Forest School

1st November 2022Cathryn Henderson

What a beautiful day for our first visit to forest school. Our main focus has been on developing exploration skills, establishing rules and boundaries whilst on the site and continuing with our work n seasonal change.

Forest school has so many benefits. During each session the children are developing:
-motivation
-empathy
-social skills
-independence
-confidence
-physical skills including the development of both fine and gross motor skills
-problem solving and risk taking skills
-resilience
-knowledge and understanding of the world around them
Most importantly lots of fun!

Autumn Learning

1st November 2022Cathryn Henderson

Our learning in nursery has been based on the changes in Autumn that we can see and exploring all of the wonderful objects found at this time of year.

Some of the activities have included; making leaf men inspired characters, printing with leaves, counting conkers, going on an Autumn walk and mark making with Autumn colours.

Hedworthfield Playgroup

4th March 2022Cathryn Henderson

Thank you to evryone for coming to our first playgroup today. We had so much fun and it was lovely to meet you all. We look forward to seeing you all again next week. Any feedback/reviews from today would be welcomed. Thank you

Register Today !

17th January 2022Cathryn Henderson

 

 

Welcome to our new Playgroup at Hedworthfield

To register your place please contact the school office 0191 5373373.

Nursery Stay and Play Fun!

1st November 2021Cathryn Henderson

Stay and Play has been SPOOKTACULAR!We had a fantastic time making bubbling potions, smashing jellied brains, bowling ghost skittles and exploring out outdoor area.

Then inside we decorated biscuits (which we had baked!), painting, decorating and glitzing up pumpkins! Again the children could show their grown ups different areas of our Nursery. We had so much fun!
A huge thank you to all of our families for coming and joining in the fun!

Our first visit to Forest School

24th September 2021Cathryn Henderson
Our first visit to Forest School!
Mrs Gibson and Mrs Charlton challenged us to put our own suits and boots on. We tried so hard and even helped each other. We were so excited whilst we waited at the gates. We sensibly followed the instructions to climb the stile into our wilderness! We explored the areas, running, climbing and jumping. Some of the children discovered minibeasts. The children then began to roll logs to discover more! We identified; worms, slugs, beetles, ants, woodlice, earwigs, spiders and centipedes! We then learnt how to use magnifying glasses correctly to observe them. When we had finished we rolled the logs back to keep our bug friends safe. We also shared milk and snack at our base camp. What a fantastic way to end our week!

Nursery Bear Activities!

24th September 2021Cathryn Henderson

We had a wonderful time sharing ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’. We worked as a team to make a GIANT bear. We also drew and painted pictures of the bear!

Police visit to Early Years

3rd February 2020Cathryn Henderson

Our Community Officer PC Talbot, and Police Community Support Officer Caroline, came to visit Early Years today! They talked about lots of different ways that the police help us. We got to look at their police car, speak on the police radio and some of us even wanted to try on the police uniform!

 

Animals Who Help Us

14th January 2020Cathryn Henderson

Reception and Nursery were visited this morning by Margret and Quella. Quella is from the Guide Dog Association. We found out so much about the important job Quella does to make sure that Margret is independent. We even got to stroke Quella and say hello – we loved it!