{"id":9870,"date":"2025-09-12T12:51:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T12:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/?p=9870"},"modified":"2025-09-12T12:51:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T12:51:22","slug":"newport-nursery-week-of-08-09-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/npsnursery\/2025\/09\/12\/newport-nursery-week-of-08-09-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Newport Nursery week of 08.09.25"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone, we hope you all have had a great week! Here is a quick look at what we have been up to in nursery…..<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

This week learning is\u2026 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.<\/em><\/h3>\n

In all weather conditions this week\u00a0 outside we have observed the children engaging in a variety of role play scenarios where they have assume roles from the world around them. We have seen lots of sharing, and listening to others ideas and lots of detailed descriptive language being used to describe what the items of loose parts are being used for We have seen pirates and treasure maps where a group used their mark making skills to create their maps. Some children have been using skills to investigate and explore to create the best solution in creating a ramp for a truck to go down. While others were seen exploring the flow of water\u00a0 and how far it would go by pushing it.<\/p>\n

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Some children asked to go to the bottom garden to explore the environment. We observed lots of skills to climb,\u00a0 independently developing their awareness to risk asses on being safe while\u00a0 in the trees. Some explored the large pipes, using skills to push, roll, using a range of\u00a0 descriptive language and make comparisons. A group shared their knowledge of not to touch or eat anything found outside after discovering a large group of mushrooms.<\/p>\n

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“You don’t eat them because they might be poisonous, and they can make you poorly”.<\/p>\n

Inside our Learning wall topic of animals and sea life is slowly developing with more children now becoming more engaged and are sharing their work and ideas, thoughts to it. We have had one child sharing his favourite books and drawing a picture of his favourite character. Another after asking a question if Star fish are real, completed some research on this and\u00a0 shared her learning to others<\/p>\n

” they live in all the seas”,<\/p>\n

“they like being on their own, they’re grumpy”<\/p>\n

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After an initial interest in shadows after reading the story of the Gruffalo’s child, the adult supported a child to create an area to investigate more shadows through using a book, torch and dark pieces of material. They used skills to find the solution to recreate a shadow, inspiring others to experience this too. This lead to the children using a book to explore other experiments they could experience. The resources were left out to allow the children to independently explore throughout the week.<\/p>\n

“The shadow doesn’t work if you point the torch down”<\/p>\n

“You have to point it up”<\/p>\n

One child outside in the sun noticed that his shadow….<\/p>\n

“it looks really tall”<\/p>\n

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At snack the children worked with the adult to make freshly squeezed orange juice. They demonstrated skills to cut, squeeze, sieve and pour using a range to utensils that sparked conversations on why we need fruit, and less of unhealthy foods. They shared their knowledge, linking personal experiences at from home.<\/p>\n

“We could lemons, they are sour”<\/p>\n

“Apple juice too”<\/p>\n

“I would like apple juice, or bananas”.<\/p>\n

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The children have been really creative whilst sharing their feelings about being at nursery. They have created images of themselves using\u00a0 oil pastels and a mirror. The discussions also included their knowledge of facial features and body parts, but also how we similar and different\u00a0 but we’re the same too. These will be displayed in the dining hall for the children to share with others around.<\/p>\n

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Reminders<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Could all forms be returned back to nursery by Monday if possible…..<\/p>\n