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 some  of the children have continued their interest in animals by researching how many species of bears there are in the world. They discovered that there  are 8 main species, they then extended their interest by researching into a  Sun bear. They were able to recall certain information, this is what they said….

“They have a golden spot on their chest”

They are the smallest of the bears”

“They loke to live in the trees”.

This is-now  displayed on our learning wall that is still very much developing,  and the response from the children is absolutely amazing.

      

We have also been observing an interest in the weather, its effects on the environment and how seasonal changes are occurring. This was observed in the recent bird watch outing around the school and when down at our forest session. The children were discussing how the birds were not out, questioning  if it was cold or too windy. And when out in the forest some children had noticed lots of trees fallen, and branches snapped off which lead to investigating the roots and how they spread out, and were lifting up out of the ground.

In the forest this week the children were observed exploring and investigating all areas, demonstrating skills in using the swing rope, climbing the various trees. to exploring the surroundings finding the strange model in the bushes at the back. They discussed making one of these for the nursery garden, recognising that we could recycle items to build. A couple of the children asked to explore the are up the hill after discussing how many of the trees and branches had fallen during the storms. They investigated the roots on one tree, following all the different pathways that they made. They went for into the trees to discover more which lead to talking about the different types of weather, its effects- and how they link into seasons/time. This could lead to a possible new learning topic with some.

The children also helped the adult to build a large tent using the tarpaulin and a very large branch and tent pegs. They had lots of fun role playing different scenarios from Superheroes , monsters, and police. They also enjoyed a hot snack and drink to keep them warm throughout the morning.

   

     

Throughout the weeks we have been observing children developing their learning through exploring a range of resources to see what they can do. They when asked by an adult what have they discovered  through a use of open ended questions, they could confidently share their findings. Last week we observed children using the large scales to discover weight, size. This week we have been observing children exploring shapes inside and out through using a range of resources and identifying these using the correct language, but also to discuss the properties of these. Some were able to recognise some 3D shapes too, whilst creating a range of models through using these resources., Along with shapes children have been exploring books of colour and are creating  their own images of animals linked to that colour..

     

    

In the snack area, Emily Rose decided to help create the shopping list for the nursery snack, recognising the items and used the correct language to describe. Then we had a very different tasting session with the children experiencing eating edible flowers with their crackers. They talked about the shapes of the flowers, colours and about how they could only eat the flowers that are safe and provided by an adult. On Friday they helped to make a lovely warm vegetable soup using different tools to blend.

 

   

 

Reminders

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.

• 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.

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 ☺️

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 thinkmight 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.

Thomas, Emily-rose and Fraser were using the puppet theatre to explore making different facial expressions and puppets to role play with. “Good teamwork 👍” says Thomas to his peers as they set up the puppets.

Robin explored the iPad using Sumdog in nursery for the first time this week, Robin was able to use the iPad with care and used new and known strategies for working out number problems ➕➖🟰.

This week we had our forest experience in the bottom garden. A group of children could confidently talk about keeping safe in the garden and to keep tools down. They demonstrated this by digging in our digging area being respectful of others.

They also enjoyed watching the fire and described what they seen. “The fire is glowing” “Its red that means it’s hot”. The children watched as their snack was made on the fire. The children enjoyed the choice of a hotdog or crumpet.

 

This week the children independently used loose parts to create their own boat as they noticed the one in the garden was too wet and was slippery. The children used their initiative, imagination and team work to create a boat and different models with the loose parts.

The children have also been risk assessing for themselves as they describe how they have been feeling while exploring their gross motor skills while climbing the trees. “My tummy feels good.”

This continuing our interest in birds, Rosie and  Flora used their creative skills to make their own birds using a range of materials. They discussed the shapes that occur naturally in the environment such as a triangle for the beak. They demonstrated problems skills on what the best solution to help things stick, whilst sharing ideas and celebrating each other achievements.

This week some of the children tried some egg noodles with pepper with the choice of curry sauce. This gave the children the opportunity to try unfamiliar foods from different countries. We have a group discussion about Chinese new year and that noodles is popular in china hence why we had it for snack.

