Life Cycles

 I am sorry I have not been around this week as I have been isolating but I will be back in the setting on the 27th. I have been keeping tracks on what the children have been doing and it sounds like they have had a great week. Our caterpillars are now big and are beginning to build their cocoons. The children are very excited about this and are looking forward to the next stage in the cycle. They have been sequencing the life cycle of the butterfly and have produced some great work. Miss Chandlers has displayed this in the room so that the children can see what they have made. We have also had a delivery of frogs spawn which we are going to be observing over the next couple of weeks. The nursery is full of excitement with new life emerging all around us.

 I hope you all have a good weekend. 

Pleas email me if you have any queries or concerns.

crobinson@littleheath.herts.sch.uk 

Our hungry caterpillars

 This week we have our own hungry caterpillars that we are looking after. The children have been monitoring their growth and movements daily. They are  aware of the lifecycle of the butterfly and  have enjoyed making stories and pictures, making sure that they sequenced the cycle correctly. We look forward to seeing their progress and sharing some photos with you along the way.

The children used magnifying glasses to look closely at the caterpillars.

This week we have also been looking at flowers and we have used our observational skills to draw what we could see.

The children used lots of different resources to represent the Camellia flowers.

Below is a link to a survey that our school is taking part in. The older children are completing the survey in school but we feel that the younger children will need their parents support to  answer the questions. Please could you spend some time completing this survey this weekend.

 Last month launched the largest survey ever of children in England, “The Big Ask”. The views and experiences children share with us through “The Big Ask” will help us to shape our forthcoming Childhood Commission, which will set out plans for how we make sure children are at the heart of rebuilding after the pandemic.

 

I am very pleased to say that hundreds of schools have taken part and that thousands of children across the country have already completed the survey. I am particularly keen to hear from more primary school children and would be very grateful if you could encourage as many of your students to take part as possible at thebigask.uk.

REMINDERS

Please can you make sure that your child does not come to school in nail polish and also no earings should be worn. Please speak to me if you have any queries about this.

Next week is walk to school week and we would encourage you all to try and get the children to walk, scoot or cycle to school. 

Have a great weekend.

Regards

Mrs Robinson:)

THE WINDY DAY

 What a change to the weather this week. We started the week with a very windy day and a mystery that the children needed to investigate. OUR TENT WAS MISSING!

The children noticed on Tuesday morning that the tent had disappeared. We decided to find out what had happened and made a list of where they thought it might be. Zac thought the tent had gone to the seaside and Leo thought it had gone to Australia. Olivia said that the wind had blown it to Gobians Forest. We decided to go for a walk around the grounds to see if we could find it.

The children looked down the road but could not see it.

They searched around the football pitch but still it could not be found.

Suddenly they noticed something blue flapping in the wind.

Miss Chandler untied it from the fence. The wind was very strong.

It blew all the children over, even Miss Chandler. We were all very happy that we had found our tent.

This was such an exciting day with so many learning opportunities. The children were completely absorbed in the excitement. In Early Years we always try to plan activities around the children's interests. When something so simple as a windy day arrives we all get very excited.

This allowed us to create stories, paintings, drawing and most of all it allowed the children to think creatively and problem solve. 

We used a story map to sequence the events of the day and this encouraged the children to start writing and coming up with their own ideas.

 I wonder what the weather will bring us next week????????

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson

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:)