2 Year Olds

CRC Article 28- All children have the right to a good quality education. 

CRC Article 24- All children have the right to be healthy. 

The children have enjoyed a range of with activities based around The Hungry Caterpillar, a story by Eric Carle. We introduced the story as a focused activity which included some real-life caterpillars. The children showed real fascination when observing these closely. We will continue to monitor them to see the changes in the coming weeks. 

We had lots of fun creating our own caterpillars using a variety of focused activities such as using modelling clay, stuffing tights and rolling them in paint, using stampers, and various art materials to create some wonderful examples. The children have had so much enjoyment being involved in these activities. We look forward to watching our caterpillars transform and to bring the story to life next week with more exciting activities such as food tasting and interactive story sessions. 

Shark in the Park 

CRC Article 13: All children have the right to find out about things. 

CRC Article 28: All children have the right to learn. 

The children in the 2-Year-Old room have enjoyed the story Shark in the Park by Nick Sharratt. Staff have brought this story to life by setting up tuff spots as an invitation to play which were shark and sea creature themed. The children had lots of fun exploring in the rock pools, and slime. They also enjoyed the challenge of rescuing the Sealife from the soap flake block. 

The book was read to the children in various settings such as in the school field. We even used our own telescopes to see if we could find any hidden sharks…. Luckily, we didn’t!

Making Our Mark 

CRC Article 31: All children have the right to relax and play. 

CRC Article 13: All children have the right to find out about things. 

The 2-Year-Olds have had a fantastic week exploring with different messy play experiences. They have enjoyed rolling cars in the paint on a small scale and using the large rollers outside to create different marks.  

We even created our own paint from a powder and added water. The children thoroughly enjoyed mixing and scooping during this experience. They learnt that by mixing white and red, they created pink.  

Staff also introduced clay for the children to explore with. The children enjoyed using the rollers and various tools to make prints in the clay. We found out that if we added water the clay got softer and more malleable. 

We have had so much fun whilst exploring all of this, whilst also developing our fine and gross motor skills, sensory development and cognitive growth. Lots of lovely language was used during these activities about textures and colours. 

CRC Article 29: All children have the right to be the best that they can be.  

Article 31: Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities. 

This week we have particularly enjoyed mark making activities! We have engaged in gross motor painting with lots of different colours, drawing on large scale paper and exploring making marks in gloop in the tuff tray! 

CRC Article 29: All children have the right to be the best that they can be.  

CRC Article 31: Every child has the right to relax and play. 

This week in our 2s we enjoyed being outside more in the sunshine! We have enjoyed accessing our School Forest. We looked at the plants and trees and had lots of fun playing hide and seek! This helps us to begin to learn how to play games with rules.  

CRC Article 29: All children have the right to be the best that they can be.  

CRC Article 31: Every child has the right to relax and play. 

This week in our 2s we enjoyed being outside more in the sunshine! We have enjoyed accessing our School Forest. We looked at the plants and trees and had lots of fun playing hide and seek! This helps us to begin to learn how to play games with rules.  

CRC Article 29: All children have the right to be the best that they can be.  

Look at all the fun we have been having in our 2s provision! We are enjoying learning about Winter, snow and ice. We love exploring messy play and getting to know all of our new friends. Our confidence is growing every day and we are so settled and happy! 

CRC Article 29: All children have the right to be the best that they can be.  

This week in 2s we have been celebrating and learning about Chinese New Year! We have enjoyed decorating Chinese dragons which helps us to develop our fine motor and Expressive Arts and Design skills. We have also absolutely loved our messy play tuff tray! We loved exploring the different textures and we laughed so much! 

CRC Article 29: All children have the right to be the best that they can be.  

Article 31: Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities. 

This week in 2s we have been celebrating Valentine’s Day. We have talked about how love is one of our feelings. We have talked about loving our families and read a story about love. Learning about our feelings and emotions fosters our Spiritual Education development. We each made a Valentine’s Day card by coloring and mark making with chalks and then smudging it with our fingers. Then we mark made inside the card ready to give to our family. We were very proud of our cards!  

Article 28 – Every child has the right to an education. 

Article 29 – Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities. 

Article 31 – Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities. 

Last week we learned all about Children in Need and why this is important. To raise awareness, we came into Nursery wearing spots, we had our faces painted with spots and we decorated large Pudsey bear with paint! We had lots of fun whilst we developed our skills and learned about such an important cause.  