This week the boys showed good teamwork and how to be kind, respectful and responsible citizens as they choose to help each other put the blocks back where they belong independently even though they weren’t playing there.

Hello everyone! 👋 Thank you for all who could make it to our Peep session this week all about “Making the most of routines”. We spoke about bedtime routines and what works for all our families. I have attached all of the information from this session on see-saw and the activity we took part in together which was making a bed for a toy 🐻 There are also some links to website that give information and ideas for sleep routines if you are needing any ideas! Our next session will be on Thursday 20th February.

Following on from a discussion down in the bottom garden about bird watching. We arranged with Rory who has lots of knowledge about all the birds in and around the school grounds to take some of the children out to spot what they could see. They used clipboards and charts to record what birds they found and others used binoculars to find them. They listened well to the information given and showed consideration towards the birds to stay quiet as not to frighten them. We will do more of these to allow all to experience and we will gather the information to display on a chart, and to send the numbers through on the Big bird watch too.

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.

  💭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 20th January

Today Leo, Cammy and Brodie were in the story corner talking about different animals. They were discussing different snakes they were talking about a python and anaconda and reckoned the anaconda would be stronger. This led to the boys asking to research snakes. They then led their learning by creating a book about the worlds strongest snakes.

Today Joni, Zac, Florence, Sehrish and Thomas took out the play mat. They had discussions about the different shops and landmarks they seen on it. They all noticed the park and spoke about personal experiences they had and told each other their favourite activity to do. “My favourite is the swings and mine is the seesaw.”

Today Elyn, Flora and Rosie role played doctors. “I’m making cakes to make them feel better.” “I’m putting a bandage on I’ve hurt my arm.” “Me too my leg is sore.” They enhanced their learning by asking for the doctors box. This led to discussion about how doctors help us in the community and in hospitals and different illnesses. “I’ve had tonsillitis before.” “I’ve had a sore tummy and got medicine.” They were able to discuss when it is safe to touch and use medication.

Today Lachlan and Jackson played the recycling game. This led to a peer discussion about what recycling is, how we recycle and what we recycle. “I have a paper bin at home and I put all you paper in there.”

Tuesday 21st January

This Jude, Sehrish, Elyn and Rosie were busy helping to bake cupcakes for Rosie’s birthday today. Rosie decided she wanted cupcakes instead of a normal round cake, and then choose what type of icing to have on the top. She selected the runny white one . Throughout the baking activity we discussed the different stages to make the cake, from preparation of equipment through to heating up the oven. They used skills to weigh using digital scales, recognising the difference from other scales. They used skills to mix, beat eggs and to divide into equal amounts into the cupcakes. They recognised by taking 1 large whole amount into making 24 smaller amounts.

Today Luke and Florence were using a range of resources as they play a game of “floor is lava” where they can stand on everything except the floor.

Today Leo and Robin built sonic a gem castle to live in in the block area today with their peers.

Wednesday 22nd January

Today we celebrated Gregor’s 4th birthday by making cakes and singing Gregor his happy birthday song. Happy birthday Gregor!😀

“Everything is so icy today” Cammy is used the roller on different textured surfaces today to try and melt the ice 🧊

Thursday 23rd January

Today Fraser, Reuben and Annie demonstrated how to care for the animals in our environment by helping make bird seed balls for them to eat. They all demonstrated simple food techniques as they mixed the mixture together to create the balls.

Today Rosie, Euan and Innes demonstrated how to care for the animals in our environment by placing our bird seed balls in the garden for our birds to eat. They were able to discuss how to care for birds and different animals in the environment.

Friday 24th January

Due to severe weather warning today please look out on seesaw for activities if you would like to take part in them.

Stay safe indoors and enjoy your weekend. See you all on Monday.

 

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.

  💭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 Christmas holiday, we can’t wait to hear all about it.

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.

