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Jungle Animals

The Pre-school children have been learning about Jungle Animals. They researched some facts on the laptop and wrote them down on their own fact files. They also painted their own representation of each animal.

Jungle Animals

Warley Woods Trip

Think Tank

Getting Messy!

The children have had lots of fun getting messy and creative by painting on cling film! They used their gross motor skills to create a series of lines and circles.

Trip to the Sealife Centre

We had lots of fun travelling by bus to the Sealife Centre! Toddlers especially liked looking at the penguins and came back to nursery to create their own sea creatures.

Cooking Activities

Toddlers have really enjoyed taking part in various cooking activities. They have been exploring lots of different vegetables, practicing their cutting skills and making pizza/stew.

Big and Small

We have been learning about big and small using our interest in Dinosaurs. We used our hands to dig for Dinosaur bones in the sand and sorted them into different piles.

Toddler Tennis

The Toddler and Pre-school children join in with ‘Toddler Tennis’ on a Tuesday. They have lots of fun practicing their physical skills in line with the EYFS requirements.

Making Number Peg Spiders

Toddlers have been practicing their counting through their interest of Mini-beasts. They used pegs to develop their fine motor skills, putting them on to their spider and counting as they did this.

Cutting Vegetables

Toddlers enjoyed exploring different Salad items and vegetables and learning their names. They used knives to cut up Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Courgettes and Carrots.

Forest School

During Forest School the children had lots of fun having snack in their den, exploring nature and making their own leaf hedgehogs. They used natural resources to create their pictures.

Mark-making

The Pre-school children have been practicing their mark-making and writing skills. They created a ‘We love writing’ display.

Soft Play

We had lots of fun visiting a soft play area at ‘Rock Up’.

Making Mud Pies

During Forest School, we have had lots of fun getting muddy! We have been digging for worms and making mud pies with our friends.

Making Bird Food

The Toddler children have really enjoyed creating their own ‘Bird Food Balls’. They mixed together Lard, Oats and Raisins and then put them outside for the birds to eat.

Construction Tray

The children in Toddlers helped to make a construction tray, they added lots of different cereal and rice and role-played together with the diggers and tools.

Exploring Senses

The Toddler children have been exploring their different senses. To support this, they created their own ‘sensory gloves’ by filling up gloves with various different resources.

Autumn Walk

On our Autumn walk, we found lots of leaves and sticks. We also looked for birds in the trees!

Botanical Gardens

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Botanical Gardens

The children had lots of fun visiting Botanical Gardens. They explored in the leaves, enjoyed watching the birds and had lots of fun playing on the park.

Library Visit

The children really enjoyed visiting the Library. We read lots of different stories both individually and in small groups.

Stanleys Farm Shop

Toddlers loved going to Stanleys Farm Shop on the coach. They explored all the different fruits and vegetables and then took part in some cooking activities on their return to nursery.

Soft Play

Babies had lots of fun exploring the Soft Play.

Exploring the pond

The children had lots of fun exploring the pond. They used small nets to do some pond dipping. They put the different things in the pond trays to explore.

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Gruffalo hunt in the woods

Toddlers had lots of fun going on a ‘Gruffalo’ hunt in the woods. They explored the natural environment and also played in the park.

Visit to the park

Pre-school had lots of fun travelling by bus to go to the park. They collected lots of natural resources to use when they returned to nursery. They played in the park and even tried to catch a Squirrel!

Stanleys Farm Shop Trip

Stanleys Farm Shop

Toddlers loved going to Stanleys Farm Shop on the coach. They explored all the different fruits and vegetables and then took part in some cooking activities on their return to nursery.

Botanical Gardens

Babies went on a trip to Botanical Gardens, they had fun exploring the swings and looking at the birds.

Moving Outdoors

Toddlers had lots of fun exploring different ways of moving outdoors. They created an obstacle course and moved in different ways to get to the end of it.

Painting Pumpkins

Babies have been making marks by decorating their own little pumpkins! They used a paintbrush and paint to make their own marks on the pumpkin.

Soft Play

Our younger babies had lots of fun travelling on the bus to get to Soft Play. They climbed and explored the ball pits and had lots of fun!

Fairy Doors

Toddlers made some lovely fairy doors to go and place in the woods. They put them at the bottom of the trees and are looking forward to going back to visit their new fairy friends!

Walking

The younger babies have been practicing their walking using the walker toys.

Emotions

We have been exploring emotions and talking about what makes us feel certain ways. We used our gross motor skills to draw circles and imitate drawing our own faces.