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Our leavers have been talking about school and how they might be feelings. Lucas said "i am excited to make new friends" and Haider said "i am brave, i have to go to my new school". The focus story has been Tanisha goes to school and the children have been able to talk about what they might learn or see or what might be different to nursery.

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Listening to Amy read Little Red Riding Hood, the children engaged with naming the characters and listening beautifully to the story.

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Preparing the butterflies bed for their arrival. The children have observed the caterpillars change over the week and they are now sleeping in their cocoon. The children helped collect flowers, leaves, and cut oranges ready for their arrival over the weekend - hopefully! Claire added all the things into the net and then showed everyone what the caterpillars now look like in there cocoon, we then had one spin we had to be really quiet.

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Looking for changes, our caterpillars have been very active and have grown a whole lot bigger. Now we have to wait until they start to spin their cocoons.

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The life cycle of a butterfly - meeting our caterpillars

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The life cycle of a butterfly - meeting our caterpillars

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Meeting our caterpillars - the children have had the chance to observe the life cycle of a butterfly. First we have looked to see what was inside the pot and discussed what caterpillars eat and how they will turn into a butterfly.

We can't wait to see them transform.

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The weather being hot and sunny we had the chance to get out our new swimming pool to go for a splash. The children loved splashing about and those that was not that keen paddled in our tuff trays, we even got the hose out to spray into the air and watch the water fall like rain it definitely cooled us down.

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Voting for Movie Night - What movie will it be?

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Voting for Movie Night - What movie will it be?

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During parliament time the children voted for movie night, the votes were added up and our movie that won was...

Tabby McTat.

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Voting for Movie Night What are we going watch (1)

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Our LAST Movie Night with the leavers before they go to school...

The children voted for Tabby McTat during parliament time so that is what we watched, the children had popcorn, biscuits and juice while the movie played.

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Celebrating Eid with making Eid biscuits.

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We celebrated different cultures in our class for Culture Day.

Our countries were Italy, Romanian, African, British and Spanish.

With a range of activities the children explored and learned about all these different cultures, children wore traditional clothing and tried traditional foods.

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Happy Someone Special Day!

The children celebrated their dads and someone who is special them with a range of activities.

Construction, Tools, Fruit Kebabs, Painting Rocks, Obstacle Course, Medal and many more exciting things to do.

It was a lovely to see all the parents/carers playing and learning along side their child/children.

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With the Euro's 2024 kicking off the children celebrated with a Euro's Day. Wearing their sports clothing, playing football trying to learn the rules and having a catwalk to show off their moves.

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Tasty Tuesday means we get to make, bake and taste!

We made peach crumble and before we made the crumble we had to try some peaches to see if we liked them. Luke gave them a thumbs up and Seanna said they are yummy!

With that being a positive we proceeded to make our crumble, cutting the peaches and adding all the ingredients Catherine popped it in the oven and let it cook.

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Being Independent - I can put my own coat on!

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Being Independent - I can put my own coat on!

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Getting ready for school...

The children are showing off their independence by putting on their own coats in different ways helping our younger ones along the way.

Some children can even do their own zip and buttons up.

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Outdoor Learning Day - Helicopter Stories

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Outdoor Learning Day - Helicopter Stories

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Children had been telling their stories and at group time they were able to act them out.

Each child's stories was different, using characters, settings, noises and words.

As it was outdoor learning day children were able to recreate their stories on the playground.

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We had something big happening in Luton! Radio 1's Big Weekend...

We had to celebrate in style, we had DJ Ann and Karaoke Singer Amy to entertain us while we partied away the day.

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After exploring with the clay the day before we made some boats. We looked at pictures of boats so we knew what shape we needed to make. We needed to make sure it had sides to be able to stay in the water without it coming into the boat. The children found it easier to use a little bit of water to help make it softer to mould the clay.

