This week in Nursery has been full of exciting learning opportunities, creative expression, and physical development. The children have been busy exploring a range of activities that supported their communication, coordination, early maths skills, and mark‑making. Children took part in Squiggle and Play Dough Disco, helping to strengthen fine‑motor skills and develop the muscles needed for early writing. Through music, movement, and mark‑making, they practised controlling large and small movements while having lots of fun.
In maths, we continued to build on last week’s shape work. The children explored 2D shapes through naming, sorting, and spotting them in their environment. We also extended this by introducing pattern making with sounds. Using musical instruments, children copied and created simple rhythmic patterns, supporting auditory discrimination and understanding of repetition and sequence.
We began a new display linked to our outdoor learning. Children talked about the feeders they made last Friday and added writing and mark‑making inside speech bubbles to show their thoughts, ideas, and reflections. During our outdoor Friday this week we embraced the rainy weather and had a fabulous time jumping in puddles and running in the rain!
The children also took part in a ball‑skills session designed to develop their coordination, spatial awareness, and confidence when working with a partner. We started with a gentle warm‑up, encouraging stretching, bending, and jogging to prepare their bodies. Working in pairs, the children practised rolling a ball to a partner while sitting opposite one another, focusing on aiming, control, turn‑taking, and eye contact. They then progressed to standing throwing and catching using an underarm throw, catching with two hands, and gradually increasing the distance as their confidence grew. Children were encouraged to say “Ready?” before throwing to support communication and cooperation. Throughout the session, positive turn‑taking language was modelled and children were reminded to stay aware of their space. Some children used larger, softer balls for extra support while others challenged themselves with longer distances and more accuracy.
Article 1: Everyone, under 18, has the rights of the UN Convention.
Article 2: All children have rights. No child should be treated unfairly.
Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level you can.
