Party Time at Hampton!
Merry Christmas to you all from the Nursery. Have a wonderful break, and a happy and healthy 2020!
This week the children had their Christmas party. They enjoyed tasty food together to start with. They then got into the festive spirit by taking part in various party games. During musical chairs the children began to move around getting faster and faster as they moved around to sit on a chair, with lots of laughter. This was followed by pass the parcel and Thomas shouted out "Bubbles, bubbles!" as he discovered the contents. The children each had an early present from Father Christmas and were so excited to tear the paper off to reveal their very own book, showing each of their friends the book they had received. William began to point at the various pictures in his saying "It has my name!" as he noticed his name in the title of the book. The highlight of the party was the snow! Douglas had so much fun playing in the snow he used both hands to try and catch it, then proceeded to lie on the floor and say "I'm a snow angel" and began to wave his arms and feet and started to laugh. Ines was so excited to see the snow she started to sing "Snow,snow,snow!" and began to dance around. Damon and Sami noticed different sized foot prints on the floor and started to identify the different sizes . Hlenhaze used his hands to make various patterns in the snow. Great fun!
The babies got involved in the Christmas party as Lyra jumped up to catch the snow as it was falling whilst clapping her hands and smiling. They were fascinated by this. Oliver enjoyed pass the parcel as he tore the paper up and helped to unwrap some presents. The babies have also been exploring textures with different colours. Abigail played with some green and red pasta, she squashed it between her fingers and palms before lifting it up and dropping it back causing jasper to laugh. The babies also used jugs and spoons to fill and empty with the pasta. Jasper and Owen played with some Christmas coloured floaty materials whilst listening to music. Jasper hid under his before saying ‘Boo’ making Owen laugh before he copied.
Church visit and Christmas Concert at Hampton!
This week was very exciting indeed with our Christmas Concert. The children looked amazing as you can see, dressed either as reindeers, swans, snowmen, dogs and Santas - all characters from the Stick Man story. Before the concert Damon and Scarlett cuddled and Scarlett said "I'm Santa and you're snowman ! We're best friends." As the adults came into teh room Sami waved shouting "mummy mummy! I'm here!" and Xanthe ran over to give a cuddle to her family then excitedly ran back over to join her friends saying "I'm back! I'm back." They sang beautifully and there was a fantastic turnout from parents, relatives and carers whom all joined in with the singing, which was lovely. Afterwards everyone was able to go outside under the pergola and have some hot and cold drinks , and some snacks and treats, despite the pouring rain!
Thank you to everyone who came to support the children, and the hard work of the staff and efforts from the children. we are looking forward to the Christmas dinners and parties next week!
This week the babies have explored cosy dens. The sleep room was turned into a cosy corner with bean bags and pillows to sit on with hideaway sheet covering the doorway to make it the perfect den. Jasper and Owen explored the cosy den snuggling on the bean bags and exploring some sensory light tubes. Jasper was amazed at the colours changing opening his mouth in shock when it closed and turning it into a smile whilst Owen laughed as he gently shook the tubes. Abigail and jasper explored the foam, jasper was eager to bury his way to the bottom to find some oats where as Abigail played high five with the foam. Lyra, Oliver and Owen explored the baby gym, blankets were laid over the top to make a secret passage way to the slide intriguing the babies more. Oliver crawled up the stairs and slide his was down the slide before Lyra followed and had a go steering the wheel before drawing down the slide. The babies have also played with the floaty materials and bubbles playing peek a boo with the materials making all the children laugh before popping bubbles together as they make friendships.
Christmas Concert at Molesey!
This week was very exciting indeed with our first preschool Christmas Concert. The children looked amazing as you can see, dressed either as reindeers, swans, snowmen, dogs and Santas - all characters from the Stick Man story. Max said "Woof woof, I'm a big fluffy doggy and I like to run around!" , and Sophie said "But the reindeer eats the carrot not the donkey silly!" .They sang beautifully and there was a fantastic turnout from parents, relatives and carers whom all joined in with the singing, which was lovely. Afterwards everyone was able to go outside and have some hot and cold drinks, and some snacks and treats. They children were able to run about in the darkened garden which they love!. At one point, Ayla looked at her white face paint in the mirror and stared laughing saying "I look like a ghost!" .
Thank you to everyone who came to support the children, and the hard work of the staff and efforts from the children. we are looking forward to the Christmas dinners and parties next week!
This week toddlers have been talking about the weather, when talking about the cold we gave the children frozen peas to feel. George shouted "it's cold" as he moved his hands round the mess tray! The toddlers also played with a small world zoo which was covered in snow to mimic the cold frosty weather outside. They have been busy with Christmas decorations getting ready for the Christmas concert get together, preparing presents for their parents. This has included making stockings with pom-poms, tissue paper and cotton wool. Alice says "This feels soft" when touching the cotton wool. The toddlers participated in cooking this week and made shortbread for their dessert. Salvador really enjoyed stirring the mixture! He used the spoon and also his hands to really get the mixture mixed!! The toddlers have also been painting with some new colours this week 'silver and gold' which they hadn't used before. The children enjoyed how sparkly it looked.
We have had a busy week in babies getting ready for Christmas. They have been very involved in producing the artwork for the display boards, using white paint and fluffy cotton wool to make mountains for penguins and snowmen made from chalk. They have been mark making using flour on the table, moving it around with their fingers and also whole hands using fine and gross motor skills, then using it to shape some salt dough.
In the messy tray they have also been exploring different dry materials including oats, cornflour, dry mashed potato and even fruit tea bags!
During circle time the little ones have been learning new action songs called ‘Open, shut them’ and ‘Jingle bells’, using the musical instruments as they sing.
