Spring 1, Week 1!

Happy new year to all our families, and we hope you had a lovely Christmas!

The Nursery children have settled back into school beautifully this week, and have enjoyed exploring the classroom and interacting with their friends and staff!

This half term our topic is ‘Real Life Superheroes’, and we will be thinking and learning about the different people who help us in our community.

This week we enjoyed reading ‘The Jolly Postman’, and learnt about the role of postal workers, and how important they are in our community. We talked about the different types of post you can receive, and the children have enjoyed writing letters and postcards in our independent writing area, and posting them in our post box.

We also made ‘Thank You’ cards for our grown ups, as we talked about how important they are, and the ways in which they help us!

As the half term goes on, we will learn about other important roles within our community, including the emergency services, vets and construction workers!

STARS OF THE WEEK!
Eliza and Leo
Well done to Eliza and Leo, who have both settled back into school really well, remembering the routines of the day and following the class rules.
Both children also worked really hard during Phonics sessions this week, and put in lots of effort to apply their phonic knowledge when writing their thank you cards.
Well done both of you!

Autumn 2, Week 7!

It has been a week of festive fun in Nursery!

We have performed our Nativity; hosted our Christmas Stay and Play for our grown ups; enjoyed our Christmas party, as well as eaten a special Christmas dinner!

Miss Bailey, Sara and Debbie were so proud of how well the children performed The Nativity! Everyone sang and joined in with the actions beautifully!
Please look out for a video and photos of the performance on the blog next week!

Thank you to all the grown ups that came to our Christmas Stay and Play session! We hope you had lots of fun joining in with all the Christmas crafts!

STARS OF THE WEEK!
Everyone in Nursery!
Well done to all the children, not only for a great Nativity performance, but also for a great second half of the Autumn term! Miss Bailey, Sara and Debbie can all see how much progress the children have made since September, and we are so proud of all of you!
We wish all of our Nursery families a very merry Christmas, and a happy and healthy 2024!

Autumn 2, Week 5!

This week we have been exploring 2D shapes, learning about their different properties and using the correct mathematical vocabulary to name them.

We used this knowledge to help us create our own shape snowmen. We selected the shapes we wanted to use for the head and body, and arranged them on the paper to make a snowman, adding arms and legs!

The children enjoyed selecting the different shapes to make their snowmen, and are now all more confident in naming 2D shapes and discussing their properties.

STARS OF THE WEEK
Isla and Iker
Both children enjoyed taking part in our shape activity, demonstrating enthusiasm and confidence. Isla and Iker could both name a variety of 2D shapes, and are beginning to be able to discuss their properties independently.
Well done both of you!

Autumn 2, Week 3!

In Nursery this week, we have learnt about Diwali. We know it is the five day Festival of Lights, celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across the world.

We read the story ‘Dipal’s Diwali’, and learnt that families prepare for Diwali by wearing special clothes, preparing delicious foods, and decorating their homes with colourful decorations and diva lamps.

We learnt about mehndi – a body art tradition where patterns are drawn onto the arms and hands.
We also read about rangoli patterns – bright patterns created on the floor to welcome visitors into the home during Diwali.

After reading the story, we made our own rangoli patterns, and created our own mehndi art. Take a look at our creation…

Please visit back next week to see our diva lamps!

STARS OF THE WEEK!
Florence and Oro
Both children enjoyed learning about Diwali, and used their artistic flair when designing their rangoli patterns and mehndi designs!
Well done you two!

Autumn 2, Week 2!

This half term our topic is ‘Traditional Tales’. The children have enjoyed being introduced to ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’, and taking part in activities linked with the topic.

Our role play area is currently the three bear’s cottage. The children have enjoyed wearing masks and using props to act out the story!

Our book corner is full of traditional tales, as well as pops and puppets for the children to act out the different stories. So far, favourites have included ‘The Gingerbread Man’ and ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’!

