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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 …
Jan 31
This week in Nursery
This week we LOVED learning about two very special events. We were very lucky to have two special visitors this week who came to talk to us about these events. Mrs Law came in on Monday to talk to us about Australia Day. She was born in Australia and it was lovely hearing about all …
Jan 24
This week in Nursery
This week in Literacy we have started a new book – Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell. The children have loved immersing themselves in all things zoo and animal! We have learned lots of new skills including predicting and reasoning, remembering why each animal had to be sent back. “The giraffe is too tall!” “The lion …
Jan 17
This week in Nursery
This week, we have been continuing with our class story, ‘Each Peach Pear Plum’ by Janet and Alan Ahlberg. The story is beautifully illustrated and has given us many opportunities to talk about some well-known nursery rhymes and story characters: ‘Cinderella is walking up the stairs’ (Theo). ‘Little Bo Peep is sitting on the well.’ …
Jan 10
Welcome back!
Happy New Year to all our families! We hope you enjoyed the festive period and are recharged ready for a new term in Nursery! We had a very exciting start to the new year with the visit of snow! This prompted much excitement and conversation from all the children. We suited ourselves up and went …
Dec 13
The Travelling Star
This week has seen Nursery take part in their first show at school! Nursery worked very hard in rehearsals and were great at sitting beautifully whilst they watched the rest of the show. They sung beautifully and did a brilliant job adding the actions. We are so proud of them and sure you all are …
Dec 06
This week in Nursery
We have a new Nursery member! Take Home Ted has already visited two of our Nursery families and has had some exciting adventures. We are so proud of the children that have already had fun with Ted – they are building up their confidence as well as developing their communication and language skills! Each week, …