Wee Deans

This week we have been exploring in the forest when we have been out and about in the community. We enjoyed listening to our story about the Gruffalo and we went looking for him in the woods. We found somewhere that he might try and hide in the bottom of a tree and we searched under the bridge to see if there was any signs of him there. We enjoyed exploring moving our bodies in different ways as we moved along the tree trunk and through the stream. We sat on the tree trunk and ate our snack before coming back to nursery. Even with our waterproof clothing we still managed to get a bit wet but it was all great fun!!!!

The children have been invited to attend story telling sessions at Carmondean Library on a Monday over the next 3 weeks. When they are there the will be listening to 3 different stories and will vote on which one they like best, this book will be included in the “Book Bug Bag” that will be issued next year to children. The children will be walking to and from the library and will have snack while they are there. On the walk the children will be encouraged to look at the wider environment and see the changes that are happening within it due to the changes is seasons and weather. I am sure they will all have a great time!!!!

Monday 25th October visit will be in the afternoon.

Monday 1st and 8th November the visits will take place in the morning.

The children have had great fun making kites out of bin bags and wool. They have been exploring how the force of the wind can make their kites fly higher. The children discovered that if they ran with their kite initially it helped them to begin to fly it and as it filled up with more air it flew higher. With the wind being so strong if the children did not hold on tight to the wool their kite blew away and several had to be retrieved from the nursery garden and the metal fence.

Peep

This months Peep focus was exploring movement. Lucas and Lacey have enjoyed playing with the bubbles in their Peep packs. Out in their garden they have been exploring how the bubbles float on the air and have had great fun running after them trying to catch then before they pop. Looks like they have had a lot of fun and exercise!!!!

Nursery Garden

Mrs Galbraith has been busy with the children in the garden doing lots digging and planting. The children have  been choosing what fruit and vegetables they would like to grow choosing pumpkins, onions and butternut squash to plant directly into the garden. In some of our tubs we have also planted sweet peas and are continuing to look after the potatoes that we planted in April, the plants are getting really tall and bushy now so hopefully wont be long before we can begin to harvest them. The berry fruit trees are also beginning to grow and we have had to build a frame using bamboo canes to support them, Our strawberries and tomato plants are beginning to flower hopefully we will begin to see strawberries and tomatoes starting to grow soon. We have also been planting different flowers in the garden, in tubs and on the fence, so hopefully our garden will be full of colour if the weather continues to be nice!

Minibeasts

Our current topic of interest in the nursery is minibeasts. Emily-Ann brought some snails into the nursery that she found in her garden 2 weeks ago. The children and Mrs Whatcott used a large plastic tub to create a habitat for them. Using the iPads they found out how to look after the snails to make sure that they stayed well and healthy. You can see that the children have enjoyed this experience and we eager to be involved in looking after them. We released the snails back into the wild on Tuesday finding a natural habitat where they would thrive and when we went to look today all the snails have moved on so obviously are happy to be back in nature.

Numeracy

We have been doing lots of counting using 1-1 correspondence and matching quantity to numerals in the nursery this week. The children counted to number of dots in the dot pattern on the card and matched the quantity to the numeral having a choice of 3 numerals. We are getting really good at recognising numbers and relating these to quantity.

As always we would love to see your photos of your children taking part in the PEEP pack. Photos and comments can be sent to the school email address or uploaded to your child’s Learners Journey!

Cody took his list to the shops to collect the ingredients he needed to make his homemade pizza. He used the recipe from the Peep pack and followed the instructions to make it.  He made a fantastic pepperoni and cheese pizza which looks so delicious! Hope you enjoyed it Cody, it looks great!

This month is all about things to do and talk about together. We have the usual, stories, songs and information resources. It is pizza making, recipe, shopping lists etc and planting herbs/vegetable seeds which could be used in the cooking.