We have been talking about pumpkins and how they are all different big, little, smooth, bumpy etc. The children loved hammering golf tees into the big pumpkin, there was lots of good concentration, hand eye coordination and holding of the hammer. Everyone waited patiently for a turn, super!

We found a ladybird outside on the paving slabs, we were fascinated by it! Lots of us spent a long time watching it crawl across the slabs and even fetched a magnifying glass so we could look at it more closely. Following the interests of the children the staff in our nursery class enabled them to create ladybirds in different ways.

We explored some herbs that were bought from a local garden centre and some that were grown from cuttings by Mrs Noden. We talked about how they smelt different, looked different and how they were also similar. Later on we planted them out in the garden.