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May 09
This week in Nursery
This week in PE we went to the hall for gymnastics. We listened very carefully to the instructions and watched as the use of all apparatus was modelled to us. We had to remember how to stay safe as well whilst learning to travel in different ways. Some of us slithered along the benches on …
May 02
This week in Nursery
What a gorgeous, sunny week this has been! Nursery have been making the most of the sun and we have been out and about in our Nursery playground, in our lovely forest and on our field, under our beautiful willow tree. This week we have started our new story, ‘The Enormous Turnip’. We began by …
Apr 04
This half term in Nursery!
Wow! What an incredible half term of learning we have had in Nursery! Look at all the fantastic things we have been doing. We loved exploring in the forest, practising our balancing, throwing and catching skills in PE, playing and growing plants in the garden and so many more things! We are so proud of …
Mar 28
This week in Nursery
This week we have had some beautiful days of sunshine and we have made the most of the opportunity to look for signs of spring! We talked about what we know about spring and we learned that it is one of the four seasons of the year. It was a good opportunity for us to …
Mar 21
This week in Nursery
This week has seen yet another busy week of learning for our children! We have been busy team building in PE, taking turns to complete relay races. We have really enjoyed making the most of the sunshine this week and have spent lots of time learning outside! Literacy This week’s book follows on nicely from …
Mar 14
This week in Nursery
As many of you know, we have been very fortunate to have had five ducklings in Nursery over the past two weeks. This has been a fantastic experience for the children as we waited for the eggs to hatch and wondered what would appear out of them – lizards, chicks, birds and dinosaurs were a …
Mar 07
This Week in Nursery
We have had a very egg-citing week in Nursery! We were very lucky to have some living eggs delivered. We made predictions about what might hatch out of the eggs and some of us were right! We have been keeping a close eye on the eggs all week, being sure to keep them safe and …
Feb 28
This week in Nursery
Welcome back! We hope you had a restful half term break. This week in Nursery has seen us start reading a new book – Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins. The illustrations are beautiful and it has inspired us to have a go at drawing some of our own farm animals! We have enjoyed learning about …
Feb 14
Spring 1 in Nursery
What a busy half term it has been in Nursery! We began the term by welcoming our new starters and we are so proud of how well they have settled into our Nursery routines and started making new friends. During the term, we have been accumulating a whole range of new skills and knowledge and …
Feb 07
Phonics has arrived in Nursery!
Over the past few weeks in Nursery, we have been introducing phonics to the children. Phonics is when we match the sounds of spoken English with individual letters or groups of letters. The teaching of phonics starts with the sounds s, a, t, p, i, n. These particular sounds are taught first because that combination …