What a week we have had at Nursery! With the scorching heat, we made sure we did everything we could to help the children stay cool, comfortable, and safe while still enjoying lots of exciting learning opportunities.
We spent plenty of time in the shade, offered lots of water play activities, and made the most of our lovely forest area. The covered forest provided a wonderful cool breeze and gave the children the perfect space to explore, play, and enjoy the outdoors while staying protected from the heat.
This week we also welcomed our new friends who will be joining us in September. It was wonderful to see how kind and welcoming the children were. They helped our new friends feel included by inviting them into their play, showing them our activities, and involving them in our learning. We were very proud to see such caring and thoughtful behaviour from the children.
Our fairy tale topic has continued to capture the children’s imaginations. The children have loved acting out traditional tales, beginning their stories with “Once upon a time” and finishing with “and they lived happily ever after”. They have been busy creating props to support their storytelling, including making gingerbread men from playdough, exploring the Three Little Pigs in the tuff tray, and giving the sandpit a wonderful fairy tale makeover.
This week our focus story was The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and the children showed a particular interest in building their own bridges using Duplo bricks. They worked together to design and create different structures while also making stick puppet characters to help retell the story. It has been fantastic to see their creativity, teamwork, and confidence grow as they bring stories to life through their play.
Although we had to cancel sports day due to the extreme weather, we turned this into a valuable learning opportunity. We talked with the children about how to keep ourselves safe in the sun and why it is important to look after our bodies in hot weather. We still enjoyed our movement breaks and created some fun games to encourage everyone to drink plenty of water.
The children particularly loved their Danny Go movement breaks in our cool, dark classroom this week. Using glowsticks made the experience feel extra special and brought lots of smiles and excitement to our day.
Even with the heat keeping us busy, we still found time for phonics learning. This week we introduced the sound v and explored lots of words that begin with this sound or have it in the middle. The children especially enjoyed learning about vicious venomous vipers and sharing their own ideas of words containing the sound.
It has been a busy and memorable week filled with imagination, creativity, friendship, and lots of fun. Thank you for your continued support in helping us make every learning opportunity count.
How you can can help at home:
Share a favourite fairy tale together and encourage your child to act out the story using toys, drawings, or homemade props.
Look for things around your home or when you are out and about that begin with the sound v, and practise saying the sound together.
Talk about staying safe in the sunshine by practising applying sun cream, wearing a hat, finding shade, and remembering to drink water regularly.