Here are just some of the comments left by families, parents, carers and friends who came to the summer stay and play.
“Wonderful morning at stay and play. I even met the very popular frog! Fantastic experience and environment for my son.”
“Wonderful morning full of fun. Really love joining in on these days.”
“Lots of fun. Lovely to see what the children do and nice to meet Dave (puppet)”
“Wish my nursery had been this good!”
“What a lovely opportunity to see the amazing things you do in nursery.”
“What a lovely session seeing how happy the children are in their amazing nursery.”
“Enjoyed stay and play and saw forest school which my child talks a lot about. Absolutely brilliant.”
“Loved the session! Brilliant to be a fly on the wall. Amazing staff and amazing nursery!”
Blue Group have been practicing hard for Sports Day and getting very strong! We didn’t let the rain dampen our spirits on Sports Day, we just brought it inside. The children really enjoyed our races and I was impressed at how they waited for their turn to run and how they moved skillfully to avoid bumping into each other. You demonstrated strength and coordination, you were all amazing! Afterwards we had an ice lolly to cool down.
The Blue group have shown an interest in the affect that exercise has on our bodies, how to stay healthy and what are bodies are made up of. We drew around our friends and we discussed and labeled the different body parts.
There has been a great deal of interest in mini beasts in the Snug! From spotting ants and snails in our garden to a bug hunt in forest school where we saw bees and a ladybird. We also bought some caterpillars so the children could watch the transformation process. We now have butterflies which we are releasing in the garden. The children have been fascinated watching the changes.
Blue group have shown a big interest in mini-beasts, loving investigating them outside using the magnifying glasses. One of our parents was kind enough to donate a wormery and the children have loved making a safe home for them and collecting worms to go inside. The Hungry Caterpillar story has been popular and learning about the life cycle and how they turn into butterflies. Look at some of our beautiful butterfly symmetry paintings we made. We also tasted the food that the hungry caterpillar ate and made a tally chart to see what we liked and what we didn’t. To extend their interest of bugs Mrs Wood brought in Sid her Giant African Snail from home and the children have been learning how to care for it, chopping up fruit for it to eat and we even had a hold! We thought its shell felt hard and its body was slimy! Some of the children drew Sid the snail and made play dough models of him.
Children’s Mental Health Week 2022
The theme this year was loneliness so I asked Red Group how you can stop feeling lonely. They said they would play with their friends and help them if they were sad and alone. We planned activities to support this and had great fun carrying them out! We did peer massage, which proved very popular, if a little tickly! The children asked each other’s permission before they touched their backs. We played a range of classical music for the children to listen to while they were painting and asked them how it made them feel. The children then painted to express their feelings. Everyone was included in a team- building task in our Forest School; the children were set a challenge to work together to make an obstacle course with planks, logs and tyres. It didn’t take them long and there was a lot of negotiation took place in order for them to reach their goal! We have been talking about farms and farm animals recently in Nursery so I asked the children in Red Group if they could work together to make a large farm for all our animals. Each child contributed their own enclosures until we had built a fantastic farm for the children to work with. Great team work!
Week Beginning 14th March 2022
Our eggs have hatched this week… The snug children were so egg-cited to see them!!
Mrs Fulton carefully held a chick while the children took turns to stoke them.
One of our children drew an egg with a chick inside it.
We have had a busy week in the Snug this week. The children have been enjoying exploring the mud kitchen, filling, emptying and mixing mud and water.
We also visited the Living eggs we have had delivered to nursery. We are looking forward to meeting the chicks as they hatch!
