YPC Sunflower Room

To all our children who will be leaving us to start pre-school what brilliant year we have had ........boys and girls you have all grown and learnt so much we will miss you all very much enjoy your next journey in pre-school

We had a fab last day in nursery we had lots of yummy party food , we danced away in the hall with the entertainer and played party games.

The children who attended the end of term trip to JJB'S Future Stars play area had a fantastic day take a look at our pictures .........

We used the large rollers with paints and enjoyed roller painting on a large scale.

We celebrated Archie's 3rd Birthday...................we sang Happy Birthday and had yummy cake for snack.

Happy Birthday Archie from all your friends.

27th May- 17th June 16- Have a look what exciting learning we have been doing..............

We went to the park to explore the climbing equipment and swings and had a yummy picnic .

We celebrated Mason's 3rd Birthday , we sang happy birthday and had yummy cake for snack

Happy Birthday Mason from all your friends.

We made cheese scones and ate them for snack yummy

We changed our role play area into an hair salon based on the children's interests, the children made believe by pretending to be the hairdresser and the clients, they showed good skills in brushing each others hair and had fun with the hair rollers.

Why the weather was hot and sunny we had lots of fun outdoors we loved eating yummy ice cream and ice pops and we had so much fun with the water guttering and exploring the natural area.

17-26th May 2016- Have a peek at what exciting learning we have been doing at nursery ......

Bubble painting- what a fab, messy activity this was but the children was fully engrossed and developed the technique of blowing down the straw to make bubbles, they was fascinated and most children stayed with this activity for most of the morning. Look at the fab pictures......

The children once again showed excellent concentration skills and good hand eye co-ordination to fit the correct shapes into the shape sorters.

Well done everyone!!!

The children have been developing their fine motor skills with this fab threading activity with pasta tubes and laces. Lots of concentration took place and the children was so proud to show what they had achieved. High five

Dancing in the hall

The children have been into pre-school outdoor area to practise their climbing skills. The children showed lots of confidence and a can do attitude. Well done everyone

18.4.16- 16.5.16 - We have had a busy couple of weeks in nursery please have a look..........

We celebrated Domink's 3rd Birthday with yummy cake.

Happy Birthday Dominik

Take a peak what fun learning we have been doing........................

We visited the Pet Shop this week the children showed lots of curiosity about the different animals they saw. Take a look.............

The children have been painting using different tools showing control and making connections between movement and marks they make. They had so much fun painting with balloons.

Outdoor Fun

The sun has been shining and the children have loved exploring outdoors. They have taken part in washing the toys, practiced their balancing skills and most important had lots of fun together.

The children had fun taking part with a music and movement session within the hall. Fab dancing everyone!!

We have been developing our social skills by practicing using cutlery correctly.

Well done everyone!!

The children enjoyed fitting the correct shapes into the shape sorters. It took several attempts for some children but they persisted to achieve their goal.

Lexie has moved from the baby room into the Sunflower Room.

She's settled really well into the Sunflower routine and all the children have taken a shine to her.

11th- April-15th April 2016-

Look what a fantastic week we've had

We went on the bus to Wigan to explore the local community.

We went to the park to practice our climbing skills and also had fun on the swings and slide.

The children have been practicing their cutting skills using the scissors to make snips and cut the play-dough..

They showed good control and concentration.

Funky Models- the children used a range of media to create their own models with the play-dough.

Fab Models!!!

Archie and Dominik enjoyed drawing circles on the white boards showing good technique and control.

Wow fab circles boys, well done!!!!

The children have had a fab time this week in our new Superhero Den. They've had lots of fun and used their imagination's creatively taking on roles.

We had a brill time the children who attended the Smithills Open Farm 23/03/16

The children went on a tractor ride and feed the donkeys with bread, held chicks, rabbits and guinea pigs, bottled feed lambs, went on a donkey ride, played on the park and hand fed goats and sheep.

7th-18th March 2016- Please take a look at what fun we've been having in nursery

The children had fun taking Daisy the Donkey to the park to explore. They had lots of fun on the slide and swings.

Outdoor play

Mark making outdoors is Fun!!

The children loved this activity making connections between their movement and marks they made.

For snack the children have been enjoying a range of healthy fruits to develop their likes and dislikes.

Yum Yum

We have been practising pedalling the bikes and scooters outdoors, we tried really hard. Well done Everyone, Good Effort!

3rd March 2016- World Book Day

We celebrated world book day by coming to nursery dressed up has our favourite characters. Fab costumes everyone!!

Week beginning- 15th February - 26th February 2016

Look what other exciting things we have been doing.........................

Daniella and Ollie did visits into our room this week from the Baby Room.

They both did fantastic and settled well. Well done!!

Well done to Lucas being a big boy this week and going on the potty.

High five Lucas Great achievement!!

We went over to the ALPS within school doing a bug hunt, looking for bugs under rocks and under tree stumps for worms. The children enjoy exploring our local environment.

