Category: nursery

We are going on a MONSTER hunt!

This week has been filled with more awe and adventure as we went actively looking for monsters! Following on from our our work last week where we learned how to retell the story of “We’re going on a bear hunt” we then looked at traditional tales with alternative endings.   We decided to write our …

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We’re going on a bear hunt!

This week we had a great time learning about the Michael Rosen book, “We’re going on a bear hunt”. We learned to retell the story while  using actions to prompt us.  It was great fun for the children to come up with the actions by themselves.  Then we did a shared story map where we …

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Our best week yet…

This week has definitely been our best one yet!  The children are now very familiar with the classroom routines and are thoroughly enjoying exploring the different areas both inside and outside.  They have had time to build up new relationships with us and their peers and have formed some fabulous friendships. During maths we have …

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This week in Nursery…

As the weather has taken a turn for the worse, we have embraced the seasonal changes and wholeheartedly thrown ourselves into our learning this week! Fridays are always a very busy day with our visits to the forest and the library and this week has been no exception. We had a walk in the forest, …

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Another week in Nursery

How is it the end of the week yet again? I guess time really does fly when you are having fun! The children had another great week in Nursery and has settled incredibly well.  As a team we are astonished at how well everyone is doing, taking part in the routines and enjoying being part of …

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Our first week!

What an amazing and sunny start to the year! It has been lovely to meet the new starters throughout the week. Today we had the whole class in for the first time and I must say we are incredibly impressed with how well everyone has settled into their new surroundings. We already started with our …

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What a year it has been!

Today is a bittersweet day where we share our last blog for this year.  It has been a pleasure and a privilege to teach Nursery and to see the children grow and thrive, but also a reminder that time flies by too quickly! The children enjoyed looking through all our photos we have taken during …

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Second to last week…

This week in Nursery we have continued to work on our Talk for Writing story, Sharing a Shell by Julia Donaldson.  The children are able to sequence the story and use ambitious vocabulary to discuss the story. In maths we have completed more activities where we had to order numbers 0-10. The children had a …

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This week in Nursery…

We had a very exciting and busy week as we are preparing to move up to Reception! This week the children got the opportunity to visit their new classrooms and meet all their new teachers.  They were so excited when they returned to Nursery, they all talked at once to share what they have seen and …

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This week in Nursery…

We had yet another super busy week in Nursery and it does not look like we are going to slow down anytime soon! Last Friday we had a fantastic time at our Sports Day and it was lovely to see that all our hard work during PE lessons have certainly paid off.  From egg and …

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