Welcome to our Nursery Blog
W/B: 6th July 2015
Congratulations to all of our children who graduated today!
W/B: 29th June 2015
Well done to all of our super nursery children, we were all so proud of how well they did on sports day!
The children had lots of fun digging for buried treasure in the sand. Some of the golden coins had letters on and Lily was able to use the coins to spell out words like cat, dog and rat.
After reading a story called 'Shark in the Park', the children were inspired to make their own telescopes. The teachers had hidden lots of sharks around nursery for the children to hunt for.
Pirate Pete hid some treasure in our outdoor area. The children looked at some real treasure maps and then they made their own. We followed their maps to find Pirate Pete's treasure, there were golden coins and jewels.
The afternoon group came up with a wonderful game, they made a track using the wooden bricks and balanced carefully so the sharks didn't bite them!
W/B: 22nd June 2015:
Well done to our stars of the week Cohen, Sophie, Ella and Leon.
Do you like out sea creature craft? We used paper plates and crape paper to make dangly jellyfish.
In group time we practised designing our own fish, the children used crayons to draw lots of different patterns e.g. waves and zigzags.
It was lovely to see our afternoon children playing so nicely together on Thursday. They helped each other build a track and raced the cars as fast as they could!
This week we have been practising our sports day races, we hope you can all make it on Thursday.
Can you guess what we will be learning about next week? Our afternoon children helped us set up our new role-play area.
W/B: 15th June 2015:
Well done to our stars of the week Olivia W, Olivia S, Pearl and Ayda.
We have some wonderful writers in our Nursery, this week the children have been showing off their fantastic writing skills in all areas of Nursery. The children's favourite writing opportunity this week was the under the sea mission where they wrote a list of all the sea creatures they found.
This week we have been taking part in our whole school bubbles investigation. The children enjoyed using all the different bubble resources to make lots and lots and lots of bubbles!
Look at the fun our children had in the foam!
The girls enjoyed dancing to the Beatles classics 'Yellow Submarine' and 'Octopus's Garden'.
Look at our sea creature shape pictures.
W/B: 8th June 2015:
Well done to our stars of the week Connor, Grace, Jack and Finlay.
We made a Grange Valley Primary School scarecrow for our EYFS garden area, his name is Sonny the scarecrow.
We had lots of fun having a water fight, the teachers were very wet!
A lovely end to our farming theme, we went out to see the horses on the farm next door.
Fun in the sun!
Can you guess what our next theme is?
W/B: 2nd June 2015:
Well done to our stars of the week Riley, Phoebe, Ellena and Tarley!
We had a very windy Wednesday this week, we made our own streamers to dance outside with.
In the creative area this week we've has lots of painting activities. The children have enjoyed rolling tractor tracks and printing using a range of vegetables.
We talked about where milk comes from and watched a video to show us how the farmers milk their cows. We then made our own udders and the children each had a go at squeezing the milk out.
Take a look at some of the other farming activities we have done this week ...
W/B: 18th May 2015:
Well done to our stars of the week Sonny, Jack, Katie and Finley!
Well done to all the children who completed the Balanceability programme this week!
This week our new children had an introductory Balanceability session, they all enjoyed it and can't wait to complete the full programme next year.
On Friday it was time to wave goodbye to our beautiful butterflies. All 5 butterflies were very healthy and strong and we watched them fly off to find their beautiful butterfly friends.
On Friday we finished a great half term off with some cake making. The children enjoyed mixing up the ingredients and making their butterfly to sit on top. They looked yummy!
As part of the school 'Eco Week' the Police came in to visit our children. The children asked lots of questions and they even tried on their hats and handcuffs.
We also had a visit from Farmer Katie, she came to tell the children all about the farm she works. The children were very interested and had lots of questions, this has inspired our 'Down on the Farm' theme for when we come back to school after the holidays.
Well done to Olivia who received 'Dancer of the Week' at her morris dancing competition.
We hope you all have a great week off and the sun shines for you!
W/B: 11th May 2015:
Well done to our stars of the week Pearl, Seth and Maria!
On Thursday we went on a minibeast hunt in our woodland area. First we hunted for minibeast pictures and each time we found one we guessed its name and talked about how many legs it has. Then we went on our real bug hunt where we found worms, spiders, centipedes and woodlice. We were very carful with the minibeasts and returned them back to their natural habitats.
In the playdough area some children worked with Miss Abbott to make minibeasts, do you like our spiders?
In our Mathematics session this week the children enjoyed taking part in our bug hunter challenge. It was great to see the children hunting for minibeast and using the words more, less and the same to compare how many they found.
Yak, we had slimy worms in our tough spot this week. Some of the children enjoyed finding the hidden numbers and some simply enjoyed exploring the slimy texture.
We would like to thank Seth for our new pet stick insects. The children have been amazed at these wonderful minibeasts and they have enjoyed looking after them. Can you spot them in the photographs?
Take a look at some of the other things we have been doing in Nursery this week...
W/B: 4th May 2015
Well done to our stars of the week Harley, Olly and April!
This week we introduced our new pet caterpillars: Cian, Bailey, Ella, April and Olivia! This week we have been watching them closely as they have grown and turned into cocoons. We have been taking all about the life cycle and the children are excited for them to turn into butterflies. During play time some of the children made models of eggs, caterpillars, cocoons and butterflies.
This week our story has been 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar', we read the story together and the children helped remember the days of the week. After the story we explored the fruits the caterpillar ate through and made our own fruit caterpillar kebabs. It was great to see the children enjoying their kebabs and some children trying new fruits.
We also made our own Very Hungry Caterpillars, do you like our new display?
