Hello everyone, we hope you have had a great week, here is a snapshot of what we have been up to……

 

We had a lovely day on Monday in the sunshine where children explored target practice and role play. We discovered a bumble bee in the garden and children sustained an interest where they role played being bumble bees where they each had their own bee jobs. We had worker bees, stinger bees and even a queen bee who had to taste test all the honey before it was transported to other locations.🐝

Children discovered a little field mouse had come to say hello at the fence, we discussed how we could make sure he felt safe and where he might have come from.🐭

Alex and Leo were researching monster trucks for Alex to copy. Alex persevered and could draw his own one without any help. Alex then shared his skills with Leo by helping him with his own creations.🚚

The children have sustained an interest in music and bands as Sophie and Charlotte created their own drum sets as they sang along to a tune they created. Fraser was also exploring using a drum set he made after joining this weeks peep session which was based around making instruments. From this, we have decided that our next learning wall will be on music! 🥁 🎤 🎶

At the forest, we explored more small world play as we created our own dinosaur world inspired by Eli. We foraged for different resources such as sticks, leaves and pine cones. The children worked together to set up the area how they wanted🐉. Some other children explored a fallen down tree and made their own bug hotel in the roots using sticks.🐛

Children created their own camp. They used loose parts to make a fire, a camp bed and a breakfast area. The children then continued this interest the next day, encouraging others to join.⛺

Happy birthday to Timothy who was 5 on Thursday, thank you for the sweets! Timothy was able to make cupcakes for afternoon snack with some peers😁🎈🎂

 

Reminders:

• Next week we are only open until Thursday as the Easter holidays begin Friday 29th March where we are off for 2 weeks and return Monday 15th April.
• If you have borrowed any nursery clothing, please can we ask for this back next week to get washed before the holidays, thank you!
• Forest is on a Tuesday where we will meet at Waterstone Crook between 9:00am-9:15am then head up to the forest location.

 

Have a great weekend, we look forward to seeing you next week 🤗

Miss McKenzie

This week in the Nursery we have had Miss McKenzie, Mrs Wilson, Mrs Laing and Mrs McNeil, and Miss Higgins who will be with us in the afternoon.

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

Well another week is almost over already and in the nursery the children have been so busy developing and extending their own learning.

Outside the children have been developing their skills to design and create and range of models that r appear in their world around them. We have seen some children creating a bed to lie down on using blocks and materials, stating that

“It’s my comfy bed”.

We have seen outside children showing skills to problem solve using a range of materials, then discussing that they felt it wasn’t strong and they needed to make it stronger. So he made changes and added more items to his design.

 

In the art area we have seen more creative designs using a range of junk, glue, paint and a range of decorative materials. We have seen volcanoes, treasure chests, and even very tall structures that incorporated different types of junk to see how much he could add to it.

In the forest using the natural loose parts around we saw one child creating  a dinosaur world using the pine cones and sticks. Some children were seen collecting a range of berries to leave for the birds and other animals to have a picnic. They were able to share that ..

“You don’t eat the berries cause they will make you really sick, but its ok for the birds and animals”.

They were eager to share their understanding of not to eat certain foods after listening to the rules of being safe in the forest.. The children enjoyed a hot snack of a hot dog and  a hot chocolate drink alongside side the fire. Afterwards they enjoyed eating their picnic lunch that arrived in little blue boxes from the school.

Once again the children presented the forest variety show that show cased their developing talents to perform in front of an audience.

Also this week the children have been very busy developing their letter sound recognition and mark making skills naturally in their play.  One child created her images of two dolls called Raspberry and Strawberry  that she had made at home and shared these at nursery to work with the adult to create a story about these characters. This was seen when another child enjoyed creating his story of Sonic, sharing this very imaginative story with all his peers around him. Some children have enjoyed sharing a picnic with the Reading Rabbit having fun making pretend sandwiches and having a pot of tea whilst listening to a story.

         

We have observed a group of children engaged with the letter/word games  creating a variety of words that are familiar to them or in using the word cards with the images. Some especially enjoying playing the letter sound Bingo game.