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The children were going to use Clay to make boats from our story but what did it feel like? Is it easy to shape? what could i use to help me make a boat? The children started by using their hands getting a feel for the clay. Emily asked if she could make a footprint after making a hand print. So the children decided we needed to see what it felt like on our feet we added water. The children lots of describing words- slippery, slimy, lumpy, hard, sticky, smooth.

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In our groups we sat with an adult and talked about the beginning, middle and end of our story to help us to draw key items to help form a story map. The children were able to sequence the story to produce the story map as a group.

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Today we had a quiz about our current story the children were split into two groups. Claire asked them questions about our book. Haneefah shook a shaker and Amy rang a bell so we knew which team knew the answer. It was great fun and amazing to see how much the children remembered about the story. Team Haneefah won when we counted all the results.

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After lots of discussions about Grandma being poorly and the doctor coming to make her better the children wanted our very own doctor/ hospital role play. They took turns to be the patients and the doctors. The children dressed up, they used equipment to listen to heartbeats. They looked at x-rays on the light table. There was so much language and engagement through their imaginative play. We looked at the roles of the doctor and others that work in the hospitals.

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Pineapple upside down cake- Tasty Tuesday 

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Pineapple upside down cake- Tasty Tuesday 

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The children wanted to make a cake for Grandma to make her feel better. We choose a pineapple upside down cake. First the children tried the pineapple and glazed cherries. " I'm not sure if I like the cherries " said Seanna. "They are yummy" said Kaiyan. The children helped to follow the instructions, we mixed, measured, stirred, rubbed to complete the cake. After it was cooked and cooled down we got to eat it at parliament time.

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Today the children came into nursery to find some props on the floor. They had to talk about what they could see and what they think they might be about. Why did Grandma had purple spots? How did she get them? Who could see her to make her feel better? " She needs the doctor" said Kaiyan. "She has chicken pops" said Leon. We wrote down all our predictions to see if we were right.

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Welcome to the bike wash...

Children have been cleaning the bikes so they are no longer muddy from the wet weather! The bikes are now shinning and dry ready for the next adventure.

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Children explored printing using Shapes from around the nursery. The children used a ball, cuboid,lego brick, triangle and a cylinder to see what prints and patterns they could make.

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The children have been practicing their letter formation in the garden today.
They were so keen to give it a go and sounded out their names.

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A rainy day means water all day long so why not add some colour to it.

The children have loved mixing colours this week at nursery and on the playground today found red and white splatters everywhere. using the resources they had they swept the colours together to see what colour the got.

"look its light pink" said Annabelle.

"i see more white" said Leon.

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The children helped clean up the garden,

We had a lot of help when it came to washing the trays.

Using the brooms, soap, water and sponges the children all jumped in and got involved with making the trays sparkle.

Bluebell Class, Thank You for being super helpful!

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Today the children listened to the Easter story. Clare taught the children different signs for words. The children talked about who celebrates Easter and who visits the church. The children ate pitta bread and drank some grape juice. The children made reflections on their visit to Saint Luke's Church.

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Supertato funky finger inspired activities

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Supertato funky finger inspired activities

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We have used different tools inspired by our current story to help with our fine motor development through funky finger activities. We have used tweezers, knifes, hammers, mashers all to complete different tasks.

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Today the children used some pictures from our story book to sequence the story. The children were able to talk about the beginning, middle and end of our story. They were able to order the pictures and talk about what happened in that part pf the book. The children used some of our key words when talking about the story. They were also able to say the setting and the characters in the story.

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Making superhero masks for our Litter pick 

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Making superhero masks for our Litter pick 

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The children decided that they needed superhero masks for our litter pick. They said they needed feathers, sequins, glitter, felt tips and some shapes. They chose which design they wanted and set away designing to their choice.

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The children were so keen to collect the rubbish and carefully put it into the bags. The children thanked Kevin for supplying us with the tools we needed. We have decided to carry out another litter pick soon.

