The Grove Nursery School

Children carrying a big box of paper/card recyclables.

A child carrying a box of plastic recyclables.

Children putting classroom waste that can be recycled into the 'big bin'.

Our recycling champs love taking classroom waste to the 'big bins' in the store room before everything is collected to go to the borough recycling centre.
"I'm a superhero. I'm saving the planet"
"This is recycling. It go in the big bin"
"Let's carry it together"
"Bye rubbish"
"I'm recycling"

A tray full of autumnal treasures: conkers, pine cones, spiky sweet chestnuts, leaves of different colours, a white pumpkin and acorns.

A child carefully holding a spiky sweet chestnut burr.

A child holding a shiny conker in its case.

A child holding an acorn in one hand and a sweet chestnut in the other.

The children explored seasonal resources at carpet time. Some had to be handled carefully as they were a bit prickly!
"It's a bit hairy"
"It spiked me"
"It's autumn"
"Me want acorn"
"Squirrels eat acorns"
" I like pumpkin. I wanna take it my house"
"I take the conker out of the shell for you"

Baskets filled with conkers, conker shells, fallen leaves in different t hues, dried sunflowers from the garden with seed heads, pumpkins and our core rhyme 'Five Little Pumpkins'.

Five different little pumpkins in a basket along sis a copy of a book about autumn and our core poem, Five Little Pumpkins.

This fortnight's core text 'Aaaarrgghh Spider' on the top of a cabinet. Non fiction books alongside it about spiders and other insects.

A double page spread of an illustration of birds eating berries and falling leaves, spider webs and text about signs of autumn.

Nursery is feeling very autumnal. We have beautiful seasonal resources for the children to explore alongside our core text 'Aaaarrgghh Spider'.

Siren Films have extended their free to watch offer on our short, but beautiful, film about sustainability at The Grove. Do share with friends and colleagues ...

We hope lots more people get a chance to view the film 🤩

"I don't eat meat"
"I came to nursery on my bike"
"I walk to nursery"
"Look. It's Sarah. It's you Claire"
"Thats me. I'm looking at snails"
"Don't throw rubbish"
"Papa take me on his bike"
"Can I take the recycling to the bins?"
#recycleweek

A selection of books about caring for planet earth set out on a green table cloth.

A display board of information about recycling in Southwark - leaflets, books.

A smart board in a classroom playing our sustainability film for families. Laura Henry Allain on the screen.

An example of junk modelling by one of the children. Cardboard tubes and masking tape to represent spiders on a log.

We have been learning more about recycling during #recyclingweek

Families enjoyed watching our beautiful film on sustainability featuring @laurahallain.bsky.social by @sirenfilms.bsky.social

We read a range of books/info about looking after our planet.

And children have been junk modelling.

"I recycle at my house"
"This is rubbish from my house"
"It's milk"
"This is plastic. Put it in the box"
"I pick up rubbish"
"Paper goes in the box"

A child holding a Southwark Council household recycling bag containing different recyclable items to sort and recycle at nursery.

A child sorting plastic from card/paper for recycling.

A child putting classroom recycling into the 'big' bin (red Veolia waste bin).

A child picking up litter from the nursery garden at tidy up time.

The chn have been thinking about recycling waste for #recycleweek
They brought recycling in from home to sort into different piles and took them to the nursery recycling bins. They continue to take care of nursery by picking up litter from the garden/classroom floor to recycle or put in the bin.

We are so happy to be able to share this short film about sustainability at The Grove Nursery. Thank you so much to @sirenfilms.bsky.social and @laurahallain.bsky.social for helping to make it happen. It was a privilege to be part of it.
#recycleweek

Thank you Liz for your kind words. It was a privilege to work with @laurahallain.bsky.social and @sirenfilms.bsky.social to creat this video. We have loved sharing it with the children and their families

This week is Recycle Week. To celebrate @sirenfilms.bsky.social released a film about sustainability with @laurahallain.bsky.social at @grovenursery.bsky.social
I was moved by how Sarah and @eyfsclaire.bsky.social talk about how racial justice is part of it
Beautiful.
www.sirenfilms.co.uk

A pink wash day crown.

A pink wash day crown.

A page in Ada's Wash Day where Ada is crying because the shampoo is in her eyes.

Front cover of Ada's Wash Day

Following on from our learning on World Afro Day, one of the children brought in her wash day crown. We read'Ada's Wash Day' and talked about similarities.
"Why is she crying?"
"I go on my tablet when I get my hair done"
"This is my crown"
"I got a brush like that"
"Aunty Angel braids my hair"

"I like olives"
"Lots of tree"
"There's the boy. He's cutting the tree"
"It looks like a dinosaur"
"They have to tidy up"
"He's over there working"
"I'm excited. Why did he out the cone there?
"Can I help them?"
"It's a big truck with a trailer"

The children were fascinated to watch tree surgeons trim two big olive trees outside the Nursery. It was a great opportunity to chat & introduce lots of new vocabulary: motor, engine, strimmer, chipper, helmet, visor, ear defenders, shovel, canopy, pruning.
"What you doing, bro?"
"Why he up there?"

You made it a lovely experience for everyone - thank you. The videos are beautiful and we can't wait to share them with families and colleagues.