What a busy week we have had int the nursery this week. The interest in our current learning wall of animals is still continuing this week  with a group of children showing an interest in the difference between a crocodile and a alligator. This extended to where they live, what they eat and which is the most grumpiest and biggest. They were able to recall and share their learning, expressing  that…

“Crocodiles have pointy faces” and “Alligators have roundly noses”

“Crocodiles can live in the sea and a river”

“Crocodiles are bigger than alligators”

Another child expressed an interest to discover more about Moles after engaging and sharing his interest in the story of ‘The little Mole who knew it was none of his business’. The child discussed events and characters/animals in the story along with their feelings. He then went on to discover that…

“The moles have big fingers and they dig with them”

“They can’t see very well, and they make tunnels.”

     

Throughout the nursery the children have been observed engaged in a range of role play scenarios that are supporting their understanding of the world around them. We have seen lots of role playing shops,  exchanging money through buying and selling that used the correct language to describe the coins and price of items. We have seen a real interest in using the Supertato puppet and veggies from the series of books, recalling events in them to create their own story using a range of actions.

Whilst a lot of skills being shown at the woodwork bench using a range of tools. materials that expressed the childrens ideas. They could confidently discuss our safety rules when using this area well. One child create a picture using a piece of wood and nails hammered in a arrangement. He then used elastic bands to create a range of images, shapes that support his fine motor skills and hand and eye co-ordination. This ten inspired others to make one too.

Outside the children used skills to investigate and explore how different doors are opened for people to enter the buildings and the nursery area. They listeded to questions and  usedskills to predict to answer these when asked by the adult,

“I wonder how……

“I wonder why……

This lead to talks on being safe in the school, visitors  being safe, along with a growing understanding of how passcodes and words are used in their everyday life. Throughout the week outside we have observed the children talking and showing skills to recognise some risks, using their iniative to seek an appropriate solution.

 

Some children yesterday expressed a wish to play down in the bottom garden using the large equipment displaying skills to climb, balance and move safely around.

Throughout the week the childrten are recognising and being responsible in taking care of the nursery resources and the environment, from cleaning the wall after a paint spraying activity outside. To another child independently wiping up the floor area by the water tray, recognising the need to place a sign to warn others of the wet floor.

In the mark making area the children have enjoyed using a range of materials and tools to further develop their skills to write. One group enjoyed creating their image of wach other, recognising similiaritites and differences. They identified that they both have 2 eyes, a nose, hair and a mouth.

“You’ve got curly hair”

“And you’ve got long hair.

This was also seen earlier in the week after a discussion about our bodies and the differences which lead to some children making a tally chart of the different eye colours in the room. This will be presented in a graph and will be shared in the florr book for you to view.

    

Throughout the week the children have been responsible in selecting and helping to create a lovely range of snacks to enjoy. They select the fruit and vegetables and a main course, all eager to help prepare these through washing, peeling, cutting up. To deciding the amount that each person can have and creating a visual number card to follow promoting their recognition of fair share.

 

Reminders

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

Mrs Wilson and the rest of the Nursery team. x

 

 

 

 

It’s our first week back at nursery and we have had lots of fun together as we learn. Here is a look at what we have been up to…

Groups of children have been exploring their mark making skills through different media’s as they look at mixing colours, pattern making and detail work.

Children have been using the loose parts in the home corner to help extend their play as Fraser uses wool for spaghetti and conkers for bolognese.

Groups of children have been exploring their numeracy skills as they use the coloured vehicles to make groups of colours or type of vehicle and looking at adding collections together to get a total sum.

Children have been extending their literacy skills through use of books and story cards to look at story sequencing and developing their language.

Leo and Brodie were investigating the ice outside as they discussed how ice is formed and how it feels when they touch it.

Children have been using ribbons to explore rhythm and movement as they dance along to a song on the whiteboard with their peers.

Children have also been using the wooden song spoons to sing along to songs together. The children’s favourite was 5 currant buns and they used money to give to one another during the song to show an awareness of buying and selling.

Following along with this, children also set up their own shop area to use money and create prices for items where they explored simple addition of items and making simple amounts using coins as they identified the different coin types.

