The Koala’s have had a very busy week this week. We have been learning about different rhyming words, we have read stories at small group time looking for rhyming words. We took part in a game where we splatted the words we thought that rhymed like cat and hat, house and mouse, three and tree. The children worked really hard sounding the words out and identifying words that they thought rhymed.

We also explored some new outdoor equipment and how to use it safely talking about what the items were called and how we could use them. Next the fun part trying them out some of the children worked together to play games with the objects while others showed how they could be individually used.

There has been lots of investigating going on outside and in forest school so this was extended to our tuff tray where we used magnifying glasses to identify some creepy crawlies hiding in the soil.

We finished our week making yummy pizzas which the children have been really looking forwards to doing. We talked about how we used the cutlery and what toppings we could put on top. The children loved eating them after Miss Storey cooked them in the oven.

Last week we were very lucky to invite our grown-ups in to share our nursery experience. Many of the children had their grown-ups come a long to play and join in with our wonderful routine. Everyone was so busy, and this was so lovely to see. We all had so much fun!

We have been so busy in the lodge exploring Easter activities. We have had yellow and green rice out with chicks, nests, bunnies and sheep in. We put out eggs too so we could make shakers and catch the chicks. In the home corner we have had our Easter party bags and plates and the children have enjoyed making eggs and collecting the shopping for each other.

We were so lucky that the Easter bunny visited us nearly everyday, leaving lots of eggs for the children to find. We took turns to collect the eggs and found each one had chocolate eggs inside.

It’s time for us to say bye to some of our friends who are moving up to the big nursery. We will miss them.

The children have noticed signs of spring in our nursery garden and Forest School.  At small group time, the children carefully used fine brushes coupled with green and yellow paint as they carried out their individual observational painting.  As they painted, we talked about the different parts of the daffodil – stem petals and trumpet.  We also discussed how to take care of flowers and plants to help them to grow.

This week we have been exploring pancake mixing. We used flour, sugar, water, lemon juice, jugs, bowls and different sized spoons to make the mixtures. The children explored measuring, mixing and emptying and filling.

Outside we took part in pancake races with our pans. The children ran really fast and cheered each other on.

The children came dressed in their favorite character costumes for World Book Day. it was amazing to see how wonderful everyone looked!

This week the Penguin Group have been experimenting with magnets, to investigate   which nursery objects were magnetic! This activity caused much excitement as the children talked about the different forces they could feel.  Following on from this the children showed lots of creativity as they used the magnetic shapes to build cars; dinosaurs; robots; trains; houses; elevators and diving boards!

This term in the lodge we have been very busy. We have welcomed some new friends and been developing relationships and sharing experiences. There has been lots of construction, using different resources and a big interest in mark making. This led us to water painting and block painting. The children have been exploring different ways of making marks in the environment, inside and outside.