Nursery's words Lent week 4
This week, the focus in the nursery has been on Chinese New Year. Also known as the Spring Festival in China, this year the date marks the end of the Year of the Ox and the start of the Year of the Tiger.
Every week the Bulletin newsletter is sent home from the School Office highlighting important forthcoming dates and events, along with a round-up by Mrs Ainsley, Nursery Manager, of the week gone by.
This week, the focus in the nursery has been on Chinese New Year. Also known as the Spring Festival in China, this year the date marks the end of the Year of the Ox and the start of the Year of the Tiger.
This week, we moved on from ‘Under the Sea’ to ‘Under the Ground’ where the children’s main focus was all about worms. In each classroom there were habitats which worms would explore which gave lots of opportunities for using preposition words.
Mud, mud, glorious mud! That is the song which came to mind this week. The visits to the Junior Boys site for Forest School has consisted of lots of fun in the Thicket especially when Mr P took them to a different part where there was a slope. Children and teachers were challenged to climb up and down the muddy slope, (from the photos, children definitely fared better than the staff.)
Happy New Year to everyone. I hope you have had a happy and restful break.
It's almost the end of this term and what a term it has been! We’ve celebrated different festivals like Diwali, the Chinese Moon Festival and Hanukkah. These gave us the opportunity to investigate, create, explore, question… the list goes on! Our newly refurbished Nursery School has been a pleasure to work in during this term too and the children have really enjoyed our free flow to the outside enclosed garden space. In January we are set to welcome our first two year olds to the Nursery. The amazing space which has been specifically created for them to play and thrive in is readily awaiting them. We know that Miss Carree and Mrs Pemberton can not wait to see them all.
‘It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere we go’
This week the children have been learning about the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday that lasts for eight nights and usually occurs in December. In 164 BC, the Jewish reclaimed their land and rebuilt, cleaned and rededicated their temple. The oil that they found to light the temple was only a small amount but they managed to make it last for eight nights. To celebrate these eight nights, people light candles on a branched candlestick called a Menorah which is why it is also known as the Festival of Lights.
This week, the children have continued exploring light and dark and have been looking at natural and man-made light. As you can imagine, being able to explore gadgets and toys which produce light when you press a button is very exciting for this age group.
This week the children have been looking at reflection and this has been taught through a variety of areas including maths, expressive art and design and communication and language. The Early Years Foundation Curriculum is brilliant for enabling topics, objectives and activities to blend and cross over and for the children to have deep and enriched experiences.
The Nursery has been filled with colour and sparkle this week whilst we have celebrated the festival of Diwali and prepared for Bonfire Night.
I can’t believe we’re at the end of our first half term; it has flown by. It has been an amazing term of discovery for both children and adults alike; getting to know each other, exploring our new refurbished environment and enjoying new adventures in a variety of ways.
We had our first week of Forest School up at the Junior Boys’ site where everyone arrived bright eyed and bushy tailed first thing this morning. Parents had commented on sleepless nights and early mornings with the children being very excited to be going.
A huge well done and thank you to the whole Claires Court co...
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