Last week the AM, nursery alongside Mrs Peden, Miss Mitchell and Mrs Chalmers, helped to give the nursery garden an excellent clean. We weeded out all the pots and planters, scrubbed to toys and power washed the safety surface.

However…Miss Mitchell has great plans for the Nursery garden.

Her first projects is going to be the construction of a ‘Bug Hotel’ to help the bugs get ready for winter. This project is to support the local eco system.

So, I hear you ask, how do you build a bug hotel.

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/schoolgardening/uploads/documents/making_a_bug_hotel_770.pdf

http://www.rspb.org.uk/makeahomeforwildlife/advice/gardening/insects/wildlifestack.aspx

Any help that you could give us to source the following…

What you need-

Palates or strips of wood

Roof tiles

Plastic and ceramic pipes of various sizes

Deadwood – sticks and logs of all sizes up to half a

metre long

Logs drilled with various sized holes

Hollow bamboo canes

Bricks and concrete blocks (preferably with holes)

Plastic and ceramic pipes of various sizes

Cardboard tubes and corrugated card (keep them

dry!)

Roofing felt

Stones

Crushed brick and concrete rubble

Straw

Hay

Dry leaf litter

Sand

Plastic bottles

Pen casings and drinking straws

Plant pots

Pinecones

If you can help us out with building this just let us know! Thanks to all the parents who have got on board already!

The boys and girls in both sessions have had a wonderful time exploring Australia. Learning all about its most famous animals….the Koala and the Kangeroo.

I’m sure that you all enjoyed learning the Kangaroo song with your children, and you will be singing it at work for weeks.

We welcomed parents this week to the nursery for the first of our ‘Smart starts’, where the children were able to tell you all about what they have been learning. Having our lovely parents available to chat was great for Miss Mitchell too, as she was looking for parents to help her out with some fundraising!

We are going to end our week with some Aboriginal art, before jetting off in our hot air balloon to South Africa and learning about its wonderful animals, and their excellent music!

Here are some Koalas who are a little bit closer to home…