Butterfly Room
Welcome to the Butterfly room, we are all so pleased with how the children are settling in and exploring their new surroundings. Full sessions start on Monday the mornings are 8.20-11.20 and afternoons are 12.00-3.00
The children have enjoyed getting to know each other playing in sand, painting, sticking, play dough, outdoor play and snack time, i will update this blog every Friday informing you of how much fun we have had and keeping you up to date with any reminders- Take a look at our settling in days 
As we are coming to the end of the school year i have added some photos from our Butterfly journey i cant believe how little the children were in September 2016! Now they are all big and ready for their new adventure into preschool!
Myself Jenna, Mandy,Lauren and Beth are going to miss all the children very much we have loved getting to know and helping develop each and every child, thanks for being great parents and working so closely with us all
Take a look at all the fun we have had this year 
This week we have enjoyed some Birthday treats- on Thursday Christopher shared his delicious paw patrol cake with us and Today Noah brought us all a cup cake - Big Happy 3rd Birthday to both boys thanks for the treats
We have been very active this week visiting the new park and the wacky warehouse our walking skills are amazing high 5 everyone 
We have also enjoyed playing in our food shop talking about what kind of foods we like to eat this helps with our imaginative play and creative development.
Our PIP session went really well all the children listened to "going on a bear hunt" story then enjoyed mud play dough, sand play and balancing and jumping activities think some parents liked the play dough too
We have also enjoyed making a mess with cornflour, custard and hair gel we used our fingers to make marks then talked about what we had drawn take a little look 
We have used our senses this week adding different items to paint making smelly paints we used toothpaste, hair gel, washing up liquid and lemon juice- everyone loved the toothpaste smell 
We have enjoyed food tasting trying different fruits and vegetables including- Plums, celery, tomatoes, strawberries, carrot and cucumber- the strawberries were delicious but we wasn't too sure about the celery 
. We enjoyed a picnic outside in the sunshine we had different dips and breadsticks with raisons it was a very yummy picnic.
Billy Porter celebrated his 3rd birthday this week we sang happy birthday and got some sweets- thank you Billy we hope you had a great day
Luke and Billy are on our wow wall this week- Luke has done some brilliant cleaning and tiding up helping staff this week well done Luke you are a little star. Billy Porter has been so good he always uses his great manners and is a pleasure to have in nursery- high 5 Billy!
We have loved trying out new experiences this week.
Jenna blew up some gloves she tied them and then we painted with them making splat prints Jenna also filled gloves with water and then froze them we explored the frozen ice hands and talked about how they felt, we all agreed they were freezing
We have done lots of baking this week- on Thursday we sold cakes for charity- thank you to everyone that bought cakes Today (Friday) we have made biscuits for Fathers day, wonder how many daddys and grandads will get to eat their biscuit 
We would like to wish all the daddys, grandads, uncles and carers a happy and lovely Fathers day on Sunday
Our focused activity concentrated on maths development- different shapes were drawn on the floor and we had to match the different shaped objects to the correct shape on the floor, categorising objects by their shape and size is a good skill to learn. 
We have also been visiting preschool using the computer interactive board and spending some time in our new class.. take a look...
what a great first week back after half term! This week we focused on our shape space and measure skills and our creative development- we played shape bingo matching and recognising shapes we enjoyed shouting bingo when we filled our boards. We got creative by dancing and moving to music we used musical instruments and created different sounds.
we have also painted using pegs and cotton wool this helped us connect our movements to the marks we made. We have been keeping our teeth nice and clean brushing them for 2 minutes everyday.
this week Darcie and Jayden celebrated their 3rd birthdays we enjoyed sweets and cake we all hope you had a great birthday xxxx
We have done some lovely activities in the sunshine this week- we made nature collages collecting things from our outdoor area and sticking them onto large paper- we picked grass, flowers and leaves we talked about the colours and how the objects felt. We have also been challenging ourselves balancing and jumping off the stepping logs this helped us to recognise danger and know who was there to support us
We enjoyed painting with combs and brushes we made marks using cotton buds creating patterns and shapes.
We developed our technology skills by using remote control cars we figured out how to control them knowing which buttons to press We have also enjoyed drawing around each other with chalks we looked at the different sizes and talked about big and small Jenna was definatley the biggest
Our morning children enjoyed a day out to Smithills farm on Thursday all the children had a great time we went on a tractor ride, fed baby animals, played on the park and had a donkey ride a great day was had by all
Remember we finish for half term today - have a great week off hopefully there will be lots of sunny days to enjoy 
Our PIP sessions started this week we hoped you enjoyed our story and activity. Remember PIP is 9.00am for morning children and 2.00pm for afternoon children every Wednesday, if you are not taking part in PIP this time dont worry you will get a place on the next sessions!
This week we have enjoyed messy activities playing and mark making in custard, gloop, sand and paint we practiced drawing lines and circles using tooth brushes, combs, cotton buds and our fingers this helped us build on our physical development.
We have been using zips and fastenings this week- learning how to fasten and unfasten different things, coats, purses, bags, shoes and phone cases some things were very tricky but with a little help we did it
We enjoyed walks outside in our wet suits, outdoor play, rice play in the water tray and we baked some delicious short bread biscuits.
