Buds that Blossom Wendover

Our lovely Nursery in Aylesbury, have baby places, please get in touch if you are interested.

We are now starting to allocate baby places for September 2025, If you are interested and would like to book a tour, please call 01296 621143 or email wendoverbudsthatblossom.co.uk then we can arrange to show you around and answer any questions you may have.

Bonfire Night - W/C 4th November 2024

This week the children enjoyed celebrating Bonfire night with a range of messy play and arts and crafts. The children showed high levels of enjoyment as they created their firework picture and discussed colours and when they have seen fireworks in the sky.
The children also enjoyed our messy tray where they used the paintbrushes to make marks in the sand which revealed bright colours that represented fireworks.
Overall the children loved celebrating Bonfire Night and linking this to their experiences of seeing fireworks

Happy Halloween 🎃

This week the children celebrated Halloween with lots of dress up and Halloween inspired activities. The children learnt all about Halloween and explored pumpkins, spiders, lots of messy play and more.
The children showed great enthusiasm and enjoyment celebrating Halloween and all of us at Buds that Blossom hope you had a lovely Halloween.

Week commencing 21/10/24- Transient Art

This week the children have enjoyed transient art.

They particularly enjoyed our sticker activity where they stuck the stickers along the lines, progressing their fine motor skills. The children also progressed their mathematical development as they talked about the length and shape of each line, as well as the number of stickers they used on each one. They showed preference of colour as they talked about their favourites and which colours are mummy and daddy’s favourites. As well as this, we practised turn taking as we shared the stickers with each other, progressing our personal, social, and emotional development.

Overall, the children showed high levels of engagement throughout this activity and were keen to create some amazing transient art.

Week commencing 14/10/24-Exploring Playdough

The children enjoyed exploring the textures and smells of playdough this week. Over the course of the week the children have explored the smells of playdough and cinnamon as we have celebrated autumn.

The children progressed their expressive arts and design development as they used their imagination to role plays birthdays. They used different tools to flatten the playdough and used gems,straws, and counters to make candles and sprinkles. They also progressed their personal, social, and emotional development as they discussed their sense of self. Children showed awareness of their age, and some discussed their recent birthday celebrations.

We also progressed our physical development this week as we explored our senses. The children were encouraged to explore the smells and textures. We used words such as ‘squeeze’, ‘soft’, ‘smooth’, and more to describe what we could feel.

We also discussed the natural resources set out, such as conkers. We learnt about where conkers come from, progressing our understanding of the world. The children enjoyed searching for different coloured leaves in the garden and talking about how they change colour in autumn.

Overall, the children showed high levels of engagement throughout the week, and learnt lots about autumnal changes in our environment. They enjoyed being ‘Excellent Explorers’, linking to our curriculum’s monthly focus.

Week commencing 30/09/2024- Painting

This week the children have thoroughly enjoyed painting. They used both natural and man made resources to create marks, using resources such as conkers, pine cones, or paintbrushes and sponges.

One of the children’s favourite ways of painting this week have been conker painting, where they got messy and had lots of fun. We progressed our understanding of the world as we talked about where the natural resources come from, and where they grow. Some of the children talked about their own experiences in relation to conker painting, such as collecting conkers on the way home from nursery.

The children also enjoyed free painting with paint brushes. They progressed their expressive arts and design development as they used their imagination to make marks and give reasonings. Some of the children were intrigued as to what would happen when colours are mixed. They experimented doing so and enjoyed watching what happens when adding more or less of different colours.

Overall, the children have had a fun filled week with lots of messy crafting. It was great to see them get so stuck in and explore the different textures on offer.

Week commencing 30/09/24- Cooking With Ingrid

This week the children have had the opportunity to make their own fresh pizzas with Ingrid. All of the children look forward to their chance of cook with her and always learn so much.

Whilst cooking, the children progressed their understanding of the world. They learnt lots about recipes and how they are the instructions for the food they're making. The children also progressed their listening and attention as they listen carefully to the instructions and carry them out accordingly. As well as this, they progress their physical development. They use their hands to knead the dough and make it into a pizza shape, before spreading on the sauce and adding the toppings.

Overall the children were very enthusiastic to make their yummy pizzas with Ingrid and looked forward to sharing them with their families. Thank you to Ingid for giving the children the chance to earn some much through cooking.

Week commencing 23/09/2024- Potion Making

This week the Blossom’s enjoyed potion making. They explored a variety of textures and discussed the different colours as they created potions.

The children enjoyed pouring different materials into containers and potion bottles, as well as using a variety of gems, beads, and foil. This progressed their mathematical development as they discussed the amount of coloured water or rice they could fit in the bottles. We used a range of mathematical vocabulary over the course of the week to discuss the volumes each container held.

Throughout the week they also progressed their expressive arts and design development as they used their imagination to talk about the potions they made and the resources they used. The children enjoyed role playing with the potions and progressed their communication and language development throughout.

Week commencing 16/09/2024- Blossom's Car Wash

This week the children thoroughly enjoyed the car wash. They were keen to get stuck in to the activity and enjoyed running the cars down the ramp into the water.

The children progressed their understanding of the world as we talked about the different types of vehicles and their features. We also discussed the emergency vehicles, such as the ambulance, and it's role. We then linked this to our ambulance crew dress up and talked about how to care for ourselves.

Over the course of the week, the children also progressed their mathematical development. We practised counting the number of wheels on each vehicle and making comparisons between sizes. The Blossom's enjoyed talking about the different speeds of which the vehicles travelled down the ramps, and used a variety of mathematical vocabulary to discuss this.