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...
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...
Robins visit Beamish Museum
What a lovely day we had at Beamish! We arrived at ten o'clock and had a ride on an old bus down to our Toy Workshop. We were given an important investigation. We had to play with toys from 1959 and decide which were our favourites and why. The staff listened to our...
Autumn Activities in Nursery
This week we have continued to explore Autumn as a topic. We have produced some Autumn leaf pictures on the interactive white board and played an Autumn themed puzzle game on the computer. We have continued to sweep and rake leaves up from our yard and garden and...
A new break and lunch time!
Over the last couple of weeks, there has been a new approach to break and lunch times for KS1 and EYFS, the children have the opportunity to mix together in both the KS1 and Early Years yard. The children have access to many areas in this time; the mud kitchen, water,...
Autumn Leaves and Fruit!
This week we have completed our 'Cauliflower Cards' which look fantastic! We made some playdough by following each step in our recipe booklet. We voted for which colour to use to dye the playdough by placing a counter next to our chosen colour of paint or food...
Another great week in nursery!
We have had a great week in nursery. Our new children appear happy and are very much embracing nursery life which is wonderful. We have ventured into the hall for the first time this week and participated in some singing and dancing sessions. We all had a really good...
Welcome to nursery old and new friends!
We have had an excellent first two weeks in nursery. Our existing pupils have welcomed our new pupils warmly, demonstrating empathy and kindness which has helped towards creating a calm and happy environment. We have been getting to know each other by spending time in...
The amazing outdoors!
After a revamp of the Reception outdoor yard, the children have been loving playing in the different areas. They have been practising taking turns with toys, e.g. scooters, aprons and the chalk. The staff have been super impressed with how busy the children have been...
Welcome to the Ladybirds!
What a fantastic first couple of weeks we have had in Ladybirds! The children have met up with old friends and made lots of new friends too! They have explored different areas of our indoor and outdoor classroom, taking turns and finding out how to look after...
Last week in nursery!
We have enjoyed our last week of the school year by having some extra choosing sessions outdoors which we have loved! The children who will move on to reception in September have had some short phonics sessions looking at the pictures which are linked to the sounds in...
Tomatoes Tomatoes Tomatoes!
As mentioned in previous posts, during our growing topic we accidently grew some tomato plants by using our 'homemade' compost which had had decomposing tomatoes within it! If you would like to purchase a tomato plant you can do so from Monday 15th July. There will be...