Also, this week we read the story ‘Dear Zoo’ and then went on an animal hunt! We took our animals into the hall to move like different types of animals. We are learning all about different ways in which we can move our bodies.  

Article 28 – Every child has the right to an education. 

Article 29 – Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities. 

Article 31 – Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities. 

This week in our 2s provision we read the story ‘Stick Man’ by Julia Donaldson. We took part in an activity where we made our own stick man biscuits to eat! We used icing as glue to stick the biscuits together, whilst thinking about counting how many biscuits we used. We enjoyed eating them as a yummy snack whilst we watched the ‘Stick Man’ story together.  

Article 28 – Every child has the right to an education. 

Article 29 – Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities. 

Article 31 – Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities. 

This week in our 2s, we have really loved practicing for our Nativity performance! We have been working very hard on our singing skills and we have been very brave by going on the big stage! We have taken part in dress rehearsals for our Nativity performance and tried our costumes on. We have also been thoroughly enjoying making salt dough Christmas decorations this week. We made the dough together and then cut out the dough using cookie cutters. We also chose which colours we would like to use to paint them. We can’t wait to show you what they look like!  

CRC Article 28: All children have the right to a good quality education. 

CRC Article 31: All children have the right to relax and play. 

The 2-Year-Olds have been looking at the book, Wobble Bear. Wobble Bear only likes the colour yellow. Some children can now recognise the colour yellow. The children experienced this book being brought to life through interactive stories and practical activities. Children sorted colours in the tough spot and in some foam. We will continue to look at different colours over the coming weeks. The children are excited about this! 

CRC Article 13: All children have the right to information. 

This week, the children in the 2s have been learning about hedgehogs. We have been reading ‘That’s Not My Hedgehog’ and ‘Baby Hedgehog’. We watched live hedgehogs looking for food, we looked for hedgehogs in the sand, made hedgehogs out of playdough, used pegs to give hedgehogs their prickles and used clay to make hedgehogs. 

Releasing our butterflies… 

CRC Article 29: All children have the right to be the best that they can be. 

CRC Article 31: All children have the right to play. 

Our butterflies came out of their chrysalises this week. The children were amazed to see their transformation. We were lucky enough to see the butterflies closely, and some of the children could hold one if they desired.  

We then took them outside in the nursery garden to release them gently and placed them onto some flowers. The children have shown great fascination throughout watching this life cycle. 

CRC Article 28; All children have the right to learn. 

CRC Article 31: All children have the right to play. 

Mrs. Sharp brought 3 special guests to visit the 2-year-old room this week. These were ducklings who were just 3 days old. The children had a wonderful day observing the ducklings closely and even handling them. The ducklings showed the children their fantastic swimming skills; the children watched with excitement and fascination as they swam around the water tray. After a fun-filled day, the ducklings were ready to return to their mummy duck for a well-deserved rest.

CRC Article 28; All children have the right to learn. 

CRC Article 31: All children have the right to play. 

The 2-Year-Olds have been looking at the book, The Hungry Caterpillar. The children experienced this book being brought to life through interactive stories inside and outside at the forest area.  

The children were thrilled to see some live tiny caterpillars arrive this week. They enjoyed observing them closely. 

Staff also brought this story to life by providing a range of activities linked to the story. This included interactive displays, art activities, tasting sessions and malleable resources. 

We will continue to observe the caterpillars over the coming weeks to see their transformation. We are hoping our caterpillars turn into butterflies, just like in the story, so we can release them. The children are excited about this! 

CRC Article 31: All children have the right to relax and play.  

The rain last week didn’t stop the 2-Year-Olds having fun at the end of last half-term. We took advantage of the weather and went outside to jump in the puddles. 

Staff enhanced this water activity by adding powder paints to the water for the children to explore. They even had access to the outside tap. 

The children had lots of fun mark making using a range of tools. When using the paints on the ground, they found out that by mixing red and blue paint, it makes purple. The children also created their very own coloured puddles. It was a great session and lots of fun was had by all! 

Releasing our butterflies… 

CRC Article 29: All children have the right to be the best that they can be. 

CRC Article 31: All children have the right to play. 

Our butterflies came out of their chrysalises this week. The children were amazed to see their transformation. We were lucky enough to see the butterflies closely, and some of the children could hold one if they desired.  

We then took them outside in the nursery garden to release them gently and placed them onto some flowers. The children have shown great fascination throughout watching this life cycle.