Author's posts
Nov 18
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
Hello everyone, Our story of the week is a classic – Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell. It’s a tale about a little boy looking for the perfect pet who writes to a zoo for help. Their attempts are not very practical, but they finally find the perfect pet for the little boy. Literacy – This …
Nov 11
Come On Daisy! by Jane Simmons
Hello everyone, Our story of the week is Come On Daisy! by Jane Simmons. This is a lovely little story about a duckling who doesn’t do good listening and gets lost. Luckily, her mummy finds her and from then on, Daisy always does good listening. It’s a wonderful opportunity to discuss why we need to …
Nov 11
This week in Nursery…
Hello Nursery, We started this week with a lovely trip up to our mini explorers forest, where we were on a special mission to find some sticks for our firework/sparkler project. The children had great fun dipping their sticks in the sticky glue and then dipping them into some very sparkly glitter. We also practiced …
Nov 04
This Week in Nursery
Hello everyone, We started this week with a bang as we celebrate both Diwali on 4th November and Firework Night on 5th November. As always after our fiddly fingers we did our yoga where we practiced firework breathing. Our firework breathing helps us to release excess energy that can be buzzing around inside our bodies …
Nov 04
Diwali – non-fiction
Hello everyone! We have been very busy learning about the festival of light – Diwali. Many different religions celebrate Diwali including Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains. Children learned that the story of Rama and Sita happened a very long time ago and that with a little help from his friend, Hanuman, a flying monkey, Rama …
Oct 22
This week in Nursery – Patterns
Hello everyone! This week in Nursery we have been learning about patterns. Mrs Howe visited a London market and got some beautiful African Kente fabric for the children to see. We looked closely at the patterns and shapes in the material and the children noticed dots, stripes and zig zags. During fiddly fingers some of …
Oct 14
Autumn – Non fiction
Hello everyone, This week has been an interesting week learning about our current Season. We’ve discussed how the nights are getting longer, that it’s getting chilly, the changing colours of the leaves and what clothes we wear during this time of year. As you can imagine, looking for falling leaves has proven a bit tricky …
Oct 14
This week in Nursery
Hi everyone, This week we have been listening to a non fiction book called Autumn. This started a conversation about the seasons, we discussed the differences in temperature, weather and clothing for each season. Maybe you could continue with these conversations at home? Make a game of it, ask them to guess the seasons from …
Oct 07
This week in Nursery
Hello everyone! This week we have been sharing our love with the trees in our forest. Having read Hug by Jez Alborough, we decided that we would hug the trees. There were lots of interesting words used to describe how trees felt, rough, smooth, tickly, prickly, hard, and even cold. More fun adventures were had …
Oct 07
Hug by Jez Alborough
Hello everyone, Our story of the week is Hug by Jez Alborough. It’s a great story about empathy and as you know, that’s what we’ve been talking about. We talked about why the little monkey was feeling sad when he saw the other animals hugging (his mum wasn’t there for him to hug). We also …