Kirkley Nursery& Centre of Excellence

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We have had a lovely first full week back in the Owl room. All the children have settled back in beautifully. The children have been learning the story "The colour Monster" we have been looking at the different colours and feelings that go with it. We have been making some colour monsters to go up on our wall. The children have also enjoyed exploring our new smart board. We also had some brilliant sandcastle making going on.

Welcome back and welcome to our new Hedgehogs! This week has been our first full week of term in which has seen many settling in sessions and our other friends returning from their summer holidays. We have all had a lovely week together, settling back into routine and building relationships with our friends and practitioners. We have started looking at the book 'Hug' with the children and they have all been keen in pointing out the different animals as well as making their noises! We have also enjoyed making music this week with the instruments, participating in sensory play with the paint bags and scarves as well as making the most of the sunshine we have left! All of our new hedgehogs settling in sessions so far have been lovely and we are so proud of you all! What a lovely term ahead we have

All 3 rooms have had another lovely week here at Kirkley! Some activities we have completed this week have had a focus towards time travelling! We have researched into dinosaurs, freezing them in the water, completed Roman Mosaic pictures and also created our very own time capsules! As well as these, we have spent time enjoying the sunshine and completing many bug hunts in the garden, looking after as many ladybirds as we could possibly find! Have a lovely weekend everybody

This week the Hedgehogs, Squirrels and Owls have been very busy making bread rolls, cupcakes, fruit kebabs and pizza! We have been learning how to follow step by step instructions whilst focusing on developing our fine motor skills.

On behalf of all the Owl room we would like to say a big thank you for all our end of year gifts. We would also like to thank each and everyone of you who joined us for our graduation celebration on Friday. It was lovely to see you all and see all our Owl children receiving their certificates. It has been a wonderful year, and Katie, Louise, Leanne, and Liv are going to miss all our children moving up to big school. Have a wonderful Summer and for some of you, see you in September!

Over the past week, we have been making the most of our last full days together before some of our Hedgehogs finish for the summer holidays or move up to Squirrels! We have had lots of fun together, getting messy with our ice cream creation using shaving foam and sand, painting with the ducks, making music and singing along to many songs as well as exploring with the ice and making the most of the warm weather! From all of us in the Hedgehog room, we thank you all for a lovely academic year, we hope you have had the best time and have made some lovely memories! We wish you all a lovely summer!

It's been a lovely week in the Owl room. We have been doing lots of seaside themed activities including a tough tray, making crabs and a mermaid for our wall display. Outside the children have been looking at ladybirds being very gentle when they have had them landed on them. We also had a little baby bird that had to be rescued that the children got to have a close look at.

This week the Squirrels have been continuing exploring the story 'Way down deep in the deep blue sea' We have created jellyfish using paper plates, paint and glue, used sponges to decorate our shark and seahorse and explored ocean themed frozen jelly Next week is the last full week of term. We break up for the summer holidays on Tuesday 22nd July