Image of Nursery: Letter Formation
24 April 2024

Nursery: Letter Formation

Our Nursery 1 children have been practising lots of letter formation this week! 
We have practised writing the letter ‘m’ using the phonics phrase ‘maisie mountain mountain’ and we have also practised writing the letter ‘a’, using the phonics phrase ‘around the apple, down the leaf’. 
The…

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Image of Nursery: ‘From Another Planet’
18 April 2024

Nursery: ‘From Another Planet’

This week in Nursery we have started our new topic ‘From Another Planet’. The children have loved playing in the space station and looking at different planets in our messy tray learning about space.
Then the children created their own planets and rockets.

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Image of Nursery: Seeds to Plants
28 March 2024

Nursery: Seeds to Plants

At the start of the half term we planted some seeds. We learnt all about what a seed needs to grow. We put this into practice and we were very pleased to say that some of our seeds have grown and were taken home today! 
 

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Image of Nursery 1 and Reception’s Easter Bonnet parade
26 March 2024

Nursery 1 and Reception’s Easter Bonnet parade

Our Reception and Nursery 1 children took part in our annual Easter Bonnet parade by singing some Easter songs and parading in our Easter hats, that had been made at home. Parents and carers came to watch us too. 
 

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Image of Reception and Nursery 1’s Easter Bonnet parade
26 March 2024

Reception and Nursery 1’s Easter Bonnet parade

Our Reception and Nursery 1 children took part in our annual Easter Bonnet parade by singing some Easter songs and parading in our Easter hats, that had been made at home. Parents and carers came to watch us too. 
 

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Image of Nursery: Inspired by Piet Mondrian
21 March 2024

Nursery: Inspired by Piet Mondrian

This week we have been inspired by the artist Piet Mondrian. We had a go at decorating some Easter eggs using the colours and patterns that he used too! We loved using lots of different tools to paint with!

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Image of Nursery: The Body Book
14 March 2024

Nursery: The Body Book

This week some of our older children have been reading ‘The Body Book’. We discussed how this book was not a story book but a book with facts in, a non fiction text. 
We have learnt that in our body there is a skeleton that keeps us upright. We had a go at finding different body parts and drawing…

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Image of 2024 World Book Day in Nursery
7 March 2024

2024 World Book Day in Nursery

What a fabulous day we have had celebrating World Book Day! We came dressed as our favourite characters or in our pyjamas. Some of us brought along our favourite story books to share with each other too. In the afternoon we were joined by some of Year 4 who came to read to us too! 
 

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Image of Nursery:Growing
7 March 2024

Nursery:Growing

This week in Nursery we have been planting seeds and learning what a seed needs to grow - sun, soil and water.We have read the stories Errol’s Garden and The Extraordinary Gardener and can’t wait to see what our seeds grow into. Inspired by the fruit and vegetables grown in the stories we read, we…

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Image of Nursery: Baking Bread
29 February 2024

Nursery: Baking Bread

This week in Nursery we tried to bake some bread. The children each took a turn to scoop the bread mixture into a bowl. As they did this the children guessed what we would be making. Their guesses included cookies and cupcakes. They took it in turns to mix and pour some water in the bowl. As they…

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Image of ‘How does your garden and its creatures grow?’
22 February 2024

‘How does your garden and its creatures grow?’

This week in Nursery we started our topic “How does your garden and its creatures grow?”

We looked at different Spring pictures and began to change our tree in the Small World from a Winter tree into a Spring tree. The children all created some handprint mini beasts to go with the tree. 
 

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Image of Pancake Day in Nursery 2024
9 February 2024

Pancake Day in Nursery 2024

Today we celebrated Pancake Day! 

We made the Pancake batter using flour, eggs and milk and whisked it all together. 

Reception came to join us and Miss Vaughan and Mrs Palmer cooked and flipped the pancakes in the kitchen.

We were able to eat our pancakes with a variety of different…

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