Tag: Nursery

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…

Last term in Nursery we introduced Jigsaw for PSHE. We met our Jigsaw friends Jigsaw Jenie and Jerrie Cat. The first topic we covered was ‘Being me in my world’. We practised the rules and routines, and we have come to really like doing ‘Calm Time’. This is where we sit still and quiet, taking…

This week we have been reading ‘The Smartest Giant in Town’ by Julia Donaldson. In the story George the giant is kind to everyone he meets, helping them in different ways. We have also been looking at ways in which we are kind in Nursery. Lots of children said that sharing and playing with each…

Our first day back in Nursery and we couldn’t wait to share all the exciting things we had been up to over the Christmas holidays! 

We used talking turtle to help us wait our turn to speak and share. We loved talking to each other about Santa visiting our houses, our favourite presents and all…

We had lots of fun celebrating Christmas Jumper Day! We all came dressed in our favourite Christmas jumpers; we had a go at designing and colouring our very own Christmas jumper too. We had so much fun doing this we forgot to take some photos. 
We then finished the day with some party games and…

This week in Nursery Christmas has been in full swing. One of our favourite activities we have done was using Lego brick and stickle bricks and paint to print and make Christmas pictures. 
 

Today we had our Christmas sing a long. We throughly enjoyed singing up on the stage for our families. We hope everyone enjoyed it as much as we did!

We came dressed as elves and enjoyed an elf party afterwards. We played party games, made some elf crafts and enjoyed some party food and a…

This afternoon Nursery have enjoyed baking and decorating some Christmas ginger biscuits. We put golden syrup, egg yolk, dairy free butter and some biscuit mix into a bowl and mixed it all together. They baked in the oven for 15 minutes.
Once ready, we let them cool down. We then decorated the…

As well as learning about the winter season through our tuff tray explorations we have also been learning about summer. We have been making a summer craft to help us learn about the summer season. The children used different shapes, linked to our maths work, to create their own sunshine. They used…

This week in RE we have been learning about how we welcome people into our family.

We have been in the home corner where we have been able to role play looking after a new born baby. We have talked about what a new baby needs and how to help our grownups at home when a new baby arrives. Lots of…

Today we have been learning about the season of Winter. 
We were very lucky that the kitchen gave us some dairy free cream that we used in the tuff tray to make some snow. 
We were able to feel and taste the cream, while learning about which animals like the cold weather. We also talked about…