Month: April 2018

The boys and girls have been very busy baking sponges, banana breads and soda breads! The children went out to the shops to buy the ingredients which included milk, sugar, flower and eggs. We then got baking! Lesley, our Early Years Teacher, very kindly brought in special measuring scales, which we used to measure the weight of our ingredients. The boys and girls were working very hard to estimate how much of each ingredient we need to put on each side of the scale to balance it. The staff have observed a lot of fabulous mathematical and positional language, which children were using while working together. After the batter was ready, we popped it into the oven and… we then had the bread for our snack! Yummy!

J: “It’s moving!”
L: “The butter is so slippery, it’s very tricky to mix it.”
O: “It goes in the oven now. Children don’t do that, they might burn their hands.”
L: “We knew it was enough because the scale moved.”
G: “The eggs are heavier!”
L: “It’s balancing!”

We also welcomed Koby’s gran, who came to the nursery to talk about chickens. Koby’s gran used to work with over 100 chickens – WOW, that’s a big number! She very kindly told us very interesting facts about eggs, chicks and grown chickens! The boys and girls listened to Koby’s gran very carefully and were excited to ask more questions about our chicks. We found out that now our chicks are growing and we need to let them out to stretch – so we built a big pen with our building blocks to give them their ‘exercise area’!

We would like to thank Koby’s gran for making the time to come and speak to the boys and girls and teaching them all about taking care of the little animals!

What an exciting day we had at nursery yesterday! We had a very special visitor – Animal Man’s Mini Zoo! ‘Crazy Tommy’, as he introduced himself, came over to our nursery and brought lots of different animals. The boys and girls were very excited to meet different animals like snakes, bunny rabbits, geckos, a duck, bearded dragon and a tarantula! Crazy Tommy was superb with the children, explaining the golden rules of meeting the animals and making time for each child to have a cuddle with his furry friends!  Tommy reminded boys and girls how important it is to be nice and gentle with the animals as they are living things and might be scared or shy. He also reminded everybody how vital it is to wash our hands after touching the animals to clean off any germs.

We would like to thank Animal Man’s Mini Zoo for coming out to our nursery and making his visit such a fantastic and unforgetable experience!

If you would like more information about the Animal Man’s Mini Zoo, please click on the picutre below:

We have started introducing our tinkering table to the boys and girls. At the beginning of morning and afternoon sessions, Annemarie explained to the children what the tinkering table is used for and we discussed the safety rules when playing in this area.

M: “We need to wear the yellow jackets and only two children at the time!”
J: “Safety goggles are for protecting our eyes.”
L: “You need to put the tools in its place!”

Our tinkering table is full of real tools and real equipment! We are learning how to safely use hammers, pliers, screwdrivers and spanners. The boys and girls have been very excited to take apart old telephones, scanners and clocks.

The children have been working very well together, taking turns and remembering how to safely play at the tinkering table. The staff have observed a lot of problem solving, team working and imagination – how fantastic!

We would like to thank all of the parents and families who have kindly donated old equipment for the children to take apart and explore. If you have any spare accessories/appliances that you could bring in to the nursery, it would be really appreciated.

L: “I just need to screw this in.”
E: “I’m building a clock.”
F: “You use a hammer to hammer things.”
E: “I have safety goggles so I don’t get hurt!”
E: “I’m trying to get the nail out using the screwdriver.”
R: “I like taking things apart.”

 

It looks like the spring is on its way! It is very important that your child is wearing a hat and sun screen, especially since we play and learn outside for a good portion of our day. Please click on the picture below to read our Sun Protection Policy.