Kirkley Nursery& Centre of Excellence

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.

Welcome back Hedgehogs! What an amazing first few weeks we have had, continuing spending time with our Hedgehogs who have stayed with us throughout the summer and meeting/settling our new friends! All of the children have done so well! Settling confidently, with them already making lots of new friends! We have explored a variety of activities, fork painting our Hedgehog pictures, reading lots of stories, particularly our new core text 'Hug' and looking at the animals found in here as well as the noises they make, painted on our sensory table and looked at/identified different colours We are super excited for this next academic year, continuing to make lots of memories with you all!

PD Day This week our amazing team have spent our PD day together training, learning and familiarising ourselves with all the latest updates and changes to the EYFS. It's been a really valuable day of refreshing our knowledge, sharing ideas and making sure we're all confident and ready to put the latest guidance into practice. We are now feeling refreshed, informed and VERY excited to welcome everyone back! A huge thank you to our wonderful team for their time and for their continued commitment to providing the very best for our children.

We have had a lovely couple of days welcoming our children back to our Owl room. We discovered that over the summer our Carrots had grown a lot and so this week the children picked them ready to taste them next week with all our friends. We look forward to our new children starting next week.

Science week This week all rooms have been taking part in science week! We have been colour mixing using shaving foam and food colouring, made lava lamps (which may have turned into an exploding volcano, well done Natalie ), made slime and cloud dough, watched what happens when you mix salt with ice, and finally ended the week on conducting the skittle experiment! All the children have been making predictions on what they think would happen during each of the experiments and giving a reason why! Yesterday was Karen's last day at nursery. We have truly loved having Karen as part of our team and we wish her nothing but the best for her next adventure! We will miss her bright and bubbly personality, her love for adventurous activities and her endless amount of unique pens! Next week is the last week for our school leavers, and we will sure to make it one to remember