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30/4/2018

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And what a better way to start the Summer Term than making, baking and then breaking bread?! (see photo below)

It was great to welcome back all the children, parents, friends and carers back for the start of a new term. Everyone was looking refreshed, happy to be back and full of the joys of spring! Easter had been fun according to our motley bunch. As the children volunteered their news on what they had got up to during the break the number of Easter eggs received gradually went up – one child  got one, and another child said they had got one, and another child said that they had got four as they had been on an egg hunt and finally one boy said he had acquired 100 and eaten the lot! Hmmm…
 
We revised and reviewed the rules of the nursery (which we unpinned from our display board) this week encouraging the children to phrase things positively. For example, instead of ‘Don’t run!’ it’s better to say ‘walk in the classroom’, and ‘Don’t shout’ is replaced with ‘Use inside voices.’ It was a great exercise in positive communication! I started off with our first rule of the nursery which is ‘Be Happy!’ One boy remarked, ‘That’s not a rule!’ to which I replied ‘Of course it is. We make the rules, and at the moment, there are no rules on what the rules are, so we can rule whatever we want as the rules!’ He accepted that!

We continued on; the children wanted a rule ‘Don’t hit or punch’ and between us all we rephrased it into ‘we are gentle and kind’ and thought about how we can be gentle and kind by helping each other. And finally for now, as it would be quite drawn out if I repeated all the rules here, rather than phrasing the most recent suggestion ‘Don’t take things out of other people’s drawers’ we rephrased that as ‘Only use your draw!’

This week we are going to be starting our new topic of paints and artists! I am excited as over the next few weeks we will be recreating how to make paints and tying this in with the history of art and artists. First up is Neanderthal cave paintings painted with berries and fat! So guess what I am taking in to nursery tomorrow?!

Will keep you posted!...
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​Happy Musical Springtime!!

2/4/2018

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Continuing on from the music of last week we finished the term with our, always delightful, singing assembly.
 
The picture shows the calm before the storm, or to be more precise the calm before the cacophony of little and large voices, some lively spontaneous dancing, the sharing of hot cross buns, cakes and drinks and finally messages of happy Easter as everybody wended their way!
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Happy Easter holidays and looking forward to more learning fun next term! 
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