Autumn Adventures!

Over the last couple of weeks, the pre-school children have really enjoyed the wet weather and splashing in as many deep puddles as they could possibly find on our walks around the nursery grounds. Alba and Zoe jumped in a very deep puddle and, once realising that the puddle was deeper than they expected, Alba laughed and said, “Woah, that was nearly slippery!” and Zoe replied, “That’s ok, we did good balancing”. Harry held on to Tommy’s hand to guide him through the puddle and reassured him, “Come in Tommy, it’s ok, we won’t get very wet”. However, once Tommy was in the puddle, he didn’t mind getting wet at all!
After stopping for a little snack and watching the world go by with joggers and dog walkers, the children went off to the corner of the rugby field which had collected a lot of rain water and turned in to a small pond that even the swans were enjoying. The children thought this was really funny and decided they wanted to join the swans in the water. Jonny even suggested, “Let’s take some pictures of us sharing the pond with the swans”. Once the ground dried up slightly in the afternoon, the children all loved some football games and hula hoop games over on the field. Sophie, Emily and Sadie all enjoyed throwing the ball to each other and listened to Zac explaining to them how to play ‘Piggy in the middle’.  

The pre-school children also really have a keen interest in learning about different types of animals and this week they have really enjoyed exploring different habitats including safari animals in a snow scene, farm animals in hay and some bugs and insects in some naturals materials. Each day Sophie would ask in the morning, “What animals are we going to find out about today?” and really enjoyed helping to set up the habitats. The children especially loved the snow scene, with Florence exclaiming, “It looks like real snow”.