Overbury Grasshoppers News

The Big Garden Bird Watch

The Big Garden Bird Watch

  • 27 Jan 2017
  • Latest News, Nature

The children spent an hour this morning watching the birds that visited our bird table in the garden. They put some bird seed out first thing and sat and waited to see what would happen. 


Planting seeds

Planting seeds

  • 26 Jan 2017
  • Latest News, Nature, Overbury Farms, Understanding of the World

The children visited the estate garden this cold wintery morning to help Leigh plant some salad corn seeds.


Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year

  • 25 Jan 2017
  • Festivals, Latest News, Understanding of the World

The children made their own Chinese dragon and danced to Chinese music


Composting with Leigh and Tom

Composting with Leigh and Tom

  • 19 Jan 2017
  • Communication, Countryside education, Nature, Overbury village

The children put on their out and about clothes and went to visit Leigh and Tom in the garden. Today they are taking the compost to the gardens to help the plants grow and flourish.


Music at nursery

Music at nursery

  • 19 Jan 2017
  • Creativity, Overbury Farms

Tom from the gardening team came to nursery to play some music for the children.


Muddy puddles

Muddy puddles

  • 19 Jan 2017
  • Countryside education, Nature, Overbury village

The children visited the woods and splashed in the puddles


The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

  • 13 Jan 2017
  • Language, Mathematics

The children have been reading the story of the very hungry caterpillar.


Winter walk

Winter walk

  • 4 Jan 2017
  • Countryside education, Nature, Understanding of the World

Today the children have been out exploring the Winter landscape. They made sure that they wrapped up warm as the wind was very cold. The children walked around the estate looking for signs of Winter.