A Visit from Poppy the Guide Dog

Today, we had a visit from Ms Spray’s mum and her guide dog Poppy.  Poppy is 10 years old and helps Ms Spray’s mum to get about and do her jobs. She showed us how good Poppy was at following commands. We gave Poppy some snacks and we all got the opportunity to  stroke her.

Nottingham Children’s Book Awards

This week we had a visit from Charlotte. She read us three stories which have been shortlisted as the finalists. We then voted for our favourite book. Our favourite story was ‘This is Crab’. Leter in the session we drew our favourite part of the book.

 

 

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Forest School – 23rd November 2021

This week we explored the patterns of leaves. To do this we used wax crayons to make leaf rubbings and discuss the patterns they made on the paper. We then enjoyed shaking the leaves on the parachute! It took a while for us to shake all the leaves off.

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F1 and F2 Police Community Officer Visit

F1 and F2 had a very special visitor in class today,  Police Community Officer Lucy.  She spoke to the children about her job, reassuring them that if they need help the Police will keep you safe.  She also emphasised the importance of knowing the 999 number and their home address. We then went outside to find out about her police car.  The children loved trying on the hats and jackets, sitting in the police car, looking at the flashing lights and listening to the siren.  What an amazing day!  Don’t forget to wave next time you see a police officer in their car.

 

October Stay and Play

Parent’s joined the nursery for a Reading Stay and Play session. The parent’s were given strategies and ideas of how to encourage and develop children’s early reading, they then watched a modelled story session.  The rest of the session was spent with their children exploring the activities within the setting.

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Potato and bean salad

Last week the children harvested the potatoes and beans which they grew in the summer term of last year.  Today they worked together to make potato and bean salad.  The activity helped the children practise their chopping skills as well as promoting a conversation about safety in cooking.  The best part was tasting the potato salad!

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Edible Playgrounds

The school is working on a project called ‘Edible Playgrounds’. This means that over the year, all the children will take part in planting, growing and harvesting fruit and vegetables. They will then use the produce in a cooking activity.  Here are the nursery children harvesting runner beans, potatoes, tomatoes and blackberries.  The children will be using some of this produce to cook a potato and bean  salad.

Forest School

This week the EYFS children made beautiful mud paintings. They collected soil and explored mixing the soil with water to find a good texture to paint with. They then used it to create some fabulous pictures.

Forest School

Every Monday the children in F1 take part in Forest School sessions.  This week we heard the story of the ‘Very Busy Spider’ and how it spun it’s web.  We went on a spiderweb hunt around the school field and then worked together in groups to make our own webs. Some of the children even got caught in their own web!

 

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Fun in F1

It’s been a great week in nursery and with home learning. Thank you all who have attended the live sessions. It has been a learning curve for us all.

In the nursery we have been doing many activities. We have been looking at people who help us such as Doctors, Fire Fighters, Police Officers and more! Take a look and see who we are dressed as!

Our story we have shared is The 3 Little Pigs. We hope you have enjoyed the story online. In our construction area the children have built the little pigs houses!

We also explored the snowy weather, wrapping up warm in our hats, gloves and coats to make our very own snowman. Did any of you at home play out in the snow?

There have been lots of you who have attended our live sessions and it has been so good to keep in contact with so many of you and see your happy faces everyday. You are doing amazing. Thank you to the grown ups for the great support you are giving your children.

 

 

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