This week Noah Joseph and Kian were put on the WOW wall- Noah has been a little star sitting on the potty and even had a wee on it too we are so proud of you well done Noah Joseph has been so kind and caring towards his friends this week he shares the toys and cares about everyone well done Joseph your such a lovely boy
Kian has built some amazing things this week out of duplo he built a tower that was bigger than him wow!! Kian has also been sitting on the potty and wearing big boy underpants high 5 Kian keep it up
Take a look at our action packed week...
The sun has had his hat on this week We have been out and about in the community going on listening walks- observing what we see, hear, smell and feel this helped us with our understanding of the world development- we enjoyed blowing sugar steelers!!
We have been very artisitic using stamps to paint and painting with brushes on the easel.
We categorised big and small spoons and used lots of size language this helped us with our shape space and measure skills.
We have also enjoyed sensory play and outdoor play.
This week Meral celebrated her 3rd birthday we enjoyed her My little Pony birthday cake! Hope you had agreat day Meral Ryley, Demi Lea and Meral were put on our WOW board this week- Ryley has really grown in confidence this term we are so proud of him. Demi Lea's speech and language has developed so much well done Demi Lea, Meral is always a pleasure to have in nursery she is so kind and thoughtful high 5 Meral
What a great sunny week we have had. Last week we started our daily toddle everyday we have been running for 15 minutes to help us stay healthy, we are getting really good at it but it is thirsty work!
We have enjoyed hall time climbing and balancing helping us with our physical development we have enjoyed singing and rhyming our favourite song is sleeping bunnies 
We used puppets to develop our language and communication skills the puppets really liked Mandy!
We have made a wow wall in our room the wow wall celebrates our achievements this week Zoe got a place on the wow wall as she is doing brilliant with her toilet training well done Zoe. Portia also went on the wow wall she has done some fab sharing this week she is so kind and thoughtful high 5 Portia!
Take a look at our action packed week......
It was Liams birthday this week- we hope you had a lovely day 
We have had a fun packed week in the butterfly room. We have been busy keeping our teeth nice and clean brushing them for 2 minutes every day this develops our health and self care skills. we have all made a beautiful Easter card and used pens to make marks representing our names inside
Some of us visited the Alps which is a outdoor classroom on the school grounds- we wore wet suits and went in the woods exploring this helped us to become familiar with our surroundings improving our knowledge and understanding skills. We have also been printing on paper using big and small objects we have displayed this on the wall in our room
Take a look at our pictures xx
Happy Easter everyone have a nice little break we return on Tuesday 18th April xx
This week we have been raising money for comic relief- thank you to everyone that has donated- we made yummy cakes and biscuits and had a fun red day with our mad hair and red clothes thanks for making the effort all the children looked amazing
Our focused activities this week included mixing and matching lids and bottle tops- we used our physical skills to pull and unscrew lids and tops then found the right bottle or container the lids fitted to we were great at this
We also enjoyed making mothers day treats simling for our photographs to stick on our cards- We hope all you fabulous mummys and nannys have a great day on Sunday you all do such a brill job
We have also created sounds with musical instruments developing our expressive arts and desgin skills- we like to be noisy Take a look....
Week ending 17th March 2017.
This week we have been focusing on our maths skills, learning about routines - we used flash cards to put our morning routine in the correct order we were all brilliant at this and knew our routine well. We also used construction toys to make big and little towers some towers we made were bigger than ourselves. We used sizing words such as big, tall, long and short this helped us with our shape space and measure skills.
We have also enjoyed slide painting this was a new experience it was messy but we had so much fun.
We have had so much fun this week- We used ribbons to help us with our gross motor skills making lines and circles this will help us with our mark making skills and improves our physical development. We went to the school hall and used the balancing equipment this was a challenge for some of us but we really enjoyed it. We have enjoyed water play outdoors filling up and emptying containers this helped us with our shape space and measure skills dont worry we wore our wet suits We made and then ate delicious pizzas we talked about the ingredients and used knifes to cut and spread the best bit was eating them for snack though
We have also enjoyed small world play talking about our homes and families, balloon printing and sensory play- have a look
What a fantastic time our little butterflies have had this week. We celebrated pancake day eating pancakes with different fillings in for our snack and we all dressed up for world book day we looked great in our costumes
Our focused activities included large scale mark making- we made marks using different media it was messy but lots of fun! We also enjoyed water play tipping and pouring, filling and emptying we all got wet We have also enjoyed printing circles with plastic cups...take a look....
Our afternoon Children enjoyed a trip to the Chinese last week they all had a really good time and did some fantastic walking
This week we have been expressing ourselves through sound, we used wooden spoons pots and pans to create sounds it was fun but very noisy. We also made bird feeders threading cheerios onto pipe cleaners this helped with our fine motor skills it was a very tricky but fun activity. We have also enjoyed out door play joining in with racing and chasing games and we did a music and movement session in the school hall...Take a peek 
As it is Chinese New year on Saturday we have been celebrating- we tried Chinese food, noodles, spring rolls and prawn toast it was really nice to try different foods. We made chinese food out of playdough and used our chopsticks to prod and poke our play food.
