Oak Room Embraces Physical Development Through Creative Movement Activities
Children in Oak Room at Little Hayes Nursery School are experiencing an action-packed term focused on physical development and creative movement. This Bristol early years setting is providing exciting opportunities for children to build and navigate their own obstacle courses, encouraging innovative ways to move over, under, around, and through various challenges whilst developing essential ball skills including catching.
The early years curriculum at this Bristol nursery seamlessly integrates literacy with physical activity through their exploration of the beloved story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’. Children are bringing the narrative to life by acting out and retelling the adventure in the nursery garden, whilst beginning to create maps of their imaginative journeys.
Fine motor development remains a key focus, with the introduction of woodwork activities providing children with hands-on learning experiences. Early years practitioners are teaching children about different tools, their names, purposes, and crucially, how to use them safely and effectively—building confidence and practical skills.
Successful Growing Project Continues to Flourish Across Bristol Nursery
The previous term’s growing and changing theme has yielded remarkable results at this Bristol early years centre. Children have successfully transferred their carefully nurtured seedlings into the garden growing beds, where they continue to thrive under the children’s attentive care.
The young gardeners were particularly amazed to discover that beans can grow successfully on tissue paper as well as in traditional soil, demonstrating the wonder of scientific discovery in early years education. The quick-growing crops, including cress and microgreens grown from tiny seeds, provided immediate gratification and valuable learning opportunities for the children.
Willow Room Explores Creativity and Positional Language Through Flag-Making
Children in Willow Room are engaging in comprehensive fine motor development through creative flag-making activities. The early years programme includes crafting small flags for careful placement in sandcastles and creating larger flags for energetic waving in the garden whilst following instructions involving concepts such as ‘high’ and ‘low’.
This Bristol nursery’s innovative approach includes experimenting with various attachment methods—glue, staples, tape, and string—encouraging problem-solving skills and creative thinking in young children.
The nursery garden becomes a learning laboratory as children march up and down the hill whilst acting out ‘The Grand Old Duke of York’ nursery rhyme. This engaging activity naturally introduces positional language, helping children understand concepts of UP and DOWN whilst challenging them to identify where HALFWAY UP the hill might be.
Continued Success in Early Years Gardening Programme
Willow Room children have also celebrated the ongoing success of their growing project from the previous term. Their dedication to nurturing seedlings has been rewarded as plants flourish in the garden growing beds, whilst the fascinating discovery that beans can grow on tissue paper continues to spark scientific curiosity.
The rapid growth of cress and microgreens has provided immediate rewards for the young gardeners, demonstrating the effectiveness of hands-on learning in Bristol early years education and fostering a lifelong appreciation for growing and nature.