Easter Bonnet Entries.....

Not many entries this year but well done to the children who took part in our Easter Bonnet Competition ..........

All entries were fantastic and the children took great pride showing them to their friends    

thank you :) 

Staff Easter Egg Competition.......

Beth won with her 'Eggsercising Eggs'

Tweenie staff entered as a team 

Don't forget ....

March:  Home Challenge 

Easter Competition 

Can you make an Easter Bonnet
All entries to be in by Wednesday 21st March 2018. 
Prize: Easter Egg

Do you have any old kitchen utensils???

Why Mud Kitchens Benefit Nursery. ... Mud kitchens provide great outdoor learning spaces for young children. Learners enjoy getting hands on playing with mud and water, while also developing important physical, social and emotional skills.

We are developing our mud kitchen, if you have any old pots, pans, utensils, tubs etc we would greatly appreciate it if you could donate them to us.

Thank you 

Toddlers and Tweenies explore the forest......

Can you see the chicken?

The chicken wants to go to school :) 

Staff Training - Outdoor Explorers

On Thursday 8th March, Lisa and Tracy attended an 'Outdoor Explorers' course. 

We got lots of ideas and are in the process of purchasing equipment to enhance outdoor learning for all our children. 
We will deliver the training to staff as soon as we have got all the resources. Watch this space :) 

'Dress up day'

Thursday 15th March 2018
Don't forget tomorrow we are holding a 'dress up day' for children who attend on a Thursday ( I'm not calling it world book day because it will snow ha ha) 

Clever Fingers Training

On Tuesday 6th March all staff took park in 'Clever Fingers' training. 

Clever fingers Clever Fingers was created and designed to support schools in having a greater understanding of fine motor skills, and how poor motor development can impact on pupils' day-to-day schooling.

The course reiterated the importance of developing children's gross motor skills before their fine motor skills. Back in October 2017 I posted a 'Pre Writing' blog which again focused on developing children's gross motor skills before they can become successful writer.

Children’s muscles need to be developed in the following order for them to become successful writers…….

· 1. Shoulder Muscles, examples of activities we carry out in Nursery are : Crawling, pulling to standing, floor play activities, stretching activities, den building, parachute games, gardening (digging), PE sessions, climbing, self dressing, paint brush with bucket of water making large marks outside, drumming etc.

2. Elbow Muscles, examples of activities we carry out in Nursery are: Baking, painting, bat and ball, throwing, chalking, shaking instruments, play dough (rolling), zipping up coats, stirring (baking), cars on tracks, small world activities etc.

3. Wrist Muscles, examples of activities we carry out in Nursery are: hand washing, cutting up fruit, turning pages in books, mark making, scooping sand, pouring water, self dressing (socks and shoes) dressing dolls, making play dough, using the computer (mouse) etc.

4.  Finger Muscles, examples of activities we carry out in Nursery are: Cutting, threading beads, finger puppets, using tweezers, fastening buttons, jigsaws, keyboard typing, magnetic letters etc.