This week in Nursery we have been learning all about spiders and continuing our exploration of autumn! 🕷️🍂 Our focus story was Spider Sandwiches 📚, which the children thoroughly enjoyed. We took part in lots of exciting spider-themed activities linked to our story. The children had great fun making their own spider biscuits 🕸️🍪 and used their counting skills to match spider legs to the correct numeral 🔢🕷️. Throughout the week, we explored creativity through a variety o

This week in RE, we learned that Christians believe God made each person unique and special, which means that every person is important and valued by God. ❤️🙏 We discussed how, as well as caring for the world around us, we must also take care of ourselves. 🌍💙 The children explored different ways we can look after ourselves, including keeping clean, washing and drying our hands, brushing our teeth, eating healthy foods, exercising, and getting enough rest. 🧼🪥🥗🏃‍♀️😴 We

🎵 We listened to the hymn "All Things Bright and Beautiful" and learned that it is a prayer praising God for the beauty and wonder of His creation. 🙏 We talked about how God created the world and reflected on the words, "the Lord God made them all." 🌍💚 The children shared ideas about how we can look after each other and care for our environment by being kind, helpful and respectful. 🦔🎨 To finish our learning, the children used clay to create their own hedgehog models, c

We are excited to invite both existing and new families to our Early Years Open Morning on Thursday 6th November at 10:00am. This is a wonderful opportunity to visit our Early Years setting, meet our fantastic staff, explore our learning environments, and find out more about life at our school. 🌟 We would be incredibly grateful if you could help us spread the word about this event. Please consider sharing our poster with friends, family, neighbours, church groups, community

This week our focus story was Pumpkin Soup 📖🎃. We enjoyed lots of pumpkin-themed activities throughout the week! We decorated our own pumpkin crafts 🎨, created pumpkin models using playdough 🟠, and practiced our maths skills by matching Numicon pieces to the correct numeral pumpkins 🔢🎃. We explored the pumpkins with our different senses and discussed what we could smell, taste, see and feel. We also became little chefs! 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 The children carefully chopped and prep

Stick Man and Autumn What a busy and exciting week we have had in Nursery! Our focus story this week has been Stick Man, which has inspired lots of learning, exploring and creativity. 🍁 Exploring Autumn We have been learning all about the changes we can see in Autumn. Thank you to all the children who brought in their lovely Autumn treasures from home! We used these to create our own Autumn investigation tray, giving the children opportunities to explore, touch, compare and

This week, we have been learning about colours and emotions through our focus story, The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas. 📖✨ The children enjoyed a range of exciting activities, including colour mixing 🎨, creating their own Colour Monsters 👹, exploring and expressing their feelings 😊😢😡, identifying different colours 🌈, and sorting objects by colour 🔴🟡🔵🟢. These activities helped the children develop their understanding of emotions, build communication skills, and expl

Our nursery children have been busy exploring our outdoor areas and searching for minibeasts! 🌿🔍 We had lots of fun learning interesting facts and investigating natural habitats to discover a range of fascinating creatures. 🕷️🍃 We discussed how to handle minibeasts safely and respectfully, as well as what they need to survive in their environments. 🏡💚 The children showed great curiosity and enthusiasm as they became little nature explorers! 🌎✨

This week we have had an egg-citing delivery! 🥚✨ Our focus story was “Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones”, where we learned about all the different animals that lay eggs. 🐔🐍🐢 We received a special package containing some eggs and a message asking us to take care of them. 💌 We talked about what might hatch by looking closely at the colour, size, and shape of each egg. 👀 We were so excited when we saw some adorable ducklings beginning to hatch! 🐣💛 We have been fascinated wat

This week in Nursery, we have been busy learning all about Easter ! 🌈🐰 Our focus story was We’re Going on an Egg Hunt , which the children absolutely loved. 📖🥚 🌟 Here’s what we got up to: · 🧮 Maths Fun: We used our number skills to give the bunnies the correct amount of eggs . · 🎨 Creative Time: The children designed their very own Easter eggs —so colourful and imaginative! · 🌷 Spring Explorers: We enjoyed searching for signs of spring outd

