Apr 04
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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 …