Nursery Blog
W/B: 17th July 2017
On behalf of all the staff at Grange Valley Primary School we would like to say thank you for your continued support this year. The staff were overwhelmed with all of your kind cards and gifts. We hope you have a wonderful summer and we wish all the children good luck for September.
Congratulations to all of our nursery children who graduated this year. You made your teachers and families very proud.
On Wednesday we had our end of year party. The children had lots of fun dancing, playing games and eating party food.
W/B: 10th July 2017
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
On Thursday the whole school celebrated French day. The children came to school dressed in the colours of the french flag.
We painted flags in blue, white and red. We tried croissants and french bread for snack. Mrs Fowler our french specialist came into nursery to do a french singing session. The children enjoyed clapping to the songs and attempting to say some of the french words.
W/B: 3rd July 2017
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
W/B: 26th June 2017
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
This week our theme has been pirates. The children were very excited when they found real treasure in our pirate treasure chest.
On Wednesday Captain Black Beard stole our treasure! We went on a treasure hunt around school to find it. The children very confidently asked teachers and the older children if they had seen a pirate with a big black beard.
We made our own treasure maps.
Take a look at some of our other pirate activities this week...
Taylen made a fantastic treasure map and treasure chest at home.
W/B: 19th June 2017
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
This week we completed our sponsored spin. Thank you to everyone for returning your sponsor forms and money. The money will be used to develop our school forest area.
This week was culture week. In Nursery we traveled around the world and learnt lots of interesting facts about a range of countries.
On Monday we visited Australia. We learnt about animals, music and aboriginal art. We made our own Australian dot art.
On Tuesday we visited France. We learnt how to say hello and goodbye in French, we coloured French flags and we constructed the Eiffel Tower.
On Thursday we visited Africa. We read a story called 'Handa's Surprise' about a little girl who lives in Africa. In the story Handa was going to deliver a range of fruits to her friend but on the way the animals stole it! In group we tried all of the fruits from the story e.g. banana, mango, passion fruit, guava, orange, pineapple and avocado.
On Thursday we visited our final county Italy. We learnt about the colours of the flag, the Italian football team and we made pizzas.
W/B: 14th June 2017
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
This week we went on our trip to Farmer Ted's. The children had a fantastic day looking at the animals, riding the tractor and playing on the parks. Well done children we were very proud of you all.
Over the holidays the gardeners came to school to begin preparing our forest area as soon the forest will become part of our EYFS outdoor area. The children had lots of fun exploring the new areas, flowers, logs and trees. They were very creative and we observed lots of fun and exciting games and role-play.
W/B: 5th June 2017
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
This week we had a visit from the bird man. He brought in three beautiful owls. He talked to the children about each owl and they had the opportunity to stroke them.
Unfortunately due to chicken pox some of our children missed our sports day last half term. We decided to have a mini sports dat
W/B: 22nd May 2017:
Well done to all of our children today. We were so proud of how well behaved they were and how fantastic they ran their races. We would also like to thank parents for your continued support.
W/B: 15th May 2017:
Well done to our Stars of the Week. We hope you enjoy your weekend with Buzz, Honey and Mikey.
On Thursday one of our butterflies hatched out of its cocoon. The children enjoyed watching it and collecting leaves to feed it on Friday. Hopefully over the weekend our other one will hatch.
This week our story was called 'Jasper's Beanstalk'. We read the story and then talked about how Jasper planted his bean and looked after it until it grew into a giant beanstalk. We followed the steps in from the story to plant our own beans. We hope the children enjoy looking after them at home. After planting our seeds our hands were dirty. We reviewed effective hand washing and washed our hands until they were all clean.
We made flowers in the Craft Area.
After reading a story called 'All Change' at story time some of our children enjoyed using the props in the new Reading Area to act it out.
W/B: 8th May 2017:
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
This week we've had pixie visitors in Nursery. They've moved in to our wonderful new woodland Reading Area. Three pixie doors magically appeared and the children were intrigued to find out who lived inside.
Our pixie visitor's sent us a letter to tell us about the rules for our new Reading Area. The children have been following the rules this week and they've had lots of fun sharing stories with their friends. Some of our children even wrote letters back to the pixies.
