Welcome to the Blog of St Mary's Nursery @ The Park.
The Pavilion Corporation Park
West Park Road
Blackburn.

We are open Monday to Friday 9.00 - 12.00 & 1.00 - 4.00 term time.

Contact us on 01254 677788.

Friday, 14 February 2020

Sand play

Intent- to observe how the children respond to the feelings and wishes of others.











"I can see you!"





"Do you want a burger?"











 "I can't reach! I need a chair"





How can we reach the pipe...? "He needs a chair"


 




We need more chairs!





"We need more chairs....."


"I can reach!!!!!!"






































The afternoon children had a different idea, they used a ladder to reach the pipe.


























































Impact

PSE-Making relationships

-Plays alongside others.
-Interested in others' play and starting to join in.
-Seeks out others to share experiences.
-Can play in a group, extending and elaborating play ideas.
-Keeps play going by responding to what others are saying or doing.
-Demonstrates friendly behaviour, initiating conversations and forming good relationships with peers.

Self confidence and self awareness
-Demonstrates sense of self as an individual. 
-Can select and use activities and resources with help.
-Welcomes and values praise for what they have done.
-Enjoys responsibility of carrying out small tasks.
-Shows confidence in asking adults for help.

Managing feelings and behaviour.
-Responds to the feelings and wishes of others.
-Aware that some actions can hurt or harm others.
-Begins to accept the needs of others and can take turns and share resources, sometimes with support from others.
-Can usually tolerate delay when needs are not immediately met, and understands wishes may not always be met. 

CL-Listening and attention
-Single channeled attention. Can shift to a different task if attention fully obtained.
-Is able to follow directions.

Understanding
-Shows understanding of prepositions such as 'under', 'on top', 'behind' 
-Responds simple instructions

Speaking
-Begining to ask simple questions
-Uses simple sentences
-Begining to use more complex sentences to link thoughts
-Uses talk to connect ideas

PD-Moving and handling
-Climbs confidently and is beginning to pull themselves on nursery play equipment.
-Mounts stairs, steps or climbing equipment using alternate feet.

Maths-Numbers
-Recites some  number names in sequence
-Uses some language of quantities such as 'more' and a 'lot'
-Uses some number names accurately in play

Shape, space and measure
-Begins to use the language of size
-Uses positional language

EAD-Being imaginative
-Uses available resources to create props to support role-play

COEL-Creating and thinking critcally
-Thinking of ideas
-Finding ways to solve problems
-Finding new ways to do things
-Testing their ideas
-Planning making decisions about how to approach a task, solve a problem and reach a goal
-Changing strategy as needed 

Active Learning
-Maintaining focus on their activity for a period of time.
-Showing high levels of energy, fascination
-Persisting with activity when challenges occur 
-Bouncing back after difficulties.
-Showing satisfaction in meeting own goals.
-Enjoying meeting challenges for their own sake rather than external rewards or praise. 

 









Thursday, 13 February 2020

Den Building

Intent- Encouraging the children to work together using the den building.








Impact- PSE-Making relationships-Interested in others' play and starting to join in
-Can play in a group, extending and elaborating play ideas
-Keeps play going by responding to what others are saying or doing
Self confidence and self awareness- Can select and use activities and resource with help. 
-Enjoys responsibility of carrying out small tasks
-Shows confidence in asking adults for help
C&L-Speaking- Uses gestures, sometimes with limited talk e.g. reaches towards a toy saying "i Have it"
-Uses simple sentences
-Beginning to ask simple questions
Mathematics-SSM-Shows an interest in shape and space by playing with shapes or making arrangements with objects
EAD-Being imaginative- Beginning to make believe by pretending
-Uses available resources to create props to support role-play
COEL-Creating and thinking critically
-Thinking of ideas
-Finding ways to solve problems
-Finding new ways to do things
-Testing their ideas
-Changing strategy as needed




Wednesday, 12 February 2020

Slime making

Intent- To help a child settle into we used his interest making slime


















Impact
  • PSE-Making Relationships- Interested in others play and starting to join in 
  • Self confidence and self awareness- Enjoys responsibility of carrying out small tasks
  • confident to talk to other children when playing 
  • Managing feelings and behaviour-begins to learn that some things are thier's, some things are shared
  • CL-Speaking-uses a variety of questions, holds a conversation, jumping from topic to topic
  • UTW-People and communities- Has a sense of own immediate family
  • EAD-Being imaginative-Use available resources to create props
  • Engages in imaginative play based on own first hand experiences 
  • PD- moving and handling-uses one handed tools and equipment 

Half Term

Half Term - W/C  17th February 2020 

Here is a link to lots of exciting activities taking place in Lancashire this February half term... 
 Lots of them are also FREE! 
Nursery is back open Monday 24th February 



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Tuesday, 11 February 2020

Safer internet day

Safer Internet Day 
Tuesday 11th February 2020
Online safety tips for parents of pre-school children: 
- Put yourself in control -Make use of the parental controls available on your home broadband and any internet-enabled devices. You can find out how at your broadband provider’s website or by visiting internetmatters.org.
- Search safely -  Use safe search engines such as swiggle.org.uk or kids-search.com. Safe search settings can also be activated on Google and other search engines as well as YouTube. You can find out more at google.co.uk/ safetycentre.
- Set boundaries -  It’s never too early to start setting rules about when and for how long your child can use devices and start to introduce the subject of internet safety at the same time. Encourage children to use devices in a communal area, keep other devices out of reach and use passwords so they can’t go online without asking you first.
-Explore together - Set your homepage to a child-friendly site such as CBeebies and give them a user account which only allows access to sites and apps you’ve chosen.
- Help them learn through games-  Games are a great way for young children to explore the internet and learn about the world around them. 
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Monday, 10 February 2020

Corona Virus Information

Advice for parents/guardians

You should not be unduly worried about the possibility of your children catching the Coronavirus.
There is no reason why your children should not continue to attend their early years, school or further education setting as normal.
We recognise that some families or children may be planning to travel to China during the forthcoming half term period. If so, please refer to the FCO’s latest travel advice via the link above.

What action you can take

A UK wide campaign has been launched to provide clear advice on how to slow the spread of Coronavirus.
Please help to support the campaign which promotes basic hygiene practices, such as regularly washing hands and always sneezing into a tissue, to stem the spread of viruses.
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Monday, 3 February 2020

OFSTED INSPECTION Tuesday 4th February 2020

We have been informed that OFSTED will be inspecting the Nursery tomorrow
 Tuesday 4th February 2020 . 
The Ofsted Inspector would like to speak to some of our parents. 

Please inform Sarah if you are available to speak to the inspector. 
Alternatively you may email any feedback or anything you would wish to discuss with the Inspector to:
s.dodd@stmarysblackburn.ac.uk