On the Farm Week 3

This week we have been continuing to learn all about different aspects of farm life ready to go on our farm trip next week. We have been learning all about where food comes from as well as learning about farm animals and their babies.

We played farm bingo in teams and have been learning about rhyming words as well as syllables in words. We have also been having lots of fun in provision especially when we found some frogs and put them in our pond in nursery.

Our little rays of sunshine this week are Archie Iceton as he was able to identify the word that did not rhyme in the group. He was also able to identify 2 rhyming words from a group. Ethel Ross as she had a good try at sorting where the food comes from. She remembered “in the Little Red Hen she made the bread from corn”. Erin Hanmer as she has impressed Miss Manifold with how hard she tries. She is always willing to have a go and even if she gets it wrong, she isn't afraid to put her hand up and have another go. Nora Johnson as she tried very hard to match the mother animals to their babies. She was able to name lots of baby animals too. Mason Freeman as this week we talked about animals and what their babies were called. Mason had a try at our activity and with support he was able to match some of the animals to their babies. Finally, Albie Howe as he impressed me with his creative thinking. As I held up a ramp for the cars Albie looked and told me “I gonna make a tower for you so you don't have to hold it” Albie then made a tower big enough for the ramp to rest on. What great thinking and also very considerate of you. Well done to you all, what superstars you are!

Just a reminder On Monday is world bee day so the children can come to nursery dressed in black and yellow. Also, next week is our Farm trip on Friday and all children who are going will need to be at nursery for 8.50am /9.00am so we can get ready to walk to the bus. A reminder letter will be sent on Monday. The children who are not attending this trip just a reminder nursery will be closed for this day. We also break up for half term on Friday 24th May too.

Another week of the Farm

This week we have continued with our learning from last week. We have been learning about another 4 animals that live on the farm. We also did some comparison between animals which live on a farm and animals which live in the wild.

We sang out number song 5 Little Speckled Frogs and also matched the correct number of farm animals to the numeral. The younger children had to listen carefully to the instructions given and put the correct number of animals in the farm. The older children were tasked with doing some basic addition sums using visual clues to help.

We also played a listening game with farm animals and the children had to identify the animals they could hear.

What a lovely week it has been for the weather so of course we have enjoyed lots of time outdoors making the most of it.

Our little rays of sunshine are Ruby-Rae Vickers as she did a great job with our number songs this week. She was able to quickly recognise and tell me how many frogs were left without counting. She was able to find the correct number to represent this amount. Joe Butterworth as he is growing in confidence each week and really impressed me when he was helper. He asked if he could read the story which he had chosen to his friends at home time. Joe retold the story word for word. Rosie Winter as she has impressed me while playing the guess the farm animal sound game. When given the choice of 2 animals, Rosie selected the correct animal. Carson Jackson as he is settling well into nursery and is trying very hard to follow our routines. He has been a superstar this week using our toilet too. River-Mae Conlon as she is beginning to grow in confidence and follow our daily routines with less adult support. She is able to come to nursery and find her own name card for self-registration then sit down on our carpet ready for group time. Finally, George Gibbon as he impressed with our farm animal sound game. He recognised some tricky sounds such as goose, donkey and rooster. George also did an amazing job when sorting the animals and told me lots of facts. Well done to you all, what superstars!

Just a reminder as the warmer weather is approaching to put sun cream on your children before attending nursery. Hopefully the lovely warm weather wil continue!

On the Farm

This week we have started our new topic 'On the farm'. We began the week by introducing some animals that live on a farm by singing the song 'Old McDonald had a farm'. We then had a bag of animals that the children had to sort into which animals live on a farm and which live in the sea.

We also played Kim's game which is a great memory game using the farm animals we had been learning about. The children had to look at the animals, then close their eyes and one animals was taken away and they had to guess which one.

In maths this week we have been singing our number song 5 little ducks as well as listening to instructions and putting the correct number of animals in the farm. Some of the older children have also been matching quantity to numeral as well as doing some addition sums with the animals. We have some very clever children in our nursery who have really blown us away this week.

Our little rays of sunshine this week are Henry Cavagin for doing some super maths work when we did the five little ducks' song. When we had one duck left, I asked if we had one more how many would we have and he was able to tell me that we would have “two”- amazing! Leo McManus as he has had a great start to our new topic. He told us that “the farmer plants corn”. He was also a superstar at sorting the animals and deciding if they lived on a farm or in the ocean. Sheldon-Lee Norman as he was such a great helper. He was able to follow the routine with only a little adult support. Harlie-Jane Irwin as she has been writing her own book at nursery. She told me “I wrote some words” and told me “I made a book about Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len” She then read her book and told me the story of how they were going to steal the fine prize cow and that “It's wrote by Julia Donaldson”. Coby Dent as he has been such a superstar at coming to nursery with no tears and at joining in with our daily routines. He loves being outside and was a great help at panting some peas this week. Finally, Jaxon Gibson as he has settled into nursery very well and is always happy to come inside and say hello to his friends. Well done to you all, what superstars!

Next week we will be continuing these activities but adapting them slightly for our fulltime children. Just a reminder our Farm trip has to be paid by Monday 13th May.

