We were so very proud of our little people this week as they created and lay their poppy in the hall for our remembrance assembly.

This week, the children have had lots of fun experiencing and celebrating Diwali. We have made Diya lamps, Rangoli patterns using a range of materials and even had a go at creating Mendhi patterns on cutout paper hands.

The children have been very excited to share their recent experiences of Bonfire Night and shared their excitement when watching the fireworks. Today we enjoyed using our whole body to create large firework shapes using streamers, scarves, ribbons and finger lights. We then had a go at making these marks using crayon and pastel on black paper.

Today we enjoyed a very wet Autumn walk to look for signs of Autumn around our grounds.

This week we have been using our brand new sets of claves to tap to a beat. We have explored lots of different ways that we can play the claves.

Continuing our fascinations in Autumn treasures, we have this week explored hammering golf tees into pumpkins. The children have absolutely loved this activity and returned to it frequently throughout the week, all the while developing hand and finger strength.

This week we have been exploring and identifying different instrumental sounds. The children have really enjoyed playing the instruments and moving to the beat of the music.

The children enjoyed picking apples from our orchard last week, comparing their size and shape and thinking of new ways to reach the highest apples. Following this, we used some of them to make our own apple cupcakes for the following days snack…..Delicious!

This week the children in Nursery have loved getting to know our Early Years pets; Ginger the guinea pig and our two chickens. We talked about what they look like and the children were very interested in feeding them and learning about what the animals eat.