Little Woodlings Nursery in Claverley

Sorry we have been so quiet recently but we have been so busy with Christmas activities! We have had our annual Christmas tree walk, a visit from Santa and lots of Christmas parties!
Today we had Christmas Dinner cooked by the wonderful cooks at school!

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Last week we celebrated Rememberence day with the children. Some of us watched the CBeebies rabbit programme which explains simply what Rememberence day is about.

Recently we have been looking at the seasonal changes, this has involved using leaves, conkers and acorns to do different activities.

At Little Woodlings Nursery we love to go out and about exploring the local community.

The practitioners at Little Woodlings Nursery have recently completed Early Talk Boost training which supports children aged 3-4 years in their early speech, language and communication skills. ' Early Talk Boost narrows the gap between 3-4 year old with delayed language and their peers'
We are very excited to be holding a parents evening in the Autumn Term to support our families in supporting their children at home too, as well as carrying out the 9 week, planned program here at nursery. We have some fantastic resources from I CAN to assist us in delivering the sessions for the children.
Little Woodlings Nursery have spaces available from September. To enquire about a place, our number is 01746710203, or email [email protected].

We are holding a plant sale, we have lots of plants left over so please come along and help yourself and support us by making a small donation.

We have been looking at healthy foods, we have enjoyed exploring different foods to see if they floated or sank and to see what is inside them.

Today we had a Father's day den building stay and play session in our Forest school. Thank you to all the wonderful Dad's who attended, it was fantastic to have parents share the amazing experiences we have again. Many more will be scheduled soon!

Today some of the children found a Bumble Bee and wondered why it was so still.

We rescued it and gave it some sugar water to help it get energy and it flew away. We were super Bee savers.

How amazing is our new cosy area? Jess's Daddy Derek has very kindly created this wooden structure and her Mummy Beccy made the fabric too!

This week we have been celebrating 2 very important things. We have celebrated Eid Al Fitr with one of our children and the Japanese festival of children called Kodomono Hi.

We have been very lucky to have had a brand new interactive board at nursery. We have been using it to research the Queen!

We have started gardening at nursery, we have planted seeds and plants and look forwards to watching them change and develop over the next few weeks.

We have had an exciting delivery of frogspawn and caterpillars this week! We are so excited to watch them grow and change!

There is nothing better than a cardboard box!! Today it has been a boat, a car and an aeroplane!

We have loved celebrating oral health and give children a smile day today by creating self portraits and talking about keeping healthy and the things that make us happy!🦷🦷🦷👅👄

We have enjoyed celebrating Chinese New Year and National hedgehog day this week through a wide range of activities,mud mark making a Tiger, mixing our own paint to create marks, playing with the pasta and rice using Chinese teasets and making playdough Hedgehogs and pear Hedgehogs in our weekly cooking sessions.

This week we have been interested in creating bridges which we are hoping to continue next week and breaking free horses trapped in ice.

Following on from bird week last week we used binoculars to look for birds, tried to be birds in the trees and jumped off logs to see if we could fly in out Forest school sessions.

This week we have welcomed back all our children and celebrated National Bird day, we have had fun making name nests, cutting our own feathers and finding shapes in a huge birds nest.
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We are on the search for a hobby horse...if you have one you no longer need please could you let us know! Thank you.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all at Little Woodlings Nursery!
We are now closed for the Christmas Holidays and re-open on Wednesday 5th January 2022. 🎄

Today we went to the mobile library van, this is a good experience for children to choose their own stories to bring back to nursery.

Happy 1st December ! We are full swing into Christmas at Little Woodlings Nursery, on Monday we walked with our families to our local Christmas tree farm & the children chose their tree! It was delivered yesterday and the children have done a fantastic job of decorating it, they have even been making their own decorations. We now have Santa's workshop in our role play area following on from our shop and the children are busy making Christmas cards, sewing stockings and making snow globe's.

This week we have been exploring shapes, letters and marks on large scale roads, mark making underneath tables and practicing our core strength in Yoga.

Forest school Autumn fun bug hunt and leaf play!
Leaves leaves and more leaves!🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁

We had a super busy week last week at Little Woodlings Nursery. Some of our activities we did included, building bridges, we made self portraits using paper plates, we watched a short film from the BBC about remembrance on our interactive whiteboard, and the children made a big poppy collage. We did lots of craft including bubble painting, cutting and sticking making a butterfly, and we mixed play foam with paint. We also used our colour pegs to make some repeat patterns.

Each week the children join in with a yoga and mindfulness session, and sticky kids, an exercise class where the children listen to instructions and do the moves!

Each day we also follow a program called `'letters and sounds' last week the children sounded out some rhyming words and sang a popular song called 'silly soup'.

The children at Little Woodlings Nursery in Claverley are excited to be getting ready to hold an open evening in November and show off their lovely surroundings...
The open evening is 6pm till 7pm on Tuesday 23 November and the nursery address is Little Woodlings nursery Claverley school, Aston Lane, Claverley, Wolverhampton, WV5 7DX
To find out more... https://www.facebook.com/Little-Woodlings-Nursery-in-Claverley-102502622119218

Each morning at Little Woodlings Nursery our snack cafe opens for the children. Each day we have two helpers who run the cafe, they enjoy dressing up in aprons (made by Jess' lovely mummy) and chef hats, they turn our sign on, count the children to count out the cups and plates, find the children's picture cards, and help prep our snack. The bell is rung when the children leave the table and a space becomes available. In each bowl of food we have a number card to help the children use their counting skills and number recognition. They even wash and dry their own plate and cup!
This activity not only promotes independence, but many other learning opportunities take place, such as turning taking, managing their own feelings and behaviour while waiting, counting skills, number recognition, hand eye coordination while pouring their own drinks, and decision making. Sometimes even our practitioners get invited to the cafe!

We have been doing some Yoga today. Yoga is important for well being and developing core strength.

During this week's woodland school session this children had a wonderful time playing in the Autumn leaves, and they used all of their strength and team work to roll one of our logs.
This week we have been learning about Diwali, at woodland school the children used their bodies to make a rangolj pattern in the leaves.

Our role play has been transformed into a supermarket. The children have been enjoying 'popping to the shop'

Little Woodlings Nursery are joining The Pod and Energy Saving Trust Foundation from 8th - 21st November where we will be talking to the children about the importance of looking after our planet. We will be making small changes such as turning off our lights when they are not needed, and asking our families to join in for our home learning challenge. The Pod have sent us some certificates and stickers for our children too.

Some more activities we have been doing at Little Woodlings Nursery this week with the children!

Today's pumpkin activities, the children have been practicing their hand eye coordination by using hammers to knock golf tees into a pumpkin. They also decorated a pumpkin with natural resources at Woodland School.

This week we are discovering lots of ways to have fun learning experiences with pumpkins at nursery. Today the children have made a bird feeder for our garden using lard and bird seed, and have been making some potions. The children have been counting seeds, and using spoons to mix.

We are enjoying Autumn walks, collecting leaves and using them for painting, drawing and cutting up.

Children's teeth

At nursery this week we are talking to the children about how we can look after our bodies and stay healthy. As part of our new curriculum we will be focusing on oral health. Here is some important information on looking after your children's teeth.
Our children will be given their own tube of tooth paste, a tooth brushing chart, and an information leaflet to take home this week.

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/taking-care-of-childrens-teeth/

Children's teeth Find out how to look after children's teeth, including advice on brushing, toothpaste, establishing a routine and taking a child to the dentist for the first time.

Our classroom is looking very Autumnal!