We have had a very busy month learning about mini-beasts. We went on a mini-beast hunt in our nursery garden and found millipedes, wood louse, wriggly worms, slugs, snails and spiders. We also found lots of snails in our own gardens at home and brought them into nursery where we set up a snail house. We observed how the snails moved very slowly leaving lots of slimy, silvery trails. We have enjoyed painting butterfly and snail pictures, making mini-beasts using recyclable materials as well as having fun making a spider's web in the sand tray and a wibbly wobbly jelly pond for frogs.
Wednesday 10th April
The chicks are hatching! We have had lots of excitement today as the chicks have started to hatch after patiently waiting for 21days while they have been in the incubator.
Thursday 11th April
Our little family has grown today. 3 more chicks hatched overnight and another during lunchtime today much to the excitement of the children who have enthusiastically named them. Welcome to the world little Fluffy, Cheep Cheep, Dandy, Daisy and Parker!
We had lots of fun at The Giant’s Lair in search of charms that Myrtle the trickster fairy had to try and waken up the sleeping giant Slieve Gullion!
This month we have had lots of fun learning and exploring many different things about Spring and young animals.
When out on a Spring walk around school we looked at the beautiful flowers beginning to grow and some of them smelt lovely. We then made our own lavender scented play dough using lavender leaves. We manipulated the dough in different ways to make flowers for a flower garden.
