The children in the nursery were celebrating Pancake Tuesday by using their own thoughts and ideas to create funky pancakes. You can see a few examples of these below.
Creating Pancakes
Developing Literacy
Look at what we have been doing in literacy!
Our Three Read story is called Meggie Moon, written by Elizabeth Baguley. The blurb states that it is a great book. Ask your child to tell you all about the adventures of Meggie and her friends.
This is how we have been singing Rock –a Bye-Baby during play.
During Show and Tell we had great fun watching the performance of 1, 2,3,4,5, Once I Caught a Fish Alive. We loved it thank you for bringing in your own character.
Literacy fun activity ideas to try at home.
Show your child their name and see if they can find their name when in a group of other words.
Can they find other letters which are the same as the ones in their name?
Some children may be able to build their name with letter cards or magnetic letters.
Your child may be recognizing logos, words and letters all around them, explore these with them, discussing what you see.
If your child shows an interest in a letter, for example the first letter in their name, tell them the name of the letter e.g. that is the letter S, it makes the sound sssss.
You could see if you can find other words which start with the same letter.
Woodland Explorers
Woodland Explorers
Group 2 – Week 2
This week we looked for a different shape on our walk to the site – triangles. We discovered them on road signs and roofs. The road signs even had numbers on them! We had visitors with us today. Ladies from other nurseries wanted to join us to see all the fun that we have. They were very impressed when we were able to tell them all the different ways to stay safe when playing in the woods.
This week we made a den using different materials e.g. ropes, pegs, fabrics, beads and ribbons. We worked together …… tying ropes to the trees, attaching fabrics using the giant pegs. What do you think of our den? Our visitors thought it looked wonderful!
We also had lots of fun lying on a hammock. When we looked up we could see the top of the trees (which were really tall), lots of white clouds in the sky and some of us even saw branches that looked like stairs going to the top of a tree….. it was AMAZING!
Nursery Rhymes – Home Link
Our first rhymes for sharing are numbers 27 and 28 we have already noticed that the children are keen to perform Rock –A-Bye-Baby using our doll. We will continue these rhymes for a few weeks as the children become more skilled at reciting them. Just a note to say that Mrs Cumming has made up the props for 5 Currant Buns and they are now available for you to borrow from our Lending Library.
Have lots of fun reciting your rhymes at home. We would love to hear how well you are doing and look forward to hear what you think of our new rhyme props.
We had a great response to our rhyme workshop and we are delighted by your very kind comments.
Here are a few examples of your feedback.
Sounds a great idea really looking forward to trying out the ideas with my son.
Brilliant idea, welcome area is always informing us with what’s going on.
Fantastic presentation and I got lots of ideas to take home. My daughter will bring in some of her work.
Thanks for very good displays and ideas.
Looking forward to doing the rhymes and songs at home.
Excited to try out the nursery rhymes with my daughter at home using different methods. Got lots of animal figures at home that we can use.
Friends Are Special
Friends are special,
Friends are special,
So make a few, make a few.
Smile and say hello,
Everywhere you go,
How are you?
How are you?
Rock–a–bye Baby
Rock-a-bye baby,
On the tree top,
When the wind blows,
The cradle will rock;
When the bough breaks,
The baby will fall,
Down will come baby
cradle and all.
Woodland Explorers
Woodland Eplorers
Group 2
On our walk to the site this morning we all looked for circle shapes in our environment. We found them on lots of objects…….on cars, road signs, wheels and houses. Today we discovered ways to stay safe when playing in the woods. We learned about the boundaries – what they looked like and the reason for using them. We also practised playing safety games e.g. 123 Where Are You? It was also important that we risk assessed the area and placed plastic cones on top of hidden tree stumps.
We had lots of fun exploring the site. There was a very muddy puddle and we loved jumping in it. Our boots were really muddy! We also discovered little buds growing on some of the plants.
We all participated in a woodland workout to help us keep warm……..star jumps, stretches, tree press-ups and running on the spot. Our hearts were beating really fast when we were finished and we were feeling warm again. We had lots of fun playing hide-and-seek and found interesting places to hide.
Woodland Adventures
Woodland Explorers
Group 3 – Week 1
We were all very excited this morning……..WE WERE GOING TO THE WOODS!! When we arrived at the site we learned different ways to stay safe e.g. the purpose of the boundaries and practised playing a safety game called ‘123 Where Are You?’. We were very good at remembering all the new things we had learned to stay safe.
We had a very busy morning. Using binoculars and magnifying glasses we explored the site and discovered lots of interesting features……..red paw prints on the tree trunks (someone thought it was a jaguar which had climbed to the top of the tree looking for meat to eat), a VERY muddy puddle (we had lots of fun jumping in it!) and lots of interesting holes at the bottom of the trees (we thought rabbits and slugs might stay in them at night).
We all worked together to gather sticks to rebuild a bug hotel which had fallen apart. We placed lots of sticks on top of each other for the little creatures to live in and even added some leaves and pinecones to make it more comfy for them.
Literacy Workshop
This year the nursery has worked to enhance out home links within a range of curricular areas. During the past week, Mrs Cumming has been presenting a workshop on developing skills in literacy at home, with a particular focus on the use of nursery rhymes. Parents in the nursery have now received a home link folder containing a wide selection of nursery rhymes for them to use with their child. Below you can see a selection of photographs showing what took place.
Exploring Tartan
The children in the nursery have been exploring tartan and have made their own tartan using a variety of different materials. I am sure you will agree that they look terrific!
Nursery Party Time
It was party time in the Nursery on Monday. The children all had a lovely time and enjoyed the special visitor Santa.
Busy Woodland Explorers
On our walk to the site we went on a number hunt and discovered lots of numbers everywhere. They were on doors, car number plates, road signs and street signs. We got a big surprise when we went into the woods as there were lots of numbers hanging from the trees! When we took them down we all worked together to place them in the correct order.
We were also very busy making super masks using lots of leaves. Mrs Mair was very impressed as we worked well together, sharing the glue and the leaves which we had collected. Our masks looked super! They made us look like owls…..Twit twoo! Twit twoo! Twit twoo!
Do you like our Woodland Christmas Tree? We had lots of fun decorating it with baubles and tinsel. It looked beautiful and really sparkly. Merry Christmas everyone!!
