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Keeping Our Environment and Ourselves Clean

Posted on by Little Birds Nursery
Three children gather around a black sensory tray, using tongs to pick up and sort play materials into containers.
11
Feb

This week in Little Birds, we have been inquiring into the roles of Refuse Collectors and Park Keepers.

We spoke about how to keep our environment clean both at Nursery and home.

We found out about different ways to recycle and dispose of rubbish appropriately as well as exploring the importance of refuse collection.

We had great fun sorting waste into recyclable and non recyclable categories.

Two children stand at a sensory tray, sorting colorful bottle caps and paper scraps into white buckets.
Three children gather around a black sensory tray, using tongs to pick up and sort play materials into containers.

The children have shown the Learner Profile Attributes ‘Caring’ and ‘Principled’.

 

They have made a collage from a variety of textured materials thinking about recycling and being eco warriors.

A child sits at a desk carefully pasting small paper shapes onto a worksheet featuring a recycling bin.
A child holds up a craft project consisting of paper scraps glued onto a printed image of a recycling bin.

Some of the children made posters to explain about recycling and the Refuse collector, developing their fine motor skills and literacy.

A child sits at a table using a purple pencil to draw on a recycling-themed worksheet.
A smiling child holds up a worksheet titled "Tidy up rubbish" featuring their own drawings inside a border of recycling items
A young child holds up a drawing of a truck colored in blue and red.
A young student stands next to a large screen displaying information about refuse collectors, smiling while holding up a hand-drawn picture.

The Little birds were knowledgeable; they used non fiction books to inquire and find out information about the different occupations in particular the Refuse collectors.

The cover of a book titled "A Day in the Life of a... Refuse Collector," featuring a photograph of a worker loading trash into a truck.

Our chosen books this week chose to  listen to:

The cover of a children's book titled "Topsy and Tim Go Green," illustrating two children putting items into a recycling bin.
The cover of "Peppa Pig Recycling Fun!" showing Peppa and Mummy Pig carrying recycling bins.
The cover of the book "After The Storm" by Nick Butterworth, depicting a park keeper pushing a wheelbarrow full of animals through water.
The cover of the book "The Rescue Party" by Nick Butterworth, featuring a park keeper sitting on the grass surrounded by animals.
A student sits on the carpet reading an open picture book featuring illustrations of woodland animals.

This week’s shape focus was learning about circles. The children enjoyed finding them in the environment.

Three children stand around a sensory tray, placing small colored counters into cardboard tubes.
A smiling student stands at a table next to a small circular paper cutout.
A group of children wearing aprons sit at a table creating art prints using paint and cardboard tubes on black paper.
Children in winter coats play a ring toss game outdoors using colorful hoops and cones.