Nursery

Nursery Production - Tiptoe Nativity

2011-12-15T07:21:00.000-08:00

If you couldn't get to see our Nativity production this year, we have posted it below.

Nursery really enjoyed singing special songs together and dressing up in their festive outfits - including the Three Kings and an Angel.

Nursery - Windy Day & Christmas fun!

2011-12-08T09:00:00.000-08:00

This half term we are learning about colour and light. We have a colour table in the Nursery and at the moment we are looking at the colour blue. We do lots of different activities linked to the colour such as painting, colour mixing, printing & playdough. On Friday 2nd December the children came into Nursery wearing their blue clothes.

Our role play area is currently set up as a discovery zone with dens, torches and shiny materials to explore. We have also been very busy learning our songs for the Tip Toe Nativity - performances. We are then changing our role play area to a Christmas house so we can all have fun getting ready for Christmas together. We are already making our Christmas cards but we can't tell you what they look like because it will spoil the surprise!

Easter and The Royal Wedding!

2011-04-06T03:14:00.000-07:00

We are all very excited in the nursery at the moment as we are having an Easter Parade on Thursday 7th April. We have made Easter Bonnets at home which we will be wearing in the parade - please come and cheers us on at 2.30pm! We have also made nest and cards in Nursery to celebrate Easter.

On April 29th the Queens Grandson William will be getting married to Kate. This will be a very special occasion so in Nursery we have been making some Union Jack Bunting and Flags which are hanging over our reading corner at the moment. We are all really looking forward to the wedding and at school on Thursday 28th April we are going to be having a street party - wow!!

Santa visits the Nursery

2010-12-17T08:46:00.000-08:00

Nursery children have now all settled into the Fairlop nursery and they are enjoying the activities. Every day they do different things.

Today it snowed and the Nusery children were able to play in it. The nursery nurses got some snow and brought it inside in an empty sand pit so and they had great fun together. Also Santa paid them a visit too which was a lovely surprise!

by Aria

2010-06-21T05:51:00.000-07:00

The Butterflies

Well we managed to succesfully rear three butterflies this year and just before half term we were a ble to realease them in the nursery garden. Take a look at the beautiful colours in the pictures.

Up date on the caterpillars!

2010-05-14T06:47:00.000-07:00

Up date on the caterpillars!

Well here it is the caterpillars did not take long to munch through all their food and now we have four coccons in the net. How exciting hopefully it wont be long and we will have four beautiful butterflies to release into the wild! Dont forget to take a look at the cocoons if you visit nursery, will keep you up to date with any progress. Watch this space!

2010-05-07T04:40:00.000-07:00

Or new friends the caterpillars!

After all the excitement of the chicks has faded away we have been lucky enough to have some new friends in nursery this week. We are now learning about the life cycle of butterflies. When our very small caterpillars arrived and they were very hungry! During the week they have doubled in size and it won't be long before they will start the process of turning in to a chrysalis or a cocoon. We will then try to wait patiently until our butterflies emerge. We have them placed on a low table so we can all see so don't forget to take a look when you come in to nursery.

2010-03-12T06:31:00.000-08:00

Spring has arrived!

Spring arrived in nursery last week with the long awaited arrival of our hens eggs. Some people from Wellgate Animal Farm came to see us and talked to us about how to look after our eggs in order for them to hatch into chicks. We got a special machine called an incubator to keep the eggs warm, they will stay in the incubator for 3 weeks and we should have real live chicks around about 24th - 25th March! We also have a special hopuse to keep the chicks in when they have hatched out of the shells. Its along time for us to wait as we are all so eggcited!

2010-02-05T04:06:00.000-08:00

Bubble Blowing

At nursery this week Mrs Low decided to get the bubbles out for some fun. We went into the garden and blew our scented bubbles in to the air. We could smell chocolate and lemon as we watched them float up into the sky. We tried our very best to catch them but it was not easy. Then reception joined us outside and Mrs Low brought out the large bubble blower. We had great fun watching the huge bubbles rise up, we chased them but we did not catch them. We all had a lot of fun.

2010-01-29T04:04:00.000-08:00

Drum Outdoors

At nursery this week we have been learning to improve our listening skills. We wanted to listen to sounds in the enviroment so during one of our group time sessions we took some drumsticks out into the garden and began tapping or stroking different objects. We were able to listen to the different sounds that each object made, we talked about the sounds and we also made a video of our adventure. We hope you like it.

