Today at nursery the yellow group joined the other children at circle time and played lots of different ring games. Jack and Leo were dancing in the middle whilst the boys and girls sang âSandy Boyâ. Some of the children helped make a rainbow cake in the kitchen, it got a bit messy!! But still looked delicious!
We read a story about âThe Giant of Jumâ who appeared to be an awful, unkind giant but throughout the story he became a very friendly and helpful friend rather than a foe.
Some of the children explored new tools with Miss Pollard at Forest School, using the hand drill to make holes into their new name pegs! It was a lot of hard work but the children never gave up! Some even recognised their initials that Miss pollard has been burning into them using her wood burner.
The children went of as usual and explored the rest of the Forest school. Some gathered together and made a very long train using the balancing beam as their seats. James was train conductor and off they went choo choo-ing into the world of imagination!
This week in the afternoon green room we have carried out a floating and sinking activity where the children had to guess if an item would float or sink. We also did a paint mixing activity using primary colours. The children had to guess what the two colours would make. They all really enjoyed this activity.
This week in the green room we gathered together with the other groups to talk about fire-how to keep ourselves safe, Oliver then used the blocks to build a fire and dressed up as a fireman. We had an experience this week talking about floating and sinking â we tested a range of resources. We also went outside to explore paint on a large scale using spray bottles, tubs of paint and water.
Red Group have been very excited to use the laptops this week! The children are learning how to use the paint section of the â2simpleâ program and are doing very well although it is tricky using keys instead of a touch screen! We also have also been working as a team to building structures in the block area. The morning children chose to build an aeroplane and took turns to be the pilot. The afternoon children decided on a space rocket and went off to the moon!
The children have enjoyed exploring Numicon this week. They matched up the shapes on the board and the number line and we did lots of counting together. We are learning how to count 2 groups together â itâs tricky! Red Group love working with the Numicon so much that they have asked for it again next week! Following on from last week, the children have also been doing lots of work with letters. We have been having a fun game of âFind Your Letterâ at planning time.
This week we explore Lego, we made a road, a house and even a farm yard-Weâve been very busy. It snowed this week; the children had great fun exploring the snow with their friends-we made lots of snow balls.
This week in the Afternoon Green Room we sorted balls from the paddling pool into coloured hoops. The children have been asking to do this activity for a while so were super excited. We also explored the lego and there was a lot of collaborative play. We learned a new song about a pirate ship!
We have had a lot of fun this week exploring colour. A lot of Red Group children investigated the cornflour mixture at worktime, and were thrilled when they discovered new colours when they mixed in the powder paint. We have introduced new laptops to the children and hope to have a computer area up and running soon. Letters and sounds have become a big interest in our group so we base a lot of activities around this. This week, we have encouraged the children to think about the initial letter of their name and other familiar letters, and have planned fun games to promote this.
This week in the Blue Group we have been finding, sorting matching, comparing and copying our first initial throughout the daily routine.   
Davey made a mess in Yellow Group with the alphabet pebbles fortunately the children were super helpful and helped Davey sort them out using the mat to find the correct letters!
At work time some of the children got very messy and helped Miss Begum make Gloop! The children appeared to enjoy the texture changing from a solid to a liquid once it touched their hands. We then added some powder paint and started to mix and make new colours.
Make Gloop at home its easy! All you need is corn flour, some water and mix till itâs a paste thenâ¦. Tada! Enjoy all the Gloopiness!
