This week the P6 buddies joined the nursery for their very first visit. They were allocated different groups to join as the children took part in group activities. They helped the children put on their aprons to play in the water and even attempted to put the aprons on themselves to help the children with the golden rules and routines. Unfortunately the aprons were a bit small! They enjoyed their first nursery experience and are all looking forward to returning soon.

The children have now all been introduced to six jungle animals who promote positive behaviour. Mona the monkey learns to listen, Elsa the elephant always tries hard, Louis the lion learns it is best to be honest, Zelda the zebra is kind and gentle, Alfred the alligator turns out to be very helpful and Gino the giraffe learns to look after all his toys and cares for his friends. These characters help the children to follow the nursery rules and routines. Feel free to introduce the characters at home.

The children have painted these jungle characters in the art area and outside and they can be seen on the Jungle wall. The nursery rules that the children have discussed can also be seen on this wall. They also made detailed drawings of their favourite animals and these can be seen in the story corner.

In the numeracy area they continued to explore number games on the SmartBoard and colour matching board games. Due to the exceptional good weather the maths area moved outside and the children used the foam numberline to sequence 1-10. They also played skittles counting how many they managed to knock over. The children waited in turn to bowl.

Outside they have been carrying out their daily Eco tasks and playing circle games. By the end of the week they were singing and doing the actions to some jungle songs that they have been introduced to. They also painted their own set of jungle characters and these can be seen on the garden wall.

In the literacy area they have been writing the names of the Jungle animals which can be seen on the wall display and reading animal stories in the story corner.

In the snack/house corner they have been roleplaying with real food. They have been using their imaginations to make some pretty awesome dishes such as carrot soup, French potatoes, a whole picnic spread and chocolate cake. (Cathedral Bake Off) The children continue to choose their snack each day and they can now write it on the menu in the snack area.

Each morning the children form a train and head off to their special activities as a group.  Below is what they have been involved in this week.

The group activities this week continued with a water matching game in the messy area which involved different sized coloured boats.

A story from our new story sacks which include props and puppets to help the children listen and retell the story.

They sequenced 0-10 on the numberline and some children picked out numbers at random and the majority of children confidently picked out their age.  They were shown how to prepare and play with real food in the home corner.  Outside they played ball games to enhance their hand to eye co-ordination.

Next week the children are going to be learning all about how to travel safely through our Ziggy stories.  Reminder – Nursery is closed on Thursday 18th as it is an in-service day. The cooking bus is in school car park all week and if you have put your name on the list for Thursday don’t forget to come along.