Date: 09/10/26

The Star of the week/Ser yr wythnos in the morning is:

Jack

The Star of the week/Ser yr wythnos in the afternoons is:

Maddison

Welsh speaker of the week is/Siaradwr yr wythnos in the Morning is:

Yusaf

Welsh Speaker of the week/Siaradwr yr wythnos in the afternoons is:

Isaac

🌈 Nursery Newsletter – 9th october 2026

Following on from last week and our interest in the weather, we have been looking more closely at weather forecasts and making our own predictions about what the weather might be like each day. We have been tallying our daily weather on a chart and counting how many sunny, rainy and cloudy days we have had. The children have enjoyed discussing the changing weather and comparing our predictions to what actually happened!

To help us become weather experts, we made our own rain gauge to measure rainfall. We carefully used rulers to measure and mark our bottles, developing our early writing, counting and number skills. We have been checking our rain gauges daily and discovering just how much rain we have had this week.

We have also noticed pumpkins growing in our garden, which sparked lots of curiosity and learning. We have been finding out how and where pumpkins grow, coloured on the pumpkins, and exploring them in our playdough. The children were particularly excited to investigate a real pumpkin, opening it up and discovering what the different parts are called. We used a variety of tools and utensils to scoop, scrape and explore what was inside.

This week we have also been inspired by the story "Owl Babies." We created a beautiful autumn branch using seasonal colours, made our own owls using glue and collage materials, and enjoyed retelling the story with our owl puppets alongside our friends. We learned that owls sleep during the daytime and become active at night. This led to discussions about other animals that live in trees and animals that are nocturnal. We are very excited to begin learning about hedgehogs next week!

During circle time, we have been getting to know one another even better. We shared our favourite colours, talked about things we like and dislike, and listened carefully to our friends' ideas. This created lots of meaningful conversations which continued throughout our play.

In our construction area, the children worked together to build a large castle using Duplo bricks. We explored how to make it strong and stable, testing our ideas and making changes when parts became wobbly. Once we were happy with our creation, we had great fun knocking it down and starting all over again!

Thank you for another wonderful week of learning, exploring and growing together. We look forward to another exciting week ahead as we continue our autumn adventures and begin learning more about hedgehogs.

Have a lovely weekend!

🍂 The Nursery Team 🍂