by Amanda Clough | Nov 8, 2024 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English Corner, Health and Well-Being, IT and Computing, Mathemagicians, News, Outdoor Learning, science
We have had an extremely busy week in nursery. We have focussed on Diwali for most of the week, making Diva lamps, Rangoli patterns and Mehndi patterns. We used clay to make Diva lamps. We moulded the clay into a sphere, rolled it, stuck our thumb in the top to create...
by Amanda Clough | Oct 25, 2024 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English Corner, Health and Well-Being, IT and Computing, Mathemagicians, News, Outdoor Learning, science
Following on from our pumpkin and Autumn activities last week, we used the flesh and seeds from the pumpkins to make some pumpkin soup and roasted pumpkin seeds. To make our soup we chopped onion and pumpkin, added a stock cube and some water and then we cooked it in...
by Mr McKay | Oct 23, 2024 | Beeches, Bluebells, Butterflies and Caterpillars, Dragonflies, Elms, Ladybirds, News, Nightingales, Oaks, Owls, Robins, Snowdrops, Tulips
This morning, we were extremely fortunate to have The Gateshead Music Service visit Windy Nook. They played for all the children across two assemblies and got us up on our feet dancing and singing along to some well known classics. Some of the children had the chance...
by Amanda Clough | Oct 18, 2024 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English Corner, Health and Well-Being, IT and Computing, Mathemagicians, Outdoor Learning, science
This week we have continued to explore Autumn as a topic. We have produced some Autumn leaf pictures on the interactive white board and played an Autumn themed puzzle game on the computer. We have continued to sweep and rake leaves up from our yard and garden and...
by Amanda Clough | Oct 11, 2024 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, News
Following on from our fantastic outdoor session last Friday, we studied the leaves that we had found and we carefully drew them. Prior to drawing them we examined the leaves through a magnifying glass and noticed some dark lines. By using our computer to retrieve...
by Amanda Clough | Oct 4, 2024 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English Corner, Health and Well-Being, Mathemagicians, News, Outdoor Learning, science
This week we have completed our ‘Cauliflower Cards’ which look fantastic! We made some playdough by following each step in our recipe booklet. We voted for which colour to use to dye the playdough by placing a counter next to our chosen colour of paint or...
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