This week in Nursery, we continued exploring our topic of traditional tales , with a special focus on The Three Little Pigs . The children have absolutely loved this story — retelling it with their friends and getting into character. Our wolf faces were very convincing and a little bit scary! 🐺😄 Using our Understanding of the World knowledge and fantastic teamwork skills , we tested different materials and worked together to build a house using the strongest one. 💪🏠 Th

This week in nursery, as part of Science Week , we continued our learning based on our focus story “The Little Red Hen.” 📚🐔 In the story, the hen grows wheat, turns it into flour, and then uses it to bake a cake. Inspired by this, the children made their own biscuits using flour. 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 While baking, we explored lots of important science concepts. We talked about measuring ingredients and how recipes help us follow steps in the correct order. The children also learned

This week in nursery we had the pleasure of inviting our wonderful mums, aunties and grandmothers in for a special afternoon to celebrate them. 👩‍👧‍👦✨ We started the session by gifting them special handmade cards , where the children shared all the lovely reasons why they love their grown-ups so much. 💌 Together we then enjoyed making beautiful crafts , sharing stories, and spending some lovely quality time together. 🎨📚 The children were also very excited to decorate d

This week in nursery our focus story has been “The Little Red Hen.” 📚🐔 The story follows a hardworking little hen who grows wheat, turns it into flour, and then uses the flour to bake a delicious cake. Inspired by the story, we put this to the test and used flour to make our own biscuits ! 🍪 The children carefully followed a recipe , measured ingredients, and mixed everything together before baking them. The results were absolutely delicious! 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 We also had lots o

This week in Nursery we continued our topic of Traditional Tales and focused on The Gingerbread Man . 🍪📚 We had lots of fun listening to the story and retelling it with our friends. The children enjoyed acting out parts of the story and talking about what happened to the Gingerbread Man as he ran away. 🏃‍♂️ In maths, we used our number recognition and counting skills to give the Gingerbread Man the correct number of buttons. 🔢 We also worked together to build bridges t

This week in Nursery, we started our exciting new topic, Traditional Tales 📚✨ We began with the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears 🐻🥣. The children had lots of fun creating and designing their own bears in the creative area 🎨✂️. In our role-play area, we enjoyed retelling the story with our friends, using wonderful expression and imagination 🎭🗣️. In maths, we made patterns using the bears 🐻🔢, and we developed our fine motor skills and practiced letter formation

This week in Nursery, we continued our exciting learning all about Chinese New Year 🎊. Our focus story was Goldilocks and the Three Pandas 📖🐼, which the children really enjoyed. We created lots of beautiful decorations for our classroom ✨, including lantern collages 🏮 , Chinese fans 🎐 , and dragon artwork 🐉🎨 . We also stretched our bodies and moved like dragons during dragon yoga 🧘‍♀️🐲 , which was great fun! To finish the week, we enjoyed a fantastic Spring Disco �

This week in nursery, we continued our learning about birds 🐦. The children had lots of fun making bird models 🎨 and, in maths, counting the correct number of worms 🪱 to feed the birds. We also created our own bird feeders 🪹, which are now hanging in our outdoor area 🌳. In phonics, our older children learned the sound ‘t’ 🔤, and our focus story for the week was The Go Away Bird 📖. We had so much fun and enjoyed a lovely week full of learning and creativity 😊🌟

This week in Nursery, we have been very excited as we prepared for Chinese New Year ! 🎉 We learned all about traditional celebrations and explored the different ways people come together to get ready for the festivities. In Maths , we played a fun game rolling the dice 🎲 and dishing out the correct number of noodles 🍜. We even practised using chopsticks , helping to develop our fine motor skills 🥢✋. We counted the correct number of pom-poms and focused on the number 5 ⭐.

This week, we had the pleasure of welcoming our lovely nursery families into school for a pre-phonics workshop 🏫💛. Together, we explored the different skills children need to support them on their phonics and early reading journey 📚🔤. We also shared and explored a range of fun activities that children can enjoy at home to help develop these important skills 🎲🎶. What a fantastic morning of learning and partnership with our families! 🌟😊