Blog Author: Melissa Vaughan

Nursery loved learning about and exploring all our different poppy stations this morning. During the minutes silence at 11am the children sat silently and watched a short animation clip called ‘Poppies’

This week we have been reading the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’. Inspired by our story we have been exploring colour mixing in the Creative Area and have used the colours red and white to make pink. Then we used our pink hands to make hand prints and turn them into one of the three little…

Yesterday we wore the colour yellow to celebrate and raise money for World Mental Health Day. Our children enjoyed some face paint and an impromptu dance session with DJ Rafi. 

This week. Nursery had a go at baking some chocolate cupcakes for snack. They waited and took turns when baking them and they tasted delicious too!

On Thursday 26th September our Well-being Group attended a Sport and Well-being Gala held by Brilliant Cumbria. They travelled to Workington RLFC where they took part in various different sporting activities like wrestling, softball, crazy catch, running and lots more! 

The children’s behaviour…

Today Nursery have been learning about St Francis. We looked at different pictures of St Francis and noticed that he was often surrounded by birds. 

The children had a go at threading some cheerios onto a pipe cleaner and pegged them into the tree for the birds to eat. I wonder what birds we…

This week some of our children have enjoyed looking in the mirror and then using different loose materials to create their very own self portrait. 

This week in Nursery we have been exploring the story of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Little Bears’ 

We have been making the three bears using different clothing puzzle pieces. We loved changing their outfits! 
 

Last week in Nursery we read the story ‘The Gingerbread Man’ then we had a go at baking our very own. Luckily ours didn’t run away! 
 

What a wonderful first few days back in Nursery we have had! We have loved to meet all our new children and families. 

We have explored the Nursery provision both inside and out, had a go at dough disco, sang Nursery rhymes and loved being outside in the sunshine! 
 

Our Nursery 1 children, Class of 2024! 

We are beyond proud of all your hard work this year! You have all grown so much and we have seen your little personalities shine! 

We wish you all the luck as you move up to Reception in September!

Our Nursery 1 children loved their trip on ‘The Ratty’ today!
We loved singing songs on the bus ride to The Ratty. We watched out the train windows for different animals on the way. Once there, we enjoyed a picnic lunch before playing on the play park and returning on the train. 

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