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14 November 2023

Celebrating Diwali in Nursery

This week we have started to learn a little bit about Diwali. We have learnt that it is the Hindu festival of light.
We have been looking at Rangoli patterns. We noticed that they were often in a circular shape. 
We had a go at creating our own Rangoli patterns using the shapes on our light…

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10 November 2023

Nursery: The Dot

This week our older children have been reading the story - The Dot. In the story we met a little girl called Vashti who thought she couldn’t do any art. By the end of the story she discovered that she could, all she had to do was make a mark - a dot. 
We were feeling inspired by Vashti and…

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10 November 2023

RE: welcome in Nursery

This week in RE we have been learning about Welcome! 
We discussed what welcome means, lots of children said when someone comes in. We thought about the ways we feel welcome in Nursery and what we do. The children shared ideas of singing good morning songs, waving, smiling, saying hello, and…

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31 October 2023

Halloween in Nursery

We have loved celebrating Halloween today in Nursery! We came to Nursery dressed in spooky Halloween clothes, we enjoyed playing party games like pass the parcel and musical bumps. We also decorated some ghost biscuits and made some spooky potions. 
 

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31 October 2023

Nursery Seasons

Last half term we have been learning about the different seasons. 
We started with a sorting activity of the different seasons. Sorting the different weather, plants, animals and activities you could do for each season. 
We discussed how the leaves on the trees change as the seasons change. We…

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13 October 2023

Learning about the seasons in Nursery

This week we have been learning about the different seasons. 
We started with a sorting activity of the different seasons. Sorting the different weather, plants, animals and activities you could do for each season. 
We discussed how the leaves on the trees change as the seasons change. We then…

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22 September 2023

Me and My Family

This week we have been finding out about our families. 

We used family photos to help us create our pebble families, showing who we lived with. We also talked about the members of our family who live in different houses to us.
We then talked about our names and how they were unique and special…

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8 September 2023

First few days in Nursery

Wow, what an amazing first few days back in Nursery. 

We have loved welcoming everyone, both old and new, into Nursery this week. 

We have enjoyed lots of sun, sand and water play in our outdoor area as well as lots of stories, songs and messy play. 

We have shared all things summer…

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19 July 2023

Nursery Fun Day 2023

What a fabulous fun day we had yesterday! 

We loved getting our faces painted and jungle tattoos! We also enjoyed an ice cream treat, playing hook a duck and all the party games you can think of! 
 

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14 July 2023

Nursery Outdoor Art

Over the last few weeks in Nursery we have been learning about an artist called Andy Goldsworthy. We have learnt that he used outdoor materials like leaves, pebbles and sticks to create his artwork. We also learnt by looking at pictures of Andy Goldsworthy’s work that he used lots of circular…

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10 July 2023

Nursery St Bee’s Trip

Last week our eldest Nursery children enjoyed a fantastic day out to the beach at St Bee’s to celebrate the end of their Nursery journey before moving up to Reception. They were very excited about the bus journey to St Bee’s and we compared this to the story we had been reading ‘The Train Ride’…

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10 July 2023

Music and feelings in Nursery

Over the last few weeks in Nursery we have been listening to different types of music and talking about how they make us feel - happy, calm, sad. Our favourite types of music have been the ones that make us feel happy and calm. 

We have also had a go at making marks on paper to show the type of…

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