Ladybirds
This week we have had lots of fun during our Harvest Festival week. The children have been painting with various root vegetables and we had a lovely early Autumn walk to our local fruit and veg shop where we brought lots of food for the Harvest Festival Celebration. We also brought some bright Sunflowers to make the Harvest Festival display look cheerful.
Next week is bug week and we will be looking at mini beasts in and around the garden. We will be making bug jelly and lots of beastie activities!
Butterflies
This week we have been focussing on getting really messy making Autumn collages, pine cone painting, decorating our own leaves and being generally Autumny. We have also been getting stuck into lots of messy sensory play such as jelly, angel delight, and rainbow cornflour play. Next week we will be exploring more Autumn colours and wrapping up in the colder weather!
Bumblebees
Letter:C
Number: 7
Colour: Purple
Shape: Circle
This week we have been looking at Autumn and especially our Harvest Festival Ceremony at our local church. Our older Bumblebee pre-schoolers performed their songs to the Parents and families and did so well using their big voices in the church. Our little Bumblebees made a Harvest tree using their hands and fingers to make the different coloured leaves. Science experiments will include measuring sound and floating flowers!
Next week we will continue the theme and work on our Autumn display, using our imagination and different objects to make marks. Oh and we will also be making cheese straws!
Dragonflies
Letter: Ss
Number: 1
Colour: Red
Shape: Triangle/
Word of the week is ‘hat’
This week we have been doing lots of singing to prepare for our Harvest Festival which went really well. (That’s what all the parents have said!)We have also been getting creative with various arts and crafts.
Next week we will be putting on our Science heads and looking at growing cress and we will also be starting to look at Autumn and how that changes the world around us
Ladybirds
This week in Ladybirds we have been exploring Autumn colours and textures. We used leaves and sticks as our paintbrushes to make our Autumnal masterpieces. Our pictures look beautiful and we are very proud of them. We used oranges, greens, browns and yellows and had lots of fun mixing them up.
Next week we will looking at the Harvest festival celebration, singing our Harvest Festival songs and exploring different foods in our craft and sensory play.
Butterflies
This week in Butterflies we began our Autumn theme. We have been using dark Autumn colours, leaf painting and talking about the changes in the weather around us. We think the weather is getting colder and we are wearing our coats when we come in first thing in the morning.
Next week we will continue with the Autumn theme and getting out on an Autumn walk, seeing early signs of Autumn, collecting our own leaves to use in our craft activities and generally enjoying the fresh air!
Bumblebees
This week all of the Bumblebees have been looking at rhythm and music and getting our bodies moving! We really enjoyed playing musical statues and showed our teachers good listening ears by freezing when the music stopped. We also played musical bumps which was lots of fun too because we had to sit down as soon as the music stopped.
Next week we will be doing more weather based activities to get us ready for the change in the seasons form Summer to Autumn and talking about the colder weather and what we wear.
Dragonflies
This week we have been practicing for our Harvest Festival Celebration and singing all about the different vegetables that grow in the garden. We have been practicing how to sing loudly and quietly at different parts of the songs. A warm welcome to all the Bumblebee pre-schoolers that have moved through too!
Next week we will continue with our Harvest Festival Celebration that is happening on the 20th September at St Pauls and Peters Church in Godalming.
Ladybirds
This week we have been looking at our pets. We didn’t realise that we had so many of them! We looked at pet themed books and made lots of pet noises to each other to encourage our little voices. We did pet printing pictures with spaghetti paint brushes and washed some pets at our pampering pet parlour.
Next week we are going to start looking at Autumn. We will be looking at the colours of Autumn, using cornflour paint and lots more fun activities together.
Butterflies
This week our music teacher Jo came back and all of us enjoyed wiggling and moving to the different tunes that she played. There were fast ones and slow ones that we danced to and quiet and loud ones too. We have also been jumping into Autumn by talking about the change in the weather. We think that the mornings are more chilly now and we have to wear a jumper as we come in to nursery in the mornings. We have been decorating Autumn leaves and making Autumn tree paintings using our fingers.