On Thursday our children brought in their favourite books to share with the pixies. The Gruffalo was a very popular story.
When the children had gone home on Tuesday night the pixies came out to play. The teachers showed the children photographs of the pixies and the children asked lots of questions about them. After playing with the pixie puppets some of our children made their own.
We used lolly sticks to make pixie doors to take home. We decorated them with lots of shiny sequins so the pixies would like them. We used sticks and flowers to make pixie wands. The children pretended to use them to shrink so they could fit in the tiny pixie doors. On Wednesday the pixies left us ingredients to make magic potions. The children added leaves, flowers, coloured liquids and powders.
On Thursday our children followed the fairy cakes recipe to make some delicious cakes. When they were finished we sprinkled they with pixie dust. 
W/B: 2nd May 2017:
This week we've been watching our caterpillars carefully as they've grown and grown and grown. Our caterpillars are preparing for the next stage in the cycle. Hopefully when we return to Nursery on Monday they will be in their cocoon.
Our sports day is on Friday 26th May. This week we've been out on the field learning the rules and practising running in the lanes. After this we went out to explore our wonderful school field.
This week we starter to transform our new Reading Area. We have chosen a wonderful woodland theme. I'm sure you'll agree it looks fantastic and we can't wait for the children to begin accessing it next week.
We have arranged our summer EYFS trip to Farmer Ted's on Wednesday 14th June. Please ensure you have a letter.
W/B: 24th April 2017:
Today Helen from Talking Teeth in Schools came to visit our children in Nursery. She talked to the children all about the importance of brushing their teeth, looking after their gums, visiting the dentist and eating healthy foods. The children had lots of fun pretending to be dentists after the workshop. Thanks Helen.
This week we have been learning all about caterpillars and butterflies. In class we now have 5 caterpillars called Batman, Bob, Rosie, Rufus and Perry. We will be watching them over the next few weeks as they transform into beautiful butterflies.
This weeks story was called 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. The story helped us learn about the butterfly life cycle. The children helped sequence the life cycle pictures.
In Mathematics we have been learning about symmetry. We made symmetrical butterfly patterns.
Following 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' story we used the fruits from the story to make yummy fruit kebabs.
W/B: 17th April 2017:
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
Today Tony from Noah's Experience visited our nursery. The children enjoyed learning the names of the different reptiles and some of them enjoyed stroking and holding them.
After our visit from the snakes we made snake craft. We decorated our snakes with 2D shapes. Some of our children focused on naming 2D shapes and some made repeating shape patterns.
To celebrate St.George's Day we read George and the Dragon and we made flags and biscuits.
You may have noticed our new area in nursery. The children have enjoyed using our new space to read and share stories with their friends. Over the next few weeks we will be working with our children to develop this area.
Finally this week we welcomed a group of new children to our nursery. They've all settled well and have had lots of fun playing and making new friends.
W/B: 27th March 2017:
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
This week we have been learning all about Spring and Easter. We went on a Spring walk in the sun and we saw some beautiful flowers and minibeasts. To celebrate Easter we made chocolate nest cakes, baskets and chick craft. We also read the traditional Easter story and stories about bunnies and chicks.
Friday was a sad day as Miss Harmon one of our student helpers left to start her new placement.We said goodbye to her and wished her good luck for the future. We'll miss you Miss Harmon!
This week Spring arrived and the sun was shining. The children had lots of fun exploring our outdoor area and playing with some of our new toys and activities.
Don't forget Noah's Experience will be visiting school on Wednesday 19th April.
In our hall time we played with the parachute. The children enjoyed playing a range of different games. Mrs Threlkeld couldn't resist joining in as she passed through the hall.
This week the Easter bunny visited nursery to collect the children's unwanted dummies. The children went out into the forest to leave the dummies for the baby bunnies. When they returned they found certificates, bunny teddies and a chocolate egg to say thank you. Well done children!
W/B: 20th March 2017:
Well done to our Star's of the Week!