In the snack area lots of children are developing their manipulative skills through helping to prepare snack by cutting up the fruit and vegetables, or in making their own sandwiches using skills to spread..

Today the children enjoyed participating in the Red Nose day and enjoyed being involved in some fun red nose activities too. Thank you for your kind donations to this very important event today.

All the children’s learning folders that went home this week. Could they please be return back to Nursery  by Monday if possible. Thank you.  

Dates to remember…..

Tuesday 19.03.24 –  Forest Day.

Reminders

• 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, hat, gloves 🧤, scarf🧣 and at least 2 full changes of clothes in your child’s bag (remember the…🧦 🧦🩲🩲 )

💭If you need to discuss the Seesaw app, particularly with setting up all functions/privacy, please speak with a member of staff.

💭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 😃

Here is some of the items we are looking for:

Conkers, stones, shells, tea cups, sticks, picture frames, plates, anything you think might be of used in nursery.
We are also on the lookout for two of kitchen chairs, if anyone is getting rid of them. We are looking to develop a new area in the playroom.

We hope that you all have a lovely weekend, and will see you all next week.

From all the Nursery Team.

 

 

 

Hi Everyone, here is a little bit about what we have been up to this week in the nursery…

by Miss Paul

This week the children and staff celebrated World Book Day! We had a range of different characters and it was great to see everyone in their costumes. Some children chose to bring in a story book too and we spent lots of time reading these throughout the day with friends and staff, developing our literacy, sharing home experiences and our social skills.

Another key focus this week has been outdoor planting and gardening. Some of the children helped staff to plant wildflower seeds to create our own biodiversity garden area. The children involved got stuck in and asked lots of brilliant questions throughout, showing great interest. Planting and caring for our nursery environment provides the children with great skills and knowledge about their planet.

 

 

We have continued our ongoing focus of spring and Easter by adding some spring / Easter themed resources to our nursery room and outdoor space as lots of children have been speaking lots about the upcoming season. Some of the children were very interested in the daffodil flowers and some lovely pictures have already been created from them!

This week at forest we all had a brilliant time exploring and developing lots of different skills. Some of the children were very interested in making their own ‘fires’ using natural loose parts found around the garden. Others, used loose parts and natural resources to create their own dinosaur world. We saw lots of great tree climbing too, ensuring we were safe throughout. These skills encourage our resourcefulness, imagination and creativity outdoors.

The children showed interest in a new board game which involved numeracy and literacy skills. The children were able to take turns and worked on their number recognition and shape matching skills.

Dinosaurs invaded the nursery garden as children invented their own small world area using material and loose parts and demonstrated role playing skills as they invited others to join and used their imagination.

Reminders :

• Forest is on a Tuesday where we will meet at Waterstone Crook car park between 9:00am-9:15am then head up to the forest location behind Forgan Arts Centre. Please dress your child in lots of lovely warm clothing, it’s better to have too much than too little, we can always remove layers if they get too hot.
• The book fair is open to families on Tuesday 12th March and Wednesday 13th March to nursery families after 3:00pm
• Parent chats commence on Monday 11th March, please get in touch if you would like a time slot with your childs keyworker
• Bookbug will be on Monday 11th March from 2:15pm in the huts instead of the hall for a  calming space, please join us if you can make it

 

Have a great weekend everybody! 😁

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…

 

Our children have been showing a sustained interest in music and bands. They have been creating their own band called Joey and the S’s where they set up their own stages outside and performed for a range of audiences. They also came up with their own look of pony tails and rolled up trousers and took turns singing songs that they were familiar with from Michael Jackson to the Batman theme tune.

The children have been spending a lot of time outdoors this week where ball games has been a huge hit with children continuing their passion for football, tennis and target practice.

Children have also shared an interest in water as they created their own dam in the garden using a range of materials which they used to block off the water to stop it flooding the playground. They did this with no adult support, just from their own shared ideas. Timothy, Isla and Charlotte also shared an interest at lunch time by asking questions such as “where does water come from?” and “how do we get it?” to which we spoke about the water cycle and how it works.

