Please remember that nursery will be closed on Friday the 27th of May. We therefore break up on the 26th. All schools have been given an additional day holiday to celebrate the Jubilee.
Some of our children are now recognising letter sounds in their names and very shortly will be moving into Reception class where they will take part in daily phonic lessons. We thought this link would be helpful for you to use at home when they are ready for this. It ensures that we are all using the same sounds which can stop children becoming confused in the future.
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!
I thought this following link would be useful for us all to read to ensure our children at Helen Gibson Nursery School stay safe whilst online or using ICT equipment.
https://help-for-early-years-providers.education.gov.uk/safeguarding-and-welfare/internet-safety
WB 25th April
This week in the Koala group we have enjoyed being back in forest school we investigated some of the small creatures in our outside area. Using the magnifying glasses, we found a big wasp on our hut. The children explored the mud kitchen making hot chocolates and mud cakes filling and emptying with the soil and water. Some of the children found worms in the sand pit watching as they wriggled around.
We used our skills to explore some measuring equipment and measured objects of different sizes comparing it to the story Goldilocks, using big medium and small.
To finish the week the Sunshine made an appearance and we enjoyed exploring outside, helping Mrs Wright to plant a raspberry plant and dig in our allotment.
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!
