Jun 15
This week we decided to make the most of the incredible weather we had recently and spent every minute outside, in the shade! It was lovely to enjoy the fresh air in the forest and to also make the most of learning outside. When it became unbearably hot outside, we sheltered in the classroom, focusing …
Jun 08
This week in Nursery we have continued to learn about minibeasts and we followed the silvery trail of the travelling snail of ‘The snail and the whale’ by Julia Donaldson. Watch the story being read aloud and see if you can help your child to identify the rhyming words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmMnaSkeKqQ&pp=ygUYc25haWwgYW5kIHRoZSB3aGFsZSBib29r We also read non-fiction books about snails …
May 26
Last but not least, this week we have learned all about bees! As the weather has been slightly warmer, the children have really enjoyed spending more time in the garden exploring and spotting all of our minibeasts we have learned about. During our child initiated learning they had the opportunity to create everything stripy. They …
May 18
We have had a great time in Nursery learning about another one of our favourite mini beasts! This week have been learning all about our friend the ladybird 🐞 We started the week listening to “What the ladybird heard” and thinking about the characters in our story~ the villains, Lanky Len and Hefty Hugh, and …
May 12
This week in Nursery our learning was all about our favourite creepy Crawley- The spider! We read a range of fiction and non-fiction books about spiders and used our new knowledge about spiders to complete some of the learning activities in class. Our favourite book this week was Spinderella- a story about a little spider …
May 05
This week in Nursery we had the huge task of getting ready for the King’s coronation! I must say we worked incredibly hard to make sure we had everything perfect for the big day. We started off this week by making decorations for the class. We used different media to make our bunting. First we …
Apr 27
We had a great time in Nursery this week, continuing with our symmetry learning while visiting the forest, doing PE, retelling our story of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” as well as our Jigsaw learning about our families. This linked in beautifully with our PURPLE UP day where we celebrated the military children in our class. …
Apr 21
It has been amazing to see al the children back after the holiday- they have grown so much! After a lovely break, there might be a bit of adjustment for some children coming back to the routines of the school and we just need to be patient, they will soon find their feet and be …
Apr 01
Each year we love taking the time to celebrate our military children here at Merry Hill. Service children can face challenges with parents in the armed forces. Yet these children are also an amazing asset to families, schools and the local community. The Month of the Military Child helps us remember this and helps us …
Mar 28
We have had a very busy and exciting time, not only did we get to celebrate Eid with our friends, but we also had time to prepare for our Easter celebrations. We had super special visitors coming into school to teach us more about Ramadan. I was very impressed with how well everyone listened to …