Today was extremely hot so Acorns enjoyed lots of water play. There were lots of opportunities for pouring, scooping, and splashing to help develop fine and gross motor skills.

The water wall was in operation creating a cascading water system. The children poured water into the top and saw it flowing down, exploring angles and pathways.

There was a doll washing station so children could enjoy washing the dolls using sponges, and soap encouraging imaginative play.

The water was a great way to help the children to cool down and regulate their body temperatures.

Yesterday we visited a local artist who is painting a mural in our school hall, Rory McCann. He does lots of work in schools and aims to provide educational value. The transformation and development of his mural, each day has been incredible.
The children showed excellent listening skills – giving their full attention and asked lots of interesting but also relevant questions, which really impressed the adults.

The children had fun making and testing paper aeroplanes this afternoon – they were quite successful ✈️

Before half term, Nursery 2 listened to a story Trains, Trains, Trains then played a maths game. They rolled the dice, and placed the corresponding number of trains / carriages on the track – we had short trains, long trains, night trains, light trains, new trains, old trains – anything you like trains! 😉🤣
The children were curious as the book had an illustration of a Level Crossing, so in the moment we watched a video about what happens at a Level Crossing 🚘 🛑 🚆 They were excited to see the train whizz past.

Summer#2 Changes

The children learnt Vincent Van Gogh is an artist. They looked at a self portrait he had painted of himself and some of his famous pieces of artwork.

Growing Cress
The children watched a time lapse of cress filmed growing over a week. They observed the little white shoot popping out of the seed, the roots growing and the green tips turning into leaves. After 9 days however, with no water the cress started to droop and no longer grow.

We talked about what cress needs to grow; moisture (water), light and used cotton wool as a soil replacement.

The children then started the process of growing their own cress…they are excited to see the changes.

Summer#1 Planting and Growing