OCTOBER 2023

With the wet weather we have been having a lot of this month the children have had some very wet playtimes outside. But that did not stop them thoroughly enjoying putting their all in ones and wellies on and going out splashing in the puddles. The children have enjoyed the different activities, especially Halloween. We had a dress up day and the children looked great in their Halloween outfits. The first group of the Really Wild Club have completed their course the second group have now started and are having lots of fun exploring the outside areas and having lots of activities using natural resources. 

Ducklings have enjoyed:
Halloween - Decorating biscuits,Pumpkin painting, Looking at pumpkin, water play with spiders 
Transport/cars - Car tracks in paint, Transport books, Sit and ride cars in the garden, Garages/ cars/transport, Digging in the sand 
Babies/role play kitchen - Teddy bears picnic, Cots and babies, Washing Babies babies Hand painting, Taking babies for a walk, Babies and accessories 
Messy play - Jelly, Sensory bags, Gloop with cereal, Shaving foam with paint

Rainbows got stuck into: 
Dinosaur tuff tray-dinosaurs, Dinosaur footprints-dinosaurs, Dinosaur swamp-dinosaurs, Car bag, Car colour match, Car salt tray, Fork painting mark making, Skittling fun and Halloween mark making 

and the Sunshine children had fun with:
Pumpkin patch craft, My friend and family craft, Can you make a skeleton tuff tray, Halloween biscuits, Making spiders craft, Funny bones craft, Fingerprint trees, My house craft, Role play shed vets, Making Rainbows craft, Peppa pig cutting and number recognition activity and Sunshine pumpkin.

SEPTEMBER 2023

September was a surpisingly warm and summery month and we have made the most of spending time outside. We also had new children joining us and they have settled very well into nursery life.

This month The Really WIld Club started. The concept was created by our staff member Wendy who runs the club for in the woodland part of the garden for 8 children during 6 weeks at a time. The aim is to  to enhance the childrens experience and encourage learning about nature.  They make dens, play nature related games, learn about wildlife, trees, plants, and insects, do crafts using natural resources, have stories and sing. Sometimes they definitely do get wet and muddy, but that’s all part of the fun!  The children have really loved exploring what nature has to offer and have gone home to enthusiastically tell their parents all about what they have been up to during the day.

Other activities this month have included:

Ducklings: Play dough with animals and rolling pins, Tents and tunnels, and balls, Water play finding nemo, and with glitter, Animals on shaving foam, and Painting with animal stamping.

Rainbows: Jellyfish paper plate decoration, Water shape sorting, Bean bag hoopla, Plasticine Caterpillar, Penguin handprints, Lion fork printing, Chalk painting, Dinosaur outdoor tray, Bigger digger, Superworm tray. 

Sunshines: Decorating biscuits , Safari tuff tray, Making kites and flying them , Car world play, Hide n seek numbers, Making a Bus craft, Brushing teeth tuff tray, Junk modelling - yellow submarine, piano, microphones and guitars, Making superheros craft, Barbie tuff tray designing dresses/suits, Role-play hairdressers, Dinosaur water play.

JUNE 2023

All the children have enjoyed the lovely hot weather we had at the beginning of the month. It was so hot that we had to invest in another couple of air conditioning units so now the rooms upstairs have much a nicer temperature during very hot weather. We invited all of our Duckling and Rainbow parents to nursery to join the children's Pirates and Princess afternoon tea. The children sang some lovely songs for their parents and then everyone tucked into afternoon tea.

This months activities included:

Ducklings enjoyed Sticking and gluing, Tin foil painting, Farm animals in jelly, Car painting, Chalking, Tuff tray, Making sensory bottles

Rainbows had a go at Stamp painting with different objects., Sensory animal tray and Outside water sensory tray

Sunshines have been busy with car painting, looking after my baby tuff tray, Friday feeling salt tuff tray, Fathers day crafts Role-play Kingsmead spa, Ice cream and number recognition tuff tray, Sunshine pictures, Beach tuff tray, Who am I display, The Tiger Who came to Tea tuff tray, My favourite ice-cream craft, Role-play shed was doctors surgery, Role-play camping

MAY 2023

This month we celebrated the King's Coronation with a party. The children met in the playground, which we had decorated with bunting, for a dance and an outdoor picnic tea. They all took home a certificate and a flag as a memory. The Sunshines have created a lovely cosy area for the children to relax, read stories and even have a little nap. The Rainbow room also had a little change around, giving the children more space to explore the different areas set up within the room. During pet week parents took time out of their day to bring in their animals for children to meet and to  talk to the children about their pets. This led on to us participating in the "Paw Patrol on a stroll" where the children went on various walks around the nursery grounds, and outside of the nursery, to help raise money for the Dogs Trust. ​We have currently raised £70.00 which goes towards Dogs Trust’s own mission – to make sure more dogs live happy, healthy lives.

Ducklings:
Potato printing, Car painting, Tuff tray with playdough and cereal, Water painting, Rolling trucks/diggers down the hill, Stacking cups and Duplo- building towers. 

Rainbows: 
Learning about space, using coffee filters and pipets to decorate the circles. Painting paper plates by using a paperclip and magnet moving paper clip and magnet around to create a painting. ordering the cars to the right colours.

Sunshines: 
Rocket names, Pet week-my pet drawing, Role-play shed - School, Hungry caterpillar display, Rainbow Fish craft, Friendship bracelets, Paw patrol masks-dogs trust, Teapot craft, Shaving foam painting, Planting-carrots, potatoes, runner beans and tomatoes, Revamped cosy corner andLife cycle of a butterfly experience.