This week the Blue Group have been very busy in Forest School as they took on the role of nature detectives! They used bug pots and magnify glasses as they worked together to find worms, slugs, snails, woodlice, black beetles, spiders and a ladybird as well as an array of birds. We looked closely at the creatures, in much detail, before identifying them on our mini-beast charts.
03.04.19
We had a very busy day today!
The children and grown ups came along to our Through the Decades Easter Stay & Play and explored lots of fun and creative activities. From decorating eggs and making Easter cards to exploring the forest school and chopping vegetables in the house area! The children also got to try out their cooking skills by making chocolate Easter nests to eat in the kitchen.
The children looked great dressed up!
Big congratulations to all the Easter Egg competition winners and Well Done to those that participated!
We also celebrated the Nursery’s 80th Birthday! Wow!
We are so lucky to have been open for so long and developed through the years into what we are today!
We were so pleased with the turn out of guests and thank all that came along to celebrate this special day. The children sang some lovely Easter songs for our grown ups and guests and some even got to see an amazing magic show by Flash the Magician.
We would also like to thank Alan who use to attend this nursery for choosing our Easter Raffle winner!!
The Blue Group have been very interested in animals this week. They have been talking about pets and how to look after them, which has included acting out trips to the Vets. We talked about animals and their babies and used open ended resources to make homes for the small world animals. Sophia brought a family of caterpillars for us to look at which prompted us to sing songs about creatures and listen to The Very Hungry Caterpillar story.
This week we have been celebrating Chinese New Year. We have cooked Chinese food, made a dragon and did dragon dancing, practiced Chinese writing, made mini dragons and read the story of Chinese new year. We also learnt a Chinese song!
This week the children have done their wriggly nativity performances and worked so hard to sing and follow the script! They all looked adorable in their costumes and we are very proud of them all! They have also been making Christmas cards, Calendars and writing letters to Santa, all of which they will take home next week! Merry Christmas Everyone!
Wow what a week we have had! Stay and play day was a huge event as always and well attended by family members. Thank you so much to everyone who came and supported the children during this special day! We had lots of Christmas themed areas and things to make. Then on Friday we had a visit from the Christmas Elf who entertained the children with her wonderful show!
The Blue group designed their own biscuit topping this week – using small smarties just like the spots on Pudsey Bear. They then listened as Mrs Westhall told the children all about pictures from Freddy teddy’s visit to France. After looking at the pictures of the Eiffel tower some of t
he children decided to build there own Eiffel towers using a variety of blocks.
This week the Blue Group have used different mark making materials to make colourful pictures of fireworks, in the night sky. We also watched a short film about Francis the Firefly; which prompted a discussion around fire safety. On Friday we listened to a story all about Diwali – the festival of light, and made our very own Rangoli patterns using brightly coloured pencils. 
This week the children have had a Halloween party and have done some Halloween activities. This is our opportunity to explore what is real and pretend, along with developing role play and imagination.