Also as the weather is hopefully starting to get better now please can you put sun cream on for the children who attend 15 hours before they come to nursery and the children who are in full days you will need to supply it and put it on before they arrive and then we will top it up at lunchtime if needed.

Have a lovely long weekend!

Another week of settling

This week has been another fun week for our children settling into nursery life. Many children are now getting used to our rules and routines and are conforming to them.

We have had lots of fun doing some enrichment activities in our key groups as well as enjoying lots of activities in provision and outdoors.

Our little rays of sunshine this week are Ezmai Barker as she has shown much more confidence this week when playing with her friends in the garden. Ronnie Lambert-Cousins as he has been such a caring friend and a big help at supporting our new friends in nursery. He has also been a superstar at using the toilet. Isaac Moore as he has impressed me with how well he has taken to full time nursery. He has become more confident and is now a chatty member of the group and it is lovely to see him joining in more at group time. Isla Maskell as she has been a superstar this week and is settling so well into nursery life. Chester Pearson as he has settled very well into nursery life and has come to nursery happy with smiles every day. Oskar Maddison as he independently used shapes to draw a shed and was able to confidently tell me what shapes he had used. Well done to you all, what superstars!

Next week we are going to start our farm topic and focus on what animals we might see at the farm.

Welcome

Welcome back to our returners who all returned really well after the Easter break and have been helping our new starters settle into nursery life!

Also a big welcome to our new friends and their families who have just started with us this week. Our new friends appear to have settled well and majority have been eager to explore the environment and see what Nursery has to offer.

Our little rays of sunshine this week are Noah Hutchinson as we are really impressed with him this week for venturing outside and having great fun exploring the garden. Nora Johnson as she has done a great job at coming to nursery all day and has tried very hard to eat all of her lunch. Nova Richards as she was a superstar when we played our matching shape game. George Gibbon as he has been such a kind friend this week. He has helped show his friends how to make a crown and has also helped the new starters showing them what to do. Finn Barnett as he has been an absolute superstar helping our new children to settle into nursery and being such a kind friend. Finally Cassian Dixon as he has adjusted well to the afternoon routine and has been a fantastic role model to our new friends. Well done to you all, what superstars!

Next week we will continue to have a settling in week for our new friends before starting our new topic of 'Our World'.

Easter week!

We started this week off with our Easter stay and play day. Parents were invited into nursery to see what their children get up to, chat to staff and we even had a little Easter fayre to raise some money for nursery. We raised a total of £153.23 as a few donations came in after the fayre which is amazing. Thank you once again for your continued support. This money will be spent on your children.

A special letter was sent to nursery from the Easter bunny which said he had hidden some eggs in nursery and the children had to find 1 each. After they searched high and low in nursery every child found an egg and we put them in a basket for the Easter bunny to collect. The children said a spell and covered the eggs over in the hope they would change into chocolate eggs. At the end of the session the children all returned together and magically the eggs turned into chocolate lollipops. Wow, what magic!!

We have also been practising our pencil control and completing some easter activities. We have been practising trying to stay in and on the lines. The children are getting much better at this.

Today has been our Easter egg competition and what an amazing turn out of eggs we had. It has been a very tough choice to find some winners but after a lot of deliberation here they are.

Morning children - 1st prize went to George Gibbon for his amazing teenage mutant ninja turtles and he was able to tell us so much about them. In 2nd place it was Nova Richards who did the game 'the floor is lava'. In 3rd Place it was Laila Trow who had decorated her eggs all by herself. Well done to you all!

Afternoon children - 1st prize was Talia Harrison for her ladybug. In 2nd place was Ivy Sanderson with Bluey. In 3rd place was Albie Howe with his design of Spiderman. Well done to you all.

Our little rays of sunshine this week are Leo McManus as he did a great job at matching the shapes on the dominoes and was able to name some of the shapes “circle, rectangle and triangle”. When he had finished he then asked me “are you using these?” when I said no he put all of the dominoes away. Archie Iceton as he has been helping get our garden ready to grow some plants. He has been helping Mrs Hammell dig the soil ready to put the seeds in. Lucy Leigh as she was very excited to go on the Easter egg hunt and was very proud when she found an egg. Lucy has also coped well without her best friend at nursery and has enjoyed spending time with her other friends. Elijah Hodkinson as he noticed that one of his friends were feeling sad and he asked if they would like to make a crown like his to try and cheer them up. Ronnie Lambert-Cousins as he was so kind when we had our Easter egg hunt. We all found a picture Easter egg which then magically turned into chocolate Easter lollipops with our special spell. After taking an Easter lollipop for himself he then suggested “all my friends have one too”. He then gave each child a lollipop “one for you, one for you”. He did such good sharing. Finally, Ada Spencer as she really impressed me when we carried out our pencil control activity this week. I put out some easy sheets and some harder ones and suggested to the children it was good to challenge themselves and have a go. Ada was the only one who picked it saying she wanted to challenge herself. Well done to you all, what superstars!

Hope you all have an amazing Easter holidays and see you on Monday 15th April. We also look forward to welcome some new friends on Tuesday 16th April too!