Nursery have enjoyed getting outdoor hunting for signs of Spring this week.

Thank you to all of the families who attended our reading cafe this afternoon. It was wonderful to welcome you and share this time with you.

 

 

What a fabulous day we all had today when Ian’s Mobile Farm joined us in school. It was very exciting and the children were thrilled to be able to touch, brush and play with all of the animals, which included; alpacas, ducks, donkeys and goats. Our favourite part most definitely had to be playing fetch with Meg the dog and her ball.

 

 

 

 

 

Today the children spent a long time building a train in our outdoor area, role playing and making tickets. We used this as a stimulus to talk about journeys and our local area. The children decided where they would like to visit on the train and drew maps.

Today we were intrigued by the Primrose flowers kindly donated by Mrs Bah and we quickly got busy preparing the garden and planters in our outdoor area. What a great job everyone!

Following our heavy rainfall this week, the children became fascinated in all things worms. We began by digging for worms, hunting for them in our large mud pit. The children found many, which they decided to bring indoors to share with their friends. This led to some fabulous discussions about where worms live, what they eat and discussions around length, supporting the children to accurately describe length using the words longer and shorter, longest and shortest. Some of our youngest children simply enjoyed exploring how to move like worm, developing their vestibular senses.

The children thoroughly enjoyed experiencing and sharing in our Lent and Pancake Day learning this week.

After enjoying the snowfall today we came inside to warm up. The children developed fine motor skills and an understanding of how to keep safe through preparing vegetables for a winter soup, we then used Mrs Garden’s soup maker to cook the soup. After more play in the snow this afternoon, we enjoyed some hygge time together, eating our soup was the perfect way to warm up.

This week we have been thrilled to have the opportunity to experience and celebrate the Lunar New Year with many of our friends and families in school. The children have had the opportunity to learn about Chinese culture through a range of fun activities such as role play, craft and story. We learnt to count to 10 in Mandarin and say Happy New Year in both Mandarin and Cantonese.