Blog by Category: Nursery

Nursery - Spring 2021 Activities

We have had a 'spider' time in Nursery. We made spider biscuits, our own webs by threading white wool through holes in black card, saved bugs from a spiders web and searched for spiders and their webs in the playground. We loved reading the book 'Aaaargh Spider' about a spider that wanted to be a…

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Nursery - Easter Fun (Afternoon Pupils)

Oh, how wonderful it was to see so many beautiful Easter bonnets. The children and parents have tried their very best! We had an Easter parade in Nursery with the children wearing their hats.

The children have had egg hunts in the playground and made chocolate nests with eggs in.

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Nursery - Easter Fun (Morning Pupils)

Oh, how wonderful it was to see so many beautiful Easter bonnets. The children and parents have tried their very best! We had an Easter parade in Nursery with the children wearing their hats.

The children have had egg hunts in the playground and made chocolate nests with eggs in.

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Nursery - Volcano Experiment

Our volcano experiment! The children used words like 'red', ' lava', 'hot', 'burning', 'it would burn you', 'if you touched it would burn your finger' and 'steam'.

We would also like to say a big thank you to one of our pupils for the plants he brought…

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Nursery - Dinosaurs

We have hatched a dinosaur! We found a dinosaur egg, we looked after it very, very carefully and it hatched to reveal a T-Rex. As we were uncertain of what type of dinosaur egg we had found the children used our 'fact about dinosaurs' book to look at all the different types there were and decide…

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Nursery - Cheese Tests

The stinky cheese tests are taking place this morning and Friday afternoon. The children will be sniffing the cheese to see which one might smell like Pirate Pete's feet. They will also have the opportunity to try the different cheeses. There are mild and mature cheddars, smoked cheese, cheese…

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Nursery - Weekly Activities (1st March 2021)

I thought I would show some 'pre photos' of the activities the children will be accessing this week. We are alternating between Dinosaurs and Pirates and this week is a Pirate Week. We will be reading the story 'Pirate Pete and his Smelly Feet'. His feet are compared to stinky cheese, we will be…

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Nursery - Bee Queen

We had a visitor in our playground today. Annabelle identified it as a 'Bee Queen' and said that it was 'very cute'. Bee Queen was walking very slowly so the children thought she might need a drink. Miss Stead made her a sugar solution drink which she enjoyed and after a little time Bee Queen flew…

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Nursery - Pirates & Dinosaurs

This half term in Nursery our topics are Pirates and Dinosaurs. Some of our stories involve them in joint adventures whilst others are individual adventures. Our role play area has become a pirate ship where the children are becoming pirates, learning pirate songs, counting their gold coins and…

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Nursery - Chinese New Year

Nursery celebrated Chinese New Year on the 12th February 2021. They had a wonderful time making Chinese concertina dragons and practising Chinese writing. Miss Grange brought in photographs and Chinese objects that she had bought when she was living in China, she talked about what life was like…

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