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May 22,2019

Outdoor Painting

The children have made the most of the lovely weather this week and have been very creative outdoors working together making large murals. We have explored a variety of techniques such as splatter painting, large roller and brush painting, cling film and tin foil painting and water painting. This ga

May 17,2019

Life Cycles

This week in the garden the older children were planting with Corinne and found a cocoon. We think it might be a beetle. This reminded the children of our caterpillars last year and they were keen to see this lifecycle again. Some of the children visited Mrs Mustard in the office and she ordered the

May 16,2019

Garden Play

The babies and toddlers have been super busy out enjoying the sunshine in the garden this week. We have also had a walk to the park and the loch. In the garden we have been water painting the fence, chalking pictures on the path, making creative collages and car track prints. The children loved spla

May 15,2019

Pets

The Tweenie children were very excited this week to meet Gillian’s pets. Gillian brought in a Spiny Tailed Monitor Lizard called Dexter and a Royal Python Snake called Maili. The children were very eager to touch the snake to see what he felt like. If anyone has a pet that they would like to bring

May 03,2019

The Great Outdoors

This week has been about the Great Outdoors for the older children. We are loving how beautiful the flowers are in our garden and refreshing our wormery for Spring. The children have enjoyed handling and looking after the worms. They are ‘tickly’ on your hands! We also rescued a snail and checke

May 02,2019

Obstacle fun

This week we have been taking part in lots of obstacle courses in the wild woods and green garden. The ladies have been helping us assess our own risks, this helps us to gain confidence, learn new skills and become confident individuals.

April 17,2019

Easter Fun

This week the children have been interested in caterpillars. They found lots of leaves in the garden with holes in them. We did some research about the life cycle of a caterpillar and how it changes into a butterfly. We learned a new song about a caterpillar. We have also been very busy with Easter

April 12,2019

Frogs and Tadpoles

This week the children on the second floor have been closely watching the frog spawn and the tadpoles. We have noticed that the frog spawn that we brought into the nursery last week has all hatched into tadpoles and we have been watching them grow bigger as the week has gone on. In the pond [&hellip

April 10,2019

A little visitor

By Gillian Mustard
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The Tweenie children had a little visitor today. Claire brought her new kitten ‘Oreo’ to meet the children. The children were very excited to meet him. If you have any pets at home and your children would like to bring them in to meet their friends in the Tweenie Room, please let a member of [&h

April 05,2019

Frog Spawn

Well our playroom feels a bit empty as our chicks have gone back to the farm. This week the children have been keen to check on the progress of our frog spawn in the pond. The adult frogs seem to have gone and left the spawn to hatch. Some of the children are curious to […]