The nursery children have been settling in so well and we are very proud of them. They have enjoyed getting to know their new friends, teachers, classrooms and exploring the outdoors.

One very exciting thing in our outdoor play space is our mud area. Here we have a mud kitchen, digging pits, a big hill to climb and a place to grow our own food. We have really enjoyed making the most of the Autumn harvest in nursery this year and have used the foods growing here to make something new and delicious!

In September, we picked the apples from our apple trees. We decided to use these to make an apple crumble. Together, we prepared the crumble, first by chopping up the apples. We then made a crumble topping by rubbing butter into a mixture of flour and sugar. This isn't just fun but a really good way for us to develop our fine motor skills. We baked our crumble and had it for snack the next day (with some custard too!) and it was so tasty!

We also enjoyed making some more tasty delights with our garden produce. In October, we harvested some onions from our vegetable patch. This time, we decided that we wanted to share our food with others. We cut the onions up, with a just a few tears from Mrs Montgomery! We then added them in a pot to cook, along with some brown sugar, vinegar and balsamic vinegar. They stewed and the whole nursery smelled amazing!

We packed up the chutney into small containers and sent them off in the Harvest Hampers to members of our local community. We shared photographs of some of people enjoying their chutney for their lunch and talked about how we can make other people feel loved with our kindness.