Nursery - Learning about Growing
This half term in nursery we have been learning all about growing.
We have learnt about seeds and plants so far. The children have been very busy helping to create our Nursery garden. We have started by planting beans in small groups and now we are watching them grow.
We also planted beans…
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Nursery - Science Week
This week in nursery we have started learning about the space.
We made rockets using junk modelling, we painted rockets and made them out of big and small construction. We have learnt about planets, the Moon and the Sun, we have been exploring the materials and what happens to them when placed…
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Nursery - World Book Day 2024
We had a great day celebrating World Book Day in Nursery.
The children looked amazing in their costumes.
We have read lots of stories during the day and it was lovely to see the children sharing the stories with their friends during play time.
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Nursery - Come and Read Session with Parents
Thank you to everyone who joined our 'Come and Read' session.
It was amazing to see how the children enjoyed listening to stories read by their parents/carers.
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Nursery - Number Day
In nursery we have celebrated number day by doing lots of number activities, like counting out marbles, making a number using play dough, parking Numicon cars near the right number house, and many more.
The most popular activity among all the children was number hunt. The children worked in…
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Nursery - Mark Making
We have been practising writing our names and drawing our favourite animals from the story ‘Polar bear polar bear what do you hear’.
The children are making amazing progress with their marks, well done to everyone for doing their best!
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Nursery - A New Year & New Opportunities
This week we took part in cooking workshop based on a famous story 'Handa's Surprise'.
The children were able to touch, feel, smell the fruits from the story and then learn new skills of peeling, chopping and cutting .
They loved the entire experience and most of them (not all) enjoyed…
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Nursery - Colour Exploration
This week in Nursery we have been exploring shaving foam and observing what was happening with it when we added food colouring.
The children commented: ''it's like soap'', ''It smells like bubble gum''.
We have also made colour experiments using skittles and water. The children were excited…
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Nursery - Celebrations
This half term is all about celebrations.
Last week we have learnt all about Diwali, Hindu festival of light and Remembrance Day. We had two minutes silence today and we are proud of all the children as they sat quietly for the whole two minutes.
The children learnt two new songs: Diwali…
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Maths Music Phonics and Reading Religious Education
Nursery - Halloween Fun
In nursery this week we have been exploring pumpkins. The children loved looking at them, describing and painting them.
We have been ordering them according to their size and checking which ones are heavy and light. We opened them up and saw what was inside.
The children learnt pumpkin song…
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Nursery - Black History Month, Fruit Tasting & Dancing
This week in nursery, we have learnt so many things.
We have been learning all about Black History Month. We read the story 'Handa's surprise' and looked at all the different fruits she took too her friend. After discussing and looking at all the different fruits we then had a tasting session.…
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Art Cultural Education Design Technology
Nursery - Learning about Owls
In nursery this week we continued to learn about autumn. We have made story maps and retold the story of 'Owl Babies' using puppets and owl soft toys. We have made nests for owls and fed the owls with some worms (counted to 5).
On our creative table we have been rolling conkers, making collage…
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