Some children explored using the wooden number slices where they ordered numbers 0-20, identified a missing number and also a number in between 2 given numbers. The children showed independence and also asked for support when they knew they needed it.

Children have been continuing their interest in numbers as they explore matching quantities to the number. The children were keen to join in and shared their learning with others.

Reminders:

• The weather can change suddenly and we would ask that you wrap your children up super cosy for nursery with gloves, scarves, hats etc for outside play as the children can play outside in all weathers.
• Peep and bookbug sessions will continue again at the end of the month and we will keep you updated with the dates when we have these. These will both continue on a Thursday morning.
• We will update you with the forest start date when we have it.

Have a great weekend! ☺️

This week learning is… creativity, motor skills, team work, communication, balancing skills, hand/eye coordination, numeracy, literacy, self confidence, exploring, Predicting, Being Curious, Sharing, Self-Esteem, Technology, Outdoor Learning and Problem Solving.

Monday 16th December

Today a group of children independently wrote their last Christmas letters for Santa. They could confidently discuss what they would like from Santa and formed beautiful writing that Santa could read.

Today a group of children have been exploring the home corner as they were building relationships with their peers and worked together using loose parts in the home corner to make breakfast for each other.

Today was an exciting day as there was 3 doors to open on the advent calendar. The children could confidently discuss how many sleeps it was until Santa was coming and counted 9 sleeps to go!

Tuesday 17th December

Today a group of children enjoyed two stories one called each peach pear plum and chocolate moose for greedy goose. The children identified that the stories were similar by having rhyming words.

Today Joni and Rosie enjoyed dancing expressively and playfully as they followed the gestures and movements from kids Zumba dance videos. They confidently followed the steps shown and knew when the next steps were coming by following the timer.

This morning the children demonstrated their creative skills to paint Christmas images such as a Robin, Snowman and Santa on Christmas cards. They listened to advice about not to mix up the colour so it allows their peers to be able to paint a picture afterwards. They also recalled the need to wait and share the brushes with peers. Afterwards when they are dry they will be developing their skills to write a message inside the card to give to someone special.

Wednesday 18th December

Today has been a creative day in the nursery with the children exploring both the art area and the writing area.

Today a group of children got creative by making pictures of a stingray and tortoise using the block paint. They were aware they had to create different colours by mixing the paint.

Today Joni and Sehrish created a lovely picture using different colours and made different patterns with the paint by mixing the colours independently.

Today Cameron became creative in the art area as he used his fine motor skills to cut paper to create a rocket.

Today Luke created a map for finding treasure “it’s going to have stuff on it to see where you are going”.

Thursday 19th December

Today a group of children helped make delicious snacks for our Christmas party. “That’s top hats.” The children helped melt the chocolate and put the sprinkles on the top hats to make them more festive.

The yummy snack making continued as a group of children helped decorate the gingerbread house with melted chocolate, icing, sprinkles and sweeties.

Today a group of children enjoyed exploring the Photo Booth as they carefully picked props to use to get a special Christmas photo. “Let’s get a photo of all of us.”

Today all of our nursery children enjoyed their Christmas party with games such as pass the parcel, corners and even a visit from a special guest who brought them all a present each. The children were thankful for their gift and even gave Santa a special gift to keep him going until Christmas Day.

Friday 20th December

Today for festive Friday all children in the nursery created stockings that they put things in to take home for their families.

Today a group of children worked with Miss Nelson to create a paper snowman chain and decorated it.

All the children sang Happy Birthday to Robin as he celebrates his 5th birthday tomorrow. The children enjoyed some cake that was shaped as a snowman and had melted chocolate on it. “It’s so yummy.”

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 Christmas holiday, we can’t wait to hear all about it.

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 in Nursery the children have been very busy further developing their current enterprise project creating lots of play dough poop. They used non standard tools to measure the ingredients, they used skills to mix and discussed the reasons why we needed to use heat to bring the dough together. They added spices for  the gingerbread man  that stimulated a discussion on their likes or dislikes whilst using their senses  to describe the other flavourings of chocolate or peppermint.. They all followed the different processes of manipulating the dough into the equal sized balls, creating groups of four. Then the bagging stage, adding the  labels next. This activity inspired others to join in, showing a growing understanding of waiting their turn and being able to do the next ones.

