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Little Birds – Final Week of Term

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Two children are engaged in outdoor kitchen or imaginative play using natural materials. They are interacting with autumn leaves placed in bowls, a colander, and a plastic tub on a wooden play unit, possibly pretending to cook or make a potion.
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Oct

Who We Are Final week Of Term

For the final week of our first term the Little birds enjoyed talking about the different celebrations they carry out at home at various times throughout the year.

They showed photos of themselves dressed up in different cultural costumes/clothing as well as dressed up at nursery in various costumes too.

This was to celebrate Who We Are Day.

Two young girls are seated at a blue tray table, engaged in construction play with different materials. One child is building with green bamboo-like tubes and small wooden blocks, while the other is reaching for something on the table.
Two young children are standing outdoors, dressed in colorful, patterned clothing (over their school uniform) and matching hats, possibly for a celebration or dress-up day, and posing for the picture.

The children also spoke about where they lived, enhancing their Geography knowledge.

One child said, ‘I live in England’

Another said, ‘I live in Dartford’

Some drew pictures of their houses at Focus group time.

A young boy is seated at a table, concentrating on a coloring activity. He is coloring a printed sheet with an orange marker, and there's another image printout next to his work.
A young girl is seated at a table, drawing or writing with an orange marker. She is holding a small doll close to her, and there are other printed pictures on the table, possibly used as inspiration or part of a lesson.
A young child is happily holding up a finished drawing or a picture they have been coloring with red and purple markers, smiling broadly at the camera.
A young child is seated at a table, focused intently on coloring a picture with an orange marker or crayon. The picture looks like an outline of a bird or person. There's a container of colorful drawing tools next to the
A young boy is seated at a table, intently drawing or coloring on a piece of paper with an orange marker. Multiple drawing tools are scattered around the paper.
A young girl is focused on coloring a large shape (perhaps a bird or a leaf) on a piece of paper, using a pink or red marker to fill in the space with scribbled lines.

Signs of Autumn and Harvest 

Following the children’s interests, the Little birds enjoyed collecting leaves and looking for spiders and bugs in the garden.

A young child, viewed from above, is engaged in a sensory or imaginative play activity outdoors. They are leaning over a black tray (possibly a tuff tray) filled with a mixture of autumn leaves (mostly maple leaves) and small, orange, pebble-like objects (maybe pieces of carrot or plastic pieces). The child is using their hands to interact with the materials.
A young girl with her hair tied up is focused on an outdoor play activity. She's interacting with the leaves and small orange objects in the black tray, using a small white tool, possibly a toy knife or trowel. She is wearing a dark, floral print rain jacket.

As an end of term activity they children iced biscuits and made spider web designs on them.

Also we spoke about the importance of Harvest time, what farmers do as jobs and  harvesting fruit and vegetables. The children enjoyed cutting vegetables in the nursery mud garden, developing their finer physical skills.

A group of five young children, dressed in a mix of school uniform and outdoor coats, are gathered around a black, hexagonal play tray (tuff tray) outdoors. The tray is scattered with orange pieces (possibly carrot pieces) and a bit of liquid or residue, suggesting a sensory or water play activity.

The book we looked at was The Enormous Turnip which we will revisit again later in the academic year to study more.

This is a full-cover image of a Ladybird First Favourite Tales book titled "The Enormous Turnip." The illustration features the old man and old woman next to the giant turnip.
This is a close-up image of a book cover with the title "The Enormous Turnip" prominently displayed in purple text. The illustration shows a man and a woman pulling on the giant turnip.

A few children also this week were fascinated by the roles of the Practitioners/Teachers in the Nursery and they took on the role of them in their imaginative play. Showing an interest in this Career.

A young girl is sitting on a chair and holding up a card that says "good looking." The classroom setup, including the interactive screen displaying birds and the "Key Group Time" slide, is visible in the background.
A young girl is standing in the classroom and holding a soft toy Goldfinch. The large interactive screen behind her shows the "Key Group Time" display, which features three different birds (a Sparrow, a Goldfinch, and a Robin) with pictures of staff members underneath, suggesting the children are divided into groups named after the birds.
A young girl, wearing a school uniform, is sitting on a chair and holding a soft toy robin. She is smiling at the camera. In the background, there is a large interactive screen showing a "Key Group Time" slide with an image of a bird (likely the robin) and a laptop displaying the same slide.