22 Street Lane Nursery - July 2022 Newsletter

July Newsletter Cygnets Room News

The Cygnets have had a very busy month! We have been learning lots about wildlife, in particular, focusing on the life cycle of a caterpillar. They read through the Very Hungry Caterpillar, which is one of our favourites and to follow this interest, we decided to get our own caterpillars to watch them grow into butterflies first hand! The children took great care of them by giving them water and fruit. We’ve also been on lots of exciting bug hunts in the garden, where the children have found, worms, woodlice and caterpillars under the large wooden logs and in the mud. The Cygnets took a closer look using magnifying glasses. We also celebrated the local triathlon, the Cygnets got very creative and made a massive, good luck banner to go outside the nursery to cheer all the athletes on. A big interest for a group of the children have been sea animals, so some of the children went on an exciting trip to Tropical World, where they watched the fish swim, spiders crawling, frogs jumping and they even saw a big crocodile. The Cygnets have become very independent recently; therefore we have been encouraging this and proving opportunities for the children to carry out day-to-day tasks themselves. The Cygnets have been doing a fantastic job at preparing their own snacks, which includes cutting up their own fruit and vegetables. The Cygnets have also spent lots of time outside exploring a variety of different activities. We explored ice play, where the children enjoyed freeing the natural materials from the large ice blocks. We also had lots of fun having water flights, splashing in multiply water plays and a big slip and slide!

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