Next week we will be bringing the outside in by collecting Autumn leaves, twigs, sticks and natural objects when we go out foraging and then we will see what we can make with them.
Bumblebees
Letter/Number of the week is Pp and 5
Shape/Colour of the week is Blue and Oval
In Bumblebees this week the Bumblebees have been doing lots of messy and arty activities through the using collages, tuff trays, stick men, spaghetti threading and lots more. The Pre-School Bumblebees have been practicing their Harvest Festival songs, getting ready for the performance at the church and learning to make marks and begin ‘writing’ some sounds in their name.(Next week we will be focussing on numbers 1-9)
Nest week in the Bumblebee room we will continue to talk about Autumn and what that looks like. We will also be talking about our early Autumn experiences at circle time.
Dragonflies
Next week’s Letter/Number of the week is Zz and 25
Shape/Colour of the week is Purple and Square
In Dragonflies this week we have been saying goodbye to the last of the school leavers and this Friday our French teacher Nadine returned from her summer break and we learnt all about how to say the word ‘cat’ in French. We were very excited and sat beautifully with our listening ears on. We have also been looking at ways to keep ourselves healthy. We know that we have to do lots of running around with our friends and eat nice yummy food to keep us fit and strong.
Next week we will be welcoming our new friends from the Pre-school Bumblebees and showing them all the toys that we are allowed to play with. We want to make sure they feel happy and excited about coming to Dragonflies and that they love it just as much as we do!
Ladybirds
This week Ladybirds have been playing with lots of things that travel. Cars, Vans, Lorries, hot air balloons, trains, buses….all to do with transport. We have had fun exploring a travel tuff tray, decorating paper planes and we also loved getting messy with a traffic light jumbo pasta painting!
Next week we will be talking and reading about our family pets. Pet themed books will be used and we will be making lots of animal noises along with making our very own pets.
Butterflies
This week our little Butterflies have been getting messy with lots of different types of painting and exploring all the different colours. With our bigger Butterflies we have been focussing on colour and size categorising, using different sized objects around the room.
Next week we will start introducing Autumn and talking about the early signs of Autumn, around us. We will also start talking about and looking at pictures of our up and coming Harvest festival.
Bumblebees
Pre-school Bumblebees
Letter/number of the week is T and 3
Colour/shape of the week is Yellow and Hexagon
This week in Bumblebees we have welcomed our new teachers to the room and we are getting to know each other. We have continued with the Science experiments and made slime too. We had a great time making some treasure maps and finding the treasure where X marked the spot. The treasure was whatever we wanted it to be and some of us had gold coins and some of us decided that we wanted chocolate buttons.
Next week is the up and coming season of Autumn and the early signs to look out for. Our older pre-school Bumblebees will be practising our Harvest festival songs for our up and coming Harvest festival that we are holding at the church.
Dragonflies
Letter/number of the week is Y and 24
Colour/shape of the week is Orange and Star
Our Science experiment this week was looking at how our heart works and how exercise effects it. We looked at the importance of exercise and a good diet to help keep our heart and our bodies healthy. Transition is our current topic and we have sadly been saying goodbye to our school leavers as well and wishing them all the very best of luck for the future. Next week Vicky is back and I know she will get lots of welcome hugs from all the children. As well as this we will be beginning to settle our new Dragonflies into the room ad practising our Harvest Festival songs for our church service in September.
Ladybirds
In ladybirds this week, we have been looking at the book “Handa’s Suprise” and exploring food from around the world. We have enjoyed the texture of noodle play and have even been making our own samosas. Next week is transport week and we have lots of fun activities planned including textured track tuff trays.
Butterflies
This week in butterflies we have been exploring colours. From mixing our own paint to colour matching teddy bears. We have been making lots of colourful pictures for the children to to take home with them. Next week we are going to be looking at animals, exploring different tuff trays and looking through different animal books.
Bumblebees
This week in bumblebees we have been exploring under the sea world. We have been looking at what animals live in the water and how they live. The children have enjoyed drawing their sea animals and taking these pictures home. We have spent a lot of time in the garden playing with the balls and learning new ring games.
