The children celebrated the arrival of Spring by throwing colourful powder paints to make patterns.
The children embraced the challenge to throw the paint onto the white backdrop making beautiful patterns.
They learnt to work together, take turns, share and lots of physical movements. Above all it was great fun.
The toddlers have been out and about on a listening walk
The under two's have been exploring texture and sensory activities.
Tom from the gardening team came to nursery to play some music for the children.
The children have been having lots of fun enjoying their last day of term before the excitement of Christmas begins.
The children have been making their own decorations to adorn the tree they chose.
On our walks in late Winter/early Spring (all protected from the elements in our outdoor clothing)... ... we have found there are always flowers to look out for. The 3 and 4 year olds took out Winter/Spring flower spotter sheets and managed to find all of the flowers on them - snowdrops, daffodils and primroses. They learn so much about nature...
Our Inaugural Nativity was so well received last year http://www.overburyenterprises.co.uk/2014/12/our-inaugural-nativity-play/that we decided to do it all again (more stress grey hairs for the staff but all worth it in the end)!!We only practice for a couple of weeks and never get the full cast together until the performance! But the parents...
At Grasshoppers, to ensure that nobody missed out, we had a whole week of pyjama days to raise money for Children in Need! Fun for Pudsey's great and small http://www.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/childreninneed We did lots of baking and sold our cakes and biscuits. We also asked everyone to bring in their spare change to ' cover Pudsey...
One of the children's favourite activities continues to be play dough, we always make our own and whenever we do, we always have a table full of children keen to take part! One of the parents recently asked for our recipe - read on to learn more.... There is plenty of learning to be had in making play dough, covering all the areas of learning...
