You Be You: Celebrating What Makes Us Special in Nursery
Continuing our diversity theme, we enjoyed reading You Be You by Linda Kranz and talking about how all of the fish in the story are different and unique, just like we are. The children made links between the colourful fish in the book and themselves, discussing their...
Windy Nook Eco Council Update!
This week, our Eco Council came together to discuss some of our exciting plans for the future! We worked together to create an Eco Code that reflects our commitment to protecting our planet, caring for wildlife and making a positive difference. Introducing our very...
A Week of Home, Nature and Music in Nursery
This week, the children enjoyed talking about who lives in their home and drawing the special people they live with. They then added their drawings to a house template, creating lovely representations of their families and home life. An adult worked with each child to...
Our Favourite Places to Play in Nursery
As part of our continuing Overselves topic, the children helped to create a wonderful Where Do You Like to Play? display. Each child chose a favourite place to play, had their photograph taken there and then talked about their picture. Children added marks or writing...
Celebrating What Makes Us Unique in Nursery
This week we have continued our Ourselves topic and have enjoyed lots of opportunities to learn about what makes each of us unique. We completed self-portraits using mirrors to carefully observe our skin colour, eye colour and facial features before selecting...
Outdoor Adventures and Creative Play
This week, the children enjoyed a range of exciting outdoor learning experiences. In the water and sand areas, they explored pouring, filling, measuring and building, helping them develop early problem-solving and language skills. The children worked together to...
The Robins – A Fantastic Start to the Year!
The Robins have made a fantastic start to the new school year! They have settled brilliantly into their new classroom and have been working hard to learn and follow our new routines. In Maths, the children have enjoyed lots of practical activities to help them develop...
This Is Me!
We have continued settling into our new routine in nursery and the children are becoming increasingly confident and independent each day. This week, everyone drew a picture of themselves to be displayed on our "This Is Me" wall. The children used a photograph of...
Building Confidence and New Routines in Nursery
Welcome back to all of our returning children and a very warm welcome to the families joining us for the first time. We have had a lovely first week in nursery and it has been wonderful to see the children settling into their environment. Most children separated from...
Sunflowers, Sandcastles and Summer Fun in Nursery
During our final week of the academic year, we have had a wonderful time completing the last sessions of our summer topic. The children were very excited to reflect on all the fun learning experiences they have enjoyed and to take part in some fantastic summer-themed...
A Fantastic Final Week in Reception!
Reception have had a fantastic final week, making the most of the warm weather by enjoying time outdoors to cool down with water play and ice lollies. The children absolutely loved paddling their feet in the little pools, creating lots of smiles and special memories....
Fresh Air, Fresh Fruit and Fantastic Learning in Nursery
This week, Nursery enjoyed two fantastic Outdoor Days on Thursday and Friday, making the most of the warm weather and learning in the natural environment. The children lay on their backs looking up at the sky and used an I Spy Nature identifying frame to spot and talk...