Banana Muffins

2010-01-25T09:04:00.000-08:00

Ingredients (for 6 – 7 muffins):

1 large banana

37.5gms soft brown sugar

0.5 large egg

62.5mls milk

2 tbsp sunflower oil

100gms self raising flour

0.25 tsp grated nutmeg

Turn the oven on to Gas mark 5, 190c

Mash banana using a fork and mix it with the sugar and oil.

Beat in the egg and the milk into the mixture.

Fold in the flour and the nutmeg.

Spoon mixture into muffin cases and back for 15-20 mins.

2009-12-18T04:46:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Monday 14th December was Christmas party day in nursery, we all came to school in our best party outfits and Mrs Low played some music so we could all have a dance and play some dancing party games! When we got tired we sat down and palyed a game of pass the parcel. We were all feeling a bit peckish by this point so we sat down and had some tasty snacks which included some crisps and biscuits, yum yum! Then we had a very special visitor come to see us ........... it was Santa! We all had our photograph taken with him and he gave us all a chocolate santa to eat. It was a really special day!

2009-12-14T04:10:00.000-08:00

Christmas Carol Celebration

Last week in nursery we held our Christmas Carol Celebration. We had been really working hard to remember all the carols which we sang to our family and friends. We were able to dress up as angels and re-create the nativity scene learning all about the birth of baby Jesus. Afterwards our family and friends were invited back into nursery for a hot drink and a mince pie, a good time was had by all.

2009-11-26T04:00:00.000-08:00

Colour and Light

In nursery this half-term we have been learning about colour and light. We have really enjoyed finding out about the differences between night and day and have had some great fun making dens and playing inside them with our torches.

Fairlop Heritage Day

2009-11-13T04:14:00.000-08:00

Fairlop Heritage Day was a day to remember for the whole school! Nursery really enjoyed taking part in the parade dressed in red and white colours representing England. Nursery children followed on after the reception classes and did a fantasti job waving the flags that we had made in nursery earlier that week!

Visit from a paramedic

2009-11-05T07:43:00.000-08:00

The Nursery had a visit from Mr Low - a paramedic from East of England Ambulance Service. He talked to the children about his job and answered any questions they had. He showed the children how to put on a sling and listen to a person breathing using a stethoscope.

Welcome back to Nursery!

2009-10-13T03:32:00.000-07:00

A warm welcome all new children and parents to Fairlop Nursery and of course, a warm welcome back to children who were with us last year.

The Nursery Team has changed since last year and now consists of Mrs Low (formerly Miss Sales) - Nursery Teacher/Green group Key worker, Mrs Stichbury - Blue group Key Worker, Mrs Gilbert/Mrs Nicholson - Red group key workers, Mrs Barker - Teaching Assistant. Please feel free to speak to any member of the team if you have any questions or concerns.

The children in the Nursery have made a great start to the year. They are beginning to make friends and are having fun exploring the Nursery environment to find out what they can do.

Keep visiting this blog to see pictures and videos of the children working. This week you will see the Nursery children singing the song Boom Chika Boom. Enjoy!

Obstacle Course

2008-11-24T04:26:00.000-08:00

Each week the Nursery has focus activities that they do with the children. Last week the children completed an obstacle course in the hall. The following day the children were given the opportunity to master the course on their own. The video shows some of the morning children developing their balancing skills and using the physical equipment outside.

Water Play at Nursery

2008-11-07T08:24:00.000-08:00

Simron and Sibel are having great fun filling up the bottles. Simron also discovers what happens when you blow onto the water and Sibel has a go to.

Sade and Natasha are playing at the water tray. They are filling up bottles and using the water to turn the water wheel. Sade then finds out what happens if you put a spoon over the neck of the bottle.

Gardening area - digging up the carrots!

2008-10-07T02:33:00.000-07:00

Last year the Nursery children planted carrot seeds. The children were responsibile for looking after them and they have now grown in to carrots. Last week the children learned about harvest and the school visited the church to celebrate harvest festival. This week some of the foundation stage children decided that it was time to harvest the carrots and a group of them dug them up. This is what happened.

Anyone fancy a picnic?

2008-10-07T02:23:00.000-07:00

The children in this short film have independently taken some resources from the home corner and made their own picnic/tea party in the blue room. They are using their own experiences and ideas to explore different family roles and extend their understanding of going on a picnic.