Charlotte has been showing an interest in keeping healthy as she speaks to peers and adults about healthy food, being a vegetarian and doing exercising where she created her own equipment using loose parts.

 

We had a great first session at the forest location this week where children shared they were excited to return again next week! Children explored bugs and how we look after them such as worms and woodlice, what we could use sticks for where children used them as tools and using their imagination to see what we could turn the trees into.

We welcomed Mrs McNeil to the nursery this week where she felt very welcomed by the children. They showed her round the room and invite her to play games.

 

Reminders:

• World book day is on Thursday 7th March where children have the option to dress up if they want to however there is no pressure to do so. If they didn’t want to dress up they could always come in their pyjamas with their favourite bedtime story! We can’t wait to see what stories you bring in!
• The Book Fair will be open to nursey families after school on Tuesday 12^th March and Wednesday 13th March.
• Forest is on a Tuesday where we will meet at Waterstone Crook car park between 9:00am-9:15am then head up to the forest location behind Forgan Arts Centre. Please dress your child in lots of lovely warm clothing, it’s better to have too much than too little, we can always remove layers if they get too hot.
• Parent chats are beginning the week starting 11th March, please see a member of nursery staff to arrange a time slot

This week in the Nursery we have had Miss McKenzie, Mrs Wilson, Miss Paul and Mrs Laing.

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

Well another week is almost over already and in the nursery the children have been so busy developing and extending their own learning.

So last week was a very short week due to the In-service day and the short break, but the children were involved in so much learning through experiencing  cultural festivals, traditions and beliefs. We focused on the Chinese New year through a range of different experiences. At snack the children tasted a range of Chinese foods that explored the different tastes and textures and to even try to use chopsticks.. A small display area with a range of items, pictures, books and clothing were displayed for the children to explore. After listening to some stories and watching a short educational video  the children researched out what  animal was for this year, which is the year of the dragon. This interest expanded into a group of children creating a dragon outside, then replicate their own dragon dance with some children recalling the bashing of drums.

 

           

   

 

This week the children have been focusing on a range of physical activities outside. Some children are displaying growing skills using a bat and ball, sharing their experiences away from the setting such as Racket Buddies. The children were observed communicating with each other to problem solve how to get the ball back after going out the garden area, using comparative language and positional language such as under, through, in, out.. Lots of other team games have evolved some children creating their own rules. A group of children have also been active in creating obstacle courses using a range of large loose parts. They are showing initiative to check if  it was safe, making their own risk assessments.

 

Some children have been extending their own learning through lots of different research. A group of children wanted to discover how big a Diplodocus and a Pterodactyl. This then lead to finding Dinosaur themed games on the smart board. One child researched an Octopus to which we watch a short educational video that soon inspired all the children to sit and listen to the information. This lead to lots of discussions about the sea creatures. Another possible Learning wall topic!!!!!

Dates to remember.

Tuesday 27th February. 2024  –   Forest session to be held at the back of Forgan arts. Please come dressed in their outdoor clothes and meet in Waterstone Crook car park at 9.00 am.

 

Clothing

If anybody has any clothing aged between 3-5 years old boys or girls clothes that they are happy to donate as spare clothing for the nursery we would be very grateful as our stock of spare clothing has not been returned, thank you!

 

Reminders

• 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 change of season and varied weather  ☔️❄️🥶, 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…🧦 🧦🩲🩲 )

💭If you need to discuss the Seesaw app, particularly with setting up all functions/privacy, please speak with a member of staff.

💭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 😃

Here is some of the items we are looking for:

Conkers, stones, shells, tea cups, sticks, picture frames, plates, anything you think might be of used in nursery.
We are also on the lookout for two of kitchen chairs, if anyone is getting rid of them. We are looking to develop a new area in the playroom.

Our Cosy Time Library 📚

 

We hope that you all have a lovely weekend, and will see you all next week.

From all the Nursery Team.

 

🌟The nursery will only be open on Monday and Tuesday next week and closed Wednesday, Thursday and Friday due to an in-service day and public holidays 🌟

Hello everyone, we hope you have had a great week, we have had a really busy but fun week, here is a sneak peak into what we have been up to…….

