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Mar 24
This week in Nursery . . .
Hello Everyone! We hope you all enjoyed the lovely long weekend in the sunshine! We have carried on with our class bean experiment this week and taken pictures of our beans – some of the beans have grown a lot this week! The tallest bean was 20 cm! We have also been experimenting with cress …
Mar 17
Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson
Hello everyone, This week we are reading Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson. A little monkey loses his mum and a ‘helpful’ butterfly tries to find her for him. This is a delightful story highlighting the importance of giving all the information needed and being specific! It’s also a wonderful example of how we all have …
Mar 17
This week in Nursery . . .
Hello Everyone! How quickly has this week gone by! On Monday we continued with our measuring theme up in the woods – using tape measures and string to see how big the trees are – there were some really big ones and teeny tiny ones too. The biggest tree needed 3 tape measures! In Literacy …
Mar 16
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Hello everyone, Our story this week is a real classic – We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen. It’s one that is read again and again. Here’s a link to the story, read (and performed) by the author himself. Michael Rosen performs We’re Going on a Bear Hunt – YouTube Literacy – Listen/read/watch …
Mar 11
This week at Nursery . . . .
Hello Everyone! What a lot of lovely sunshine we have seen this week – it’s starting to feel like Spring! We enjoyed our time in the woods looking for signs of Spring and then throughout the week we have been drawing some lovely daffodils – do you like our pictures? The adults thought that the …
Mar 03
This week at Nursery . . .
Hello everyone! What a busy fun filled week we have had at Nursery. On Monday we went on a walk around the playing field looking for signs of spring – we found quite a few!! Daffodils, snowdrops and buds on the trees – if you’re on a walk outside have a look at what you …
Mar 03
World Book Day – Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Hello everyone, Today is World Book Day! Celebrate with us and dress up as your favourite character. Don’t forget to ask your child why their favourite character is so special. Reading to, and with your child is fundamental. Without continued exposure to stories, studies have shown that child are 3 years behind their peers! This …
Feb 24
This week in Nursery . . . .
Hello everyone! At the start of the week – how windy was the weather?! We made the most of the wind and made kites – you might have seen them – it was such fun! We were still discussing the Olympics as we know lots of you were watching the coverage at home. We had …
Feb 24
Jasper’s Beanstalk by Nick Butterworth
Hello everyone, This week we are reading Jasper’s Beanstalk by Nick Butterworth. This is a delightful story about a cat named Jasper who finds a bean, plants it and impatiently waits for it to grow. His gardening techniques leave a lot of room for improvement but eventually he grows a magnificent beanstalk. Literacy – Please …
Feb 10
This week in Nursery . . .
Hello everyone! This week in Nursery we have been looking for dinosaur teeth in the woods. We talked about the differences between a carnivore and a herbivore.Some of the the stones are sharp and pointy like meat eaters teeth and some are smooth and flat like plant eating dinosaurs. Outside we have had lots of …