The children attending our Barkerend nursery have been showing an interest in mark making and cars, so we put the two together to make car painting marks. This became a very popular activity, the children explored the different marks making big and small car marks and also hand and finger prints.
The toddlers attending our Dewsbury nursery have been really interested in observing the caterpillars and have already noticed and commented that they are growing bigger. The toddlers have used green and red fruits to make their own yummy caterpillar fruit kebab. They also used their fingers to make marks in paint to represent their caterpillars.
This week the toddlers attending the Dewsbury nursery took part in their sports day. They were very competitive and showed determination as they joined in the different races which were egg and spoon race, sack race and bean bag race. They also explored obstacle courses, practising their gross motor skills as they practised climbing, balancing and [...]
Oral Health is so important for everyone. We promote good oral hygiene within nursery on a daily basis, through healthy eating, books and role play. This week the Barkerend nursery had the Fluoride Varnish team visit them to apply Fluoride Varnish on the over 2’s teeth to keep them healthy.
The children attending our Barkerend nursery extended their play by helping each other build a big ramp for the cars, they showed great team work, patience, positivity and problem solving.
The children attending our Dewsbury nursery were introduced to the caterpillars that they will nurture. They have enjoyed the story of the very hungry caterpillar, what he got up to on his travels through the pages and why he felt a little queasy. The enjoyed using red and green paints and felt pens to represent their [...]
The babies attending our Dewsbury nursery are well underway with their preparations for celebrating the Queens Jubilee. They have been busy exploring glue and different textured collage pieces of material and shiny fabric, creating decorations for our planned celebrations.
The babies attending our Dewsbury nursery have been celebrating Eid, exploring many different textures of dough, developing their manipulation, control and strength in their fingers. These are important skills that are required to develop future skills for writing. We celebrated with an Eid lunch of curry, rice and naan bread, followed by a party tea later [...]
The children at Barkerend have enjoyed junk modelling today, by having open ended resources the children have gained confidence and imaginative skills to create their own models.
This week the children in the toddler and pre-school rooms at Dewsbury have been learning all about Ramadan. The toddlers listened to stories from a book called My First Ramadan, the practitioners introduced lots of cultural to help the children learn all about this celebration. Some of the children enjoyed roleplaying with the tasbeeh and masala, [...]
