This week in Nursery we were very excited to discover that our caterpillars have changed into butterflies! We have been watching them over time and learning about the life cycle of a butterfly. We used magnifying glasses to observe their wings and the patterns that they have. We discussed where butterflies live and then took them into the garden to be released. The children were very excited to watch them fly away!
This week in Nursery we have introduced our new topic of 'The Seaside'. We have been reading a variety of information books and stories about the seaside. The children have been sharing their experiences about the seaside and when they have been on holiday. We have discussed what animals live in the sea. We have explored our new Beach Cafe in the role play area and have created our own beach pictures.
This week we have started our new topic of 'The Secret Garden'. The children have been busy getting the nursery garden ready for planting. We have also been exploring our new roleplay area which has changed into a garden centre. To introduce our topic, we have been reading the story 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and have created our own beanstalks from this. We look forward to planting some seeds this half term and observing how they change.
This week in Nursery we have had a delivery of some special eggs! This has been a very exciting time for the Nursery children.
We put the eggs into an incubator, and we have been keeping a diary of how the eggs have changed.
On Tuesday our first chick hatched out of an egg. We watched the chick become nice and fluffy and we were able to move it into a brooder box, so we were able to watch them more closely.
As the week went on all ten eggs hatched! We now have 4 girls and 6 boys.
We are very excited to see how they will change over the coming week.
This week in Nursery we have taken part in a science experiment for science day.
We all followed a recipe to make our own Gingerbread men and tested to see what happened to them when we put them into water.
The children predicted that they might fall apart when wet.
We put the Gingerbread men in the water and as predicted they became all soggy, the water became murky and they fell apart.
Luckily all the children had made two Gingerbread men, so they still had one left to decorate and eat.
In Nursery we are Scientists.
This week in Nursery we have been learning all about Shrove Tuesday and what it means to Christians. We read the story 'Mr Wolfs Pancakes'. Using the story, we then discussed what ingredients we would need to make our own pancakes. The children followed a simple recipe to make their own pancake and enjoyed tasting them. We used words to describe how they tasted. Some of these were; yummy, sweet, soft and delicious! We discussed how to be safe whilst cooking and that only adults should fry the pancakes as the pan is hot!
This week in nursery Little City came into school! The children had the opportunity to explore their own Little City! The children could be police officers, firefighters, mechanics, builders, hairdressers, shop keepers and much more. They were able to dress up, explore the minibikes and cars and get into role as people who help us. In nursery we are imaginative!
This week in Nursery we have been learning about Chinese New Year. The children were very excited to learn about the Chinese culture and take part in activities to celebrate the year of the Rabbit. We enjoyed tasting prawn crackers during snack time, making lanterns and practised using chopsticks to pick up noodles. In Nursery we are explorers!
This week in Nursery we have been exploring our new topic of People Who Help Us! We were very excited to discover that our role play area had changed into a doctor's surgery. We have been busy dressing up as doctors and nurses and learning how they help us.
This week in Nursery we have been very excited to see the snow! We went for a snowy winter walk to see how different our outside area looked. We used our senses to explore.
We listened to the crunching sounds as we walked along, and we were very excited to see our breath in the air.
We then brought the snow inside to explore it further. We discussed what we thought might happen and found that it started to melt.
We have had a fantastic week at Nursery. Christmas has arrived along with our class elves! Their names are Tinsel Toes and Pickles! They left us a letter to say that they were here to keep a special eye on us. They want to see us being kind, trying our best and following our class expectations. We are all looking forward to seeing what the elves get up to next!
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Today in Nursery we had our first stay and play session and it was also Children in Need! We had a fantastic time taking part in activities with our grown ups and showing them our classrooms. There was exploring ice, a giant Pudsey made of different coloured rice, paint the spot on Pudsey and Pudsey playdough!
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