Learning this Week in Nursery

On Monday, the children were excited to find a new mud kitchen in the nursery garden. This had been constructed over the weekend by Lisa and some of her family members. The children were exploring all the possibilities of mixing, transporting water, sharing spaces and resources, making recipes with a variety of “ingredients” and making different textures in the kitchen. Many thanks to Lisa, John and Bobby for their generosity and wonderful addition to our nursery garden! Many hours of play, discussion and learning will follow.

Also on Monday, it was time to release the tadpoles back to the environment that they came from. We have enjoyed watching them grow since before the spring break. We kept them outside in the garden to help them get used to the change in temperature, before going for a group walk with our P7 buddies, and seeing them back to their habitat.

Our buddies have been helping us learn and play together in Primary 1 as well as in the nursery environment as we continue our transition activities. We have also continued to have our transferring children going to the school canteen for their lunch as part of their transition process.

Our free flowing sessions with Primary 1 have also helped the children work collaboratively on a couple of block play projects this week. The children in nursery have been replicating the experiences supported by the older children as the week has continued. What super role models they are!

Linda has been able to speak with children about growing peas this week. The seeds were at the right stage for planting, so lots of good discussions about what seeds need to grow was had. The children listened carefully to Linda’s helpful instructions and are wondering what will grow from their seeds. We look forward to making observations and seeing what comes next.

We enjoyed a surprise visitor later on in the afternoon on Friday. Mrs Anderson, who is looking after her sister’s dog, was able to pop along for a few minutes with Honey. She was extremely well behaved and we enjoyed meeting her.

We have had another busy week at nursery with lots of different opportunities to learn about our world and develop our skills. Here are some more of the ways we have played, talked, listened and learned together this week.