The children at Ladywell Nursery have been very busy developing their outdoor area. The children have been helping to prepare the flower beds ready for planting out our different flowers that we have been growing. The children have been learning about how to be safe in the garden and how to use digging equipment safely. During these activities the children have been sharing their own knowledge and experiences of planting and helping their parents and grandparents in the garden.

While the weather has been sunny the children have been noticing a lot more bugs around the nursery garden. We found a small caterpillar on a leaf and the children made a little home for it and demonstrated a caring nature towards it. Later that day we carefully released the caterpillar onto a tree. We now have mining bees in the garden and have made a safe area for the bees and discussed with the children about being safe around the bees, and respecting there little home they have made. Some children were very curious about the bees. We looked at some books about bees and researched on the internet about mining bees.  Some children made their own bees during an art activity and we displayed the bees on the window.