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Caterpillars and Butterflies (Nursery)

Welcome to Caterpillars and Butterflies

Our teacher is Miss Clough, who is accompanied by Mrs Pedersen-Wylie and Mrs McNally.

We like to explore and have fun.

Information for Nursery Class parents and carers about the structure of the school day and staffing. If you have any questions or queries please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher.
Click on the link below to access it or should you require a paper version then just ask at the office.

Please remember to…

  • Name all of your child’s clothes, shoes and any items that they bring into Nursey.
  • Drop off and collect your child on time.
  • Encourage your child to look in their tray for pictures, letters, jumpers and models.
  • Hand lunch time cover money in every Monday in a named envelope (30 hour children).
  • Resist the temptation to do everything for your child and encourage them to try and do it for themselves. E.G. dressing and toileting.
  • Remember that no worry is too small, if you are concerned about your child please let us know so that we can help.

Resources:

Early Years Book List

Windy Nook Choose Respect for Anti-Bullying Week

Windy Nook Choose Respect for Anti-Bullying Week

Last week marked Anti-Bullying Week and the children at Windy Nook celebrated it by working on the theme 'Choose Respect.' They took part in a range of activities from EYFS all the way up to UKS2: designing odd socks, listening to the anti-bullying song, taking part...

Remembrance Day nursery style!

Remembrance Day nursery style!

This week in nursery we focussed on Remembrance Day. We made a large poppy collage using any red and black items that we could find in nursery and we participated in  a minute silence at 11:00 while standing around our poppy. We produced some beautiful drawings of...

Diwali celebrations and much more!

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!

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...

Gateshead Music Service ‘Jammin’ at Windy Nook

Gateshead Music Service ‘Jammin’ at Windy Nook

This morning, we were extremely fortunate to have The Gateshead Music Service visit Windy Nook. They played for all the children across two assemblies and got us up on our feet dancing and singing along to some well known classics. Some of the children had the chance...

Autumn Activities in Nursery

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...

Lovely Leaves!

Lovely Leaves!

Following on from our fantastic outdoor session last Friday, we studied the leaves that we had found and  we carefully drew them. Prior to drawing them we examined the leaves through a magnifying glass and noticed some dark lines. By using our computer to retrieve...

Autumn Leaves and Fruit!

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!

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!

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...

Last week in nursery!

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...

Hello Summer Happiness

Hello Summer Happiness

A summer holiday workbook created to help empower you to manage your own happiness by developing your emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence means understanding your feelings and knowing how to handle them in a good way. It's like being a feelings detective...