What a wonderful time we have had celebrating the countdown to Christmas with the bairns. Each child had enjoyed having their own specially tailored activity to share with their friends.
We have continued our fun with…..
Funny faces snack made by Jeanne…
A Christmas present hunt in the forest led by Willum….
Sophie decorated our bikes and scooters to make them all Christmassy….
…and Leva led the Christmas Reindeer race!
Some Christmas playdoh made by Titus….
What a glorious day it was for our last Stay and Play day this term!
We were all very busy painting, sanding, watering and building while the sun shone, but the highlight was most definitely building our Fire Pit at the end of the day to toast marshmallows and eating “shmores”!
Painting!………..
Making trampolines……..
Sanding, ready to build……..
”We look like scientists!” (Maximus)
Gardening and making planters……
Making fire, toasting marshmallows…..yum!….
The Fire Pit was a big hit with staff, bairns and parents. Providing children such experiences with real tools and fire allow our children to directly experience and gain knowledge about the nature these things and of open flames within a safe and controlled environment. They develop a respect for fire and the skills to keep themselves safe, which they can apply throughout their lives.
We all had a fabulous afternoon in the sunshine. Big thanks to John the Janny and all the parents who donated items and came along to help. Some even managed a sneaky marshmallow or two!
We had an adventure to the forest today. We played hide and seek, climbed trees and found an old birds nest.
Rory brought his purple magnifying glass in today for p week. He used it to identify what the nest was made from.
”There is grass, mud and sheeps’s wool”.
Rory let his friends have a look too.
”I can see string and paper too!”
We had a closer look when we got back to nursery and used the computer to identify which bird made the nest. We think it was a black bird.
Some children drew pictures of the nest and some made their own nests.
Sydney made a nest for his chick using feathers and straw.
The chick tried out the birds nest from the forest but Sydney thought it was too small for the chick.
We just had to have pancakes on Pancake Day and who better to share them with than our Mums, Dads friends and siblings!
We couldn’t have done it without our chief pancake maker – John the Janny and his secret pancake recipe!
What a feast we had, choosing toppings, spreading, chopping, licking.
We all had a go in messy play…cracking, mixing, whisking, pouring, measuring, weighing – what a fun way to learn.
And of course, pancake wouldn’t be complete without a friendly pancake flipping competition. Drewie found using whole body motor skills was the way to go….
Others had amazing hand-eye co-ordination!
Whatever method they used – it was a lot of fun.
What a fantastic day we had yesterday with our parents, grandparents, siblings and friends at this term’s Stay and Play Day.
Everyone had such fun making helmets, shields and torches for SMUHA. We even made an amazing galley for Nursery, with the help and skills of everyone.
Huge thank you to everyone who came to join in our learning and making it such a fun day!