We have been talking about our feelings this week- what makes us sad and happy and how we can make each other happy this focused on our personal social and emotional development. We have also enjoyed string painting, water play and a feely box game were we named different objects.
This week we have enjoyed lots of activities. We used rollers to paint with helping us to control tools and connect movements to marks, we went on the preschool climbing frame it was hard work climbing to the top but we loved it, we have also been listening to familiar repetitive stories and rhymes filling in missing words and pointing out and saying action words- we are all very good at reading the bear hunt
We have also enjoyed music and movement sessions and car spotting- we went into the staff room upstairs and looked through the big windows- we talked about what we could see this helped us with our understanding of the world development.
Hope you all had a great Christmas We have spent time settling back into our nursery routines xx
Here are some pictures from our fab Christmas party that i didnt have chance to upload before Christmas. The children really enjoyed the party food, pass the parcel and the disco Take a look....
Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas we have had a fab Christmassy week.
Just to remind you it is our Christmas party on Wednesday 8.20-11.10 am- we also finish for the term on Wednesday we return on 10th January 2017.
All the staff would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a very happy new year- we are looking forward to seeing what 2017 will bring for us butterflies 
We have really been full of Christmas cheer this week. We took a bus ride into Wigan to look at the Christmas decorations the tree was beautiful. We have started our Christmas creations- making decorations and Christmas cards..we hope you like them.
Our focused activites this week concentrated on maths development we measured ribbon and used words such as "big" "small" "long" and "short" we also measured ourselves to see who was the biggest. We also did a Christmas hunt we had to find different objects this helped us to know that things exist even when we cant see them, we were brilliant at finding the things 
Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas in our Butterfly room.
We have all sent a letter to santa this week we picked our favourite toys from the catelouges and stuck them onto our letters- we walked to the post box to send them to Father Christmas - you should get a reply from Santa himself in the next couple of weeks. We have enjoyed decorating our beautiful Christmas tree and turned our role play into a santas grotto
We have started singing our Christmas songs- "when santa got suck up the chimney" is our favourite
We have all enjoyed our focused activities this week- We counted buttons and pennies and then posted them into money boxes, this helped with our maths skills and our physical fine motor skills picking up small objects between our thumb and finger.
We enjoyed sensory play developing our expressive arts skills exploring different media and textures.
We have also joined in music and movement sessions in the school hall, bubble painting and water play..
We want to say a big big thank you for raising money for Children in need this week... we loved our baking activities counting out our ingredients and using our gross motor skills to mix, stir and spoon out our cake mix. We made Pudsey bears from paper plates and came to nursery in our pyjamas we all looked so good
This week we have also took part in a listening activity- we listened to a sound CD to see if we could recognise any familiar sounds- this helped us develop our Listening and attention skills, we have also been trying on fancy dress costumes developing our health and self care skills dressing and undressing ourselves.. Take a peek
We really enjoyed our focused activities this week - We made poppies and went on a bus ride to Wigan to lay our poppies down at the war memorial- whilst on our trip out we developed our knowledge and understanding of the world talking about things we could see, hear feel and touch. We also enjoyed a maths activity, we used different sized teddy bears to help us with understanding big and small we also categorised the bears by their size and colour helping with our shape space and measure skills.. we all did brilliant
What a fun filled 1st week back. We did some pumpkin carving and made some Halloween biscuits we used rollers and cutters developing our physical moving and handling skills. We listened to stories and joined in singing rhymes and songs with musical instruments this helped us with our communication and listening skills. We have also painted some fab firework pictures, we covered apples in chocolate and put sprinkles on them and made some sparkler biscuits with icing Take a peek....
Our focused activities this week included filling and emptying big and small containers- we used pasta and cereal to fill up cups and bowls using big and little spoons this helped us with our Maths- shape, space and measure skills, we also played a game of copy me do we listened carefully to instructions and followed them imitating actions and words this developed our listening and attention skills and our expressive arts skills. We also enjoyed hall time, playing in the water and reading stories take a look.........
What another fab week in the Butterfly room. Our focused activities this week concentrated on Communication and language and physical development- we searched in a bag for familiar objects then we named them and talked about what we could do with the objects. We also made marks using different materials and equipment we used rollers, stamps,paint,crayons and our hands.
We have also been on environmental walks collecting leaves, we visited the pet shop to look at the animals and we have been practicing our smiley faces saying cheese!!! you have to admit we are gorgeous Take a peek.....
What a fun week we have had in the butterfly room this week...We enjoyed sensory messy play developing our physical skills making marks in hair gel, corn flour, beans, spaghetti and paint We also read stories and sang some of our familiar nursery rhymes using puppets and musical instruments this helped us with our communication and language skills!
Our toddler talk activity this week was construction we took turns to build towers and then knock them down this was lots of fun..
The children have also enjoyed writing activities, walking up and down stairs and accessing the continuous provision
Welcome to the Butterfly blog September 2016.
The children are settling in well and getting used to our nursery routine- The children have been exploring their new surroundings take a look....
