Growing

 This week the children have been looking after the plants and making sure they have plenty of water and sunshine. We have been observing the changes but so far our herbs have not started to grow yet. We have discussed about the growth that takes place under the ground first before we can see it so the children have high expectations for what will eventually come to the surface. The children noticed that our cress which we planted 2 weeks ago is still growing. We have drawn some pictures of what it looks like.

We have been looking at shapes this week and the children have been identifying 2D and 3D shapes. They were able to identify the shapes and draw them in their books. Please can you get the children to look at shape in the environment this weekend and see what they can find. If they could draw some shapes and bring them into school we will be able to display them around the room.

We hope that you all have a fantastic long weekend and we will see you all on Tuesday.

Mrs Robinson:)

 This week in nursery we have been looking after the cress that we planted last week. We watered it daily and discussed the changes that we could see. On Friday we decided it was ready to eat so we made our own bread and we also made our own butter. The children really enjoyed shaking the milk and watching it turn into butter. I think the best part was eating it!. They were all eager to try the cress as they had watched it grow. We decided we would plant some herbs as we thought it would be good to use our senses to identify each herb through smell.

I am sure you have noticed just how dirty the children are at the end of the day. Apologies for that but I can assure you they are having an amazing time and are exploring and learning outside. Unfortunately it is very dusty at the moment as we have had no rain. I should be careful what I wish for!

Next week we will continue to nurture our plants and we will be recording what we see.

Have a great weekend

Mrs Robinson :) 

 Welcome back, it has been an exciting week in nursery with some new equipment arriving for our outdoor areas. The children have enjoyed using wheelbarrows to move logs around and create new areas to play. The weather has been a great help and Summer is definitely in the air. We have talked about all the things that are growing and changing around us. The children have looked at the blossom on the trees and we have planted some cress. Next week we will be making our own bread and  butter and we will make cress sandwiches. 

We have been talking about stories and have discussed what an author and an illustrator is. The children have created their own stories  and we have displayed them around the room. Please encourage your child to use their imaginations to tell stories. You can then scribe what they say which makes their stories come to life.

As the weather is changing, on the off chance that we get a hot day can you please make sure you apply sun cream in the morning as nursery is in a sheltered spot and it can become very hot.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson:)