This week we have been learning all about the Gruffalo. We read the story together and also watched the Gruffalo movie. The children were eager to meet the Gruffalo and the other story characters. The gruffalo story has stimulated lots of writing ideas e.g. sign for the forest, letters to the Gruffalo and story writing.
We went on a Gruffalo hunt. We went into the forest to see if we could spot him, unfortunately he wasn't there. We collected forest objects and explored them back in nursery.
In the playdough area we made Gruffalo models. The children used google eyes, pipe cleaners, twigs and purple spikes to create the different body parts.
To celebrate Mother's Day we based cakes, made necklaces and beautiful cards for our special Mummies.
On Friday it was Red Nose Day. Thank you for your £1 donations which will go towards the Red Nose Appeal. We talked to the children briefly about where the money will go to and how it will help around the world.
W/B: 13th March 2017:
Well done to our superstars this week!
This week we have been learning all about pets. Thank you for all of your wonderful pet photographs. Some of our children have enjoyed pretending to be vets in the role-play area this week.
Thomas and Miss Abbott brought in their pets to show their friends in nursery. Miss Abbott talked to the children about how she cares for her pet dog Poppy and the children each had a go at feeding and brushing her. The children asked lots of questions.
On Thursday we made biscuits in the shape of doggy bones. They were yummy!
On Friday it was the Cheltenham Gold Cup. In our hall time we pretended to be jockeys riding our horses around the track.
This week we've even had some sunshine!
W/B: 6th March 2017:
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
Well done to Miss Abbott and her puppy Flo who won first prize at Crufts this week.
Our book for this was called 'Rumble in the Jungle'. Each page taught us about a new jungle animal. We also talked about the initial sounds in the animal names e.g. t for tiger and the children identified the initial sound in their names.
In Mathematics this week we practised counting groups of animals in cages and we wrote number labels for them (1-5). After group time it was wonderful to see a group children applying their new number writing skills during their play time.
In the Creative Area we made snaked with Miss Harmon.
In our hall time this week we experimented with animals moves. We then practised our animals moved on the apparatus e.g. crawling like a tiger, slithering like a snake and flapping like a parrot.
W/B: 27th February 2017:
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
This week our theme is Goldilock's and the Three Bears. The children enjoyed using the role-play props to act out the story. On Wednesday Goldilock's sneaked into nursery and ate all of Baby Bear's porridge. On Thursday we made our own porridge and we all had a bowl at snack time.
In the story the family of bears have different sized items. The children helped sort the different sized bowls, chairs and beds for each bear. We used the vocabulary big, medium and small to describe the size of each item.
We celebrated Pancake Tuesday by making our own pancakes. The children enjoyed mixing the ingredients and the teachers enjoyed tossing the pancakes. Our favourite part was eating them with chocolate spread and jam on.
On Friday we celebrated Wold Book Day. We came to nursery dressed as characters from our parents favourite books. In assembly Mrs Holcroft read us a story called 'The Magic Porridge Pot'. The children enjoyed dancing to a song all about the love of reading.
Thank you to parents for the fantastic efforts with the costumes.
W/B: 20th February 2017:
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
This week Ray from the Healthy Living Team has been into nursery to talk to the children all about healthy lifestyles. We talked about the importance of eating and drinking healthy food, having lots of sleep, washing our bodies, brushing our teeth and doing lots of exercising. Ray took the children into the hall to do an exercise session. They enjoyed playing a range of games.
On Wednesday we made fruit salads. The children chose a range of fruits and we enjoyed eating them at snack time.
We did some fruity craft. The children printed pictures using a range if fruit. They also collaged fruit templates for our display.
On Thursday the children played fruit bingo with Miss Parry. They enjoyed shouting BINGO!
In the fruit and vegetable shop this week the children used real pennies to pay. We looked at the price labels and counted out the correct amount of pennies for each item.
The teachers were amazed with Poppies super writing this week. She wrote a list of fruits.
In our hall time we focused on the effects of exercise on our bodies. We checked our heart rate and body temperature before and after exercise. We did a circuit of different exercises.
W/B: 6th February 2017:
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
What a busy week!