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Bluebell Class become superhero litter pickers 

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Bluebell Class become superhero litter pickers 

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Today we joined Kevin from Luton Borough Council on the 'Keep Luton Tidy' scheme. We had noticed lots of rubbish around the perimeter of our Nursery and after discussions on litter and recycling at group time. We decided to become superhero litter pickers thanks to our current story of Supertato. Kevin supplied us with gloves, litter picker tongs bags and hoops. We set out in litter groups to see how much we could collect. The children all worked really hard and showed great teamwork.

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We had another day of character painting this time it was Evil pea. The children have been able to talk about the characters in our story as well as paint them. They enjoyed showing their work to their peers at group time.

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The children have been working really hard on their character drawing and paintings. Today we focused on Supertato. The children choose the colours that they needed through a discussion at parliament time. I think you will see they have done really well!

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It was a lovely sunny day and we decided it would be nice to have a picnic lunch. The children shared conversations and loved being in the sunshine.

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Going on a bug hunt around the garden...

We found some....

Snails, A Bee, Worms and A LadyBird.

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Stirring up a storm! The children mixed all the ingredients together in the sensory kitchen to make a soup. Using carrots, leeks, and onions.

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Reusing old boxes to paint ands create a masterpiece.

The children used a variety of colours to paint the boxes of all shapes and sizes. We wonder what they will do next?

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Evil pea has been about! Today we went into the garden and to our surprise the vegetables were all FROZEN.

The children used the tools to get the vegetables out and set them free.

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Listening to the instructions while we move the lycra.

The children went up and down, side to side, forwards and backwards, under and on.

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Shake your sillies out! - Fitness Friday

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Shake your sillies out! - Fitness Friday

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Shake them sillies out! the children joined in with action song fitness friday.

We did lots of jogging, clapping, jumping and yawning.

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We made mashed potato, children used potato peelers to peel the potatoes, the used safety knives to cut them in half. Once it was all complete Catherine put them in a saucepan with water and let it boil on the hob. after cooking the children used their super strength to mash the potato with a masher.

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Bluebell Class went on a visit to the local Mosque 

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Bluebell Class went on a visit to the local Mosque 

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The children got to see the Qur’an the holy book that is used. The children could see that the writing was different inside. We also saw a room where people go and wash this is called a wudu. This involves people to wash their hands, face, arms and feet. We also got told that children come to learn how to read the Qur’an. Some of our children were able to tell us that they have been to the mosque before.

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Bluebell Class went on a visit to the local Mosque just behind our Nursery. When we arrived we had to remove our shoes and place them into the shoe racks. Our host was Mr Kauser Qureshi who gave us a tour of the Mosque. We also got to speak to the Imam of the mosque Mr Fakhrul Islam. The children were all very well behaved as we got to watch the lunchtime pray.

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The children all had cuddles today with our 5 fluffy ducklings!

The children remembered to be quiet, calm and use gentle hands while giving the ducklings a cuddle.

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Shut your eyes, lets see what is missing...

The children took it in turns to guess what g sound item was missing from under the blanket.

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Phonics - G sound

Learning the sound G, what did Claire have in the box starting with G.

The children took it in turns to guess what might be in the box and...

There was a Game, Guinea Pig, Gorilla, Gherkin.

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Voting for Movie Night - What movie will it be?

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Voting for Movie Night - What movie will it be?

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The children discussed having a movie night at parliament time today. In bluebell class we love a short film movie night, so Claire let us vote on what movie it would be next!

the children got to choose from The Highway Rat, Superworm or Supertato.

Our winner was....

Superworm!

That shall be our next movie night.

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The children sat and listened to Supertato!
everyone was amazed at how a potato could fly like superman and how peas could be an evil villain.
All the children engaged with questions and even suggested what might happen next.

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Today some children explored the painting table they had a range of sponges and brushes to see if they could paint their own duckling. The children carefully added eyes, beaks, feet and wings to their pictures.

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Today the children made ducklings using the play dough. they added feathers, used pipe cleaners for the beaks or feet. The children also added some googly eyes too. The children were able to say how they made their duckling. Some rolled a ball shape to make the body and the head and other rolled the dough flat to make a face.

