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Vicky read us the story of the first Christmas 

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Vicky read us the story of the first Christmas 

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celebrating the end of our story of the week "Brown brown bear what do you see "we had a teddy bear picnic

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In our story this week " Brown Bear , Brown Bear " each animal is a different colour . We have been exploring colour in the creative area , changing the colour of playdough , water and paint .

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Attention Activity - Two eggs were raw and one was a hard boiled egg ! We sang Humpty Dumpty sat on wall humpty dumpty had a great fall ... CRACK the egg was dropped and we were egg-cited to see what will happen , the children predicted what would happen. We were so excited when Vicky and Ruhee dropped the eggs , the children's attention skills were fantastic .

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This week we have been looking closely at the art work of Julie Mehretu , we used charcoal and pastels to re create some of Julie's most famous art work. The children made the colours on their paper first the smudged the pastels with the sponge , we then added squiggly lines using black charcoal .

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On Friday We got our funky fingers working with a " Dough Disco " we listened to " Baby shark " and manipulated the dough with our hands . We used our fingers to poke , we used our palms to roll we used our whole hands to squeeze and we used knuckles to press.

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We loved exploring the soft play at nursery , we were making buildings with the small blocks and knocking them down . We enjoyed climbing up the stairs and sliding down the slide . We looked at the shapes and the colours of the soft play and took our shoes off which was a bit tricky . At the end of the day we had to put it all away and it was fun trying to arrange the shapes to make them fit .

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The children love to play sleeping bunnies so we added some more animals . The children looked at a book during group time , They discussed what animal they saw and what noise they made . The children then chose a animal one at a time " I choose the orange and black one " the children then had to lay on the floor and pretend to go to sleep " see the little tiger sleeping till its noon shall we go and wake them with a merry tune of how still are they ill wake up soon ..... WAKE UP LITTLE TIGERS growl little tigers growl growl growl growl little tigers growl and stop ! we repeated with each animal

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We added some of our Autumn treasures to the playdough table in the home corner the conkers where a fabulous cake topper in the cake tins. The pine cones made interesting marks in the playdough , and a bowl of pinecones was a "yummy chocolate cake" because they are " brown "

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One of our kind parents have donated seeds for our mindful meadow we can't thank you enough for your kindness and generosity ! Oliver's Family from Bluebell class we are so grateful

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Mindful Meadow is on the way , Daisy class Started the project by adding some soil to a large tray I wonder what they might plant inside ? keep checking in to see if something blossoms .

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We made some icing using icing sugar water and food colouring , we mixed it all up using a spoon and then put it on top of a biscuit ! We used Autumn colours red , yellow and when they mixed together it made orange .

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On our topic table this week it's all about Autumn the season where all the leaf's turn from green to brown , red and yellow and fall to the floor .There are beautiful Autumn Treasures to be found when walking outside , We put conkers in the paint to roll and make marks , We put leaf's and sticks , Autumn colour gems in the sand tray and made hand prints in Autumn colour paints . I wonder what other Autumn Activities we will get up to this October .

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On Friday we had our first write dance where the children were given a pen and a large piece of paper and we moved our hands to the music making the most wonderful marks . This week the children accessed the paper and pens independently ! We were blown away at how amazing Daisy class's pencil control is.

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We used our hands to explore shaving foam ! we added glitter and colour by adding paint . " Messy hands " we made marks in the tray and used our fine motor skills when adding essential oils with the pipettes .

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We found apples on the floor from our apple tree , We used the knifes outside to cut the apple into slices . It was a bit tricky to cut the apples and we showed growth mindset to slice them into tiny pieces .

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We have been so excited for maths group this week , we sang the number rhyme 5 little ducks went swimming one day we counted down and up , They loved when mummy duck splashed , we counted out loud , showed every one how many on our fingers and estimated how many where left on the pond .

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We sat for Hello ! The children are shown the first letter of their name we sign the first letter and we sing - Vicky is here today can we help her V let's sing with our friends. Then we took a look inside the rhyme bag and sang some nursery rhymes . After that was bucket which is a attention activity . The children really enjoyed the special things inside the bucket .

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The children explored the cups and tea pots yesterday so today we added real water milk , tea bags and sugar . The children knew how to pour carefully and if we did spill it was ok we knew where the towel was to clean it up . The children used lots of personal social and emotional skills turn taking , waiting our turns and also watching others and playing next to each other . The children used maths skills counting how many spoonful's they need and looking at capacity " how much more ? " is it heavy or light how many scoops of sugar should we have ? The children also used imaginative play pretending to have a party and showed a good understanding of the world by talking about pass events " my mum has tea at home " communication was none stop during the whole activity and the children really enjoyed feeling the wet sensory tray .

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The bikes were outside today and daisy class got to practice using the pedals " Bit tricky " we sometimes still need help going up and down the ramps and turning the handles in the right direction but we love pushing our feet along and trying to use the peddles .

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The Activity Doesn't Always Go To Plan ...

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The Activity Doesn't Always Go To Plan ...

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Today in the garden we had stones to paint but the children had a much better idea let's paint the garden wall and add colours , patterns and some wiggle marks to make it look better .

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We have been settling into nursery. We have explored painting , the home corner the garden and mark making .

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From the 4th November 2025 we will be holding a short half hour session each Tuesday within nursery. Where parents can come in to do a activity with their child.

Time Morning children 10.45 - 11.15

Afternoon children - 12.30 -1.00

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Welcome to the Daisy Class Padlet, take a look to see what we have been up to in class

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Welcome to the Daisy Class Padlet, take a look to see what we have been up to in class

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Download and complete your child's culture wheel on your phone, tablet or computer and then email to admin@gillblowers.nurseryluton.com where we will print it for you.

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Curriculum Days are days where we choose one area of development out of the 7 - We celebrate it by having all activities in the class room and garden link to goals from that specific area .

Parents and Carers are invited to join us on these days and see what the children are learning.

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Cultures and Celebrations Days are celebrated over the year where the children learn about many differences in the world from beliefs, traditions, clothing, food and music.

Learning about similarities and differences around the world.

On these days we also invite parents/carers in to see the learning and engage with learning.

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Talking boxes

Is an intervention support EAL children and those children who would benefit from speech and language support.

We have been doing talking boxes at nursery for several years and the format has proved successful these groups aim to support children to learn English in a planned and progressive way.

The groups are held twice a week with both 2-3’s and 3-4’s joining together, with a maximum of six children in each group. The sessions run for five weeks each half term.

During this group we sing a Hello song, introduce activities, introduce book and character, have an attention activity, read the story and have another activity (related to key words), reward sticker and say Goodbye.

The programme is the same for both age groups the books and activities are simple this is because we are teaching the children the basic words.

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This term the children will be focusing on three different stories. this terms Theme Little Adventurers.