We would like to thank everyone who came to our Stay and Play sessions in our final week of Spring 1. We hope you enjoyed having the opportunity to look at your child's Learning Journey file and talking to your child's Key Worker about their progress and next steps. We also hope you found the introduction to nursery phonics useful. If you have any further questions about phonics please feel free to speak to Miss Prescott.
This week we had some visitors in Nursery to talk to the children all about cyber safety. They read the children a book called 'Chicken Clicking' to help them understand the importance of safety when using tablets and computers.
Towards the end of the week we started to think about Valentines Day. We read a book called 'Guess How Much I love You'. The story is about how Little and Big Nutbrown Hares express their love for each other. In group time we talked about how we express our love for the people we love in our families. We made love heart wands for the children to give to someone they love. We also decorated cakes for our Valentines party.
On Friday is was Valentines party day. The children all looked very smart in their party clothes. The children had lots of fun singing, dancing, playing party games and eating cakes and hotdogs.
W/B: 30th January 2017:
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
This week our learning has been themed around Chinese New Year. On Wednesday we had a Chinese buffet for snack. The children enjoyed rice, noodles, prawn crackers, prawn toast and spring rolls.
In the house this week some of our children have been dressing in traditional Chinese clothes. The boys particularly liked the hats!
It's been a very crafty week in Nursery! We practised our Chinese writing when we made Happy New Year cards. We practised our cutting skills when we made Chinese lanterns, they look beautiful hanging from our ceiling. Finally we made sparkly dragon puppets. We used them to do some Chinese dragon dances.
We read the traditional Chinese New Year story all about the animals racing across the river. Ask your child to tell you who won the race.
The children have enjoyed serving food at the Chinese restaurant/take-away. Some children wrote their own menus.
We have learnt a Chinese song:
Gung Hay Fat Choy, Gung Hay Fat Choy
Sing Happy New Year, Gung Hay Fat Choy
Visit this website to hear the full song: http://www.nancymusic.com/Gunghayplay.htm
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W/B: 23rd January 2017:
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
This week we had a special visitor in nursery who left us some special dinosaur eggs to look after. The children wrapped them up to keep them warm. Overnight the eggs hatched open and we found baby paw prints all around our nursery. We went on a hunt around school and we found 3 baby dinosaurs. The writing after this activity was amazing!
This week we have read a story called 'Say Hello to the Dinosaurs'. In the story the children learnt the names of some dinosaurs; stegosaurus, TRex, tyrannosaurus, diplodocus and a pterodactyl. Can you child remember what the dinosaurs are called?
We have done lots of wonderful dinosaur craft. The children painted spiky stegosauruses and made a diplodocus with a long neck.
Some children enjoyed digging for fossils in our discovery area and some enjoyed playing Jurassic Park.
In PE we practised moving like dinosaurs.
W/B: 16th January 2017:
Well done to our Stars of the Week
This week we have been learning about 'The Three Little Pigs'. The children enjoyed reading the story and joining in with the repeated story words. Some of our children have been building houses made out of straw, sticks and bricks.
We made piggy masks.
We went on a local walk to see what houses we could see. We found bungalows, apartments, semi-detached houses, terraced houses, a caravan and a farm house.
In group time we went on a shape hunt. We found lots of objects around nursery that were shaped like circles, squares, rectangles and triangles.
In PE we introduced apparatus. The children practised balancing and crawling on the benches.
W/B: 9th January 2017:
Well done to our Stars of the Week
When we came into nursery on Thursday we found our teddy bears had been frozen! The children tried to crack off the ice and they wrapped them in blankets to make them warm. After talking in group the children decided that Elsa had come to school over night and used her magic hands to freeze the teddies. The children wrote her letters to tell her not to do it again.
We made beautiful Elsa wands to give us magical powers. We hope the children don't freeze anyone at home!
It was very windy on Friday so we made frozen kites to use outside.
On Friday we explored Elsa's magic frozen gloves.
In PE we danced to 'Let it go'. The children enjoyed using the streamers wave and spin.