        

This lead to questions being asked about reindeers.. “Do reindeer fly?

“What do reindeer eat?

“Where do reindeer live?

This will be taken forward and then displayed onto our current learning wall.

Today the children extended their learning interest in reindeers in doing some research to find the answers to their questions, and enjoyed watching a short video that explained how Santa’s sleigh.

“They eat green things like grass and leaves”

“They live in the cold”

“Santa’s sleigh has power”

Throughout the week the children have been involved in a range of Christmas  themed activities such as developing  their writing skills in writing out a last minute Christmas wish list. They also recalled the need to sign their name at the bottom. They have also been creative in making cards for a special person that incorporated their own ideas on what a certain Christmas theme item looked like, bringing their experiences seen of these.We had a lovely Christmas Book Bug session with Miss Nelson and Mrs Laing to which all the children attended and enjoyed singing songs and listening to some Christmas stories.

 

Following on from their interest in the play dough making a large snowman dough poop with sparkles was made for the children to enjoy developing their manipulation skills to create a range of shapes and designs. This activity promoted social interaction with all to experience sharing their thoughts on the texture. smell anda discussion on the weather conditions linking it to the snow and ice. They also discussed a range of animals that live in these conditions, to which we have more research to do on a few popular animals. This will be researched over the next few days to be added to the wall.

Outside the children have been making the most of the dry weather incorporating a range of team games, and role situations using a range of loose parts to further develop the play. Some children were using skills to investigate speed. One child was using a bike and the other was running and they both came to discover that the bike was the fastest.

Although we didn’t make the forest this week we still had lots of fun down the bottom garden with the fire to toas marshmellows and make a smore along with a hot chocolate. The children enjoyed exploring the frost on the ground investigating the ice in the tyres, to climbing trees.

Reminders.

Wednesday 18th December 2024  –  Nursery Sing=a=long starting at 2.30 pm

Thursday 19th December 2024    –    Nursery Christmas Party in the afternoon.

Friday 20th December 2024         –     Last day of term. Nursery reopens on Monday 9th January 2025

 

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 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, here is a look at what we have been up to this week….

 

Flora made her very own snowman in the sand tray. Floral used the loose parts to add features to her snowman for arms and mark making buttons, eyes and a nose.

 

The children had a great time in the garden for our forest session yesterday. We explored a range of movement skills using loose parts. Luke used a stick and created his own drum using a boat to tap on.

 

Robin and Cammy were experimenting with some ice and how it was melting. Cammy said “I’m changing this into water”.

 

A group of children used clay to create a range of different models and structures. The children inspired one another through their imaginative use of loose parts. The children then made their own signs to go with the models to show what they had made.

 

 

A group of children used the musical instruments to play along to a range of Christmas songs that we were singing. They were working on keeping the beat and a rhythm.

A small group made their own motorhome using loose parts outside after asking questions to find out more. The boys shared the resources well and shared their ideas between one another.

A group of children took part in an intentional promotion which introduced matching coins, making amounts and identifying coins. We did this in preparation for buying and selling and exploring money when selling our enterprise project.

Children have been role playing being the ladies in the nursery as they plan and take part in a gym session. They used clip board and pencils to write down their ideas and used resources in the garden to make a gym session plan.

 

Children have been using the blocks to explore measuring in different ways. We tried using tape measures first and then used our hands to count out home many hands it took to get from top to bottoms.

Children have started to sell their Christmas enterprise projects and are very excited to share these with families. We will have these on sale up until the end of term to try and raise money for resources chosen by the children.

 

Reminders:

• can we remind parents in the morning that the white spaces are for parents to park in and not the yellow ones as these are for staff members who may not start until 9:00am when children are arriving and need to park.
• we will have our enterprise projects on sale at drop off and pick up.
• Bookbug will be on Thursday just after drop off in the huts which will be festive themed.

 

Have a lovely 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.

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