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w/c 27 October 2025
Colour Monster We have been exploring emotions and feelings and read the colour monster story whose feelings were all mixed up. We spoke about each emotion and helped the colour monster sort each feeling into its own jar, using tweezers to pick up coloured pom poms.
'Red angry'
'Red is angry, yellow is happy
black is scared'
'Love, pink
red. grumpy'
What makes you happy?
'When mummy comes back from work'
Greenbank Gardens A group of children visited Greenbank Gardens on the bus to learn all about bees. We were super safe and made sure our seat belts were fastened for the journey. The children played games pretending to be bees picking up nectar and found out bees communicate by doing the 'waggle dance' so we all waggled around the grounds, it was great fun! We listened to a story, smelled lavendar from the garden and even got an opportunity to taste yummy honey. We tried on costumes, a beekeeping hat and gloves before heading back to nursery. Thank you so much for having us!
w/c 20 October 2025
Welcome back and we hope you all enjoyed the October break.
Busby Glen The children enjoyed a lovely visit to Busby Glen this week, walking through the woods and experiencing the beauty of autumn and nature. They took part in an autumn scavenger hunt while developing their language skills talking about different sizes and shades of colours. Thank you to the families who joined us and we look forward to our next walk.
Diwali - The Festival of Lights We are finding out about Diwali and taking part in bright, colourful experiences. The children investigated coloured ice, exploring cause and effect by breaking it and observing the ice melting.
'It melts, it's cold'
'We're cutting the gingerbread men up, feels cold, hard'
w/c 6 October 2025
Junk Modelling The children explored our junk modelling station this week - look at some of their wonderful creations!
'I'm making a monster truck'
'I'm making a butterfly'
'A rhino, it's horn'
Junk modelling enhances lots of skills -
Children's imagination
Problem solving skills as they work with open ended recycled materials to create unique models
Promotes language development while discussing and sharing ideas
Develops perseverance
Fine motor skills
Exploring Forces in our Community and Outdoor Space The children have been discovering the fascinating world of forces through hands on exploration. The children found a rope and crate and decided to pull their friends along leading to a real understanding of how pushing and pulling forces work - great teamwork and problem solving!
At Busby Glen, the children observed the fast flowing river with great curiosity, noticing how the recent storm had carried and scattered twigs and branches throughout the area.
w/c 29 September 2025
Staying Safe with SIMOA
The children are learning how to stay safe and can recognise how to make safe choices in nursery.
Our elephant friend SIMOA is helping us and we know an adult should open main doors and gates. The children helped by putting signs around the nursery!
Some of our friends took part in risk assessing our outdoor environment so we are aware of potential risks and to check it is safe to play.
'Gate is shut'
Why do we keep the gate closed?
'Someone will run away'
'Someone will go in the special garden and there's no one there'
'You don't go out'
'It's not safe'
'Sand is ok'
Bonnyton House Visit
SIMOA came with us on our trip to Bonnyton House this week. We looked for signs of Autumn on our walk and saw a beautiful tree with different coloured leaves. We sang songs to the residents, including a French version of Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, and played Autumn Bingo!
Baking Apple Crumble At the mud kitchen the children explored using apples, which we then connected to a real life experience indoors by baking a delicious apple crumble together - yummy!
Rhyme of the Week The children also took part in voting for our rhyme of the week, showing the importance of listening to their voices (Article 12: every child’s right to be heard). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Once I Caught a Fish Alive was the favourite with 10 votes, closely followed by I’m a Little Teapot with 7.
w/c 21 September 2025
Marvellous Maths
This week our nursery has been buzzing with mathematical thinking, problem-solving and plenty of fun! The children explored numbers, measures, sequencing and reasoning both indoors and outdoors, using real-life contexts to make maths meaningful. Look at all the fun experiences we have been taking part in!
On our trip to the library we noticed our foliage has become overgrown. The children saw that branches were sticking out and 'pinging' when we walked past. We walked around the grounds to the entrance and spotted 'bushes, plants and trees that have too long bits' so we worked as a team to cut the foliage and stop branches 'pinging'.
w/c 15 September 2025
Growing A Love of Reading We enjoy our weekly walk and visit to Busby Library. The children confidently chose some of their favourite books and enjoyed Peter the librarian’s wonderful storytelling. Everyone had the opportunity to ask and answer questions about the story, and showed great listening skills! Visiting the library not only builds a love for reading but also helps develop listening skills and confidence in making choices.
Wellness Walk Families joined us for our Wellness Walk and we explored road safety by going on an adventure investigating our local community. The children were very curious and observant, spotting lots of road signs which sparked lots of questions about the bumpy pavement under their feet at the crossing. We discussed how the bumps help people with sight difficulties know where it is safe to cross the road. We also saw a road sign telling us where Busby school is!
We listened to Ziggy and the Lollipop story and found out how Ziggy learns how to cross the road safely with the lollipop person.
Autumn Time Is Here We are finding out what happens when the season changes. The children created their own artwork and shared their knowledge about Autumn.
'It's raining, brown leaves, I saw all the leaves on the tree, they were all purple, they die and fall off' C
'They blow off the tree' M
'I like the leaves falling off' M
'All the leaves fell, yellow, green' H
'It's really cold, the leaves fall off' J
w/c 8 September 2025
Stay and Play Fun Our very first Stay and Play of the session was a roaring success! We were delighted to welcome families and everyone had lots of fun joining in with exciting outdoor opportunities, sharing favourite stories, building towers and taking part in fantastic role play in our hospital corner. Playing and learning together helps children build confidence, empathy, and communication skills, while strengthening those special bonds with their families. A huge thank you to everyone who came along!
Super Sewers! Inspired by one of the children wishing to make a teddy, we watched a video to help us make our own animal.
Cutting out our pattern
Using the sewing machine
Hand sewing after stuffing with cotton wool
Filling the bean bag
Making a dress for the bunny
Wow, wonderful designs!
Elephant games - comparing sizes and developing mathematical language
w/c 1 September 2025
Creativity with Chalks We enjoyed discovering different places outside to draw on using chalks.
'It's a square'
Busby Glen We visited Busby Glen for a walk full of wonder and discovery!
w/c 25 August 2025
Fostering Belonging Let's find your name and sign in today!
Promoting connectiveness in our nursery environment
Developing literacy skills such as name recognition and writing skills
Developing independence and strengthening a sense of autonomy
Super Snack Skills Some children helped set up for snack by carefully carrying food, glasses and bowls to the table, and pouring milk and water into jugs. We also spread butter onto our crackers independently, developing valuable life skills, and enjoyed eating them for snack - yum, yum!
'Getting glasses on the table'
'Putting the bowls on the table'
Spreading is a fun experience, developing
numerous skills -
Fine motor skills
Hand-eye
coordination skills
Independence and self care
Builds hand strength
Dexterity
(skillful use of the hand and wrist)
Outdoor fun developing our gross motor skills!
Wow, we found a spider!
Budding Builders
'This is the door, this opens the curtains'
The Busby Band
w/c 18 August 2025
Welcome back everyone! We hope you had a lovely summer and enjoyed the sunshine. We are delighted to welcome the children back, and welcome our new friends to the nursery. Everyone has enjoyed settling in, exploring the nursery playroom and outdoor spaces.
Exploring our Secret Garden
Using our muscles to
move the pulley
Negotiating risk
Let's push the tyre up the hill!
Rolling, rolling, rolling!
Picnic snack, yum, yum!
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