The creepy crawlies keep on coming in Nursery!!
We had the arrival of some worm cocoons and the nursery children worked together to get them ready to hatch. They had to soak them in water then put them in our special worm incubator. When they are hatched, we will put them in our very own worm nursery!
In spite of the unseasonable weather, Riverbank Nursery have been getting into the swing of spring with lots of planting and gardening. We have started a vegetable patch and greenhouse with potatoes, herbs, beans, cabbage, tomatoes and onions!
The gardening is hard work, but we can’t wait to see how they grow…
The children of Riverbank Nursery got a big surprise today when they arrived at Nursery….
33 very hungry caterpillars!
Over the coming weeks the children are looking forward to watching them grow and change from caterpillars to cocoons and finally to beautiful butterflies!
Stay tuned for updates…
We have had such a busy term – here are a few highlights!
Happy Easter from everyone at Riverbank Nursery and we will see you in the summer term!
Term restarts on Monday 20th April!
The children have been working hard to dig up a big area of our nursery garden where we will start growing vegetables. We have seedlings in our little indoor greenhouse just now, staying cosy until the weather gets warmer and they are strong enough to go into the soil….
Keep your eyes peeled for more updates on our vegetables!!
The morning nursery children experienced a rare opportunity of witnessing a partial solar eclipse on Friday morning. In the days leading up to the event they had learned about the moon passing in front of the sun.
One of the children said: ‘The moon is just going past and saying ‘Excuse me!’ to the sun!’
On Friday, using colanders as pinhole cameras, the children watched as the moon covered up 95% on the sun, making everything go darker for a while. Even with the cloudy skies, we were excited to see what was happening!
We even saw the birds get confused and think that night had come. What an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime experience!
The children of Riverbank Nursery enjoy a healthy snack every day. They always have a varied selection of fruit and vegetables to choose from, as well as their main snack.
As part of our ‘Looking After Our Amazing Bodies’ topic, we decided to keep a food diary to show what we have been enjoying recently!
As you can see, the children enjoy a wide range of healthy and delicious snacks. If you have any snack ideas, please chat with a member of the team and we will try to incorporate it into our menus!
Every Thursday this children have fun in the kitchen cooking with Mrs England. They have made everything from cupcakes to macaroni cheese!
Through cooking the children are learning about where food comes from, measurement and numbers, they develop their talking and listening skills, and they get to try out new flavours and food.
The children have been enjoying learning about the world of ‘Frozen’. They have been investigating ice and snow and how it melts. There has been some beautiful winter art to decorate our nursery walls, and we have also been learning about animals we would find in cold places!
Have a look at some of what we have been up to!
On Thursday 11th December, the children of Riverbank Nursery presented ‘A Wriggly Nativity’ to a packed audience of proud Mums, Dads, Grans, Grandas, and brothers and sisters.
They were brilliant and performed all of their songs beautifully! Their teachers were very proud of them all.
