Some of the activities we have set up this week looked like this...

Pumpkin Picking!! We all loved visiting the ALPS this week, which is located on the school grounds. It is a fantastic outdoor learning space. The children loved finding the pumpkins within the trees, they even used wheelbarrows. We also hid pumpkin pictures on the floor, under the logs and round the trees. We got caught in the heavy rain, but the children were thrilled about wearing their wetsuits and wellies so they could find puddles to splash in. 

This week we have enjoyed lots of Halloween-themed activities! We have used a variety of different textures for the children to play with and explore, including jelly, pasta, play dough, water play, ice play & rice.  The children enjoyed finding the different hidden objects inside, like spiders, bats, eyeballs, pumpkins and mice. 

Decorating Halloween gingerbreads! The children expressed their own preferences when choosing between a ghost or a bat biscuit. They showed good control in squeezing the icing pen to decorate and putting on their own sprinkles.  

We also enjoyed making our own Pumpkin biscuits and chocolate apples with Lauren.

 

This week we participated in a communication group to promote communication and language & understanding. The focus was to identify familiar objects out of a group. We used a car, hat, spoon, plate, dog, cup and a ball. In turn, we asked the children, "Can you find the ball?" "Can you find the car? After that, to challenge them further, we asked for 2 objects: "Can you find a hat and cup? Lastly, we asked the children, "Can you put the ball on the plate?" or "Can you put a spoon in the cup?

The children were fantastic and showed good understanding throughout. They showed can-do attitudes in this activity.

  

Outdoor play!

Fun times at nursery!

 Friday 23rd October – Today we enjoyed the soft play, slide and trampoline. The children were fantastic at taking turns with the equipment and enjoyeed showing their physical skills. 

Fun times at nursery!