Planets galore!
We have continued to focus on our topic of space this week. We all chose a planet, star or moon from the Solar System and drew it using chalk. We have displayed them in our classroom and they look fantastic! We continued to share space themed stories during snack...
A super space day in nursery!
This week we have continued to help and welcome our new pupils. We have participated in group sessions in the hall to help us get to know each other which we all enjoyed, especially our new children. One of these sessions included a drumming session to celebrate La...
Welcome new nursery friends!
A warm welcome back to our 'old friends' and also to our new ones. Our 'old friends' have made us proud with how well they have helped adults and set an excellent example to our new children. We are also proud of our new children who are beginning to familiarise...
Tickly feet and Christmas cards!
This week we made some fabulous Christmas cards. We chose a friend to paint the sole of one of our feet and then printed it onto the front of some folded card. This formed the body of a snowman. Once dried we drew on a face, attached twig arms and then a hat. We wrote...
Christmas is coming!
Christmas has definitely began in nursery this week! We made some reindeer food to sell at our school fayre and also to take home to feed reindeers on Christmas Eve. To make the reindeer food we mixed oats and Rainbow Drops together and then we carefully counted five...
Another busy week in nursery!
We have continued to prepare for Christmas this week in nursery. We made a calendar which we will gift to our families at Christmas. We have had lots of practises on the stage in preparation for our Christmas performance. Our singing and signing is improving every...
Remembrance Day nursery style!
This week in nursery we focussed on Remembrance Day. We made a large poppy collage using any red and black items that we could find in nursery and we participated inĀ a minute silence at 11:00 while standing around our poppy. We produced some beautiful drawings of...
Diwali celebrations and much more!
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...
Pretty as a Picture in KS1!
This week in KS1 for Computing the children have been learning how to capture a photo using an ipad. We have focused on taking photographs of each other, close up and distant objects, action shots and even selfies! Look at our results! Article 13: You have the...
Delicious Pumpkin Soup in Nursery!
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...
Autumn Activities in Nursery
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...
Another great week in nursery!
We have had a great week in nursery. Our new children appear happy and are very much embracing nursery life which is wonderful. We have ventured into the hall for the first time this week and participated in some singing and dancing sessions. We all had a really good...