Mathemagicians
We’re going on a number hunt!
This week we have focussed on numbers. During our maths sessions we participated in small number hunts in our nursery environment both indoors and outdoors. We also talked about the numbers on the doors of our homes and car registration plates. We played number games...
Happy Chinese New Year!
In nursery this week we have been finding out about Chinese New Year and celebrating it. We thoroughly enjoyed preparing and cooking Chinese stir fry. We demonstrating excellent counting skills by counting the amount of children in our group and giving out the correct...
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 in 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...
Marvellous Maths in Owls and Robins
This week has been all about shapes in Owls and Robins. We have been sorting 2D and 3D shapes into groups according to their properties. We have also used shapes to make repeating patterns. Article 12: You have the right to give your opinion, and for adults to listen...
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...