Exciting Easter Activities in Nursery!

by Amanda Clough | Mar 31, 2023 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English, Health and Well-Being, Maths, News, Outdoor Learning, Science

We have continued to focus on Easter this week. During our group time we made some tasty egg shaped biscuits and decorated them by applying some icing in the shape of a cross and adding raisons on top. We worked extremely hard to finish off our Easter cards by writing...

Easter Cards and much more!

by Amanda Clough | Mar 24, 2023 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English, Health and Well-Being, Maths, News, Outdoor Learning

This week in nursery, we have been learning about Easter. We shared The Easter Story and produced Easter related art work, computer pictures and made play dough crosses. We started to make our Easter cards which have chicks on and discussed ‘new life’ and...

Down’s Syndrome Awareness

by Amanda Clough | Mar 24, 2023 | Beeches, Bees, Bluebells, Butterflies and Caterpillars, Dragonflies, Elms, Events and Visits, Health and Well-Being, News, Nightingales, Oaks, Owls, Reception, Robins, Snowdrops, Tulips, Willows

To raise awareness about Down’s Syndrome, Matthew Atkinson, a young adult who has Down’s Syndrome presented an inspirational assembly this morning. He talked about what it is like to have Down’s Syndrome and the amazing things that he has achieved...

Mother’s Day and much more!

by Amanda Clough | Mar 17, 2023 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English, Health and Well-Being, Maths, News, Outdoor Learning

This week we have continued to focus on the book, Titch. We made some beautiful Mother’s Day cards and discussed the different heights of the stalks/flowers on the front of the card. During maths we continued to use the balance scales to find heavy and light...

Titch

by Amanda Clough | Mar 10, 2023 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English, Health and Well-Being, Maths, News, Outdoor Learning, Science

This week nursery, our focus has been growing and plants. We read the story, Titch and re-enacted the main parts using props. For maths, we used cubes to measure the heights of all of the plants in our classroom. We discovered that Kelly (one of our plants) was the...

Shrove Tuesday (a week later) and much more!

by Amanda Clough | Mar 3, 2023 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English, Health and Well-Being, Maths, News, Outdoor Learning, Science

We have had a super busy week in nursery. On Tuesday, we read the story, Mr Wolf’s Pancakes and made our own pancakes. We thoroughly enjoyed adding delicious toppings to our pancakes and eating them during snack time. We learned the song, Mix the Pancake, Stir...