 

Flynn and Archie put on a great performance yesterday singing queen in the garden for their peers as they created musical instruments using loose parts

Flynn “we will we will rock you!”

Archie has been practising his tennis skills and challenging himself. Archie went from hitting one ball to hitting three at the same time 🎾

“I was hitting the balls, I was rolling and doing target practice”

  

A group of children have shown an interest in hairdressers this week and have been creative with different hair styles and have been discussing appointment times and how long until each appointment.

Sophie “I’m making her hair at the hairdressers”

Isla “I was writing down the number for the next hair appointment time”

Oran, Alex and Eleanor took some time to read outside together in the story den.

Oran “we are reading”

Alex “we were just looking at the pages together”

We made the most of the nice weather by having snack outside, we had juicy watermelon and oranges.

Archie “We were eating watermelon, it was soooo good!”

 

A group of peers helped to push each other along outside on the equipment, they all worked together and used trial and error to work out how to free it when it got stuck on the fence.

Timothy “i managed to push him it was really easy”

 

 

We had another great day for our forest session where we explored the bottom garden. The children used the seesaw, explored with loose parts and took part in imaginary play where they were jumping into the sea from the boat when it was really stormy.

Eli “I’m on the seesaw with Timothy”

Isla “me and Jackson are robots”

Archie “we were slipping off the boat, we made the silly club”

Chloe “we were falling off the seesaw, we were dinosaurs”

 

A group of peers took part in the incey winced spider game where they explored turn taking, negotiating and numeracy skills.

Leo “spidey game”

Cameron “we were playing the spider game”

Christian kindly brought in a book from home to share with his peers called Christian the hugging lion.

Christian “the book came from my house, it’s a good book, we were reading the book”

Children showcased their self help skills as they made their own sandwiches at snack by spreading butter onto the bread and choosing their filling 🥪

Robin “I had a cheese sandwich, I put it on myself”

Flynn “I didn’t have a sandwich, I just had bread with butter”

The children have a found a new swing ball in the garden after showing an interest in ball games, Lucas helped to fill up the base to make it stable to use.

Lucas “that’s almost full, that’s full”

 

Children used the farm sets outside where they created their own farm and sectioned off different areas for different animals.

Elyn “Cows, pigs. We had the animals and feeding them hay”

Cora “we had bricks and animals to make the farm”

Book bug came for a surprise visit today in nursery. We sang some familiar and some new songs as well as having a good story 🐞

The children all participated and sang along or copied the actions to the songs and spoke about the characters in the story.

Clothing

If anybody has any clothing aged between 3-5 years old boys or girls clothes that they are happy to donate as spare clothing for the nursery we would be very grateful as our stock of spare clothing has not been returned, thank you!

 

Reminders

• 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.
• Nursery will be open only on Monday and Tuesday next week due to In service day on the Wednesday and public holidays on Thursday and Friday 
• if you are going to be in later than 9:20 can you give us a message on seesaw to let us know as we take the lunches along to the office by 9:30 so could take your order before you get here if needed

 

We hope you have a lovely weekend and happy Chinese new year to our Newport nursery families 🐉 we will be celebrating next week with some Chinese food for snack and looking into the story of The Great Race 🐷 🐶 🐀

 

The Newport nursery team

 

This week in the Nursery we have had Miss McKenzie, Mrs Wilson, Miss Paul and Mrs Laing.

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

That’s January almost over, and how its flown by. We in the nursery have been so busy this week developing our own learning . Here is a quick reflection on what has been happening..

Continuing their interest in the individual art area, one child asked to paint other things and became interested to look at other famous painters work which inspired other children to explore too. We looked at Seven Brown due to how he used lots of different colours and simple brush strokes in his modern work. This encouraged the children to create their versions of some of their favourite pieces of art work. They choose images of the Highland cow, the dog,, cats and the two giraffes, Outside the children enjoyed a range of craft activities using different textures of wool in a range of colours. sticks, glue and Sellotape to create their magic wands. Inside there has been a lot creative model making either in the block areas or at the wood work bench. One child used loose parts and sand to create a rainbow, while others created a very large and decorative castle.

