Excellent counting skills in nursery!
On Monday we made some playdough. We demonstrated excellent turn taking and teamwork. We measured the ingredients accurately and counted the appropriate number of cup as we followed the recipe. We chose red food colouring to dye the playdough. During our maths...
Cricket Tasters
On Friday, we were very lucky to have Mr Mawson back in school to deliver some cricket taster sessions. Mr Mawson now works for Durham Cricket and came in to give the children a taster of a cricket session. He did a range of different activities and games with all...
Another Wonderful Week in Nursery!
Our new children have continued to thrive and make us proud. We have continued to be fantastic mathematicians again this week by sorting items into groups. We have continued to care for our sunflower seedlings by checking the moisture levels in their soil and watering...
Seedlings and much more!
We have had an excellent first week back after the Easter holidays. We have welcomed some new friends who have embraced nursery life and made us really proud. During our maths sessions we have focused on sorting. We categorised items into groups of straight...
Happy Easter from Nursery!
This week we have continued to focus on Easter. We read The Easter Story and found out what Christians believe. We finished our Easter cards which look fantastic. We made Easter themed pictures on the interactive white board. We baked biscuits, added some icing in the...
Easter Preparations in Nursery
This week in nursery we started to make Easter cards. We folded some card by lining up the corners and made some finger prints on the front of the card using yellow paint. When the paint was dry we transformed them into Easter chicks by drawing eyes, beaks and legs...
Nursery Scientists!
As this week is British Science Week we have been scientists and started an experiment using apples. We used all of our senses to explore some apples and discussed out findings. First of all we looked at the apple and discussed its shape, colour, size and the detail...
A very busy week in Nursery!
We have made links to most of the areas of the curriculum in nursery this week during our Mother's Day activities. We made a gift bag for our mams consisting of home made compost, a plant pot, and a 'special' seed which we carefully wrapped up and secured with a pipe...
Still Life Artists in Nursery
In preparation for Mother's Day we have been drawing flowers to which will be attached to the front of our Mother's Day Cards next week. We chose which medium to use from a selection of felt pens, coloured pencils, pastels and crayons. We examined a mini Daffodil...
Shrove Tuesday and much more!
We have had another wonderful week in nursery. We all made pancakes within our key worker groups in our cooking area. We began our session by reading the book, Mr Wolf's Pancakes which we loved. We discussed the equipment and ingredients required to cook pancakes. We...
Road Safety in Year 3
This term, Year 3 have been taking part in road safety lessons. Children have been going outside of school and considering how we can cross the roads safely. They have been taught the green cross code and can now remember this excellently. In our summary lesson, we...
Happy Chinese New Year from Nursery!
We have had a fantastic week in nursery celebrating Chinese New Year. We have made themed pictures on the interactive white board. We learned that Chinese people believe that red is a lucky colour so we showed off our design technology skills by folding red paper to...