Author: Melissa Vaughan

Last week in Nursery we combined our computing and maths skills to complete a job. 

We were using the iPads on an interactive game of counting the ladybird spots. 

Lots of children were able to practise their subsidising skills for numbers 1-3, and some children were able to subsidise…

What a super time we have had doing the Kidzfit workshop today!

We have exercised our bodies, felt our heart beat and learnt more about healthy eating and keeping our bodies healthy. We know you need to eat 5 pieces of fruit or vegetables a day, drink 8 glasses of water a day and milk is also…

Last week and this week we have been practising our baking skills in  Nursery.

Last week, we mixed together flour, sugar, butter and eggs to make cakes. We were also able to mix together some icing sugar and water and red food colouring to decorate our cakes, once they had cooled. 

This…

Over the last few days we have been trying really hard at practising our name writing. We are working hard to form the letters in our names correctly.
Some of us have also been able to practise some of our phonics sounds too.

Best of all, we have loved being outside enjoying the sunshine and…

What a fantastic day we have had celebrating the King’s Coronation! We have jumped on the bouncy castle, eaten ice cream and enjoyed a picnic lunch with some of our teddy bears! We have also enjoyed face painting Union Jack flags and decorating biscuits too! 
 

In Nursery we have been learning about people who help us. We have talked a lot about police, fire fighters, doctors, and teachers being people who can help us in different ways. Teachers can help us learn and doctors can help us when we feel poorly. 

This morning we were very lucky to have a…

We have loved investigating gloop this week! we have used different amounts of cornstarch and water to creat different gloop textures. Some gloop felt watery and other gloop went very sticky. 

We also had a go at a lava lamp experiment! For this we used oil, water and dropped…

What a super time have had in the Wonderdome!

We travelled to space and got to learn all about the planets and stars in the solar system. We even got to see what it was like on the moon. We loved that we were surrounded by the stars and planets, it was like we were really in space! 

We also…

What a super day we have had celebrating world book day! We have read our favourite stories and came to Nursery dressed as our favourite characters too! 

We have also had two special treats today! This morning we visited year 3 who read some of their favourite picture books and stories to us…

This week we have been celebrating valentines in Nursery. We have created our own Valentines cards using heart confetti and a heart shaped hole punch to creat love bugs. We have also been baking some valentines biscuits. We used butter, sugar and flour to create a shortbread dough. We then rolled…

This week we have been practising our throwing and catching skills. To do this we have been learning how to play the game hot potato. We started with a small circle rolling and gently passing the ball to each other. We have practised so much that we were able to play a huge game of hot potato…

This week we have been learning about Chinese New Year.

We have been practising some Chinese numbers and symbols in the fine motor area using some paint brushes and we have also had a go at some Chinese New Year themed yoga. We practised moving and being like the different animals who raced…