Our children took part in a very important "Nursery Council" meeting on 14 September.
They discussed our nursery menus and gave us feedback on what they enjoyed and what they would like including within our menu in the future.
During the meeting we also discussed what our portion sizes should be and how healthy eating is very important for us all!
On Saturday 10 September we were delighted to welcome all of our staff to a full company training day. Jacqui Mason opened the day by sharing our Company Vision and Goals and welcomed our newest team from The Orange Tree @ Burnaston.
This included Safeguarding training updates for all staff (including our support teams) - this was an informative and practical session delivered by Alice Houldsworth and gave us all important time to reflect on a critical area of our day to day responsibilities.
We've been learning all about habitats and how animals adapt to their surroundings!
We have been looking at habitats today and how animals adapt to their surroundings and develop different habitats.
Our children in all of our different rooms have enjoyed exploring different sensory tuff spots filled with different textures to explore how different animals live. Our babies have explored tuff spots filled with resources which are safe for them to eat such as cereals and angel delight as they learn and develop through using their different senses.
Our older children have explored tuff spots using resources such as shaving gel for the Antarctic animals and resources we have found in our garden when exploring dinosaur land.
These activities encourage and promote development in all areas including speech and communication as the children talk about the different animals and the sounds they make. It also encourages the children to use their imagination as they extend their play during role play activities in the room and outdoor areas.
Birthday fun within our nursery bubbles.
As COVID is causing restrictions on children being able to have birthday parties with friends and family members outside of their bubbles, we have decided to hold birthday parties at nursery for children within their COVID bubbles.
Parents have brought their own decorations to nursery for us to use and we take part in party games and dancing so that the children are able to still have and enjoy that bit of ‘normality’ and celebrate their birthday!
Learning about rainbows leads to a fun creative activity!
We have been learning about the weather this week. We have discussed how when the sun comes out when it is raining it can cause a rainbow to form.
From this discussion we then enjoyed painting our own rainbows using a variety of different colours. During this activity we were able to also explore colour and how colours can be changed when mixing them together.
This activity covered many areas of learning including physical development as children held the paint brushes in their dominant hand and controlled the brush strokes as they used each colour. It also covered maths as we discussed how many colours we used and which colour we used more or less of. Expressive arts and design was also covered in this activity as we explored colour and how colour can be changed.
Well done everyone!