              

More children asking to research other topics have emerged this week with one child asking  “how do we make paper?. This came from watching and helping the adult cut a range of paper for the different areas in the room for the children to use. We sourced an educational video that  captured their attention and others too. One child wanted to then make a big machine in the block area stating that

” We need to have lots of space because its really big”.

 

There was also interest to explore and investigate planting after a discussion at lunch time about an orange with seeds that at lunchtime . The child asked…..

“We need to plant them”

A discussion followed on what plants need to grow, and those children decided to take them home to plant. This led to further extend this interest when the children found pepper seeds when preparing snack the following day.

We used the pepper seeds and paper towels to plant them inside. The children were able to discuss what we needed to use for them to grow and made a guess on how long it would take. One child guessed 100 days, then we had 3 days, 16 days,10 days and 1231 days till they germinated. We will check up on our seeds in 10 days to see how they are coming along 🪴 🌱 all children were able to recall the process of how we planted the seeds from start to finish 😃

“you need to put water on them”

“they need to stay warm”

“the paper towel is all wet”

“my seeds are all in the middle”

“peppers come from the seeds in the ground”

Our Learning wall topic is developing well with the interest some this week to find out how toys were made. A group of children showed skills to watch and listen to an educational video on how toys were made and how they are made today. This supported the children to developed their awareness of comparing items that and discussing the materials they are made from, and how they work either through the need to wind it up or using batteries or with an electrical sources.

“Oh! that’s wood”

“why has that teddy got straw in its tummy”

2my mummy can sew, and me too”

“That Robot is metal, I have one of those but i think its meta a Transformers” “Its got lights and they need batteries”

Also in the room the children are enjoying daily yoga sessions to either relax or become more awake. The children decide what theme they would like which inspires others to join in with all the different movements and poses.

Another interest shown this week is using the Phonics letter sound game on the smart board. We have observed the children using a range of letter sounds. whilst also showing growing perseverance whilst maintaining their interest to complete the tasks well. They used skills to recognise the initial letter sound, then worked on the last letter sound. Our next step will be looking at the middle letter sounds on 3 letter words..

    

Also this week with have had a very successful Book Bug session and on Thursday morning we held our PEEP session that focused on Early writing and mark making skills. Please look out for the next session that will we be running in a couple of weeks time.

   

Dates to remember.

Tuesday 6th February. 2024  –   Forest session to be held down in the bottom garden. Please come dressed in their outdoor clothes.

 

With the change of season and varied weather  ☔️❄️🥶, 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…🧦 🧦🩲🩲 )

💭Please feel free to explore our ‘Quick Question Time’ Floor Book in the ‘Welcome Entrance’ space. Any further comments? Please feel free to write further comments in the speech bubbles in the Floor Book.

💭If you need to discuss the Seesaw app, particularly with setting up all functions/privacy, please speak with a member of staff.

💭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 😃

Here is some of the items we are looking for:

Conkers, stones, shells, tea cups, sticks, picture frames, plates, anything you think might be of used in nursery.
We are also on the lookout for two of kitchen chairs, if anyone is getting rid of them. We are looking to develop a new area in the playroom.

Our Cosy Time Library 📚

 

We hope that you all have a lovely weekend, and will see you all next week.

From all the Nursery Team.

 

 

 

Hello everyone, we hope you have had a great week! There has been lots happening in Newport Nursery this week, here is a sneak peek…….

 

On Monday a group of children looked at the match and spell game where they had to match the letters on their board to make a word. Some children then extended their learning where they turned over the board so it was blank and had to spell the word again without any prompt!

A group of children have taken part in making a mind map for all f our ideas on what we think we need to buy for the nursery to help us learn with the Christmas enterprise money. The children came up with some great ideas like a CD player, outdoor sport equipment and things to use at snack to help us be more independent.

Children have also been creating their own story books based on different interests. The children were able to help search on the computer for pictures, print them off and then make them into a story book.

We weren’t able to attend the forest due to fallen trees however we were able to have our forest experience in the garden again where children chose to come and took part in a bird watch. Children went in pairs or alone to see what/how many bird they could spot and marked down on their bird watch sheet.

