I have been really impressed with how well the Nursery children have adapted to school life. They are now coming in confidently, waving goodbye to their parents and then getting on with being busy!
The children are accessing all the resources and asking for help when they need it. It has been lovely to see friendships developing and lots of children being kind and caring.
Here are a few of the things we have been busy doing:
Category Archives: Nursery
First week in Nursery
The new Nursery children have made an amazing start at St Clements. It has been a pleasure to start to get to know them and see them playing confidently in all areas of EYFS.
Chicks
This week we found out more about how to look after the chicks. We learned that chicks are greedy so you must not feed them too much! They need fresh water everyday. The brooder also needs to be cleaned. Mrs Grant showed us how to clean it then we all had a chance to stroke the chicks. We were all very gentle, they felt so soft!
Chicks in EYFS
On Monday the children in Nursery and Reception arrived at school to find some eggs had been delivered. They were in a special machine called an incubator. These were not eggs to eat, they were going to hatch!
The children watched in anticipation for signs of the eggs moving or cracking. On Wednesday morning we arrived to see that four chicks had hatched. The next day four more had joined them. We then moved the chicks into the brooder box. It has a light bulb in it to keep the chicks warm.
Sand in the sand pit and sand in our toes!
Over the half term holiday we had a delivery of a huge bag of sand. Some of it has been put in to our outdoor sandpit. This week we have been exploring how the sand feels, building sandcastles, practising turn taking, talking to our friends, digging for treasure, using our imaginations and practising putting our shoes and socks on. Few, what a busy week!
“I found some treasure!”
“it feels cold”
Thank you from EYFS
Nursery and Reception would like to say a big thank you to Mr Ricketts and Mr Coley for our new sand and gravel areas in our outdoor environment. The children have really enjoyed exploring these new areas. Lots of imaginative play, communication and language skills, and problem solving have been shown through the children playing and exploring.
Take a look at some of the photos:
Busy three days!
Well our first week back has been busy, we have crammed a lot in to three days.
In our growing areas lots had changed in a week. We were pleased to see some of the strawberries were ready to pick, they tasted delicious. The carrots are getting bigger, we pulled out some to give the others more room to grow.
Inside some children wanted to make batman masks. Mrs Grant showed us how to draw around a template then we cut them out. Then we had to use the hole punch to make holes and thread some wool through to tie it around our head.
Some children built some super models using the duplo. When we had finished we wrote our names on a post it note so that everyone knew who had made them.
We are looking forward to more fun and learning next week!
Supertato to the rescue!
Nursery really love the story Supertato by Sue Hendra.
The children created some great art work of Supertato.
We are looking forward to reading other books by Sue Hendra.
Growing
All the children seem to have grown during the Easter Holiday but its not just the children!
Our growing area is thriving. This week we thinned out the radishes. Some of us tasted the small radishes.
“the water is making them grow”
Carrot seedlings
The carrot seedlings are showing, we are looking forward to tasting them too.
Indoors our tomato plants are doing well. We measured them with cubes to see how tall they are.
One of the plants is 21 cubes high.
Strawberry plant
We also have some beetroot starting to grow and Mrs Grant brought in some strawberry plants from her garden.
Mrs Ali planted some broad beans with the children.
Learning in the Mud Kitchen
We have a mud kitchen outside that is very popular with the children. When they are playing in the mud kitchen they are learning a range of skills.
Learning to be independent and put waterproofs on ourselves.
Practising writing on the menu board.
Developing gross motor skills in preparation for writing.
The open-ended nature of mud encourages creative thinking and allows children to freely create without fear of making mistakes.
Practising social skills such as cooperation, negotiation, communication, and sharing as they work together.
Maths and science skills are practised as children make before and after comparisons, solve problems, test theories, and measure and count ingredients for their mud pies.
Playing in the mud inspires children to feel a connection to nature and develop an appreciation for the environment
“But maybe the greatest benefit of mud play is the memories being created by the children. Mud play and the wonder and joy associated with it are the stuff that fabulous childhood memories are made of!”
(Some information from Mud Marvellous Mud by Michelle Rupiper)