Over the weekend we have had someone in our Nursery! But theyāve not been playing kindlyā¦. Just look at what they have doneā¦..I wonder if anyone can guess who it might be?
Theyāve broken our dollyās bedā¦.
Theyāve had a snack and left their dirty pots laying aroundā¦..
Andā¦ā¦ Theyāve broken our babyās chair!! That is most unkind. If anyone has any information, please let us knowā¦ They mustāve dropped thisā¦.
Kindest Regards, The Nursery Children, Mrs Winkley, Mrs Mortimer, Miss Kitching and Miss Gill. Xxx
Nursery have been working hard to resolve social conflicts this last week, as part of our first case study āHow can the Goats and the Troll be friends?ā This is within our new expedition āOnce upon a timeā and working towards answering our guiding question āWho is hiding in the pages of this book?ā
Nursery have listened to the traditional tale of āThe Three Billy Goats Gruffā and an alternative version of the story āThe Three Billy Goats Fluffā by Rachael Mortimer. They have thought hard about the issues of both key characters; in that the Goats would like to eat the juicy, green, lush grass, but unfortunately they have to trip, trap across the bridge to reach it which in turns wakes up the Troll, who is desperate for some sleep, peace and quiet. Mummy Goat made the Billy Goats booties in the alternative story, but we wondered what if you insulated the bridge? So we have tried hard to make a quiet bridge for the Troll to live under using a variety of insulating materials. We tested baking paper, tinfoil, felt and bubble wrap. Hereās how we got onā¦ā¦
Some of the language and ideas expressed throughout this problem solving was amazing! The children said āthe troll is grumpy because he is tiredā, āthe troll is frustrated because he wants to sleepā, ātrip trap, trip trap keeps waking him up, because itās noisy on the bridgeā, āThe goats need to be kind and go quieterā. The children spoke in depth about the materials, carefully using their senses to investigate them, some of the words used were; āShinyā, āCrunchyā, āCrinklyā, āRattlyā, āSoftā, āFluffyā, āFurryā, āBubblesā, āPoppingā, āToo loudā, āQuietā, āSilentā and ānoisyā.
What beautiful work Nursery – most children either came to the conclusion that the felt was the āquietestā or āsoftestā material or that the paper and tin foil were ātoo loudā or ānoisyā. Some of the children thought about folding materials into layers to make the bridge even softer and one child thought about using the soft toy troll as a material, as he thought the felt was āstill too noisy and the troll is bouncierā. Great experimenting!
Nursery have been working hard over the past couple of weeks to fasten their own zips on their coats. At first, the couple of children who could already do this, helped their crew mates to practise. Then more and more children rose in confidence to have a go and resiliency to keep on trying! Well Done Nursery, we now have a long list of children who can do this all by themselves!
To begin our spring term expedition Nursery have become Nursery Rhyme Detectives! Our task this week has been to find new clues each day to work out which Nursery Rhyme we are exploring that day. The children have searched high and low for clues and used their existing and new knowledge of Nursery Rhymes to work out which props fit with which Nursery Rhyme. Here are some of the props Nursery have found so farā¦.
Also to immerse ourselves in our new expedition, Nursery have been working collaboratively to create artwork of large scale images of Nursery Rhyme characters and iconic objects. There have also been a couple of rather large mice around the Nursery Building!
Today Nursery hosted their very first Celebration of Learning to draw our expedition to a close of āWhat do stories tell us about Autumn?ā Both Morning and Afternoon Nursery shared their learning through a series of photo slides and interaction. They sang songs to their parents and then added decorative touches to complete the final product with their parents, making the whole project a community affair. Our Bird Boxes look beautiful and are now ready to go their new homes. The children also shared their learning journeys, show casing all of their beautiful work so far! Well Done Nursery you did a great job!
Nursery have been celebrating and supporting Children in Need today. The children watched a short video about Children in Need and the causes which the charity raise money to support. The children learned that the causes are sick and poorly children, children who canāt afford to go to schools in other countries, children in need of extra emotional support and families who are really struggling financially. We have helped the cause by ālending a helping handā and donating a pound. We celebrated with themed activities and the joy of being able to come to school.
Nursery this morning have been sharing their love of reading by talking about books that they like to read. Crew Leaders have routinely modelled how to hold a book correctly, highlighted key features of the book including the title, blurb, pictures and words. The Children responded by sharing with their Crew what they think the words tell us? āWords tell thingsā, āA storyā and āfactsā. We all took time out to enjoy our own stories or share one with a friend. To close the session we finished with our daily nursery rhyme.
To raise awareness of Anti-bullying Week and to highlight how we are special and unique, Nursery took part Odd Sockās Day! We all wore our bright and wonderfully different socks to school and talked about their patterns and pictures as part of our Monday Crew. Beautiful work to support and Be Kind to one another.
Nursery have been taking part in Maths Week England. Starting with todays challenge of making Triangular Art. Each child decorated their own triangle, thinking about the shape of a triangle; how many sides it has, how many points it has and that it is a 2d flat shape. The children did careful counting to three to check these key features.
Our second stage of the challenge was to make larger trianglesā¦ I wonder how many of our small triangles will we need? The children had a go at arranging the shapes to make a triangle. I then modelled, if we use three, we can make a larger triangle. The children followed instructions and copied to help make a larger piece of floor art.
Can you guess what we have created using triangles?
Great work Nursery, you have been Exploring Elephants, Persevering Parrots and Challenge Chipmunks today! Bring on the next challenge.
