Autumn 2
As we retuned it was bonfire night, we watched and listened to some firework sounds and moved our bodies like fireworks. We used string of wool to create our own bonfire pictures. We listened to the sound that some of the fireworks made “Bang!” “Boom!”
Some of the children noticed that there were no bird feeders in the front garden and thought the birds would be hungry, so we made some of our own using lard and bird food. The children did great at rolling the fat balls in their hands and were very excited when we put the feeders outside.
Our Talk for writing text this half term is “Twinkle, Twinkle little star.” During our group times, we listened and looked up above the world so high. The children were able to comment on what they could see and hear. This developed their ability to discriminate sounds in the environment. The children took turns to bake some star biscuits. The children really enjoyed this and were able to take turns, rolling, mixing, the ingredients all together while talking about keeping our hands clean. The children made 4 biscuits each and discussed who they were going to share their biscuits with. During our maths group times we have been discussing the different sizes of stars we could see and sorting them into order or smallest to biggest.
We were all very excited when it snowed! We went out to play in the snow, exploring the different textures and made snow angels. We took out some warm water to see what would happen to some of the snow when it touched the warm water.
During Road safety week, we looked at some different road signs and matched them together. We discussed the different shapes, colours and the meaning of the symbols on them. We made our own traffic light playdough and played some listening games “Stop & go!”
The dentist came to visit us in REY and brought us some toothbrushes. They talked about some foods being healthy and unhealthy and showed us how to brush our teeth properly.
Outdoors we used some of the tarps and clips to build dens in the back garden. The children were able to hide under the tarp from the rain. The children have also been enjoying our new wooden den in the front garden.
Then the Christmas fun began! We put up our Christmas decorations and the children have enjoyed dressing up in some star, snowman & tree costumes. There has been lots of singing throughout the whole month of December as we practiced for our Christmas sing along. The children did great singing and we loved having our families in to be able to join in with this. The children have made some Christmas cards, calendars and explored with lots of glitter! As the children have bee enjoying baking and making, we made some Christmas pudding crispy cakes and reindeer marshmallows for the Christmas fayre.
We are happy to have met with parents recently too to discuss how wonderful our little learners have settled into REY and the great achievements they have made. We are looking forward to welcoming some new children in January.
It has been a very busy half term with lots of fun packed in!
We hope all our families have a wonderful Christmas together and a Happy New Year to you all. See you in 2025!
Autumn 1
We have had a great and very busy start to the year. We have welcomed our new children into our setting and they are making great progress. The children are now settled and engaged in their learning.
We started our year by settling back into our new playroom as over the summer, the room has been made bigger. The children have responded really well to our bigger playroom and love all the new calm areas. We have been promoting “Choose it, use it, put it away” when it comes to tidying up and this as been working well.
We were reintroduced to our routines and welcomed some new friends into our nursery. We began to build friendships, learning new friends names. Our children have been learning the rules of the room and helping each others to follow these to keep us safe. We had a look at some photos of our families and what each other had been doing in the summer holidays. This was great to see and sparked conversations.
As part of self registration at the beginning of the sessions, the children select their own name card and move to our feelings board. Currently the children can choose from happy or sad. We have been talking about what may make us feel happy and what makes us feel sad throughout the sessions.
In the front garden and around the school grounds, we have been recognising the different colours of the leaves on the trees. We found some leaves on the ground and matched the leaves to the colour hoop.
We went on a walk to Barker’s Park, had a walk around the woods, gathered some different size sticks. We looked at the different colours in the leaves then had a play at the park. The children walked really well and had great listening ears!
Our returning children have been involved in Tiny Talkers group, which will run throughout the year. The children involved in these groups are making progress during the small groups with their communication and language skills through games and songs in a quieter space.
It has been lovely to get to know our new friends this half term and see the progress our little learners are making already. We will be having progress meetings with parents at the beginning on next half term. Dates are to be confirmed.
We hope everyone has a great October break!
