Remembrance and Poppies in Nursery

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

This week in nursery we have focussed on Remembrance Day. We discussed why we wear poppy badges in the week leading up to Remembrance Day and we created poppies in many different ways. We painted, drew, used the interactive white board, made collages and used some...

Halloween Activities in Nursery

by Amanda Clough | Oct 27, 2023 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English, Health and Well-Being, Maths, News, Outdoor Learning, Science

Our activities this week have linked to Halloween. On Monday, we made black playdough and added silver sparkles. We created some wonderful Halloween themed items like; spiders, slugs, worms, bats and creatures with multiple eyes! We have worked on strengthening our...

I can do it!

by Amanda Clough | Oct 13, 2023 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English, Health and Well-Being, Maths, News, Outdoor Learning, Science

This week we have read the story of Elmer. We discussed diversity and having similarities and differences by linking the premise of the story and the fact that we are all different. We participated in Elmer themed activities by creating Elmer/elephant pictures, using...

Getting familiar with the KS1 yard!

by Mrs Ramanandi | Oct 12, 2023 | Dragonflies, Health and Well-Being, Ladybirds, News, Outdoor Learning

Over the last couple of weeks in Reception the children have been developing their gross motor skills, exploring the painted trails on the KS1 yard as well as playing on the tyres. The children have enjoyed playing the different games independently and practicing...

Cauliflower Cards and much more!

by Amanda Clough | Oct 6, 2023 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English, Health and Well-Being, Maths, News, Outdoor Learning

This week in nursery we created a Christmas card by making a hand print Santa Clause. Our beautiful artwork will be sent to a company called Cauliflower Cards who will produce our cards which will be available to buy in the near future. We have made our own play dough...

Kind Hands in Nursery

by Amanda Clough | Sep 29, 2023 | Butterflies and Caterpillars, English, Health and Well-Being, Maths, News, Outdoor Learning

We have continued to focus on following our nursery routine and getting to know each other this week. We read the story, Picasso’s Trousers and talked about how we are all artists like Picasso. We have now all completed self portrait paintings which look...