Happyhansel Early Years

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May 18, 2018
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Friday

Thank you Immy for being snack helper. She did a good job.

We had pasta for snack. There was cheesy pasta and tomato pasta. We also had tomato, cucumber, banana and apple. We had water and milk to drink.

   

Some of us played with some peerie wood bits. We made towers with them and tried to make stairs with them too.

  

We were playing with the cars and the garage. James and Reubyn took the sellotape off that Miss Handley had put on for the roads. We wanted to use the sellotape to trap the baddies. They were stealing money.

Our doctors was very busy today. Seth had a broken arm and the girls all had temperatures so were using straws as thermometers. One of James’ cousins has actually broken his arm so has a hard plaster on it to keep it still. Seth had a sling on his arm that Mrs Geddes helped him to make.

This is the first time we have put anything on the blog. Now we are going to have a play outside!

May 17, 2018
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Our tatties are finally in!

We had a really busy day today. We had early snack and toothbrushing because the dentist visited to paint fluoride varnish on our teeth and we also headed to the beach to look for good stones for painting – the tide was really far in though so we went to the playpark instead.

In the middle of all this we managed to get our tatties planted. Our first group dug up the soil and added fertiliser.

 

And the next two groups each planted seed tatties, covering them carefully and then watering them. They were very careful to make sure that the shoots were pointing upwards.

 

  

 

We will need to keep an eye out for shoots so that we can start piling up the soil to protect them. Mrs Geddes has chosen an early variety so we hope it won’t be too long before we have a crop!

May 14, 2018
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Wonderful Weather

Recently we have been able to enjoy the lovely weather! As you can see we have been busy doing lots of things outside. We have even brought things from inside the nursery outside!

We have been working together to build a castle!

 

 

 

 

We have been painting beautiful pictures inspired by the outside surroundings!

 

We have even brought the water tray outside!

 

“Argghh where’s these pesky pirates.”

We have been very creative with our mark making too.

 

Keep a look out for changes in our outdoor area to see our new play opportunities and experiences. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions for our outdoor area or play then please let us know! It’s important that everything that we do is a shared experience between us, your children and you.

 

May 4, 2018
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The Sun has got his hat on!

A quick note to parents – with the warmer weather we are going to be taking advantage of any sunshine at all and hope to be outside lots. Just a reminder to put sun cream on your child before they come to the session, especially if they have skin that easily burns. We are also more than happy to apply sun lotion but can only put on cream that you have supplied for your own child. We would hate to miss an opportunity to explore outside and go on adventures.

 

Thanks,

Early Years Team

May 4, 2018
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Bursting with Bubbles

We have been having loads of fun with the bubbles recently! There has been lots of discussion about why the star- and heart-shaped wands don’t make star- and heart-shaped bubbles, as well as a lot of investigation about how to make different sized bubbles and different numbers of bubbles.

Methods so far include blowing gently and with big puffs, as well as waving the wands in the air and running with the wands. Some days we are out it is windy enough to just hold the wands up and let the wind do the work for us!

There are some wands which seem to produce better bubbles so we have also been able to do lots of sharing and turn-taking. We have very kind bairns in Happyhansel who often let their friends have a go even if it isn’t quite time yet.

We have been getting lots of exercise running after the bubbles to catch them, and jumping up to pop them, so we have been able to talk about how exercise makes us puffed out and a bit sweaty. Especially some of the teachers…! We have also been putting our hands on our chests and our friends’ wrists to feel our hearts beat faster – this has been investigated further in out doctors surgery of course!

Mrs Geddes has a peerie bubble machine at home so she is going to dig that out and take it in soon.

May 2, 2018
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Necklaces, bracelets, crowns, snakes and colours…

A lot of the time the teachers put out toys and fun things for us because we have been playing with other things or asking questions, and they think that a new toy or something different will help us have even more exciting play. But sometimes they just put something out because they haven’t had it out of the cupboard for a while. That’s why the beads came out…

                  

They got a big surprise when almost the whole nursery gathered around them and we had to have lots of practice at sharing and taking turns! Some of us tried to make really long chains of beads using any size, type and colour. Other people tried to match colours or sizes or make special types of jewellery. We had lots of kings and queens and princesses with fancy crowns. And of course lots of us made snakes and worms too.

