Last week, we noticed the children were spending lots of time piling themselves and their belongings (i.e. bags full of items from the home corner!) into the big, wooden car to head off on various adventures.  As we always try to follow the children’s interests when it comes to enhancing our learning environment, we decided to transform the car into a number 57 bus!

The children were thrilled to discover the bus waiting for them at the bus stop when they arrived on Monday morning.  They grabbed a debit card, tapped in and quickly found a seat!  Luckily, several of them also knew how to drive the bus and it wasn’t long before they set off…

I wondered if they were heading off to Kingston but I was quickly corrected “no, we’re going to beach!”  And, sure enough, a small group got off at the next stop (the sand tray) to play at the beach!

At the end of the week, we were lucky enough to be visited by another big, red vehicle – in this case, a real fire engine!  There was great excitement as the children spotted the engine pulling up outside the school…

We joined the Reception children in their classroom to meet the firefighters and learn more about the special clothes they wear to keep them safe…

Then, we went outside to have a close up look at the fire engine! We were even allowed to sit on the back seats and try on the firefighter helmet!

What an exciting end to the half term!  A huge thank you must go to Blue Watch at New Malden Fire Station for coming to visit us and to Mrs Bibby for organising the visit.

If you would like to find out more about fire safety at home, including fire alarm installation, visit https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/safety/the-home/.

We hope everyone has a wonderful half term break!  See you back at Nursery on Monday 28th October.