Briercliffe Day Nursery

Today we have been encouraging the preschool children to make their own choices. We encouraged the children to choose what they would like to do at the creative table and they decided on painting. They then moved onto what colours to choose. They decided on 4 bright colours because they "could paint a rainbow." We chose to use cotton pads to paint with as the children thought they could "spread" the paint with these.

We used the cotton pads to spread the paint on our paper and mix the colours together. The children used phrases such as "look what colour I've made" and "I'm going to mix it round". We really enjoyed creating our paintings with different materials and we are already thinking what we can use next!

Are you a parent/carer of a child/ren with Special Educational Needs (SEND)?
Are you looking for something to do this Saturday and every 1st Saturday every month which is Free? You are all invited to join us and other families at our next 'Include Me family SEN session' this Saturday 1st March, 10am to 12pm. Breakfast is provided 😋.
No need to book. Just come and have lots of fun and make new friends😊.

This week in preschool we have been looking at a child's specific focus which is hairdressing. We have planned several activities around the child's focus including drawing themselves and looking at the colour of their hair and what features the child has got. They seemed to have really enjoying the activities this week!

Book of the week. Children have been voting for the book of the week, this week is rainbow fish and going on a bear hunt. We have also introduced a sequencing of the story, this is to encourage children to sequence the story and promotes team working together and building relationships with their peers.

In our preschool room we have introduced our new self regulation arch, this area is a calming and quiet space for children to access when they need to go to a space to regulate their emotions. Inside are some lovely books that are about feelings and emotions, there are some stress balls that children can squeeze again these help when children are feeling angry, anxious or upset. We have an emotions board and every morning children find their pictures and put their picture on how they are feeling and why they are feeling this way. Children can express their feelings and when they like. Children's wellbeing is important at Briercliffe and giving them a safe space they can go to is lovely to see. PSED is a prime area of learning and talking about how children feel is important in their development.

In Preschool this week we have been looking at different foods, tastes and textures. Looking where the different food grows and comes from the children have loved trying new foods and some children now have a new favourite food which they have never tried before.

Friendship Pie 🥧

This week we have been talking about how can be kind to our friends, what makes a good friend and who our best friends are. We have also discovered new textures this week which are custard, cream, jelly, meringue and hot chocolate.

Today in preschool we are looking at being kind with our friends, we have made our friendship pie which has different textures we have used custard, cream and flour today.
We are also looking at golden rules and how we can be kind at nursery. A lot of children have been talking about fruit and vegetables so we are going to doing some fruit drawing today and looking at the textures of the different fruit and colours.

In preschool this week we are celebrating random acts of kindness tree. We will be adding kindness hearts throughout the week to celebrate the kind things that the children do, stay tuned for an update later in the week for our kindness messages!

This morning toddlers have been looking at different insects lady birds and spiders following the children's interest of mini beast. Throughout this week we will be looking at numbers, shapes and colours to further enhance the children's understanding and building up on the recognition of numbers,shapes and colours as we have picked up on this through doing current focus weeks and children's trackers. The children have loved creating their own spiders which we have been encouraging counting. Some children have made paper plate lady birds which we have been encouraging colour recognition and counting for how many spots.

A massive thank you to all the toddlers parents and loved ones who joined us for our stay and play this morning. The toddlers have loved celebrating Valentine's day with their loved ones, we enjoyed some yummy breakfast and joined in with some lovely Valentine's activities.

In toddlers today is stay and play, lots of fun activities and parents can enjoy a continental breakfast and a hot drink. If parents have any questions please do not hesitate to speak with the toddler staff, nursery deputy manager Nicola will be at the stay and play as she is based in toddlers and can answer any questions asked. We hope you enjoy your stay and play and your children have fun