The Gruffalo

Having enjoyed our Autumnal experience beneath the trees, we decided that this next story by Julia Donaldson would be 

a good one to share!

Take a look at our 'SHARE A STORY, SHARE A SMILE!' to find out more!

Autumn Time!

We have had great fun exploring out on the school field as the leaves have been falling from the trees!

Just like the squirrels, we hunted for 'Autumn Treasures' and took turns to describe what we had found . . . 

Conker Shell - "It feels soft inside" (Isabelle)

"It real prickly! It got orange on it and black on it" (Leyla)

Pine Cone - "Spiky, hard" (Harley)

"It's prickly, hard" (Boyan)

Conker - "Brown, hard circle" (Kendra)

"Cold, bumpy" (Alesha)

We twisted, twirled and turned as we created our own leaf dance!

Later, we explored paint mixing to create Autumn shades and then printed with some of the leaves we had found.

What signs of Autumn have you noticed?

We would love to hear from you. 

Post us a comment and let us know!

The Scarecrows' Wedding

As we have been thinking about the scarecrows that helped to protect the produce growing out in the fields, this story by Julia Donaldson seemed a great choice for our next focus author book!

Look at our ''SHARE A STORY, SHARE A SMILE!" to find out more! 

Star of the Week!

Our 'Stars' for last week were Leyla, Isabella, Ebony and Finley.

Congratulations and well done to all of you!

Harvest Time!

This week we have been thinking about all the wonderful fruit 

and vegetables that we enjoy . . . 

How many apples can you count on the farmer's apple tree?

We 'harvested' some fruit and vegetables for our new number line!

It was lots of fun putting our hand in the 'feely' bag and describing the 'mystery' fruit and vegetables hidden inside!

We used some of them to print with!

And the best part of all was when we
tasted them!

Here are just a few of the fruit and vegetables that the children decided they would like to say 'thank you' for at Harvest time . . . 

"Carrots - because they're yummy!" (Lucy)

"The bunches of grapes - they smell lovely" (Lexie)

"Apple - 'cause it's my favourite!" (Willow)

"The blackberries 'cause they're juicy" (Grace)

Let us know what your favourite fruit or vegetable is, and why - we would love to hear from you.

Post us a comment and let us know! 

Autumn Soup

We have been busy making Autumn soup for all the woodland animals and mini beasts in our Forest School. We mixed up soil and water and added leaves, sticks, grass ,stones, conkers and chestnuts! 

Gathering  leaves

Muddy soup

Would you like some?

              What ingredients would you put in an

               Autumn soup?

Star of the Week!

Our 'Stars' for last week were Lucy, Oliver L and Isabel.

Congratulations and well done to all of you!

This Is What We Think So Far . . .

Now that the children have been with us for a few weeks, we thought it would be good to find out what they are enjoying most about their time with us!

Here are a few of their favourite activities . . . 

Cutting out!

Dressing up!

Playing with the animals!

Playing in the sand!

Exploring the instruments!

We also asked the children what their favourite thing about being at Greenfields Nursery is, here are a few of their responses . . . 

"Because it's so nice here!" (Colette)

"Because I'm excited!" (Oliver BH)

"I love coming here - I can play toys!" (Eli)

"Because I really like the books" (Erin P)

"Because when I don't come here, I miss you!" (Ella)

What do you think you would enjoy most about being at our Nursery? 

Post us a comment and let us know!

Star of the Week!

Our Stars of the Week from last week were Oliver BH, Zoe, Isabelle K and Joe.

Congratulations and well done to you all!

What the Ladybird Heard!

The Gingerbread Man met some animals on his adventure - ending with the sly old fox!

We thought the children would enjoy meeting some more animals - a whole farmyard of them - in this great story from Julia Donaldson . . .

Follow the link to our 'Share A Story Share A Smile!' to find out more!

Wonderful Waistcoats!

The Gingerbread Man was very relieved when he escaped from the hot oven - but we thought he might start to feel a bit cold as he went on his adventure. We decided we would design him a colourful waistcoat to help keep him warm!

The children had a wide variety of media to choose from including paint, pastels, buttons, glitter, tissue paper and wool to name but a few - what do you think you would have chosen?

Post us a comment and let us know!

Mmmm . . . . Gingerbread Men!

We all loved the story of the Gingerbread Man - and Aisha asked if we could bake some of our own - so we did!

Once we had measured and mixed the ingredients it was time to roll out the dough.

Then it was time to carefully cut them out.

Finley told us "Put them in the oven because they need to bake"

and Alfie said "If they don't go in the oven they will taste yukky"

Once we had added some currants, they had been baked in the oven and then cooled down, it was time to . . . 

eat them!

Why don't you bake some Gingerbread Men - let us know what they were like!