Monthly Archives: June 2018
Ladybirds
This week in Ladybirds our theme of the week has been shapes. We have had masses of fun making shapes in cornflour play as well as jumbo shape mark making and lots more shape related fun activities. As always, we have had plenty of time outside exploring the garden and able to enjoy lovely sunshine this week! We have had water and ice play to keep nice and cool!
We are looking forward to our theme next week In & Out, Up & Over where we will be getting stuck into tents, tunnels and parachute fun!
Butterflies
This week in Butterflies we have been having different themed tuff trays everyday including beach theme, sea life, farms as well as a muddy digger tray! We have been focussing many of our activities driven by the children’s personal interests.
Next week we are looking forward to giving some time to exploring opposites like warm/ cold, soft/ hard and big/ small.
Bumblebees
This week in Bumblebees we have been exploring the story of the 3 Little Pigs and focussing our activities around this including re-enacting the story, gluing and sticking wolves and pigs as well as lots of messy play!
We will be discovering the story of The Bad Tempered Ladybird next week and using this to learn about our emotions and different behaviours.
Dragonflies
The letter of the week was O, number 14, colour dark blue and shape a pentagon.
This week in Dragonflies we have been looking at summertime and have really enjoyed making various creatures using paper plates and materials. The Dragonflies have also been getting messy and creative using different mark making materials like chalk and paints.
Next week we are looking at going on holiday, we have recently changed our role play area into a fabulous hotel!
Dear Parents/Carers
On Sunday 15th of July we will be going to Marwell zoo. We would love for parents and little ones to join us on a fun day out!
We will be meeting at main reception at 11am.
For directions and prices please check the Marwell Zoo website:
https://www.marwell.org.uk/zoo/
Looking forward to seeing you there…
Bell House Nursery Team
Ladybirds
This week we have had a fantastic Summer Fete themed week! Our bonny babies have enjoyed lucky dip with shredded paper, ice-cream play and egg and spoon balancing! We also got stuck into junk modelling and lots of mark making.
Next week is our Shape week and we will be doing lots of creative play exploring shapes as well as getting messy!
Butterflies
This week in Butterflies we have been looking at different textures as well as what happens when we put things in water, in cornflour, playdough and when we make marks. We have also been getting creative for our Father’s Day boards.
Next week we will be looking at colours and enjoying lots of colourful activities!
Bumblebees
In Bumblebees this week we have been exploring the story of Jack and the Beanstalk for our theme and have been incorporating lots of maths into our activities. Thank you to our parents for coming to our Father’s Day breakfast, we had a wonderful turnout and a great time!
Next week our theme is Three Little Pigs and we will also be talking about emotions and in what ways we can be kind to our friends.
Dragonflies
The letter of the week is G, number 13, colour dark green and shape is an oval.
This week we have been looking at summer and have been colouring pictures and using textured materials to make super seaside pictures. We have also been making papier-mâché dinosaur eggs as we very much enjoy playing with and talking about dinosaurs and they are an excellent example of our shape of the week!
It was so lovely to see so many fabulous fathers at our Father’s Day breakfast last Saturday!
A big thank you and Happy Father’s Day to all our delightful daddies and their families who came along to our Father’s Day Breakfast on Saturday!
We had a fab turnout and a wonderful time, we hope you did too…
The Bell House Team
Ladybirds
We have had lots of fun this week exploring natural resources! The Ladybirds have enjoyed creating leaf collages as well as stick painting. We have also loved played with fruit, vegetables and leafs in ice!
Next week is our Summer Fayre theme! We are excited about the activities we have planned including ice cream play, lucky dip sensory play and lots of summer related crafts.
Butterflies
This week in Butterflies we have been celebrating Father’s Day by making our daddies cards and making a lovely Daddy display board. We have also been looking at our family photos on our board and showing them to our friends.
Next week we will be focussing on numbers and colours exploring these through looking at our new books and singing songs around them.
Bumblebees
Our theme this week in Bumblebees was the book Giraffes Can’t Dance. The children really enjoyed making and creating items from the story. We also finished off our fabulous Father’s Day cards and presents.
Next week we will be exploring Jack and The Beanstalk. We are also looking forward to painting, counting activities, creative activities and much more.
Dragonflies
The letter of the week was D, number 12, colour light blue and shape crescent.
This week we have been continuing to explore summertime by colouring pictures and taking part in sensory seaside small world trays. We have also been looking at Father’s day and making special gifts for our daddies.
We are looking forward to seeing our wonderful little ones and their marvellous daddies at our Father’s Day breakfast at 10am on Saturday!
Come on by and enjoy a Father’s Day treat!
Ladybirds
This week has been our All Around The World week! The babies’ favourite activity of the week was definitely noodle play – using their fingers, hands and toes to explore, it was very messy!
Next week we will be having a natural sensory themed week! The Ladybirds will be having fun stick and leaf painting, exploring sensory trays and making collages.
Butterflies
This week in Butterflies we have been making the most of our role play area by having tea parties, playing doctors and vets as well as dressing and feeding the toy babies. We have also been focussing on animals by doing sea-life trays, dinosaur painting and making our own craft parrots!
Next week we will be beginning Father’s Day arts and crafts.
Bumblebees
This week in Bumblebees our focus theme has been dinosaurs which has been a lot of fun! We have made lovely drawings to take home to parents, made dinosaur footprints and even had a dinosaur theme treasure hunt. The Bumblebees have also began preparations for Father’s Day which will continue into next week along with our new theme… the story Giraffes Can’t Dance.
Dragonflies
The letter was M, number 11, colour brown and shape hexagon.
This week we have been getting messy using various materials in our activities. The Dragonflies especially enjoyed making and painting with our powder paints. We have also been talking about summer and making pictures of the beach as well as pretending the sandpit is the seaside!
Next week we will continue looking at summer (let’s hope the weather hold’s up!)