Victoria Day Nursery

Our caterpillars have gone through metamorphosis and have changed into butterflies. Today we have said goodbye to them as they have gone to fly with their friends and their family.

Over the last few weeks we have been looking at the lifecycle of a caterpillars. We were lucky enough to get our own caterpillar eggs. We have loved looking at them and watching them develop and evolve from tiny eggs into caterpillars. Currently our caterpillars are hibernating in their chrysalis’ and we are eagerly awaiting on them the hatch. 🥚 🐛 🦋

Reading stories to young children is crucial for brain development, language acquisition and building cognitive skills like memory and focus. We have a select group of core books that we read with our children over and over again to enable memory recall and to develop a love of books so that children can gain confidence in repeating refrains. When deciding which book to read for that group, the children problem solve by voting for their favourite story and realising that the highest number will have their turn first.
Today, our children wanted a story in the garden 📚

We have been making the most of the lovely ☀️. The children have been moving around in different ways exploring all the different activities outside in the garden and using their imagination whilst playing in the home corner, making delicious food for their friends.

Yesterday and today we have been busy busy doing some gardening.Here we are planting peas, carrots and sunflowers. We know that it will take a long time for the plants to grow but we know they will need water and sunshine, but when they do grow, we cannot wait to eat them with our dinner. 🥕🌻

Today we celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as some of our favourite characters. Well done everyone and Happy World Book Day 📖

Here is a little update on some of our planting. Brendan Bean Sprout, Bobbie Basil Shoots and Sally Spinach Shoots are growing beautifully 🌱

We have been super busy here at VDN doing lots of planting. We loved getting messy in the soil and have spoken about what seeds need to be able to grow. We know that most seeds need soil, water and lots of sunshine. We have also planted some bean sprout seeds, these do not need soil and must be kept in a dark place. These are some of our photographs so far and we will keep updating as our seeds begin to grow 🌱🪴

The Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) began on Tuesday. This year is the Year of the Fire Horse which symbolises energy, speed and passion. Red is the main colour and is used in decorations to bring good luck. We have been decorating a horse today and have had lots of fun doing so.

Happy pancake day everyone. We enjoyed tasting pancakes with fresh fruit. We also made pictures of our pancakes 🥞