World Afro Day World Afro Day is a global day of change, education and celebration of Afro hair, culture and identity. Everyone is welcome on this journey.

We encouraged our school community - parents, staff, co-workers - to register to take part in World Afro Day's ambition to hold the largest global online learning event. We will watch the inspiring video about the cultural significance of Afro hair and take the quiz 💜

www.worldafroday.com

"Mummy's hair"
"I got a pink brush like this at home"
"My dad take me hair cutter man"
"I don't have plaits. I got a ponytail"
"Mummy wash hair"
"Daddy cuts my hair with scissors and a shaver"
"Mummy got shampoo"
"I got beads like that"
"I don't like washing my hair"
"Mummy puts cream on my hair"

A selection of hair brushes used to maintain and style Afro hair: wide tooth comb, Afro comb, detangler brush, boar bristle brush, Denman brush. On a table top. Children exploring them.

A selection of books to explore to learn about Afro hair including a book about wash day. Set on a table with an African print table cloth.

A mannequin with a Jamaican chimney bump styled into it. Next to a braid.

A display of photos natural Afro hairstyles for adults and children from across many years.

The chn explored different brushes and combs for maintaining and styling Afro hair. We looked at beautiful books about hair. We learnt names of different hair styles, including 'Chiney Bumps' that one of our team had when she was a girl in Jamaica. And we looked at different hairstyles people have.

A parent and child spraying water on a mannequin's hair and using a detangling comb to gently tease out knots.

A parent demonstrating how she removes braids from her son's hair using the thin end of a tail comb.

Our colleague styling her daughter's hair in the home corner. She is choosing which bands she would like in her hair.

A parent demonstrating on a mannequin how she does corn rows.

The Grove celebrated World Afro Day today. Parents came in to share how they take care of their children's hair - showing tools and products. Our staff talked about their hair too. One of our team, whose child attends our setting, showed the chn how she styles her daughter's hair after wash day 🧵

Thank you so much @sirenfilms.bsky.social and @laurahallain.bsky.social It was such a special experience to take part in this. We are so proud of our children, our families, our community. And we keep on learning together.

A photo of a Veolia food waste vehicle. Also a tally sheet listing the names the children thought of for the food waste vehicle and the number of votes cast against each name.

The children entered a competition to name one of Veoila's new vehicles that will collect waste food (to be recycled) from homes in the borough of Southwark. The children worked together to think of names and then they voted on the one they liked the best.

GOBBLE TRUCK got the most votes 💚🚛

Homecorner kitchen set up with.

Vanity table with hair dressing resources and beauty items.

Our nursery garden looking a bit wet but very green. Climbing frame and classrooms in the distance.

Maths resources- conker abacus, 5 and 10 framed and maths books.

We are very excited to welcome the children back to Nursery today. The garden and classrooms are looking beautiful and we can't wait to play!

Good morning from our beautiful nursery garden. The sunflowers and pumpkins are loving the sunshine.

It is our final week before the summer break. We are going to enjoy our last week together.

Six eggs freshly laid that day in a pink egg box.

A child holding a fruit/veg basket that contains fallen apricots and greengages which will be fed to the hens.

"You want to drink water, chicken?"
"There's a chicken on the roof"
"There's lots of poo on the roof"
"I can see an egg"
"Can I hold the chicken?"
"She's so fluffy"
"They eat all the food"
"I eat eggs at my house"
"The chicken is so fluffy"
"Chicken fly"

A child skilfully holding a hen inside the chicken pen.

Three orange feathered hens sitting on the roof of the chicken coop.

A childnioldomg the handle of a frying pan that is full of seeds. A hen pecks at the seeds.

A child about to collect some eggs george chicken coop. Eggs are surrounded by rosemary which is an antibacterial agent.

More children visited the rescue hens at Glengall Wharf Gardens. They fed the hens (seeds and kale), they held the hens gently and they searched for eggs in the coops. They also collected fallen, ripe fruit (apricots and greengages) from the orchard to feed to the hens. Such a rich experience 💛

A selection of the scooters and bikes children have come in to Nursery on in the scooter/ bike park.

Lots of scooters and bikes outside of Nursery. We love to see sustainable forms of transport.

"I'd like some butter on the bread"
"I have chocolate bread at my house"
"What does bun mean?"
"Can I have more?"
"My mummy's gonna buy bun"

Slices of Jamaican bun and slices of cheese.

A page in the ABC of African and Caribbean Food. Page displaying an illustration of a loaf of bun.

The chn ate sweet bun at snack time. They had lots to say about it:
"I want to eat all the bread"
"I don't have bun. I have toast"
"Nanny buys bun"
"Would you like some bun?"
"The bun has cherries in it"
"Mummy buys bun. She make toast"
"I wanna eat all the bun"
"It's delicious"
"I want bread"

Children making a poster (writing and drawing) saying Friends House: everyone welcome.

A child putting the poster up in the archway entrance to the home corner.

The chn were talking about who was their friend and who was allowed in the home-corner. We had a discussion about the home -corner being for everyone. For all of our friends. We gave the home-corner a name: Friends House. The children made a sign and it went up over the entrance. Everyone welcome.