Your Hordle AUGSEPT 22 (3) (1)

HORDLE EXPLORERS NURSERY
Team HEN have been very busy so far this term and we are excited to share
some of our highlights!
TEAM BUTTERFLIES
The children have shown so much enthusiasm during our Slithering Snails
and Wriggling Worms topic and it is ajoy to see them exploring the Wild
garden and their gardens at home to find minibeasts to investigate. During
our snails topic the children loved keeping pet snails for the week inour tank
and showed somuch care when handling them. They were fascinated to
discover that snails like to be stroked and this makes them pop out oftheir
shells. Some of the children experienced aspecial visit from Miss Radford
and her African Land Snails. They learnt all about where they live inthe wild
and how to take care of them. They were shocked athow big they were
too! Inspired by snail shells the children looked closely atpatterns and
textures throughout the week and learnt touse the words spiral, rough and
hard. They used chalks, paints, small pebbles and gems tocreate spirals
and have been looking out for them inbook illustrations and nature itself.
As part of our worm topic the children have been building awormery and
using watering cans and hoses on warmer days toencourage worms tothe
surface. They have learnt many facts about worms including that they have
no eyes, they keep gardens tidy by eating all the dead leaves and they are
great athelping plants togrow. The children are beginning tothink about
how toorganise minibeasts into groups by looking at similarities and
differences and using measuring equipment to compare the sizes ofthe
ones they find.
The children were excited to discover that the Great Tit chicks have fledged
the bird cam nest this week and have been looking out for them visiting the
Wild garden. They are keeping avery close watch onour tadpole tank and
hoping that they will soon begin togrow legs and become froglets.
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