Dragonflies
Letter of the week: V
Number of the week: 22
Colour of the week: Pink
Shape of the week: Pentagon
This week in dragonflies we have continued to explore our senses in science. We have looked at our sense of touch, doing experiments with ice, warm and cold water, and looking at how our fingertips felt after being immersed in each one. The children are very curious and active in their involvement. We have continued to enjoy playing in the garden with our new garden resources.
Ladybirds
Our babies have enjoyed exploring and playing with lots of different fruit and vegetables this week. They have been splashing in their own lemonade stand, decorating fruit baskets and a vegetable wash tuff tray. Next week we will be looking at Foods from Around the World. We will be making an assortment of scented play dough, coloured rice, a noodle sensory tray and baking mini samosas.
Butterflies
This week our Butterflies have been looking t the weather, as a theme. We have talked about different types of weather and made beautiful weather pictures. The ‘Book of the Week was Room on the Broom, where we created a tuff tray with all the characters. Next week will be our shape week and we will be exploring shape puzzles, sorters and matching activities.
Bumblebees
This week we have been doing obstacle courses in the garden looking at jumping, skipping, and going through, on and under objects. We also looked at the texture and sensory experience of ice and making our very own salt crystals. Next week we will be looking at different ways to paint and also flying objects!
Dragonflies
Letter of the week: X
Number of the week: 21
Colour of the week: Blue
Shape of the week: Pentagon
This week Dragonflies have continued to look at Science experiments with Debbie and looked at ‘taste’ as one of our senses. Next week we will be exploring the world of food and healthy living. We are all very interested to see what we like and don’t like!
Ladybirds
This week our Ladybirds have been looking at colours. We have made rainbow rice pictures, been let loose with a free painting activity and had a primary coloured tuff tray in our room. We also made stomping good rainbow foot print pictures and had fluffy sand play to explore and enjoyed trips to our sunny garden. Next week we will be looking at fruit and we will use real fruit to make printing pictures, splash around in some messy fruit play and finish it all off by tasting different types of fruit together.
Butterflies
Our 1 year old Butterflies have had a wonderful time playing in the role play, making cups of tea and dressing up to go to a tea party with all their friends. A big social event in any 1 year olds life! Our 2 year old Butterflies have been looking at colours. Sorting, matching and colour mixing have all been looked at and they have even been picking objects up and trying to say the colour of it. Next week is the theme of ‘weather’. With our present weather in the U.K the children will be looking and feeling the different weathers outside in the garden.We will be making our own sunshine and rain pictures and exploring different temperatures using ice, warm water etc.
Bumblebees
Our little Bumbles have been exploring sensory activities about magic fairy dust and using marshmallows to build a tower. Our pre-school Bumblebees have been mini scientists this week, doing lots of experiments. We looked a colours changing in cotton wool using food colouring and jugs of water. We also built towers with marshmallows and straws to see which was the strongest tower that took the most weight. Next week we will be putting our aprons back on to look at following recipes and instructions to make that old classic, jam tarts!
Dragonflies
Our Dragonflies have had an additional activity time added to their routine that has started this week. The art of Science. Experiments have taken place to explain how volcanoes work and we have also looked at colour explosions. We had a smell test activity to explore the sense of smell, using lots of different smells including vinegar, lemon, vanilla and peppermint. Next week the Science exploration continues as our Dragonflies begin to think more about the world of Science and the wonder of it all.
We are really looking forward to our harvest festival service at the church on Friday. The children are excited and have been practising their news harvest songs with gusto! Please come and join us if you can, we look forward to seeing you at 10am!
If each child who attends on Friday, or who is coming to the service, could bring one item of non-perishable food that would be wonderful.
Just a friendly reminder that the nursery is closed all day on Friday 17th February for an Inset Day.
This is so we can facilitate a vital and productive day for staff training to ensure we are always working and functioning at our optimum level.
We thank you for your understanding and cooperation once again.
