25 th 29 th July Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Painting without a brush be encouraged to create a picture using paint, but without brush Nature Collage go on a nature walk to collect objects to use in their collages Colour game Our retake on a treasure hunt. Using Spanish words children must search for the object that relates to the word. Art Gallery Create a unique sign or other art piece to show case at the end of the week. Drawing Fruit All around the room fruit will be placed in bowls for the children to draw. Visit to the Art Gallery tbc be able to take a bus to visit the art gallery in derby. Bird Feeders Using lard & bird seed we will create innovative bird feeders to hang in the trees. 3D Crafts tbc Clay Using modelling clay to create sculptures Show case the art be able to dress up in their smart clothes and show off the art work they have created throughout the week.
1 st 5 th August Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Football Challenges Dodgeball Trip to the park Gold Medal Making Roller skating How many keepy uppies can you do Drippling around the cones. And many more Trip to the park take part in sports activities at the park. (Children s choice) Red team vs Blue team. Who will win? Limbo Challenge How low can you go? Visit to Alvaston Park to complete the balance challenge and have a picnic in the park. Trampoline Challenge (tbc) visit Oxygen at Pride Park and shown how to preform simple moves. make medals that will be presented after taking part in the sport day activities. Sports Day Activities Children will take part in sport day activities such as egg and spoon race, sack race. Bring your skates and take on our challenges. Award ceremony We will be giving out awards for your achievements from the week
8 th 12 th August Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday To make a volcano be seeing what happens when baking soda is introduced to vinegar. Chemical reaction How High be seeing how high the diet coke can go when then drop Mentos in the bottle. Chemical reaction Kite building be encouraged to use different textures to create a kite. Testing the kites go to the local park to test out their kites. Parachute and egg be making a parachute for their egg and see what happens when they are dropped from height. Testing the parachute drop their parachutes from a height. Will it carry their egg down safely? Freezing water make ice lollies. Testing liquids experiment with different liquids and how they mix. Journey around the solar system Alvaston Park display all the planets around the park. The children must find them all. Making Playdough A popular activity in the past, children learn how to make their own playdough
15 th -19 th August Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Rice Crispy Blocks be making rice crispy blocks using different chocolate in different lengths. Building house With the rice crispy blocks the children made in the morning the children will now create building using the blocks. Blind taste testing have lots of different foods in fount of them, they will have to try and guess what the food is by only tasting it. Shortbread make shortbread Diamond Day Nursery Bake off be given a set ingredients to make and decorate a cake. Scoring the cakes The children, along with the adults will mark the cakes. Smoothie making experiment with different types of fruit and the different taste when blended together. Chocolate brownies be able to make chocolate brownies Cake tasting Children will have a range of cakes to taste and mark out of 10. Make a picnic tea The staff will support the children in making a picnic tea, then go to the park to have a picnic in the sun.
22 nd 26 th August Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday tbc Visit to the Library chance to rent out some books. Make a pet rock The child will create their own unique pet. Family tree The children can either bring in photos or draw pictures of their family. Duck spotting Walking or taking the bus to Alvaston park to become a Duck Detective. Bug Hunt be exploring the wooded area to find creepy crawlies Garden on a plate Using paper and fabrics the children will create a mini garden on a plate Planting have a choice of seeds to plan and take care of. Drawing be able to draw the different ducks they have seen that day.
29 th Aug 2 nd Sept Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday BANK HOLIDAY Movie Day The children have a choice of films to watch and are able to recreate their favourite movie posters Bank Holiday Fun Challenges As well movies we will be taking part in silly challenges with a movie, such as, Chubby Bunny challenge tbc Trip to Alvaston Castle The children can bring their bikes to nursery and have a bike ride to the Castle. Trip to Alvaston Castle The children can bring their bikes to nursery and have a bike ride to the Castle Decorations Children can make decorations to hang around the room or bake some cakes/biscuits. FIESTA! Celebrations!! Bring your favourite foods and drink.