We are so proud of all our Nursery children who are getting so good at sharing the resources and activities with their friends.
Some of the younger children are just settling in and the older ones are looking after them so well.
As the older children develop their friendships they can talk through their pretend play scenarios, negotiate with the others when they have to share ideas or toys, and help them extend the narrative of the play story.
We had lots of celebrations this week, including red, white and blue activities in Nursery to help us remember those who have helped to keep us safe during the World wars.
We talked about what colour our British flag is and had a go at making our own; there were lots of Union flags around school and Nursery so we had lots of clues to help us.
Our snack was even made up of red, white and blue fruits; it looked very colourful and was very tasty.
Every day we have many heuristic play opportunities at Nursery.
Heuristic play is a type of open-ended play where children interact with everyday objects to explore and learn about their properties; it gives them a chance to explore and discover things for themselves without specific instructions or limitations.
Heuristic play encourages sensory exploration and discovery, allowing children to learn through trial and error as they manipulate and interact with objects in a safe and supported environment.
Heuristic play uses everyday items like boxes, containers, utensils and other natural materials, promoting sensory development and building key motor skills. They learn how try other strategies if their idea didn't work, building learning links and problem solving skills.
This week and next we are welcoming new children to our Nursery family so everyone is busy helping them settle without their grown up, helping them to get used to a new environment and starting to making new friends.
Our new story for this half term is 'We're going on a lion hunt'!
We are secretly hoping that we don't find a lion, but you never know!
We'll be looking at the journey that the children take and the animals that they meet on the way as they hunt for a lion.
This book has a similar layout to another well known story; do you know what it is?
We would like to wish everyone a very happy Easter - as the holidays are now upon us we would like to thank you for all of your continued support.
We hope you all have a chance to enjoy the better weather and some eggciting activities!
Don't forget to post some photos onto Tapestry!
We have been thoroughly enjoying the spring sunshine and being able to open the doors and venture outside without wellies and waterproofs!
For a change we got out all of the bikes, trikes, scooters and push along toys.
The children enjoyed a different type of play and were developing a different range of skills and muscle toning as they played.
The children were eager to take up books to share at St Anne's this week.
We took a selection of favourite traditional tales, and some newer books that we hadn't read before.
The Grannies loved sharing the stories with the children and they loved it, too.
We have had a lot of celebrations this week: Pancake day, St Piran's Day and World Book Day, but our favourite is always Pancake day as we love to eat pancakes!
Ruth managed to toss them all carefully without dropping any and then we ate them for snack along with some fruit.
There was a choice of lemon and sugar, or syrup; which is your favourite?
For our Nursery visit to St Anne's this week we took our new story to share with them.
Our story is 'Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?' - the children enjoyed sharing it with the Grannies and the Grannies were happy to help with our activity of colouring some pictures of the characters from the story.
We even found a song version on Youtube which we sang along to.
The children always enjoy their special treat of a biscuit and drink at St Anne's and love going to visit them.
As we delve into our new story we shall be looking at the different animals, the colour of their fur, feathers or skin; the habitats that the animals live in and where we would see these animals ourselves.
We will also be learning about our senses and exploring how we use them.
Acting out our special story.
The role play kitchen was turned into the 3 bears cottage so that the children could act out the story.
We also tasted porridge for snack; most of the children enjoyed their porridge! Some chose to have it plain whilst others opted to have honey on it.
I wonder how the 3 bears had theirs?
It was a great way to end our half term looking at the traditional tale of 'Goldilocks and the 3 bears'.
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