Sports Day

FS1 took part in this years sports day, competing in the 50m sprint, the potato race and the relay.

It was a fantastic afternoon and all the children did brilliantly. We'll done everyone. :-)) 

Bye bye butterflies

Today we released five healthy butterflies in our garden. We have seen the transformation from caterpillar to pupa to butterfly over the past four weeks.

Keep a look out in your garden, you might just see them.

  

Busy bees outdoors

Today the children chose to spend most of their time outdoors. These are some of the activities they chose to do in the sunshine. They were all "Busy Bees."

 

                                 

This weeks Finger Gym challenge

This week the children will be threading the beads to help them develop their pincer grip.

                                        

     

                   

                                                     

Car Wash

 Outside this week we have set up a Car Wash. The children have had so much fun although there has been a lot of soggy shoes. All our bikes, cars and scooters are now sparkling clean.

                                     

                                                       

 

Caterpillars to Butterflies

                                    

The children will be experiencing the Life Cycle of a Butterfly over the next few weeks. Our tiny caterpillars have now grown and started to change into cocoons. We will be observing them carefully. In 14 sleeps something amazing will happen. Do you know what?

The children have been recording the life cycle through art. Their work will be in their profiles soon.

                                                 

              

Toddler Toddle

Our annual sponsored Toddler Toddle was a great success again this year. We had lots of support from family and friends. All the money raised will be spent on the children. 

Thank you to everyone who joined us, it was great to see so many.

                                    

World Cup Fever!

Its here, football fever has arrived in FS1 in preparation  for the World Cup this week.

As well as being great fun, it brought out the competitiveness in both children and staff!

One score was England 4 - 5 Wales. Guess which teacher was smiling the most?

                            

Our new water station

The children absolutely love water play so this week we introduced a 'Water Station' which was made by a Winstanley family team effort! It went down a treat with the children. They tested their pouring skills and watched how the water travelled along the tubes then into the tubs. Most of the children were skillful at pouring but some did end up with soggy feet!

  

Finger Gym

We have dedicated an area in nursery as a permanent 'Finger Gym."

There are different activities each week for the children to try that will help them develop their fine motor control. This is an important stage in their physical development which will aid their writing skills.

This week we have been making patterns using the beads. They are very tricky to pick up but great for creating a good pincer grip. Watch out for more fun activities!

                                 

Our chick display

Our chicks have now gone to live on the farm. We was very successful in hatching 7 roosters and 1 hen.

Having the 'Living Egg' project inspired lots of learning opportunities. We learnt all about the life cycle of a hen then produced some amazing work. This is now displayed where our Baby Clinic was. Do you like it?

Water Fun!

What a lovely sunny morning, so whilst our newly hatched chicks were sleeping we enjoyed the weather with lots of water fun outside.

We were pouring, spraying (sometimes each other!), writing then watching it evaporate and experimenting how water travels. It was one of those wonderful days at nursery.

Our latest arrival @ 9.45am

The children have just witnessed an amazing thing, a baby chick hatching.

Keep posted!

The chicks have hatched!

I came in this morning to find that four chicks have hatched. I can see pips in more eggs so keep watching today for more arrivals.

Mrs W. :-))

Baby clinic

This term our theme is 'Changes' In this theme we will be exploring how things grow and change. We already have the tadpoles that we are observing. Next week our chick hatching project is arriving and the children will be able to observe chicks hatching. After that the butterfly project will start and we will be observing caterpillar's metamorphosis.

The baby clinic focuses our conversation on how we grow. It's an exciting term, keep watching!

Happy gardeners

We've loved our first week back in school. Mrs Winstanley has organised some sunflower planting. The children will be observing them carefully as they grow and change.

"Changes" is the name of this term's theme and during the term we will enjoying many 'changes', including following the development of the tadpoles then watching chicks hatch and grow, then observing the life cycle of the butterfly. We have lots of exciting experiences planned.

Finger painting

The children love this tactile and creative activity. They can work individually or mirror a child working on the other side of the frame.

Reading buddies

We're using soft toys as "reading buddies" in the outside classroom. The children choose a buddy and a book, and enjoy a story together.

We had a visit from the donkey sanctuary.

Our tadpoles are growing !

The children have been observing the development of the tadpoles very closely this week, and recording what they see. We will be keeping the tadpoles until after the Easter holidays so that the children can observe their change into froglets. We'll return them back to the school pond at that stage as they will need live food then.

Flubber Fun.

Flubber was fascinating to make. It changed dramatically as each ingredient was added. perfect for our 'comparisons' topic. It was a very new tactile experience for everyone !

 

Writing in FS!

This week we are finding out about all the different ways that we can write. There are opportunities to write both inside and outside. The children are progressing all the time!

WORLD BOOK DAY

What a fab day we've had! Thank you all for making the day so enjoyable with your childrens' brilliant costumes and the books for the book swap.

FINGER GYM

We are carrying on with activities that strengthen children's fingers. This is to help children that are developing good pencil grips and it will help with their writing skills. Look at some of the ideas, they can be good fun at home too!

Spring Term Fun