2008-09-26T09:39:00.000-07:00

The nursery has had a makeover during the summer holidays and it now looks very modern and streamlined. We have a new slope and entrance and the garden area is now a large open playing area for the Foundation Stage. The nursery has also got lots of new children and they are having a fantastic time exploring the nursery and discovering what we have on offer. The children have been dressing up and playing in the home corner, experimenting with sand and water, making junk models, using the computer and metal detectors, building models using construction and lots lots more!! Keep checking our blog to find out what else we are doing!

The Seaside

2008-06-18T04:20:00.000-07:00

We have our very own seaside role play area at Nursery. The children are building sand castles, relaxing under the beach umbrella with a cup of tea and buying ice creams from the ice cream parlour. I wonder what we will be doing at the seaside tomorrow. Watch this space to find out!

Remote Control Cars

2008-06-18T04:15:00.000-07:00

We have been learning how to use remote control cars. We can make them go forwards, backwards, left and right. We know that the cars need batteries to make them move.

Fairlop Nursery Podcasts!

2008-05-13T09:16:00.000-07:00

This week in Nursery, we have been doing Podcasts. We recorded the children talking about what they like to do on a portable MP3 player. Click on the icon to hear us

Building work!

2008-04-30T08:18:00.000-07:00

As you might have noticed there is building work going on in the Nursery garden at the moment. We are having a slope built for the new Nursery entrance which will take shape over the Summer. The children have shown a great interest in the work and so we have planned in opportunities for the children to dig and build themselves to enable them to experience what is is like to be a builder first hand. The children have been using diggers in the sand as well as using the community bricks to build a variety of different buildings and vehicles.

Hospital Role Play

2008-04-30T07:55:00.000-07:00

This half term the Nursery is covering the topic of keeping healthy. To help support their learning the Nursery has turned the role play area in to a hospital. There are different roles for the children to act out. They can be a doctor, nurse, patient, receptionist or visitor. The children are shown how to play each role by an adult who supports their plays and encourages them to try different roles. The children are really enjoying role playing different scenarios.

The children have been filling in patients details including their symptoms and the treatment they will be given.

Dinosaur rafts

2008-03-27T09:48:00.001-07:00

The children have been building rafts for Dinosaurs in the environmental area. They were given different materials and guidance to build a raft for their dinosaurs and then tested them in the pond. It was a valuable experience for the children as they learnt how to problem solve with support. After the models were built they tested their rafts and made improvements before relaunching them. Have a look at our models and see what you think.

Dinosaur world - the adventure starts here!

2008-03-14T05:34:00.001-07:00

This week we started a project on Dinosaurs. The children helped build aDinosaur World in the garden and ventured into the environmental area to find twigs and straw to keep the dinosaurs warm. The children really enjoyed building the shelters and they talked about the materials they could use and how they could join them together. It was a good problem solving activity which has resulted in a small world play area for dinosaurs and children to enjoy.

Pirates have taken over Fairlop Nursery!

2008-03-14T05:08:00.000-07:00

This week the children have been pretending to be pirates. They have been dressing up in pirate costumes and making treasure chests to keep their treasure. Later on in the week the play developed and the children decided that they needed some pretty dresses to dress up in so the pirates could capture the princess.

Learning about numbers

2008-03-03T09:20:00.001-08:00

We have been learning a chant about firemen to help us learn our numbers and start to understand the concept of taking away. The chant goes like this:

Five little fireman standing in a row,

1 2 3 4 5 lets go

Jump on the engine with a SHOUT,

As quick as a wink the fire is out.

Four little fireman standing in a row,

1 2 3 4 shh lets go,

Jump on the engine with a SHOUT,

As quick as a wink the fire is out.

The chant continues as above but counts down each time but replace the relevant number with a shh each time. So three fireman would have the words 1 2 3 shh shh. Have a go yourself.

Handa's Surprise - Fruit Tasting

2008-03-03T09:10:00.001-08:00

We have been reading the book Handa's Surprise. In our group time we tasted the fruits and discussed their appearance and taste. The children then decided if they liked them or not and tried to give reasons for their answers.

Handa's Surprise - Child initiated play

2008-03-03T04:16:00.000-08:00

We have been reading the story of Handa's Surprise. We have acted out the story using props and tasted the fruit in our groups. The children in this short film have taken some of the fruit props out of the box and are playing with them independently.