This week at Nursery it has been Nursery Rhyme week.  We have been learning and singing  a variety of rhymes and taking part in lots of different activities. These have included making friendship webs for Incy Wincy spider, counting stars for Twinkle Twinkle little star, exploring instruments and animal sounds for Old Macdonald had a farm.

This week in Nursery we took the children on a very wet welly walk to creature corner. The children put on their wellies and puddle suits, and we walked across the field to find creature corner.

We used our senses to talk about what we could hear, see, smell and touch. The children were all very excited to find snails, slugs and worms living in creature corner. 

Over the past few weeks in Nursery we have observed the changes of our tadpoles. We were very excited to spot that some of our froglets have now become frogs! This week the frogs have started to change colour and grow bigger. We are hoping to release them into the stream very soon. 

This week in Nursery we have been learning about the life cycle of a frog. We were very excited to see that we have our own tadpoles in Nursery, so we can observe how they change over time. Some of our tadpoles have began to change into froglets and have small back legs. We will continue to see how the tadpoles change over the coming weeks. Watch this space!

Over the last two weeks in Nursery,  we have been very excited to watch eggs hatch into chicks! We now have eight chicks. There are six girls and two boys. The children watched the eggs closely and were lucky enough to see some chicks hatching live at school. We have been learning about how to take care of the chicks and have been talking about the life cycle of a hen. Alongside this, we have also created lots of chick artwork using different materials and have displayed these in our classrooms. 

This week in Nursery, we have introduced our new topic of 'Down on the Farm'. The children were very excited to find that our role play area has transformed into a farm shop with a hay bale! The children have been busy exploring the farm related activities. These included milking a cow, painting with mud, small world farm and exploring both fiction and non-fiction books to find out about life on a farm.