W/B: 3rd January 2017:
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
As we came back to school after the Christmas holidays the children noticed a change in the weather. We all wrapped up warm and went on a Winter walk to explore the frost and ice outside. The children had lots of fun making tracks in the frosty grass and jumping on frozen puddles.
On return from our walk we made beautiful Winter themed collages for our display in nursery. The children used blue, white and silver colours.
The teachers were super impressed with the children's cutting/snipping skills when they made snowflakes.
On Friday it was finally time to celebrate our school achieving 'Outstanding' in our Ofsted inspection. To celebrate we had an assembly where each class was awarded an Oscar for working so hard and we let off lots of blue and green balloons. As the balloons landed in peoples gardens our school received emails from people in Rochdale and Bolton to congratulate us!
W/B: 12th December 2016
We hope all of our families have a wonderful Christmas. We look forward to welcoming everyone back to school on Tuesday 3rd January 2017.
Nursery Christmas Party 2016
Underwater Street 2016
Meet the stars of the show ...
AM Christmas Sing-Along
PM Christmas Sing-Along
Wednesday 14th December- Trip to Underwater Street
Thursday 15th December- Party
W/B: 5th December 2016
On Wednesday we took part in International Mountain Day. The children came to nursery dressed in their mountain climbers clothes. Unfortunately due to the weather we couldn't go outside but we had fun in nursery pretending.
On Friday Sandra from the church came to nursery to talk about Christmas celebrations. We read the traditional nativity story about the birth of baby Jesus and we made christingles.
On Tuesday we took part in our school's Christmas tree lighting ceremony. The children enjoyed singing Christmas carols for their parents. Father Christmas heard the children's beautiful singing and came for visit.
Reminders:
- Our Nursery sing-alongs will be held on Tuesday 13th at 11am and 2:30pm. As you can appreciate it will be a tight squeeze and for health and safety reasons we can only accommodate 2 people per child per performance. Children need to come dressed in a Christmas jumper and wear a Santa hat that is clearly labelled with their name.
- Please ensure you have signed up with Mrs Baines to bring an item of food for our party on Thursday.
- We have a number of parents who have not yet signed up to 2BuildaProfile. This will allow us to send you your child’s observations from the autumn term. Please ensure if you receive an email from 2BuildaProfile you accept it. If you have not yet received an email please check with Miss Prescott to verify your correct email address.
- Children finished school for the Christmas holidays on Friday 16th December and return back to school on Tuesday 3rd January. We have a new group of children starting with us in the Spring term.
IMPORTANT TRIP INFORMATION
- On the day of the trip all children need to come into nursery between 8:45am and 9:00am. Please pick children up at 3:15pm.
- Children need to come to school in school uniform to help us identify them easily while we are there. Can children please wear jogging bottoms or leggings.
- Please bring a packed lunch in a carrier bag labelled with your child’s name. All contents of the carrier bag will be thrown away so please ensure items are disposable e.g. drinks bottles and spoons.
- Children do not need any money.
- Parent trip helpers please arrive at the same time as your child. Please confirm you’re are still helping on the trip on Monday with Mrs Baines.
W/B: 28th November 2016
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
This week Santa sent a cheeky elf to spy on our children in nursery. His name was Elvis and he came all the way from the North Pole. As the children were sleeping Elvis the elf had lots of fun playing with our toys. He came into nursery through a tiny little door. Each day the children put out treats, drinks and toys to tempt Elvis out. One day when we came into nursery Elvis had eaten all of the chocolates out of our advent calendar. Santa had to send us some new ones.
It was wonderful to see how Elvis inspired the children's writing. The children wrote letters, notes, captions, lists, etc.
One morning we found poor Elvis frozen in a block of ice! Elsa had used her magic hands to freeze him. Santa had to come to nursery and take him back to the North Pole. He sat in front of Santa's big fire until he was melted and then he came back. The children were shocked when they found all the fruit has smiley faces on.
It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. The children helped us decorate our Christmas tree, do you like it?
W/B: 14th November 2016
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
This week we have been reading the story 'Whatever Next!'. The children enjoyed using props to act out Baby Bear's adventure to the moon. Ask your child to tell you about the story.