We enjoyed making The Three Bear’s porridge in the water tray, as well as acting out our own traditional tales in the small world provision!

STARS OF THE WEEK!
Caragh and Leo
Both children have enjoyed our new topic, and Miss Bailey has been impressed with their enthusiasm this week. Leo has been able to narrate his own dragon stories in our small world provision, using the props and resources available. Caragh has enjoyed explaining and demonstrating how to make porridge in the water tray, as well as making a Goldilocks stick puppet independently in our workshop.
Well done you two!

Autumn 1, Week 7!

This week we have been exploring musical instruments!
Everyone enjoyed using a variety of instruments, and learning their names! We talked about the different sounds they make, and whether they were loud or quiet, hard or soft.

We then made our own musical shakers, filling bottles with pasta or small beads, and decorating them! We learnt that if we wanted a loud shaker, we had to fill it with pasta, and if we wanted a quieter shaker, we had to fill it with the beads.

We then enjoyed using our shakers in different ways – shaking them hard, then a bit more softly, as well as fast and slow!

STARS OF THE WEEK!
Everyone in Nursery!
Wow! Miss Bailey, Sara and Debbie can’t believe we are at the end of our first half term in Nursery!
We are so proud of how well all of the children have settled into school, learning the daily routine so quickly, and establishing great relationships with both the staff and their peers!
Well done everyone, enjoy the half term break!

Autumn 1, Week 6!

This week in Maths, we have been focusing on number recognition and our 1:1 counting skills.
We read ‘The Bad Tempered Ladybird’ by Eric Carle, which inspired us to make our own ladybirds!

We rolled a dice and counted out that many spots, and stuck them onto the ladybird’s wings. We then matched the correct numeral to the total number.

Please take a look below at our number ladybird display…

STARS OF THE WEEK!
Leonardo and Lorenzo
Both children enjoyed joining in with this activity. They were able to carefully select the correct number of spots for their ladybird, and match the corresponding numeral.
Well done you two!

Autumn 1, Week 5!

In Nursery this week we have been learning about Autumn. We talked about the changes that happen from summer to autumn, and how the world around us begins to look a bit different.
We know that in the autumn, the leaves begin to fall from the trees, and turn brown, red and orange! We also know that the weather begins to get a bit cooler, and we will need to wear our jumpers and jackets!

We read ‘Leaf Man’, by Lois Ehlert. The story is about a man made of leaves, drifting over the fields, meadows and rivers, amongst other places. No one’s quite sure, but this much is certain: A Leaf Man’s got to go where the wind blows.

We made our own leaf men and decided where they would blow to…

STARS OF THE WEEK!
Isla and Oro!
Well done to Isla and Oro who both enjoyed listening to the Leaf Man story, and were both able to talk about what was happening, and their favourite part. Oro and Isla both had great ideas about where their own leaf men might blow to, and demonstrated excellent fine motor skills when cutting and sticking their leaves together!
Great work you two!

Autumn 1, Week 4!

This week in Nursery we read the story of ‘Noah’s Ark’.
We learnt how God sent a flood and told Noah to build an ark, taking two of every animal with him.

The children talked about the story, demonstrating their understanding:
“They had an ark to be safe.”
“God said he would paint a rainbow. The rain was going to make a river. Noah saved all the animals.”
“The nice man built the ark.”
“Noah built a big boat for all the animals and him!”
“the animals were safe on the ark. The water came down.”
“There were lots of colourful animals. Noah made the ark.”
“The animals wanted to get on the boat.”

We made arks and chose two animals to go inside. We decorated them with colourful rainbows, because God sent a rainbow to Noah, because he was special!

Keep a look out for our arks on a display in our classrooms in the next couple of weeks!

STARS OF THE WEEK!
Billie and Florence
Billie and Florence both enjoyed learning the story of Noah’s Ark this week. Both children were able to talk about the story, understanding the main parts and their favourite parts.
Well done girls!