They confidently took turns and let everyone have equal shots.

Wednesday 11th September

Today a group of children engaged in imaginative play together relating to personal experiences 🚙 They pretended to be in the car driving to “pops” house. They are walking around the garden holding hands together 🥹.

Today a group of children were identifying numbers missing between 0-15. They also identified numbers before and after the number they were given. Some children did this independently as other required a little bit of support.

Today a group helped mount their feeling pictures to go on the wall in the school. They matched the name on the picture to the name on the speech bubble. They done this by identifying and matching letters of their peers names.

Thursday 12th September

Today all children had a great time in the garden this afternoon as they explored different areas such as the see saw, climbing trees, in the mud kitchen, loose parts and natural resources. It was lovely and sunny and the children shared their feedback. “This is so much fun” “look at me this is funny” “I like this garden” ☀️

Today some of the children have independently created different models. “Look at my ship I built, it’s my boat ship and it’s going up to the sky!” A ship was made using the loose parts outside and was very eager to show it off 😄 ⛴️

I’m at 8 just now and I need to get to 10….thats 2 more to go!” A couple of individual children could confidently write out numbers 1-10 and recognised that if they were at 8 there was 2 numbers to write down to get to 10.

Friday 13th September

Today has been a day of exploring technology. Today a group of children explored the smart board and used the different colour and sizes of pens to create pictures. They also used the rubber to erase parts of their drawings.

Today a group of children have been working on their mouse control as they have been playing underwater counting on the computer. This got the children thinking numerically and matching the quantity or the number.

Today a group of children have been exploring features on the IPad through games. They liked doodle kids the best where they could choose different colours, patterns and shapes to create an image with. They also enjoyed playing feed the monkey by matching the number of fruit to the image shown.

Reminders:

• Forest is on Tuesday where we meet at Waterstone crook car park from 9:00-9:15. Can we also just make you aware that with the hot and humid weather that tics may be around in the forest area so encourage you to check your child after every forest session incase any have made their way home on your child!
• Please remember to apply sun cream to your child before they arrive at nursery and we will reapply during the day if needed.
• Can we please remind parents and carers that when dropping off in the morning and using the car park to use the white spaces only as staff members who start at 9 are unable to park due to the staff spaces being taken.

With the changing  seasonal and varied weather conditions  ☔️❄️🥶, please remember to provide your child with welly boots, waterproof clothing, and at least a full change of clothes in your child’s bag (remember the…🧦 🧦🩲🩲 )

💭Any changes to your child’s Diet or Medication? Please speak with one of the Team who can support you.

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 all have a great weekend and will see you next week!
The Newport Nursery Team x