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...
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...
Tremendous Transition and Transport!
On Monday and Tuesday, our children who will be starting reception in September spent some time in their new classes. Miss Calam and Miss Byrne were extremely impressed at how well mannered and happy the children were. The nursery staff are very proud of them! The...
Outdoor Activities in Nursery
This week we have made the most of the fine weather and spent a lot of our time outdoors. Our tomato plants are thriving and we have separated and re-potted some of them. We played a matching game on the interactive white board and paired different modes of transport....
Another wonderful week in nursery!
This week we have participated in the whole school Olympics Celebration Day. We made some fantastic Argentinian Flags on Monday and Tuesday. We painted the appropriate sections light blue and glued on the Argentinian badge. We stripped some Willow sticks of their...
Rotting Rotbots in Nursery!
Our topics this half term are Summer and transport so we have shared stories with those themes during snack times. This week we have focussed on counting again in maths which we did through a variety of games both inside and outdoors. We made our own playdough and...
Another super busy week in nursery!
We have had another lovely week. We have tended to our seedlings which are thriving in their bigger plant pots and new greenhouse. However, some of our seedlings have been eaten by slugs so we have put some Rosemary in our greenhouse which will hopefully repel the...
Liz Million visits Windy Nook!
Yesterday, Liz Million came to Windy Nook for the day to share her amazing knowledge on illustrating. She worked with the whole school in workshops across the day. Liz began to share her story to the children about how she is from Darlington, went to university in...
Not a Stick!
During snack time we have shared the story, Not a Stick. We found a stick outdoors and re-enacted the story. We used our imagination to pretend the stick was an object. Some of chose items from the story and some of us thought of our own items like a flower and a...
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...
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...