It has been lovely welcoming our children back to Nursery. The children have had lots of fun this morning exploring the indoor and outdoor environment and playing with all of their friends. We are looking forward to meeting our new Nursery friends on Monday.
For maths party day Nursery class took part in a fun outdoor maths lesson. We collected twigs and leaves and matched them to numerals up to 5.
Nursery class found lots of autumn treasures on their walk yesterday morning. We found conkers, acorns, sticks and lots of different coloured and sized leaves.
Nursery class have enjoyed making sparkly firework paintings and creating beautiful firework patterns using chalk.
Nursery class had lots of fun exploring the snow and making a snowman with our friends in Reception Class. After our winter walk we enjoyed a nice cup of hot chocolate.
In R.E Nursery have been learning about the wisemen visiting Jesus. During continuous provision the children decorated their own crowns.
This morning we arrived at nursery to find some of our toys had been frozen. Oh no! We worked together to break the ice to rescue our toys using warm water and plastic tools. Well done, Nursery!
The children in Nursery showed great enthusiasm as they went on a hunt to find numeral 3 cards that were hidden around the room. We have also played number 3 bingo and matched up 3 piece jigsaws. Well done everyone!
We love looking at books and talking about what we can see on the pages. We can hold the books the correct way up and can carefully turn the pages.
We enjoyed using collage materials to decorate lanterns and some of the older children enjoyed watching the Chinese Dragons in the hall.
We made snowmen using loose parts in gloop and had fun mark making using ice-cubes.
This week in Nursery we have been learning all about winter animals including naming and describing them and finding out where they live. We have also been developing our painting skills by painting snowmen.
This morning, Nursery class read the story Mr Wolf’s Pancakes and tasted some delicious pancakes at snack time. We also made funny face pancakes using our sticking and gluing skills. Well done, Nursery. It has been a lovely morning.
Nursery enjoyed learning about farm animals with Farmer Marie and Farmer Phil. The children found out lots of interesting facts and got the opportunity to stroke, hold and feed the animals. It was such a fun morning!
Nursery class have been counting and acting out the song Five Little Speckled Frogs. We are practising subitising by saying the number straight away without the need to count.
Nursery class have been observing caterpillars this half term. We waited two weeks for the caterpillars to turn into cocoons (just like The Very Hungry Caterpillar) and this week they transformed to butterflies. We gave the butterflies fruit and sugar before going outside to release them into the lovely sunshine. They were very friendly and we managed to hold some of them!
Nursery class had lots of fun using props to re-tell the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
‘Run, run, run, As fast as you can, You can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man!’……..We have enjoyed reading the story ‘The Gingerbread Man’ in Nursery class this week. This morning we decorated our own gingerbread biscuits…they were very yummy!
Nursery class have been focusing on positional language ‘in’ and ‘out’. To help us to remember ‘in and ‘out’ we learnt the song They Hockey Cokey.
It has been a pleasure to welcome back our returning nursery children and to greet all the new friends who have recently joined us. We’ve had a wonderful time exploring the indoor environment, and we’re looking forward to lots of fun and learning ahead in nursery.
In RE, Nursery explored the story of Creation using our special golden box. We started with darkness, then added light, sky, grass, and animals to show how God made the world. A lovely, hands-on way to bring the story to life!
Nursery class are very proud of the fantastic models they’ve built using Duplo and Stickle Bricks! The children enjoyed matching the picture cards and using their imaginations to create their own amazing designs.
We threw a special party for Bear’s 4th birthday — we counted out 4 candles for his cake and matched numbers from 1 to 5. In the playdough area, we made our own birthday cakes and added the right number of candles. We also created birthday stickers and cards for Bear, and enjoyed a fantastic story, One to Ten and Back Again.
Y6 took Nursery on a wonderful Harvest trail around our school. We sang, said prayers and gave thanks to God for our Earth and its abundant gifts.
Thank you Year 6 for taking Nursery on a wonderful Harvest trail around our school. It was a lovely morning, we enjoyed singings songs, listening to stories and planting bulbs along the way!
Nursery class have been thinking about how we can look after God’s wonderful world. We went on a walk around the school grounds, taking time to admire the beauty of God’s creation.
This half term in Maths, Nursery have been learning all about colours! We’ve enjoyed going on colour hunts around our nursery and practising sorting objects by colour. Well done, Nursery – great exploring!
◦🎇 Bang, pop, fizz! Nursery have been busy making firework paintings using cardboard tubes, colourful paint and glitter.
🍂 Nursery class are enjoying their new topic ‘Exploring Autumn’ – We went on a walk around the playground and forest school, collecting autumnal treasures like colourful leaves, sticks, twigs, conkers and acorns. Back in class, we sorted our finds and created a tuff tray to explore further! 🍁
On Wednesday, we all wore odd socks to celebrate how wonderful it is to be different. We listened to the story of Elmer, which helped us talk about uniqueness and why our differences should be valued and celebrated. The children also enjoyed designing their own odd-sock pictures.
A huge thank you to all the parents who came to watch our nursery rhyme performance this morning! 🌟 We hope you enjoyed it as much as the children did. They were absolutely fantastic! Well done! 🎶💛
In RE, the children learned about Advent and waiting for Jesus by exploring an Advent calendar. We talked about waiting and trying our best, and began our heart promises — starting with Hope. These are now displayed on our RE wall, with Peace, Joy and Love to come.
Nursery class did a great job on their number hunt! They managed to find all the number 2s hidden around the nursery. Well done!
This morning Nursery and Year 6 children took part in a wonderful Advent Trail around the school grounds. Along the way we sang hymns and listened to scripture readings. We ended the trail in Forest School, where we were greeted by Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, Angel Gabriel, the Wise Men and the Shepherds.
Nursery class enjoyed exploring ice outdoors today. The children loved touching and feeling the ice and using it in their play, including making “ice soup.”
In RE, Nursery children learned about the Wise Men and their journey. They enjoyed dressing up, acting out the story, and creating Magi pictures using shapes.
Nursery class chose their favourite nursery rhymes to create a class nursery rhyme book. The children love looking at the book and singing the songs together!
Our younger nursery children enjoyed a listening walk around school today. Wearing their handmade ear headbands, they tuned into the sounds around them – footsteps, chatting voices, and even our busy kitchen staff! What great listening skills.
Our nursery children are enjoying our winter topic ❄️ Today they discovered our winter animal figures frozen in ice! Using tools, they explored ways to melt it — including a brilliant suggestion from one child to pop them into the warm water tray. Such great problem-solving 👏🧊
In maths this week, nursery have been learning about the numeral 4. This morning the children went on a number 4 hunt around the nursery, searching for hidden 4s in the room! We managed to find them all, well done!
