Lovacott Nursery Blog
June 2025
This month our activities focussed around the stories of the weeks. Firstly we looked at ‘peep inside the garden’. We explored the mud and wooden tray with bugs hiding in favourite spots, this enabled them to further knowledge of habitats and where insects live. We...
May 2025
We have had a very busy may enjoying the beautiful sunshine and exploring. On the first week of may we focussed on the story a squash and a squeeze. The children have enjoyed multiple activities including, animal printing mixing colours and experimenting with...
April 2025
April has been a busy month with a mixture of weather along with many engaging and exciting topics. We have had lots of opportunities to develop our gross motor skills with lots of outdoor play, walks, obstacle courses and using the bikes to increase their spacial...
September 2022
Lovely week we have had exploring space. We have been reading stories and practising our signs for space and moon amongst lots of activities including making their own solar system.
Rumble in the jungle
This week we have been learning about Jungle animals with our story ofof the week Rumble in the jungle. The children have been learning the signs for Monkey and Giraffe and have been practicing their animal movements with animal yoga and stomping through the paint....
Growing and looking after our plants
The children have been helping to look after our crops and plants. We have discussed the importance of both sun and water to enable them to grow and stay healthy. The children understand when the weather is hot we need to remember to water the plants using our...
Fun in the sun!
The children have been enjoying the summer sun with lots of water play. We have discussed about keeping safe in the sun and the importance of applying sun cream to our bodies as well as wearing hats.
Easter Activities
A week full of Easter activities with lots of Easter egg hunts inside and out of nursery. The children searched high and low for the brightly colored numbered eggs and then counted them to check we had successfully found them all.The children have been making Easter...
Growth of Daffodils
Over the last few weeks the children have explored both growth and decay of daffodils around the perimeter of nursery. They have showed excitement to take frequent walks around to check on the growth of the daffodils, moniotoring the sizes and counting the amount on...
Red Nose Day 2022
What a busy day the children have had celebrating Red Nose Day 2022. We have had lots of sensory experiences such as spaghetti, rice and sensory bags. The children found all things red, iced their own red nose biscuit and painted red noses. We all played a game of...
We have welcomed January 2022
This week has been full of Chinese New year celebrations. We have had lots of messy play activities exploring rice, noodles and creating their own Chinese lanterns & envelopes. Chinese food tasting at snack time with a chance to taste a variety of different...
Welcome May!
Just like that, we welcome May 2021! What a busy week we have had exploring feely sensory bags, playing with a variety of different resources in our continuous provision- inside and outside and baking delicious chocolate scones! On Wednesday we celebrated ‘Children’s...
Garden Learning
This week the children have been super busy in the garden learning about growth and decay in the natural world. From exploring flowers in our tuff tray, to planting our already sprouting ‘magic beans’ and carrot seeds in pots outside. The children have been watering...