It was fun to look at and compare the sizes of the strings of beads we all made and it can be tricky for little fingers so it made everyone concentrate and work hard to make what they wanted. The teachers are working hard to help us to try things for ourselves, even if we are finding them a bit difficult. A few of us wanted the teachers to string our beads for us but we are learning it is far more fund when we have managed it all by ourselves.

The teachers noticed that we were all speaking a lot about colours so they used it as a time to check how good we all were at remembering them – especially the people going to school after the summer. Some people noticed that the teachers were scribbling things down so wanted to show how much they knew. It was fun sharing what we have learned and being able to use it when we are playing.

 

 

April 27, 2018
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Tingling Tastebuds

We all love Snack Time at Happyhansel! Our favourite bit is the food but it is about far more than that.

Each week at snack we try something new or different that we may not have had before. It’s good to try new things and sometimes we find out that it’s our new favourite snack! We have been talking about how the tastebuds on our tongue grow up and change, just as the rest of our body grows up. Sometimes our tongue isn’t grown up enough to like a new food, but usually it is – especially if it is something that a lot of other people around the snack table are enjoying. We talk about how it looks, smells, tastes and feels in our hands or in our mouths.

We always try and say what food it tastes like that we already know about. Some of us were very excited to discover that breadsticks dipped in salsa tastes a lot like pizza! Depending on who you speak to in the nursery, papaya tastes like melon, strawberry, mango or apple.

It has also been good because we have been using snack to help us think about and learn new words. Cereal is crunchy, crispy, hard and scratchy and loud if you don’t have milk with it!

“Yum! I like this!”

We tried pomegranate in this picture. “It’s sour.” “It’s sweet!” “I don’t like!” “I love!” Lots of different responses and good discussions between peers.

Every day we have a new Snack Helper who helps the teacher set out and prepare snack.

In the words of some of our recent Snack Helpers, this is what they do:

“Set out the plates and cups.”

“We clean the table.”

“Cut the vegetables and fruit.”

“Make cakes and pizza.”

“Call people for snack.”

“Wash the dishes.”

“Count the plates and cups and chairs.”

We are all very grateful to the snack helper and love taking our turn at the job.

“1, 2, 3, 4.”

“We need a fork for pasta.”

If numbers and activities allow, teachers often sit and have snack along with the children. It is great to join in with them and help act as role models for table manners and for being brave exploring new foods.

The children come up with the menu and Miss Handley does her best to try to accommodate all requests! We are open to trying out lots of new foods and if anyone at home has any ideas then please let us know.

April 27, 2018
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How tall is it?

We have been looking at different sizes and measurements in Early Years recently – exploring different ways to measure things and grouping stuff into small and big or into a line in size order.

We have also been using our hands to count how tall we are – some of us have definitely been going through growth spurts recently so we may grow up to the next hand before the summer holidays!

Our sunflowers have been shooting up thanks to everyone remembering to water them and keep them in the sun. Lots of people wanted to find out who had the tallest sunflower and also to check that their one had been growing. We have measured them several times and they have definitely grown -some even needed straws to help support them by the time we measured last! We looked at a ruler first and tried to guess how tall our sunflower was, then used a piece of paper and ruler to measure them properly.

We always discuss what we are going to do first so that we can all come up with ideas for how to do it best and the children came up with the idea of using strip of paper to help us. Great thinking everyone!

 

There is always lots of talk using number and measuring words in free play but it has been good to see the bairns develop this further as a result of focusing on it. We have a foot measurer which tells you your shoe size which has been played with loads and we are now seeing the children make sure they put their foot or shoe right down at zero – and helping those who forget that this is the correct way to measure.

April 18, 2018
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Call the Doctor!

We started the summer term off with something exciting in the nursery…

There was a lot of excitement when we realised that the teachers had been busy and turned the Home Corner into a Doctor’s Surgery!

We have been learning new words and exploring equipment and what it’s used for. We have been receptionists, doctors and patients! Poor Mrs Geddes has been very ill and was practically looking like an Egyptian Mummy as she had to have so many bandages on. Unfortunately we didn’t get any photos of her.

We are hoping to go and visit the Health Centre later this term and meet a real nurse. It will be really interesting to see the real equipment and how it is actually used, and to be able to ask lots of questions.

 

April 1, 2018
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Café Cuppa & Cake

We had the church service in the morning with the whole school.

Then we had our trip to the Café! We loved having a cuppa and a cake together.

We even paid our own money to the lady.

Then we finished our fun filled morning with a trip to the park!

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