Today children enjoyed playing in our new stage area where they were dancing and playing musical instruments. Outdoors children were sorting out letters from numbers and then finding the letters in their name.  Snack was a potato scone with butter and fruit.

N B. Friday is Children In Need day so children can come dressed i n something spotty a donation of £1 would be appreciated. Monday is an in – service day and the nursery will be closed.

Today children had lots of fun playing in our new construction area. They were using their imaginations to be workmen! Children were practising their mark making at the writing table making shopping lists for the Farm shop and learning to write their names. Children helped to prepare a snack of fruit and cereal. Outdoor play centred on using guttering to make a Mc Donald’s service area and house!

Children have had lots of fun painting pictures of fireworks, making firework sand, playing outdoors with the water pump, cars and flower shop. They had rolls and ham or cheese and cereal for snack.

Children have been very busy in nursery making and playing with playdough, creating pictures and developing their fine motor skills using small tools like scissors. Outdoors they have had lots of fun playing What’s The Time Mr Wolf and  helping to recycle the food waste. For snack children had wraps with ham and cheese spread and Dutch crisp bakes with butter and cheese.

Today we had our Halloween parties and the children all had a great time.

Children have had lots of fun around the theme of Halloween. They have been practising their writing skills making spell books and writing Halloween  stories. They have been developing their fine motor control playing in blue bat infested jelly and have explored their creativity making glittery Halloween pictures.

Today children had lots of fun helping to make a Jack O’ Lantern. They had lots of fun dressing up and playing in the Spider Slime!

Snack today was yogurts, breadsticks and fruit. Our song for Halloween is Halloween’ s Coming which you can find in the cloakroom area. Reminder our Halloween Party will be on Tuesday the 31 st. Please don’t dress your child in anything too scary!

Today children were having fun dressing up in Halloween costumes and playing with our Halloween resources such as bats, skeletons and cauldrons! They also enjoyed playing in our Halloween House!

Children going to school this year, had their eye test. For snack we had a choice of cereals.

Children have had lots of fun playing outdoors, painting with pallet paints, and our new rocket ship. They have been continuing to learn about foods made from milk, numbers and to paractise mark making.  Children are getting much better at remembering to follow the snack routine! Children were practising some party games for their Halloween Party. We have also been focusing on keeping safe when outside by holding hands with an adult.

Halloween party Tuesday 31 st October. Next week nursery will be closed for October week.

Our focus for learning is currently looking at foods made from milk, so today children have been helping to make milkshakes for snack. They were yummy! Yesterday they had yogurts for snack and children even made their own butter!

We have also been focusing on farm animals and today children had the opportunity to see and touch a real sheep’ s fleece, a curly horn and to see the farmer’ s crook. It was all very interesting. Children also had lots of fun exploring outdoors and playing indoors with gloop…….it magically melts in your hands and is very runny.

Our rhyme this week is Baa Baa Black Sheep