 

After finding a sour orange at lunch time, this prompted a discussion with the children and Miss McKenzie about sweet and sour food and how orange trees grow. This lead to children discussing how an orange tree grows from a seed but we realised we didn’t know how long it takes so we used the computer for research and found a video of a time-lapse of the orange tree growing over time which can take between 7-15 years to bear fruit! Eli and Eleanor decided to take the seeds how to one day have their own orange trees.

We had a lovely Burns lunch to celebrate Burns day! We also tasted some shortbread at snack which everyone gave the thumbs up to!

We continued our interest in birds this week as we were inspired by artists and pictures to paint our own at a painting station! Everyone showed off their skills as they used a range of colours and textures to get the look that they wanted.

Children have been completing their learning at home to go on our learning wall to share what they have been doing at home! Charlotte shared that he favourite toy is a troll called Poppy. Fraser brought in his favourite Power Ranger toys to show off and did some mark making for the wall!

We have had a lot of imaginary play this week as children have been using a variety of resources to create models such as stools, cushions, blankets and rugs.

Cammy and Timothy worked together to make a bridge for the cars in the sand. They collaborated their ideas to make it work and built a lovely bridge as well as a lovely friendship!

Eli and Elyn worked outside as they made bird feeders using lard and bird seed. They moulded it into shape and added the seeds and left it for putting up next week.

Reminders:

• Our PEEP group is on next Thursday 1st February at 9am for anyone who wants to join!
• Our forest sessions until further notice will be in the bottom garden so if you could please come to the nursery dressed for a forest session.

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

The Newport Nursery Team x

We have had another busy week this week and have been exploring the snowy weather. Here is a snapshot at what we have been doing this week…..

 

Instead of our usual forest session we went to the bottom garden where we had a fire to heat up some pancakes and toast marshmallows for snack! we spoke about previous learning when looking at ice where we discussed how much there was and what happens if the weather was to get warmer again.

The children created snow angels in the snow and spoke about patterns and sizes as they compared each others snow angels on the ground. Children also noticed footprints in the snow! We made a guess that they were from our garden robin who likes to visit daily!

 

After a morning in the garden, we spent some time in the top garden where children used cardboard boxes and crates in their play. The children were using the cardboard boxes as trampolines and the crates as cars.

Children have been taking time to read stories with one another both inside and out. They are reading the stories by talking through what is happening in the pictures.

Since revamping the woodwork area, groups of children have been creating models using a range of materials and tools. the children can confidently discuss how they can keep safe at the woodwork bench and different models they are able to make with no support.

Leo, Alex, Elyn, Isla and charlotte helped to create a bar graph using buttons to collect their information for the learning wall on what the most popular toy was for our new learning wall which is Toys. They were able to count out the buttons and see which had the most.

 

Charlotte has been developing her early writing skills as she uses the wooden slices with common words that she needs to write a letter for her granny.

A group of boys were creating their own game outside with the bikes. They made a chase and capture game and took turns on who was the chaser.

Isla and Sophie have been using the wooden blocks to write their names out and other familiar names to them with a little support.

Lucas has been doing some great number work as he adds 3 numbers together to get the right answer with very little support.

 

Cora and charlotte created their own drum sets using cushions and wooden spoons singing along as they tapped the spoons.

Children have been exploring the new props at the learning wall such as the story books and robot timer game.

Reminders:

• Can we please make sure that when we leave the nursery garden after drop off and pickup that we close and lock the gate afterwards to ensure our children are kept safe.
• Forest is on a Tuesday where we meet at Waterston Crook car park.
• The weather can change at any minute so can we please ask that you bring in gloves, scarves, hats and cosy clothing so your child can be outside for longer as they love to be out in all weathers!

 

We hope you have a lovely weekend, see you next week!

The Newport Nursery Team!

Welcome back everyone!  and a very Happy New Year to you all.  We hope you all had a lovely Christmas and are ready for the new term.

This week in Nursery we have had Miss McKenzie, Mrs Wilson,  Mrs Laing our Nursery teacher, Miss McPhail our Early Years Development officer along with Miss Paul  who is another EYO helping us over the coming weeks.

