London’s burning, London’s burning!
Key Stage One had an amazing (though slightly wet) day when we saw first hand how destructive fire can be. We listened to Mark's safety talk and knew how to stay safe around fire. Mark then set up our houses to recreate Pudding Lane before we watched from a safe...
Healthy Habits and Autumn Adventures in Nursery!
This week, we continued our focus on self-care and staying healthy. The children made a colourful fruit salad using pears and apples from our school fruit trees, along with oranges and bananas. We practised good hygiene by washing our hands before preparing food and...
Learning About Ourselves: From Portraits to Planting
This week, we continued our topic of “Ourselves.” The children explored their own identities through a range of creative and sensory activities. Using full-length photographs as a guide, they carefully drew self-portraits with pencils, which are now proudly displayed...
Outdoors, Imagination & Teamwork!
Our Reception children have been busy exploring, building, and expressing themselves through purposeful play outdoors. They worked together to construct dens, sharing ideas and solving problems. In the music and theatre area, they used rhythm and role play to...
A Wonderful Start to the New Term!
This week marked a lovely beginning to the new term, as we welcomed back familiar faces and greeted new children joining us for the first time. It’s been heart-warming to see everyone settling into their new class, getting to know one another, and beginning to form...
Ice cream maths and much more!
We have participated in some fun maths sessions this week for the last week of term. We compared our heights to our sunflowers and decided which ones were taller, shorter or equal. .We talked about all of the jobs we do in nursery like being a waiter and cleaner...
Banksy Art at Windy Nook
This term, KS1 have been diving into the fascinating world of Banksy, the mysterious street artist known for his powerful imagery and thought-provoking messages. The children have explored how Banksy uses stencils to create bold and striking images, often with a...
Tomato plants for sale!
Our nursery children have grown some tomato plants this half term and they will be for sale outside of nursery for the remainder of this week . If you would like to purchase a plant simply take one and leave a donation in the box. All proceeds will be put towards...
A busy week in the sun in nursery!
This week we have made the most of the Summer weather and spent extra time outdoors. We have had extra drinks and talked about staying hydrated and looking after our skin by applying sun cream. We have thoroughly enjoyed accessing our school fields and participating...
Reception’s Roots-to-Riches Pirate Adventure!
This term, our Reception children have been busy growing their own vegetables—and what a fantastic job they’ve done! From planting seeds to watering and weeding, they’ve taken great care of their garden. This week, they proudly harvested their crops and decided to...
Transition and much more!
This week our children who are moving on to Reception in September spent two days in their new classrooms meeting their teachers and familiarising themselves with their surroundings. It was lovely to hear and see how happy the children had been and how impressed their...
Baby visitor in Nursery!
We enjoyed having a visitor in nursery on Monday. Miss Clough's great-nephew visited us to help us learn more about babies. He was supposed to visit during our baby animals/mammals topic but was unwell unfortunately. We thoroughly enjoyed having him in nursery and...