Emma Roberts

This week, Nursery went on their very first adventure together out of the school gates! They went for a walk around the local area to see if they could spot any of the animals they’ve been learning about this term.

Walking carefully in pairs, the children braved the rainy weather to walk through the school, out of the gate and down the road to the Millpond. En route, they spotted some seagulls, crows, pigeons and magpies.

After arriving, it was time for a quick go in the park (after all that sensible walking), and the children proved that a little bit of rain wasn’t going to spoil their fun! They paused for a scenic snack before continuing the walk.

Next, the children walked through the woodland area and around to the pond itself, where they spotted some swans, ducks and a moorhen.

After such a busy and adventurous morning, the children made their way back to school, once again showing fantastic listening, teamwork and sensible walking. The team are so proud of how they represented the school community on their very first outing together, and are already looking forward to many more adventures beyond the school gates!

This term, our Nursery children are learing all about animals, and this week they had a very special visit from Tamsin Richards, a local vet nurse.

She brought Mrs Neve and Mabel the dog with her and showed the children how to perform a basic check up. The nursery children watched closely as Tamsin checked Mabel’s heartbeat, eyes, nose and mouth. They were reminded that permission must be asked before petting any dogs in public – not all dogs are as friendly as Mabel!

The children listened carefully and learnt all about the different spaces in the vets surgery. They saw pictures of where Tamsin works, learnt about what all the different machines and equpiment were for and found out why dogs and cats are kept seperately!

Then the children were able to try out some of the equipment from the vets. They used a real stethoscope to find their heartbeats, had a go at bandaging each other up, tried on some of the protective gear and inspected some themometers.

There are definitely some future vet nurses in this nursery!

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