Our children had fun exploring alien ice eggs. They used their own ideas to melt the ice and try to free the baby aliens. The children wrapped them up to make them warm, they used tools to try and crack them and they rubbed salt on them.
We received a letter from an alien called Zeb. Some of our children used special alien paper to write back. It was lovely to see what confident writers our children are becoming.
We made alien headbands. We practised decorating them using circles and line patterns. The children counted how many eyes they wanted on their headband.
See below some of the other space themed activities our children have been up to...
On Friday it was Children in Need. Our children came to nursery wearing odd socks and they all kindly donated £1 to Children in Need.
On Friday we couldn't resist going out on our school field to explore the hailstones! We put on our wet suits, wellies and coats to keep us warm and dry. The children had lots of fun making patterns in the hailstones and jumping in VERY deep puddles like Peppa Pig.
W/B: 7th November 2016
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
This week we have been pretending to be fire fighters. The children enjoyed answering the phone and recording the emergencies. They ran around the playground pretending to put fires out.
We used our tubes to make super rocket models. They look fantastic zooming around in our Creative Area.
Outside we practiced our firework moves using streamers. We practiced waving them high, waving them low and spinning as fast as we could!
Our playground looked beautiful when the children had finished using chalk to draw firework patterns.
The children used 2D shapes to create rocket pictures.
Do you like our firework pictures? We used pipe cleaners to create firework patterns.
For our Friday treat the children made sparklers. We hope they enjoyed them.
Today was Remembrance Day (11/11/16). We talked to the children about why we wear a poppy on Remembrance Day to remember all the brave soldiers who fought in the wars past and present. Some of the children went into school to watch the KS2 assembly and some stayed in nursery and we had 2 minutes silence. We made our own poppies.
Thank you to all of our parents who came to our stay and play sessions this week. We hope you found them useful.
W/B: 31st October 2016
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
What a lovely first week back in nursery! We talked about Halloween and the children shared stories with their teachers and friends about their spooky costumes and trick or treating fun. On Wednesday, we got to see all of those spooky costumes as we enjoyed our ‘Pumpkin Party’! We danced, played musical statues and enjoyed two games of pass the parcel! We also enjoyed our yummy party food treat!
The story the children enjoyed this week was Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson, the children loved joining in with the repeating phrases in the story— “The witch tapped the broomstick...and whoosh! They were gone.”
We have been very busy in our creative area this week, we have made pumpkins and ghosts - recognising the shapes that we used to make the eyes, a nose and a mouth. We also noticed that lots of leaves had fallen off the tree in the outdoor area so we collected these leaves and had a think about what we could do with them. Miss Abbott thought of a great idea to make night owls and use the leaves as wings! Our night owls are sitting nicely on their tree in the creative area. We hope that Miss Prescott likes our new display!
On Friday, we talked about the importance of being safe around fireworks and sparklers on Bonfire Night and we made a delicious seasonal treat— chocolate apples!
W/B: 17th October 2016
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
In group we talked about vehicle registration plates. We talked about the fact that they are all unique and no vehicle has the same. In the writing area the children made their own. The teachers were really impressed with the children's pencil grip and how some children can already form some beautiful letters and numbers.
In our role-play area this week the children have enjoyed working at the car garage pretending to be mechanics. The children used the tools to fix the vehicles, they used the buckets and sponges to wash the vehicles and some children looked at the new car brochures and pretended to buy new cars.
Thank you to everyone who sent in junk modelling resources. The children used the resources to construct some fantastic vehicles. Some children made cars, some made buses and some made vans. The children all helped count out 4 wheels for their vehicles.
Outside we pretended to move like different vehicles. We drove on the road like cars, buses and motorbikes. We made a long line and pretended to be a train. We counted back from 10 and blasted off like a rocket!
One of the boys favourite activities this week was car racing. The children took turns to see which car would zoom down the pipes the fastest and which ones would go the furthest.
What a great way to finish off a fabulous half term! We had fun dancing to lots of different party songs, all chosen by the children! Our favourite was the Conga.
W/B: 10th October 2016
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
This week we have been talking about Harvest. We have been learning the names of some vegetables, sampling them and we used them to print some Harvest collages. We learnt a song about how the farmers harvest their fruit and vegetables.
