Fire Burning Bright!
Rhea is Orange Group keyperson.
But she is also our Resident Artist.
Rhea has been teaching us all about clay.
Rhea LOVES clay!
And in our Fire Pit children from across Nursery 2 have been busy burning pots!
So
Get the fire burning bright and hot
Wrap the pot up with grass or steel wool and foil
Place in fire and stack the wood around
Fire the pot but not too quickly
Cool it down and unwrap the foil
Can you see the marks the fire has made?
Each pot is SO unique!
Have you seen the pots on display at the front of Nursery?
Come along and take a look!
Singing Songs is getting Ready-to-Read
You might know already that Nursery Rhymes help us get ready-to-read.
And ‘action songs’ too!
We love to sing.
We love our Big Circle.
We love our Song Bags!
And we’ve been singing
5 Little Monkeys
Swinging in a tree
Teasing Mr Crocodile
“You can’t catch me!”
“You can’t catch me!”
Along came Mr Crocodile
As quiet as can be
And SNAP went he!
We’ve been singing
5 little speckled frogs
Sat on a speckle log
Eating the most delicious grubs
Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Then there were 4 green speckled frogs
Glub! Glub!
Our song bags have been incredible provocations for
Singing
Sharing
Turn taking
Collaborating
Counting and Calculating
Counting on fingers!
Glub! Glub!
Boat Building
Have you ever been on a boat?
Have you ever built a boat?
We have!
Blocks will help you.
Maps will help you.
So will
Oars
Sails
Anchors
Shipmates
But sharks will not help you!
Neither will
Waves – the big ones!
Pirates – the unfriendly ones!
The sun – when its hot!
We have been on a long journey by sea.
And we’ve read lots of maps.
And we’ve read lots of books about pirates.
So if you ever need to
build a boat or read a map
find some treasure or survive a shark
cast an anchor or ride a storm
Then just ask!
We can help!
Messy Material
We love messy material.
Natural materials to manipulate.
If children’s hands are their best research tool… what do we put within their reach?
Gloop and playdough and water and sand have been helping children be scientists and explorers!
And also help children become absorbed, wallowing with their senses, soothing and relaxing and regulating themselves.
Our St. Paul’s Promise says we “use all our senses to engage in scientific enquiry”.
We explore and examine.
We wonder and research.
We ask questions and test ideas.
We explore with our hands and our fingers.
We explore with all our senses.
We
Squeeze
Pour
Push
Pat
Pinch
Mix
Manipulate!
We LOVE messy material.
Natural materials to manipulate.