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When the children came into nursery this morning there was a mess all over the floor, an avocado trapped in a shopping basket and a potato near by!

Children started to discuss where the peas on the ground came from and who put them there. Jacob said the "peas from the freezer, that's where things get frozen".

After all our items were spoken about the children were introduced to our new story...

SUPERTATO!

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The children sat and listened to Catherine and Haneefah read Goldilocks and The Three Bears.

The children looked at the front cover and gave guesses to what might happen in the story.

Children suggested that bears would eat porridge for breakfast and baby bear's chair gets broken. The children also suggested that if something gets broken we could fix it with glue.

The children engaged with learning key words for the story and we learnt the signs for big, medium, small. broken, hot and cold.

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Last day of term we had a teddy bear picnic to finish off our busy term.

Everyone brought their own special teddy with them.

The children danced and ate the day away, we sat down for a calm picnic and tried a variety of food.

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Children had fun doing our weekly Fitness Friday, this week was an obstacle course using positional language.

Children jumped on the trampoline, went through the tunnel, walked over the bridge and went under the climbing frame.

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Our families joined us for our culture day at nursery were we celebrated Eid!

We had a variety of activities and some children even wore traditional clothing.

Our information table was popular to learning about the Muslim faith and a selection of key vocabulary to help us understand the faith.

Children tried a selection of traditional food, the food tables had naan bread, biryani, mango chutney, poppadom's, vegetable curry and samosa's.

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Our visit to St Luke's Church , The children met Vicar Grace who spoke to us about Easter, The Church and Religion. She showed around the beautiful church building and showed us very important parts of her daily routine as a vicar.

The children held hands and remembered road safety as we walked with each other to the church.

The children were also chosen to wear Vicar Grace's special outfits that she uses for all different occasions.

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We made rules together to keep the ducklings safe and well while we look after them.

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During group time we were able to vote for the names of our ducklings.

Meet the newest members of Bluebell Class...

Princess, Mario, Lightening and Rubble

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Lots of key words have been brought into Bluebell Class this week with the arrival of our ducklings.

Children have started to look at the life cycle of ducks and chicks.

Children have leant words such as Egg, Hatch, Duck, Incubate, Grow, Duckling, Shell, Crack and Lay.

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On Monday we had a surprise arrive at nursery. The next morning the children were very excited to see what had arrived, at group time we sat a discussed what could be in the egg?

We had a lot of suggestions...

"Lion"

"Snake"

"Dragon"

"Egg"

"Duck"

"Dinosaur"

"Rabbit"

The children had to wait and see what was in the egg?

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Today for tasty Tuesday the children had a go at making bread for the Giant in our story. They took turns to measure, pour and stir the ingredients.  At one point the mixture became to sticky so the children were asked what they could put in the mixture to help. Adrian said “ flour like when we make playdough.” Each one took turns to knead the mixture they then rubbed butter around the dishes so the bread wouldn’t stick and carried it over to the kitchen so Claire could put it in the oven. All the children got to try the bread at parliament time this was a great success.

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We are currently planting and growing in our garden after reading our story and Jack growing a beanstalk.  We talked about what we could grow. Claire mentioned salad and the children looked a little confused so we looked on google to see what items you could have in a salad- showing the children pictures of salad items.  The children said they hadn’t tried some of the items on the screen. We made a list and Claire went to the shop so that the children could try the items. The children helped to cut up the salad and at group we all tried lettuce, rocket, spring onion, coriander, tomato, celery, tomato, cucumber, parsley and cress. This then helped us choose what we would like to plant in our garden.

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The children all had a physical visit at the park. The children remembered their road safety an d walked beautifully to the park.  Everyone had a great time including the teachers who went on the equipment to support the children. We encouraged the children to take risks when it came to climbing up high. We had fun going down the slide, swinging high on the swings and getting dizzy on the roundabout.