Week 3 in nursery

What a busy week we have had.  On Monday and Tuesday we had some clay on our messy table so we were very imaginative and creative with the objects that we were making. 

We fancied some scones for snack and we had lots of helpers to bake them.  We were very careful when reading the recipe and measuring out the ingredients. We also had to think about how many we would need to make so that everyone got one  They were delicious and many of the children asked if they could take the recipe home with them.  We thought we would add it below incase you wanted to try it too. 

Our Delicious Scones

1lb plain flour

3oz butter or marg

2 level teaspoons bicarbonate of soda

4 level teaspoons cream of tartar



200-250ml of milk

Put all dry ingredients in a bowl. 

Rub in butter/marg.

Add milk.

Pat out with hands and cut with cutter.

Brush with egg and milk.

Cook at 180 for 10-15 minutes.

We hope they taste as good as they did here. 

On Thursday it was very rainy and Mr and Mrs Mole came into visit.  Mr and Mrs mole were feling rather sad as thier burrow was full of water. The children thought that we could use the big blocks from the construction corner to build them a new house.  We worked really well in teams to solve this problem, listening to each others ideas and helping each other.  We had many imaginative ideas, some of us even using the new material to create the roof.  Mr and Mrs Mole were very pleased with their new home. 

We also had some knights in here this week who were very focused on building this superb castle and log fire. 

Batman, Robin and the Batbaby were in visiting us this week and were using the bricks and cones to create their home and garage for the batmobile. 

Some of us used the junk material to make our own houses. We learned how to use masking tape to stick things together. 










The babies were getting a good wash in the water tray this week. We were exploring cloths and towels, talking about wet and dry. 

What fun we have had!

Song of the week

Continuing with the nursery rhyme theme, next weeks rhyme was requested by one of our preschool children.

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;

All the King's horses and all the King's men,

Couldn't put Humpty together again. 

(additional verse)

Along came the children with brushes and glue, 

And stuck Humpty together as good as new!

Song of the Week

The song that we have been singing this week is Baa Baa Black Sheep.  Below are the lyrics followed by some additional versions that we have been learning.

Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.

One for the master, one for the dame;

and one for the little boy who lives down the lane.

'Thank you,' said the master,

'Thank you,' said the dame,

'Thank you,' said the little boy

Who lives down the lane. 

Baa baa white sheep, have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.

One for the kittens, one for the cats;

and one for the guinea pigs to knit some woolly hats.

Baa baa grey sheep, have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.

One to mend a jumper, one to mend a frock;

and one for the little boy to mend his holey sock.

 What a busy day. Our builders have been very busy building houses and towers at the construction site. They were all trying their hardest to make their buildings bigger than them! We had a few wobbly moments when a big bad wolf came and blew down the walls!

 

For Small Group Time today, we were concentrating very hard on threading beads. Some of us made necklaces, some made snakes and others were threading on as many beads as they could fit on their string. We were talking about colours, shapes and sizes of beads and some of us managed to make patterns. What a challenge for our fine motor skills having to concentrate on getting the wobbly string through the holes on the beads.



DINO WORLD
Dinosaurs have been roaming all over the nursery this week so we thought that we would make a Dino World for them to play in.  The children decided that they needed mud, stones, trees and caves for the dinosaurs.  Lots of imaginative play has been happening here although we have been debating A LOT whether we have friendly or mean dinosaurs. 

 

Building Site

There has been a lot of discussion regarding the new school and all the building work happening over there.  We have looked at the plans of the new school and are planning to create our own building site in the nursery.  I wonder what we shall be building in there...

 

Welcome back to nursery everyone! We hope that you all had a great summer and are looking forward to a lovely autumn ahead of us.  It is super to see all of our preschool children back, all having grown over the summer and so much more confident this year.  Welcome to all of our new children who have settled well into nursery and are really enjoying exploring all of the areas in and out of our room.  We are new to this blogging scene so bear with us as we figure this out!  We hope that by publishing some photos and information on here that we can keep parents in touch with what goes on in our nursery sessions.  If you wish to keep up to date via email, simply insert your email address in the link on the right hand side of the page and any new posts that we publish will be emailed to you.  Please interact with us by leaving your comments and names on our posts.  It is always good to get feedback and we would love to be able to share comments with the children.  If there is any specific information that you would like us to share on the blog then please let us know and we will see what we can do!
Have a great first term back at school.
The Nursery Team.

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