3D Shape Sorters in Bees
Today the Bees were sorting 3D shapes in a Venn diagram. They had to sort them into shapes with more than 3 vertices and curved faces. When they sorted them into less than 3 vertices it looked very different. Article 12: You have the right to give your opinion,...
Zoom Zoom Zoom!
We have continued to focus on the story QPootle5 this week. For maths we made rockets using the large construction equipment and discussed which shapes we used. We also acted out some of our story of the week and used tools to pretend we were fixing rocket boosters...
Q Pootle 5
This week we have been reading the story Q Pootle 5. The children have had a great time building their own rockets with rocket boosters using 2d and 3d shapes, painting rockets, and designing rockets using Purple Mash. We have also looked at the planets in our Solar...
More Winter Activities
We have continued to focus on our Winter topic this week. We made some beautiful paintings of snowflakes which we have displayed in nursery. By reading our Secretes of Winter book , we learned what an evergreen tree is and during our Friday outdoor session we explored...
Windy Winners!
Congratulations to all of our winners this week. Our two awards were for a Top Mathematician and a Top Effort. Class Top Effort Top Mathematician Dragonflies Amaris Elliott Ladybirds Tovino Emily Robins George Riley Owls Louie Harry Heidi ...
Measuring in Owls
The children have enjoyed learning about different ways of measuring using non-standard measure and centimetres. They used paper clips and cubes to find out the length of different objects from around the classroom and a ruler to measure lines in centimetres. Article...
Welcome New Nursery Friends!
We have had a great first week back in nursery and have been as busy as ever! We have welcomed some new friends who have settled really well. We have continued to take turns at being a Special Helper and work together by communicating with each other to complete tasks...
A visit to see how we’ve grown!
The school nursing team visited the reception children today to see how they had grown. The children were fascinated to see the measure they used to find out how tall they are. They also enjoyed looking to see how heavy they are in the electric scales. There was lots...
Christmas is Coming!
We have had another super busy week in nursery preparing for Christmas! We completed our snowmen Christmas cards which not only look fantastic they were great fun to make and incorporated counting, creativity, communication skills, social skills, self-help skills and...
More Christmas Preparations in Nursery
This week we have completed our calendars, made reindeer food to sell at the school fair, practised our Christmas sing-a-long and made a special hat to wear for our sing-a-long. We have incorporated maths and phonics into our Christmas preparations. For example we...
Christmas has started in Nursery!
This week, we have focused on the story, Bear Stays Up which tells the tale of a bear struggling to stay awake in the lead up to Christmas. However, with the help of his friends and some teamwork he succeeds to stay awake. We have had a great time using props to...
Another busy week in Nursery!
We have continued to focus on the book, You be You and independently produce fish themed artwork as well as sculpting fish from play dough. Some of our children made their own register this week after observing the adults in nursery which led to other children making...