The Seaside

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

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!

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!

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

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

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!

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.