The English Corner
Super Spring flowers in nursery!
We have produced some beautiful drawings of Spring flowers this week. We looked at some tulips, daffodils and hyacinths and chose which one to draw. We talked about the fact that all of these flowers grow from bulbs and looked at some bulbs. We also watched some time...
Ice investigations in nursery
As well as continuing to find out more about Spring, we have been investigating ice this week to participate in Science Week. We completed two different investigations. We compared the look of ice made with water, salt and water, food colouring and water and lemonade....
Shrove Tuesday and much more!
This week we have introduced our new topics for this half term which are Spring and baby animals/mammals. We played a mother and baby animal matching game on the interactive white board and shared some topic based stories during snack time. We are looking forward to...
World Book Day Celebrations
Windy Nook celebrated a fun-packed World Book Day last Thursday, with the entire school taking part in a wide range of activities to cheer-on everything reading. All children received free books thanks to Mr. Atkinson from WHSmith, who kindly supplied these for us. In...
A super Space party in nursery!
To conclude our Space topic we consolidated our knowledge of it by having a Space party. We prepared for our party throughout the week. We prepared by designing a placemat to put our party food on. We drew space themed things like rockets, The International Space...
Valentine’s Day and much more!
This week in nursery we have continued to focus on numbers. We completed some fabulous writing to describe what we found during our number hunt last week and we made a display in our classroom. We also discussed Valentines Day and thought about the people that we...
Windy Nook Prepares for World Book Day
Plans are underway for a fantastic day of literary fun as the school prepares for World Book Day on Thursday 6 March 2025. Children should have come home from school with a letter, detailing all the important events. If you did not receive a letter, please let your...
Learning About Grace Nichols in Elms
Over the past couple of weeks, Elms have been studying the poet Grace Nichols. We have read, performed and analysed some of her brilliant poems and learnt about the poet herself. We researched her life and worked together in groups to create the fantastic...
We’re going on a number hunt!
This week we have focussed on numbers. During our maths sessions we participated in small number hunts in our nursery environment both indoors and outdoors. We also talked about the numbers on the doors of our homes and car registration plates. We played number games...
Happy Chinese New Year!
In nursery this week we have been finding out about Chinese New Year and celebrating it. We thoroughly enjoyed preparing and cooking Chinese stir fry. We demonstrating excellent counting skills by counting the amount of children in our group and giving out the correct...
Planets galore!
We have continued to focus on our topic of space this week. We all chose a planet, star or moon from the Solar System and drew it using chalk. We have displayed them in our classroom and they look fantastic! We continued to share space themed stories during snack...
Owls and Robins Journey to the South Pole!
Owls and Robins have been reading the book Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers. They have been thinking about the characters and expanding their vocabulary with words to describe emotions. They have also acted out the journey the characters took on their journey to the...