Monthly Archives: February 2016
Ladybirds
This week we have been getting creative making alphabet letters with our (the babies!) feet – we have hung them from the ceiling in a lovely eye catching display that the little ones love!
Next week we will be continuing making our delightful Mother’s Day cards and presents and having lots of the usual sensory fun!
Butterflies
It is has been a particularly delicious week here in Butterflies! We have been busy making yummy chocolate cornflake cakes – the children have loved the whole process and of course the end result! We absolutely loved our Princess and Heroes day on Wednesday and, as well as dressing up, made superheroes and princesses with our feet!
We will be carrying on the creative Mother’s Day fun next week making some lovely cards for our mummies.
Bumblebees
A big focus for Bumblebees this week has been creating our Mother’s Day cards and gifts – they are very cute and full of love! We also had a visit from Katie Sparkles where we enjoyed sensory sounds – popping bubble wrap was the children’s favourite! With Hannah as our lead chef we also made some delicious chocolate star biscuits.
We are really looking forward to next week and making our own wonderful water rainbow! We will also be putting the final touches to our Mother’s Day creations and can’t wait to hand them out to our mummies.
Dragonflies
This week we have had lots of fun making panpipes, some delicious gingerbread men and also some Mother’s Day goodies! We’ve had lots of focus on exploring numbers and phonics as well as getting creative with spray bottle painting and LOTS of playdough fun! The Dragonflies have also enjoyed experimenting with different textures including foam, glitter, rice and oats.
Next week the letter of the week is W and the number 20. The shape of the week is crescent and the colour will be green! We will also be having some fun exploring the math and occupation game on the interactive smartboard and making some fantastic textured pictures. We will be examining shells with magnifying glasses and having lots of messy fun paint flicking!! The children will be getting involved in the kitchen making jam tarts and we will also be doing some fruit painting and junk modelling.
NB: It would be really helpful if parents can please bring in any empty boxes, yogurt pots, plastic bottles, kitchen towel rolls, egg boxes etc for our junk modelling. Thank you.
In other news…
It is World Book Day on Thursday (3rd March) so please bring in your favourite book for some literary fun!! We will also be introducing our parents books swap initiative as well as giving all the children a £1 book token. We will also have a visit from some extraordinary characters (an old lady, an alien and a jungle animal!) who will read some special stories to the children.
From the moment we opened at 7.30 yesterday morning we had a steady stream of magnificent heroes and beautiful princesses trot through the door! Our little Batman, Ironman, Robin Hood and stunning princesses (to name just a few) were joined by (among some fantastic others) Clark Kent (aka Paul), Supergirl (aka Charlotte), Spiderman (aka Alice) and Princess Jasmine (aka Molly)!!! However, the prize for combining both hero and princess goes to Tracy whose handmade Superhero Princess dress was a total triumph – excellent effort Tracy!! We hope you get some further wear out of it! To all those who dressed up and all those who donated, we thank you so much and are delighted to announce that we raised a fantastic £118.61 for Crackerjacks Children Trust!!! Well done and what a wonderful achievement!
We recently sent out our latest Spring 2016 Newsletter, to view a copy online visit the Useful Info page on the website.
Just a reminder that we are holding a Princess and Heroes Day on Wednesday (24th Feb) in aid of Crackerjacks Children’s’ Trust. We will be having lots of Princess and Superhero fun and activities and ask that each child donates £2 for the Crackerjacks charity to help children with severe disabilities. The team will be dressing up!!!
To find out more about the wonderful work of Crackerjacks visit www.crackerjacks.org.uk
Ladybirds
We have had lots of fun with sensory play this week in Ladybirds!! From squishy pasta play to bubbly slimy soap play to amazing cloud dough! The babies have loved the different textures and sensations
We will be making Mother’s day cards and presents next week as well as our own sensory bags. We will also be having lots of fun at the Hero and Princess party on Wednesday!
Butterflies
This week has been a creative one in Butterflies! The children have been doing some superb spaghetti painting and also leaf painting and we have begun to create our new display boards with them!
Next week we are beginning our Mother’s Day cards and presents as well as creating a jungle animal theme to decorate the nursery room! We also can’t wait for our Princess and Heroes Day on Wednesday.
Bumblebees
It has been very active in Bumblebees this week! We have been doing a lot of music and movement and there has been some very impressive dancing by the children!
We will be starting on our Mother’s Day Cards and Presents as well as making and decorating daffodils for St David’s Day. We will also be doing some appropriate Princess and Heroes activities on Wednesday!
Dragonflies
This week the Dragonflies have made some delicious cheese and marmite pastry pinwheels as well as planting chives in the garden! The have continued their science experiments with sinking and floating and an ice melting experience. We have also been getting creative with spray paint in the garden and making Gruffalo masks, pasta necklaces and shaving foam painting!
The letter of the week next week is J and the number is 19. The colour is red and the shape of the week is the hexagon.We will be making some gingerbread men and the children will be encouraged to cut their own fruit at snack time. We will be making paper mache moons and also making and brushing teeth! We will be making fire pictures for the Fire Station, making panpines, rice drums and telescopes and also will be going on a bug hunt! Mother’s Day card creating starts next week as does our St David’s Day pictures and we will have some Friday fun with party games!
In other news…
We are holding a Princess and Heroes Day on Wednesday (24th Feb) in aid of Crackerjacks Children’s’ Trust. We will be having lots of Princess and Superhero fun and activities and ask that each child donates £2 for the Crackerjacks charity to help children with severe disabilities. To find out more about the wonderful work of Crackerjacks visit www.crackerjacks.org.uk
Sorry we missed it but apparently yesterday was Random Act of Kindness Day (although we suspect this was mainly in America) and we thought this was such a lovely notion it was worth a shout out on here (albeit a day late!) Involving the children in learning about what it is to be kind is a key focus every day here at Bell House.
(picture courtesy of gajizmo.com)
Ladybirds
We have had so much fun this week making our valentines cards and hearts – a really creative and rewarding week! We hope the mummies and daddies enjoy our labours of love! We have also had masses of messy play jelly fun this week too!
Next week we will be having fun exploring soft play and getting creative again painting lovely ladybirds.
Butterflies
We too have been having Valentine fun this week in Butterflies creating our Valentine’s cards and cooking delicious heart biscuits! We have also had lots of stimulating sensory play with foam, quick sand and moon sand – such enjoyment!
The focus for next week will be creating our Spring artwork and a suspected highlight will also be Crispie Cake cooking! We can’t wait!
Bumblebees
Valentine’s fun continued in Bumblebees this week as we finished off our Valentine hearts. We also had lots of fun with colour recognition by mixing paint as well as the joy of pancake painting on Tuesday!
We are really looking forward to making music next week and getting thoroughly involved in some dancing and movement. We will also be making delicious and nutritious fruit kebabs. Yummy….
Dragonflies
Our pre-schoolers have had a wonderfully varied week conducting floating and sinking experiments as well as exploring skeletons and making Chinese drums. We have also had lots of fun making Valentine’s cards, drawing pictures of our families and cooking pizzas, pancakes and biscuits!
Next week our science experiments continue with an exploration of dissolving and we will also be having fun finding hidden animals in jelly! We are looking forward to making some tasty marmite and cheese spin wheels as well as planting some chives. Vegetable printing, making paper aeroplanes and having a role play tea party are also on the agenda. Friday families – we will be having a PE lesson on this day so please bring in a suitable PE kit for your child to wear (can be anything comfortable you’re happy for them to wear for sports)
In other news…
Just a reminder that it is half term next week (15th – 19th Feb) so if you are term-time only please don’t bring your child to nursery.