Pirate Pete!
The children have had lots of fun exploring and acting out some of the story book 'Pirate Pete’s Stinky Feet'. The children helped to make a pirate ship area and pirate Pete was even inside!! "It's the pirate!" announced Alex. Whilst inside the children were very excited to find a map and some treasure chests. Douglas was ecstatic "Treasure! Treasure! " he shouted, "Let's find it" he said, ushering his friends to the map pirate Pete left. Jenson stayed in the pirate ship a little longer and even discovered some hidden treasure ! He used the green horn to alert his friends that he had found some!
Sienna and Jasmin ran outside to follow their maps "Follow me" Sienna beckoned to the group, as they led the, through the trees, into the tree house and across the garden. But still no treasure!? However Josh and Damon took off to the sand pit where they uncovered a single piece of treasure, and digging unearthed even more! This lead to building pirate Pete’s ship. Will and Darcey loaded the blocks and bricks from under the tree house and brought them to there friends. Sami decided to add a long flat plank, "it's a bridge, look I'm balancing", he explained to his friends. Douglas rushed to take it seat, as his friends began to set sail " The water is coming" shouted Avyansh. "I need to jump in before it floats away! " Douglas said.
The toddlers have had great fun exploring all the elements. They began by exploring and mark making in the outdoor learning area. Thomas and Xanthe made various marks in the wood bark using sticks and other tools they had found in the garden. James added some wood bark into the fire pit to which the rest of the little ones joined in. Thomas began helping by digging and scooping up more wood bark and then collecting it in a watering can. Later the group were served "ice cream" by some of the older children who had set up a shop in the garden.
They then decided in the main garden to make a car wash. Thomas made a big splash in the water, and laughed as he managed to accidentally wet some of his friends. Xanthe and Freddie liked to explore the new water canons but needed some help to push the water out.
Yoga at Molesey!
This week the children have been exploring lots of different activities throughout the nursery showing great self confidence. Toddlers and pre-school have been for a walk around the fabulous Imber court grounds where they took part in a nature walk collecting leaves and twigs. They then used these on the tree to make different marks listening to the sounds they made, and Ezra said "It's a big stick with green bits on it". Whilst out for a walk they sat together to paint their surroundings, which was very relaxing and peaceful. They have taken part in the regular Yoga class in the garden this where they acted out "We're going on a bear hunt" doing different poses and actions for each part of the story. The older children have also been focusing on 'G' for the sound of the week where they have been forming letters in flour whilst also sounding out writing the letter 'G' in the air looking for objects the start with 'G'. Next week’s sound is ‘O’.
Toddlers have really enjoyed taking part in the jungle tufty tray where they all got messy mixing the different materials together such as flour, lentils, and pasta stomping the jungle animals through it. Hector was using the tiger as he roared, stomping through the flour. Whilst Ada used the gorilla repeating "stomp stomp stomp". Toddlers have also been showing great fine motor skills as they took part in a threading activity using different sized beads to thread. Ella was able to recognise some "Red square, green circle" -Well done!
The babies have had lots of fun taking part in activities within the baby room where they have been using the different musical instruments during music and movement as they shuffled and clapped their hands. They have also been make marking using yellow and red paint showing lots of physical control whilst holding the paint brushes. Some of the children have been starting to say simple words such as dad dad dad and mum mum mum, as a staff member walked into baby room Jack said "Hello" whilst smiling and waving.
Exploring in the garden at Molesey
This week the children have been looking at the letter 'P'. They practiced drawing the letter, while thinking of words that begin with the sound. Amelie said "P is for Peter! We have a Peter at nursery!" They also cleverly identified words such as pineapple, peas, pumpkin and pears, drawing their ideas and were very proud to show their peers. The children have also been for a walk through the Imber court grounds, searching around and in the bushes to see what they could find. Peter picked up a mysterious object and said "Look pears that have grown. They are not very big are they!" Holding them up for everyone to see.
Back at the nursery, the children explored the various plants and flowers that are in the nursery garden. They enjoyed investigating the smells, which Lily and Elodie thought were beautiful. They explored the colours and talked about which ones were their favourites. As they were looking, Hector spotted a bumblebee flying over their heads, which inspired them to go on a bug hunt with their magnifying glasses. They were very excited to see all kinds of small insects such as spiders and ants, crawling quickly along the ground.
