Pumpkin Shopping
The children in the Poppies room have recently had a trip to the shops to choose a pumpkin! On the way back to nursery they met a police officer and were very keen to show off their purchases.
More Halloween Fun!
More Halloween fun in our Toddler room! The children were filling the pumpkins with different materials such as shredded paper, leaves, pasta using the tongs. This is great for their fine motor skills and concentration and motivation to keep trying! Also great mathematics filling the objects with different shapes and sizes !
Sponsoring Northowram Rams U7s Football Team
Children's Place are the proud sponsors of the Northowram Rams U7s team. This was the first match they got to wear their new kit and don't they look awesome!! Good Luck for the season!
Pumpkin Fun!
The toddlers really enjoyed exploring all the spooky Halloween objects last week. After reading a pumpkin story they explored using orange and green paints to create their own pumpkin pictures. The team then provided the children real pumpkins to explore. Developing their language the toddlers used lots of words to describe the pumpkins as “orange”, “big”, [...]
Caring for Babies
The toddlers have been developing their imagination as they have explored with the babies. They have been learning to care for them by bathing them and making sure their teeth were clean. They have also been showing interest in doctors as an occupation and have been helping to make their babies feel better. How adorable!!
Mud, Glorious Mud!
Mud, Glorious Mud! The pre-school children have been enjoying playing in the mud kitchen. The mud kitchen is fantastic for imagination, social interactions, mathematical development and creating and thinking critically.
Spooky Week continues…
Our babies have enjoyed pumpkin carving. They all got really stuck in and loved the sensory experience of the inside of the pumpkin. They used spoons to scrape the filling out, putting it into different containers. The babies are still yet to do baking and have a sensory Halloween cauldron to look forward to. Watch this [...]
Five Stars Again!!
We are beyond happy to announce that we have retained our 5 Stars following an inspection from the Environmental Health. Well Done Team Heaton!
Pumpkin Fun!
Continuing with our Spooky week, the toddlers have been carving their pumpkins. There has been a lot of conversations about the smell and feel of the pumpkin seeds inside. We had very mixed reviews!! The children, who liked the feel of the pumpkin, enjoyed playing and exploring all parts of the pumpkin.
Exploring with Paint
The toddler room children have been exploring with paint! They enjoyed mixing the colours together, exploring the texture and making wonderful patterns. Do we have the next Picasso on our hands?!