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