We have been on mini beast hunts in the year 1 outdoor wildlife area and the school woods. We had a wonderful time exploring the pond, mini beast hotel, searching high and low for as many insects and creepy crawlies that we could find. we found ladybugs, woodlice, wriggly worms, ants and tiny beetles. The children also enjoyed listening to The Very Hungry Caterpillar story while on our little bug hunt adventures.

We made our very own lady bugs too, first we painted our paper plates red then we added the black spots.

The children enjoyed dressing up as doctors, firefighters, police officers as well as builders.

There were lots of activities to develop fine motor skills too, such as solving puzzles and colouring in.

Our topic last week was farm animals and playdough proved to be a popular activity with our 2 year old nursery children. Playdough has many benefits, it develops children’s fine motor skills, it encourages creativity, social interaction and sharing. It also enhances hand eye co-ordination, language skills, as well as having a calming effect.

We talked about different shapes and colours while playing with our dinosaur puzzles and games, we have very clever children in our 2 year old nursery. The children also joined in with colouring dinosaur pictures and making dinosaur footprints with paint.

Lots of sensory play during our dinosaur topic too. The children crumbled shredded wheat, picked up oats and scooped up snow.

Snow days at nursery are ACE!

The children loved role playing and dressing up as doctors and firefighters .

We painted boxes (and ourselves) and turned them into emergency vehicles. We also worked together to solve puzzles. Well done 2 year olds, you are all amazing!

During our birdwatch topic there were plenty of activities for the children to take part in.

They explored bird seed.

The children made a bird picture using glue sticks and feathers and used crayons to colour in bird pictures too

We had our very own bird hide in the nursery and we used binoculars during our outdoor play to spot birds up high in the sky. The children enjoyed feeding our school chickens and had lots of fun on our birdwatch walk on the school playground.

After the October half term break our topic was Diwali. The Children enjoyed playing with colourful rice, they did some lovely colouring, they listened to music and played music instruments, made lots of lovely colourful and shiny collages, plus lots more. Here are a few photos that we would like to share with you.