At group time we practised our counting. We rolled the dice and counted out the correct amount of fruit and vegetables in our Harvest baskets.
Our story this week was 'The Little Red Hen'. In group time the children enjoyed pretending to act out the story. They joined in with the repeated phrases, "Not I said the ..." After the story we also talked about the importance of helping our friends.
We followed the recipe from the Little Red Hen and we baked our own bread. The children had fun adding the ingredients, mixing it up and kneading it ready for the over. It tasted delicious.
Miss Welding helped the children made their own little red hen's. They followed the instructions to stick all the pieces together.
On Friday we had vegetable soup and fresh bread for our snack. The children really enjoyed it and most of them ate it all up!
Some of our children enjoyed helping wash the babies. They took turns to hold the babies and use the soap and sponges to clean them.
W/B: 3rd October 2016
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
On Wednesday we went on an autumn walk. See the pictures below for our morning and afternoon walks.
We collected autumn objects on our walk. We found conkers, leaves and acorns. We used them to make beautiful autumn collages.
We used a range of different media to print some amazing autumn trees. We used foil, sponges, leaves and cotton wool.
Outside the children had fun decorating some huge autumn leaves that fell off the Horse Chestnut tree.
This week we have been practicing our Rhyme of the Week everyday. On Friday we went outside to sing it using the autumn leaves to help.
Well done to everyone who took part in the NSPCC colouring event. As a school we raised £236.50.
W/B: 26th September 2016
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
This week our learning has been themed around 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. This is Miss Prescott's favourite story. We read the story together and watched it on the whiteboard. The children have each decorated a bear using the different scenes from the story. We've used them to make a wonderful display in Yellow Room. Some of our children have been using the small world resources to act it out.
As part of one of our activities this week the children have explored the different scenes from the story. They used some fanatic words to describe them.
- Long wavy grass
- A deep cold river
- Thick oozy mud
- A big dark forest
- A swirling whirling snowstorm
- A narrow gloomy cave
My favourite day this week was Friday. We went on a real bear hunt. As we hunted we sang the story words. We explored long wavy grass, thick oozy mud and a big dark forest. We found some paw prints, but who did they belong to? We went deep into the forest and found two giant bears!
Mrs Holcroft surprised us on Thursday! She came down to nursery with a special delivery of new toys. The children enjoyed helping open them and then playing with them. We took all the boxes outside and the children decorated them and used them as dens.
On Friday we enjoyed having snack together in group. We chatted about all the nice things we had been doing during the week. It was great to see how independent our children are.
Thursday was a very windy day! We made kites and played with them outside on the playground.
W/B: 19th September 2016:
Well done to our Stars of the Week!
This week the children brought their favorite teddy bears to nursery. They had lots of fun playing with them and showing them all the lovely things they do in nursery. Some of our children pretended to have teddy bears picnics.
On Thursday we the children made their own jam sandwiches for our picnic.
We then put on our wellies and went out onto the field to take our teddy bears for a walk. We stopped off in our wonderful woodland area to have a sing along. We sang Round and Round the Garden and Five Little Teddy Bears. When we got back into nursery we had a teddy bears picnic. We had jam sandwiches, cake and milk.
In the Construction Area some of our children enjoyed using Duplo to make chairs and beds for their bears.
It was great to see some of the boys performing on our stage. They sang the Grand Old Duke of York and did the actions.
W/B: 12th September 2016:
Well done to our Stars of the Week
In group time this week we looked at the children's family photographs and talked about our family members. The children have each made their own paper plate picture. They will look fantastic on our display.
This week we celebrated 100 years of Roald Dahl. We made cakes and used sweets and chocolate from the Willy Wonka factory to decorate them. We also had a visit from the BFG!
Well done to our Stars of the Week.
What a wonderful first week we've had in nursery. Take a look below at some of the things we have been doing...
Some of our children have enjoyed seeing their older siblings on the school field.
On Friday we visited the school hall for our first PE session. The children had lots of fun stretching, running, jumping and skipping.
