Blog by Mrs Palmer

This week we had our annual elf day in Nursery. The children and staff dressed up as elves and we took part in some party games, dancing, singing and had some party food. We also had a special elf dinner of angel hair and North Pole sauce and Santa’s wobbly belly jelly and a snowman hot chocolate.…

This week in Nursery we have been reading the story of ‘The Stickman’. The children have retold the story and then made their own Stickmen or ladies after our visit to collect sticks from the school forest. We also made some chocolate Stickmen with chocolate mini rolls and matchsticks. The…

In Nursery we celebrated Bonfire Night by watching a Rainbow firework and having some sparklers. The children also had some Bonfire cake and made their own chocolate apples too. 
 

On Remembrance Day the children made their own poppies and poppy masks. They all wore red and we took part in a Remembrance red run with all donations going towards the poppy appeal. 
 

We had a ‘Spooky spectacular’ day in Nursery. The children dressed up in their spooky outfits and we had a party. We played games such as musical bumps and pass the parcel and danced. The children had some Halloween food and we made our own pumpkin and bat shaped jam sandwiches and monster cakes.…

This week Nursery have started some of their Halloween fun in Nursery. We made marshmallow ghosts, spider pizzas, Halloween cards and explored pumpkins. 
 

This week Nursery have started some of their Halloween fun! We explored pumpkins, made some Halloween cards, marshmallow ghosts and some spider pizzas. 
 

The Nursery children have been reading traditional stories. They have then been making story props such as puppets and masks to use to retell the stories. 
 

Nursery have been busy doing lots of baking this week linked to the different stories we have been reading. 
 

Today for Mental Health awareness week the children made a sunflower to give to someone at home who they wanted to be kind too. They drew a picture of that person in the middle. We have also been talking about how to be kind to ourselves and others. Lots of new friendships are starting to be made…

Since coming into Nursery the children have loved being outside in the provision in all weathers. They wear waterproof suits and wellies in the rain and don’t even like wearing their coats in the sunshine. We have lots of different equipment they can use and practise their gross motor skills too.…

We have had such a busy and fun filled week in Nursery. Here are some pictures of the Nursery children in our provision this week.