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

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

Monday 30th March

Today outside a group of children have been working together to create their own sock puppets! With a bit of trial and error they attached items to the socks to “make them oh so beautiful” in the words of the children. ☺️

Today inside a group of children enjoyed role playing in the home corner. They pretended it was Easter Day and that there was an Easter bunny to deliver Easter eggs. 🐣

Today inside a group of children have been exploring stories in different ways. Some children have been exploring stories through digital technology and have demonstrated how they do that by picking characters to place on the tonie box. An individual also brought a story from home in linking to our learning wall and enjoyed sharing it with the ladies and peers. 📖

Today inside a group of children have been mark making using pens and paper and digital technology responsibly. They knew it was one person on the smart board at a time. They confidently mark maked different pictures before they handed the pen on to their peers. They have explored size by zooming in and zooming out to make their picture bigger. ✍️

Tuesday 31st March

Today in the block area a group of children worked together and communicated their ideas to create a “blast of thing for the rocket.” They used loose parts, panels and blocks to create a tower like model for the rocket to go on top of. “Ready 3….2….1….blast off.” 🚀

Today inside a couple of children independently made use of the writing materials as they confidently drew a picture of a map and was successfully able to describe what they had made. Child A said ”These are stairs to relax and look at the sky. It also has a mountain to walk up and look at the view.” “There’s also sunbathing.” “This is my monster it’s trying to break it with its claw, because it’s claw is really sharp, so sharp it could crunch everything.” Child B said “this is my map to find the treasure chest.”🪎

After making a mask with a little adult support with cutting the eyeholes, An individual inspired and supported their friend to make a similar mask through talking through the sequence of instructions and showing practically. ‘You had to make a shape like this.’’You need to make eye holes then add sellotape.’ With support the children were able to create their own mask. ☺️

Today the children were enjoying the sunshine outside. They took it in turns to create pictures in the sand using their finger and different tools such a a paintbrush and stick. 🖼️

Wednesday 1st April

Today in the forest a group of children were exploring the fallen down tree. They engaged in good quality conversation with each other and discussed what they were doing. “We’re trying to find treasure.” “We’re breaking the mud with sticks and we can find rocks.” “We’re looking for lots of different rocks.” “They’re the treasure” “look I found a big one.” “I found a big one maybe it’s a fossil, because dinosaurs use to live here.” 🪨

Today at the forest an individual found a stick on the ground. They described the stick and said it looked like a bird. “It has a pointy beak and two wings.” 🦅

Today at the forest an individual demonstrated good gross motor skills by climbing up the tree independently. They said their tummy was feeling fine and could see “all the boys and girls.” 🌳

Today on the way up to the forest a group of children identified daffodils in someone’s garden. Then at the forest they spotted some more daffodils and compared colours and size “look there’s a white one and a yellow one.” “This one is bigger than this one.” 🌼

Today at the forest a group of children showed good turn taking as they all confidently waited their turn for the rope swing. They then independently took turn demonstrating good gross motor skills by keeping theirselves up. 🪾

Thursday 2nd April

Today outside a group of children participated in a sewing activity. They have been developing their fine motor skills, simple textures techniques and hand/eye coordination. They confidently chose different colours and shapes to create lovely patterns. 🪡

Today all children participated in an Easter egg hunt they used their observation skills, resilience and team work to hunt for plastic egg shells that had a hidden surprise. All children found them with a little bit of support and have a yummy snack to take home to enjoy for Easter. 🐣

Today as seen on seesaw you will see a promotion 50 Things to Do before you are five. Our first 50 things seesaw activities are number 15 dressing up. Use clothes and objects you have at home to pretend to be someone or something else. 👗

And number 47 baking. Children love to cook and bake. Cooking together means you get to spend lots of quality time together. We can’t wait to see what you bake together. 🎂 Don’t forgot the share photos with us on seesaw to get a certificate at the end of every challenge. 📷  Happy Holidays, hope you have fun!☺️

Friday 3rd April the nursery will be closed for 2 weeks and will resume on the Monday 20th April. We hope you have an amazing Easter holiday and we can’t wait to hear all about it. 🐰🐣

 

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.
• If you have a sun hat at home for your child that you can send in for them to wear please do and have their initials or name on the inside.
• on sunny days can you please apply suncream before your child attends nursery and we will top them up through the day with our own suncream which is Cien kids sensitive 50+. We have all permission slips back which let us know that your child can use this, if anything has changed please let us know.

 

We hope you have a lovely holiday .

Miss Nelson and the rest of the Nursery team. x