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

We would also like to give a very warm welcome to all our new children and families that have recently started with us, We have welcomed Odil, Robin, Jackson and Leo into the nursery room. Hello!!!! 

We have started off with a big bang with some children showing an interest in the forth coming celebration of Burn’s Night and sharing their interest in the music and dancing. They also asked to discover more asking questions such as what is Haggis? and in using their developing understanding of how and what they needed t to use to do this. W e are starting to develop a small display by the entrance working with the children. If anyone has anything that they would like to share with children that is linked to this topic we would love to see.

A new Learning wall topic has just been started with a group of children showing an interest in Toys. Here are some of the questions they have asked..

“Where do toys come from?

“What are they made from?

What are my parents and the ladies at nursery favourite toys?

The interest of a Hobbit arose when one child expressed that a Hobbit was his favourite toy. This lead to lots of little Hobbits emerging in the nursery on Thursday. Some children worked with the adult to gather information and recorded this using a mind map to which we will create with them a simple bar graph to display their findings. This came from one of the questions asked by the children. The children showed confidence to ask all the adults in the school, enjoying time visiting all the different rooms.

Outside the children have continued their interest in playing a range of team games. The popular ones at the moment are Hide and Seek, Octopus, and What’s the time Mr Wolf and Musical statues. Some children are using their initiative to create their own games, sharing ideas and working together at times using a range of loose parts to deepen the game. We have also seen lots of obstacle courses being constructed where children have been challenging themselves using a range of skills and in taking risks. Some children have asked if we can use the gum hall so we will be creating a small obstacle course to continue supporting their interest.

Although we did not visit the forest this week we still manage to create a similar experience down in the bottom garden area. The children experience having a fire that included  a delicious hot snack and drink, some children stating that..

“They’re the best hot dogs and hot chocolate ever”

The children enjoyed climbing the different trees, using the loose parts to move around and roll each other in the big barrel. Some children were helping to redesign areas moving heavy soil that encouraged the children to problem solve on how they could move this. One child designated himself has the truck driver driving the tricycle bike with a bucket of soil to the bath planter. While others helped to fill up the buckets. Whilst down there the children were continuing their developing skills to  risk assessing by checking areas they were they might slip. This lead to some using skills to explore the ice puddles, recalling previous learning experiences, and shows skills to predict outcomes on how long the ice would last.

         

           

Miss McPhail our EYDO has been very busy working with the children to redevelop the wood work area in the nursery . We have listened to the children’s thoughts which they are continuing their skills to record and  display information through a mind map. They and have added new tools and included a special box of tools which the children need to ask an adult to support them in using these when they are creating their model. They have also created a set of safety rules to be followed by the children when they are using these. The children are developing their own learning to assess and manage risk to protect themselves and reduce the potential  of harm when possible.

 

 

Dates to remember.

Tuesday   16.01.24               –     Forest Kindergarten.  Meet at 9.00 am outside the front of Waterstone Crook.

 Thursday 18.01.23              –    Peep session with Miss McKenzie from 9.00-10.00 am. Please ask Miss McKenzie for a sign up                                                        sheet.

Next week we will also be celebrating Isla and Eli’s  Birthdays too.  

 

With the change of season and varied weather  ☔️❄️🥶, 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…🧦 🧦🩲🩲 )

💭Please feel free to explore our ‘Quick Question Time’ Floor Book in the ‘Welcome Entrance’ space. Any further comments? Please feel free to write further comments in the speech bubbles in the Floor Book.

💭If you need to discuss the Seesaw app, particularly with setting up all functions/privacy, please speak with a member of staff.

💭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 😃

Here is some of the items we are looking for:

Conkers, stones, shells, tea cups, sticks, picture frames, plates, anything you think might be of used in nursery.
We are also on the lookout for two of kitchen chairs, if anyone is getting rid of them. We are looking to develop a new area in the playroom.

 

Our Cosy Time Library 📚

 

We hope that you all have a lovely weekend, and will see you all next week.

From all the Nursery Team.