Stick and Stone…. the perfect ten!
This week in nursery, we have focused on the story, Stick and Stone. The story beautifully illustrates the importance of friendship and loneliness by incorporating the main characters, Stick and Stone who make a "perfect 10". We have produced the number ten using,...
Stick Man continued and so much more…
We have had another super busy week! We finished our Stick Man artwork and computer pictures as well as our usual tasks like, making play dough and participating in Squiggle While You Wiggle. We used our play dough to form some numbers as well as making Stick Man and...
I’m Stick Man that’s me!
This week, we have focussed on the story of Stick Man. Some of us produced some fabulous Stick Man collages, which we will finish next week. We discussed the fact that the sticks that we used to create our stick men used to be part of a tree. We created Stick Man...
Not a Stick Continued…
Following on from last week, and our focus story, Not a Stick, we have used our imaginations again to complete some more pictures using a stick to represent an object. We thought of some fantastic ideas which included using a stick for a nose, a broomstick,a sword,...
Not a Stick!
This week and next week our focus story is, Not a Stick. This week we have used our imaginations to pretend that a stick is is not a stick and that it is an object, which is what happens in the story. Some of us created a picture based around this idea and attached a...
Seasons Come, Seasons Go!
A warm welcome to our new friends in nursery. We are super proud of how well they have settled. We have focused on a book called Seasons Go, Seasons Go, Trees this week. As the title suggests, the story describes how trees change depending on the season. We chose a...
Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring!
This week we have focused on Spring flowers and Easter. We shared the story, Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring and payed particular attention to Spring flowers. For science/understanding the world, we studied a variety of flowers and talked about why the flowers didn't...
Vincent van Gogh’s 12 Sunflowers
This week we have continued our plant/flower theme and focussed on Vincent van Gogh's Twelve Sunflower's in a Vase. We produced some stunning paintings of sunflowers as well as making booklets and drawings. In maths we played dominoes to improve our subitising skills....
Discovering Detectives in Nightingales
In Nightingales we have been reading Julia Donaldson's book 'The Highway Rat'. Yesterday we wrote expanded noun phrases to describe the appearance and the character of the Highway Rat. Today we have been detectives asking questions to find out more about the criminal...
Stepping into Spring!
We have made the most of the beautiful Spring weather this week and worked as a team to tidy our nursery garden. We weeded some of the planting boxes, raked leaves and washed some equipment. During our Friday outdoor session, we walked to our compost heap to deposit...
A live performance – Monday’s Child
The children in the Reception classes an in Key Stage 1 thoroughly enjoyed watching "Monday’s Child", a play directed by Darren Cheek. The play tells the story of the remembering and memories between an old woman and a little girl who sang, played, danced and dressed...
Red Nose Day and much more!
This week we have focused on the story, The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle. During Maths we carefully printed some petals onto a numbered flower head using paint and our fingers. Some of us even drew some roots at the bottom of the flower's stem. We make some excellent...