Kirkley Nursery& Centre of Excellence

We have had a lovely week in Owls. We have been doing lots of counting and number matching with our conkers, pine cones and leaves. We made our own autumn tree with branches and cotton wool pads which the children used coloured water to drip on the pads.

This week in Hedgehogs, we have started looking at our new core text 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt!' The children have enjoyed looking at and exploring in different activities linked to the story, in particular the different environments. The children have had great enjoyment exploring in the 'muddy' cornflakes and shaving foam, splashing in the water trays and feeling the different textures of the grass. We have created our own obstacle course in the garden also, allowing the children to go on their own bear hunt! Such as climbing over the blocks and crawling through the tunnels

This week the Squirrels have been continuing to explore our core text 'The Colour Monster' Whilst reading the story, the children have been identifying and linking the feelings to the colour e.g. yellow is happy, blue is sad etc. Alongside this, we have been discussing what makes us happy and what makes us sad!. It has been amazing to see how quickly they have been able to identify these different feelings and watching them integrate this into their play e.g. baby is feeling happy now she's had food', ' baby doesn't like loud noises, it makes her sad'. This week we have also been exploring topics such as teeth brushing and using the potty! Next week we start our new core text ' We're going on a leaf hunt' .

Last week the Squirrels continued our core text ' The Colour Monster'. During each activity, they chose what they wanted to do throughout their session. A lot of the Squirrels decided they wanted to paint, which started off on the paper, but ended with them painting their hands, arms and faces All of our new starters have settled and it has been so lovely to see them exploring and happy

This week, the Hedgehogs have continued with our core text 'Hug' The children have now become familiar with the animals seen in the story and are eager to point and name or make the animal sounds as we turn the pages We have continued exploring with their interests of nursery rhymes also, by creating sensory tuff trays filled with rice, shaving foam, water, hay and grass to go alongside the ones they're particularly loving to sing/act, such as Incy Wincy Spider and OldMacDonald

This week our Owl children have been enjoying our autumnal resources. They have been counting conkers, pumpkins and squash, comparing their sizes, talking about if they feel rough or smooth, and using tubes to roll the conkers down.

What another fun filled week we have had in the Hedgehog room! This week, we have continued looking at our story 'Hug', with the children showing a strong interest in the animals! We have been completing animal puzzles, focusing on our number and language development with the animal pop up stories and puppets, feeding some of the animals seen in our story cereals and singing Old MacDonald many times!

The Squirrels have had such a great start to the term. We have welcomed a lot of new children into our class and they have settled amazingly. They have shown how resilient they really are! We started our core text the 'Colour Monster' and have been discussing different emotions. We have also been colour matching Lego with the corresponding colour monster and have also been colour mixing our paint. What a lovely week we have had

What a lovely first full week back we have had in the Owls. We started the week tasting our home grown carrots. We talked about how they grew in the garden from a tiny seed and over the months as we watered them they grew into yummy carrots. The children have been having lots of fun with magnet tiles, exploring the water tray getting used to our routine and exploring our outdoor area.