Happy Chinese New Year in Nursery
We have had a super week celebrating Chinese New Year. With our scientific brains, we examined raw and cooked noodles and discussed how different they looked and felt before and after they were cooked. We sat in our Chinese restaurant role play area to taste some...
Celebrating Chinese New Year
This week both the Dragonflies and Ladybirds have learned all about Chinese New Year. We made our own large dragon head after watching lots of traditional Chinese festivals, the children painted, stuck and decorated the dragon. Whilst watching the festivals we noticed...
Here Comes Jack Frost
We have continued to think about Winter weather with the focus on the story, Here Comes Jack Frost. We painted the characters from the story using shades of blue and silver paint. We made edible collages of the characters from the story using cooked macaroni, penne,...
Penguin and Pinecone…a friendship story!
We have concluded our work on Penguin and Pinecone this week. In the story, when Penguin first discovers Pinecone he describes him as a curious object and tries to eat him, soon realising that he is "...too hard to be food...". So, we made some edible pine cones...
Welcome back to old friends and new!
A warm welcome back to our old friends and to our new ones! We have been focusing on the story, Penguin and Pinecone which is a wonderful story about friendship and the contrast between Winter and Summer weather. Thinking about the story, we have worked on being good...
Nightingales dance their socks off!
This week in PE Nightingales have been creating dance routines. After a warm up with Just Dance Kids, the children worked in groups to create one gesture at a time for a beat of 4. By the end of the lesson they had 4 different gestures for their routine. They...
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
The Ladybirds have had a super week with the start of our Christmas fun. The 1st of December brought a new member to our class, Elfie the Elf surprised the children with a gift to practice their writing, a letter from the North Pole and a challenge hiding every day....
Bear Stays Up!
To introduce the Christmas season, we have focused on the story, Bear Stays Up. We have had great fun using props to act out the main parts of the story, making pop corn, making bear faces with brown play dough, creating bear pictures on the computer and searching for...
Dragonflies have fun in the snow.
This afternoon in Dragonflies we braved the weather and headed out for an afternoon of outdoor learning. We began the afternoon being scientists and observed what happens to a pine cone when it is left to soak in cold water. We let the cone sit in the water while we...
Baby Goes to Market
This week, we have focused on the story of Baby Goes to Market. The story incorporates early mathematical skills as well as giving a little insight into Nigerian culture. The children thoroughly enjoyed dressing up in traditional African clothing and acting out the...
Outdoor art inspired by Andy Goldsworthy
This week in our outdoor session both the Ladybirds and the Dragonflies focused on the transient art style of Andy Goldsworthy, he uses natural resources to create colourful shapes and designs. The Ladybirds decided to work together and create a circular shaped art...
Owls visit The Shipley Art Gallery
Article 13: You have the right to find out things and share what you think with others, by talking, drawing, writing or in any other way unless it harms or offends other people. Article 17: You have the right to get information that is important to your well-being,...