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We all want to send our 9 little school beginners our very best wishes as they start school today.
The nursery is really quiet now that you have all left.
Remember your old nursery motto “HAVE FUN – BE SAFE”
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We are now officially a pet sitting service as well as daycare. Here is Dylan helping with one of our little visiting stick insects that an ex-pupil, Maria, has left in our care. The learning opportunities have been bountiful with the children finding out where to find bramble leaves to feed them and also some interesting facts about how they can grow more legs if they accidentaly lose one to a bird!! We have even made a beautiful display area where we made our own model stick insects and hung them from the ceiling.
We will take anything smaller than an elephant!!

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This is what we did this morning. We were invited along to take part in woodland adventure in the Meadow. The Meadow is a local wild place that is earmarked for development and we are supporting a local group who are trying to block the planning permission.
The children were taught how to make dens (picture) and enjoyed looking for mini beasts. ~They also loved gathering their own ingredients to make magic potions to help save the forest animals.
Thank you to Emily and Susan for organizing the event,

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Today we got out all the medical equipment so that we could play at doctors and nurses. Here is Lucy being a nurse on duty in the chemist shop. The interest started yesterday when someone got bumped in the Happy Park and Louise was pretending to be a nurse. When we got back to nursery Emily was playing at “Vets” with a sick puppy, now we have made a hospital in the home corner so that we can be really sick.

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Helena turned 4 today and we all sang the Happy Birthday song at lunchtime.
When it is someone’s birthday we have the cake after our meal.
If you eat all your lunch you get a BIG slice of cake but if you only nibble your lunch you get a smaller slice. Guess what that means?
WE ALL EAT EVERY BIT OF OUR LUNCH ON CAKE DAYS!!!!!

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It was Amie’s last day last week and one of the things that she wanted to do again was make choclate apples. She made them last Hallowe’en and remembered how delicious they were!
Here is Dylan expertly rolling his apple in melted chocolate.

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Yes we were quoted hundreds of pounds for graphics to be put on our bus. We went to B & M and got vinyl stickers for £2.99.
The children chose them and helped put them on.
Seemples!!!

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This was our trip last Tuesday. We went to Balmaha for a picnic lunch and when we were in the Visitor Centre the lady gave us 3 fishing nets and collection trays, including reference sheets to use for matching and identification of species!! Very educational. We then went further up to Milarochy Bay and “fished” in the stream (photo). ~Sam was first to fall in ( we think accidentally on purpose), and then it was a free for all. The two pensioners sitting having a peaceful picnic were kept amused for ages!! Ahhh! childhood.

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Today we released our 10 butterflies. We have watched them grow from small caterpillars into big fat caterpillars and then they made a cocoon and then they turned magically into butterflies.
We have a video of their release and will try and post it soon.
We’re going to try frogs next!!

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