We painted with objects from around the room, making lots of patterns and marks.

We are becoming superb builders, look at our models that we made this week.

Well done Everyone!!

We celebrated Leighton's 3rd Birthday and had yummy cake for snack.

Happy Birthday Leighton!!

The children enjoyed painting with spray bottles outdoors showing control over tools.

This week we have been developing our hand eye co-ordination through threading activities.

The children showed high levels of concentration and persisted when challenges occurred . High five to everyone!!

Week beginning-1st February- 12th February

Feet printing- look what fun the children had with this sensory experience while making connections with movements and marks they made.

We had a very yummy week tasting Chinese foods and eating pancakes to celebrate Shrove Tuesday.

The children have been developing their physical skills in the hall.

They've shown excellent skills in balancing along the benches and working together to help each other. They also had fun practising roly polys.

The children enjoy sharing books together within the book area.

They have been showing interest looking at different prints in books, we encourage our children to handle books with care.

25th-29th January 2016

This week we changed our role-play area into a Medical Centre for the children to explore taking on different roles- nurse, doctor and so on......

All the children played along imaginatively bringing their own medical experiences to play. They had lots of fun!!!!

Outdoor Fun- the children love to explore outdoors even if the weathers been wet and miserable they still have lots of fun.

The children enjoy investigating a range of small world models.

January 2016

Water Play Fun!!!!

The children had fun washing the kitchen pots developing self help skills.

Why not try this at home with your child

Happy New Year to everyone hope you all had a fab Christmas

The children went on the bus to Wigan to explore Christmas decorations within the local community.

Week Beginning - 30th November- 4th December 2015

This week the children have made letters for Father Christmas then enjoyed walking to the post office to post their letters in the big red box. Next week Father Christmas will reply to all letters at your home address..........please let us know when you receive your letters

We have been doing lots of exciting crafts .............

Its Chrisssssssssssstmassssssssssssssssssssss!!!

The children have helped to decorate the Christmas tree this week and have had lots of fun dressing up.......Ho Ho Ho!!!!

We celebrated Robyn's 21st Birthday and had yummy cake

Happy birthday Robyn hope you had a good day!!!!

Week beginning- 23rd - 27rd November 2015

Brilliant Builders

The children have been balancing blocks to build towers and using their own ideas to create their own structures. Fab creations everyone !!!

The weathers been really miserable but our children have had so much fun splashing in wet puddles........ the children showed us their super jumping skills high five everyone!!!

Mud Kitchen............lets get muddy and messy , the children enjoyed making muddy pies

Hammer Hammer....

The children had lots of fun during this activity showing lots of control over tools being used and good hand eye co-ordination.

Week- 16th-20th November 2015

The children have been exploring resources to support them in showing awareness of what a potty is used for. Staff also encouraged children to sit on the toilet or potty during this activity. Lots of praise and encouragement was given.

We have been encouraging the children to help with dress routines this week.

Well done everyone for your efforts

Week-9-13th November 2015

The children have been seeking challenge within the hall.

They showed lots of confidence in balancing on the benches

Everyone came to nursery in their pyjamas for Children in Need we also had fun baking cakes all week to raise money.

Remembrance day

The children made poppy pictures and laid them at the memorial in Wigan, to show our respect for the soldiers.

Week beginning- 26th October- 6th November 2015

Halloween and Bonfire Night

The children enjoyed making their own pizzas this week, we encouraged them to talk about their likes and dislikes and also gave them the opportunity to try new foods. The children developed lots of new skills in grasping and handling equipment correctly.

High Five everyone

We have been super creative this week, Look at our rockets and Catherine wheels we made.

Fab Models Well done everyone!!

Fab models

Pumpkin Making

We made yummy chocolate apples. Yum, yum

12th October - 23rd October 2015

Out and about in the environment

Our nature walk collecting autumn items

The children have become really independent at snack time

They are showing excellent skills well done!!!

We are super builders, look what we have been creating

We have introduced a dancing session called Magic Movers to children, this develops children's gross motor movements while having fun dancing to the music. The children use ribbons or pom poms and we encourage the children to copy movements i.e. up and down, side to side, round and round all shoulder and wrists movements.

We extend the session by giving children crayons or pens to make marks to the music.

The children have all taken part and really enjoyed this activity Well done!!

The children come together for planned learning with their key person....

Ella independently put her coat on all by herself and said "I did it"

Big girl Ella....

High Five

The children have been learning to use their imaginations within the role play area and thoroughly enjoyed washing and drying the dishes......

Week beginning 5th October 2015

This week we celebrated Jenna's 30th Birthday.

We all sang happy birthday Have a fab birthday Jenna !!!

Learning together

We have been learning how to use scissors carefully

Week beginning-28th September 15

Here at nursery we follow the "lets get brushin" programme which is a tooth brushing scheme that aims for children to brush their teeth for two minutes on a daily basis.

All children have loved taking part learning our teeth brushing song and have been doing good brushing. Well Done!!