Did you know that butterflies have symmetrical wings? In group time we talked about this and the children decorated their own butterflies with 2D shapes. Some of the children were able to make a symmetrical butterfly all on their own! We also printed some beautiful butterflies and decorated butterflies on the IWB.
See below some of the other activities we have been doing this week in Nursery:
W/B: 27th April 2015
Well done to our stars of the week Lois, Rio and Olivia!
The children really enjoyed taking part in the sponsored dance on Friday. Thank you for all of your kind sponsorship, the money raised will go towards the new library area.
This week we enjoyed going on a Spring walk in our wonderful woodlands and down the lane next to school. We found lots of beautiful flowers growing, we saw tadpoles in the pond and birds nests in the trees.
One of our favourite activities this week was planting in our EYFS area. We planted beautiful flowers and sunflower seeds. The children's favourite part was preparing the soil ready for planting.
In Nursery we practised planting beans just like Jasper in this weeks story 'Jasper and the Beanstalk'.
This week in our discovery area we watched as our tiny seeds grew into cress, I wonder which children will try it next week?
Take a look at some of the other activities the children have done this week...
W/B: 20th April 2015
This week we have welcomed lots of new wonderful children to our nursery, it's been great to get to know the children and we hope they have enjoyed it!
Well done to our stars of the week Chloe, Mia and Kyle!
In our role-play area this week we had a castle, a handy team of builders helped us build it!
Some children wanted to be kings and queens this week so we decorated our own sparkly crowns.
On Thursday we celebrated St.Geroge's day, we read the story all about when George the knight sleighed the dragon. Some of the children enjoyed using the small world props to re-tell the story and some even wrote about it, we were so impressed with their sounding out! The children each made a flag and decorated a biscuit.
In group time we went on a number hunt around our new school. We used our special number glasses to spot numbers hidden around the environment. We found clocks, signs, car registrations and lots lots more! We also had a go at copying them on our clipboards.
The Summer term is finally here, look at all the fun we've had in the sun this week!
W/B: 30th March 2015
Well done to our stars of the week Cian, Jack and Hollie!
Thank you for all of your wonderful egg entries, we had everything from Minions to Ninja Turtles! Well done to Sonny our winner for his dinosaur entry, we hope you enjoy your prize!
On Thursday we had a visit from the Easter bunny, he kindly popped into Nursery to deliver our children some eggs. We had lots of fun using our baskets to collect them from around Nursery. Look at all those smiley faces!
The children worked together to construct an Easter egg factory. They used the wooden blocks to make the egg making machine. When they were all made Seth and Leah delivered them around Nursery.
This week we followed the recipe to make Easter nest cakes.
The children in Grange Valley Nursery are very lucky. This week they were treated to two new castles for our outdoor area, it has been great to see the children using them in their role-play. They have inspired us for our castle theme after the holidays.
To celebrate the end of the term we danced to 1D's 'That's what makes you beautiful' song. Mrs Holcroft likes this song too and she came in to dance with us!
- Please ask for a letter regarding the sponsored dance on Friday 1st May if you do not already have one. All money raised through this event will go towards our new school library.
Bags to School
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Why not de-clutter over Easter? You can bring bags of unwanted clothing in to school on collection day, Tuesday 21st April, and help to raise funds for school. Clothing only, please. No bedding, bags, belts or bric-a-brac. Please don’t send bags in any other day as there is nowhere to store them.
W/B: 23rd March 2015
Well done to our stars of the week Isobella, Isabelle and Leon!
This week we opened our new Grange Valley café, our snack area is now open throughout the day and the children are encouraged to serve themselves. It has been nice to hear the children chatting to each other around the table.
In group time we each made some binoculars using the tubes you brought in. We then went on a hunt around nursery to see how many shapes we could find, we spotted circle tables, triangle road signs and square books.
Something sad happened on Monday, someone stole Mummy snakes baby eggs! We went on a hunt outside to find the eggs and we wrote a list of the jungle animals we found on the way. This week we have noticed lots of children practising their writing skills outside.
In the creative area we made snakes using paper plates. The children decorate them and the teachers helped cut them out.
In group time this week we talked about germs. We discussed what germs are, where we get germs from and the importance of washing our hands. We then watched a video showing the children how to wash their hands thoroughly and practised it.
Look at all the other fun things we have got up to this week ...
Decorate an Egg Competiton
We will be holding our ‘decorate an egg’ competition once again , back by popular demand from the children.
We would like children to use their creative talents by decorating a ‘boiled
egg’ and bringing it into school to exhibit it in the hall on Wednesday 1st April. All eggs
will be judged by Mrs Bailey and Mrs Louden and prizes will be given for the best dressed eggs
in each class!
So let’s see what wonderful designs you can come up with this year…
W/B: 16th March 2015
Well done to our stars of the week Bailey, Harry and Ella!
It was lovely to see so many of our parents and grandparents in this week. We hope you found the stay and play sessions useful and enjoyed looking at your child's learning journey files.
This week the weather has been beautiful. We have been able to set up our playground with all of our new toys and the children have had so much fun exploring all the activities.
Some of our boys played Batman outside. They used the arches and the tyres to construct a bat cave and a bat mobile. It was great to see the boys working so well together and so engaged in their role-play activity. Well done boys!
We had great fun in our hall time this week. We practised moving like different jungle animals for example slithering like a snake and jumping like a gazelle. The teachers were very impressed as the children showed us the different ways they could move on the apparatus.
Thank you for all of your milk cartons. We have used them this week to make our Elmer the elephant models, some children will finish theirs next week.
Easter Egg Raffle Tickets
Tickets will be on sale in school at break time for the Easter Egg Raffle that will be drawn at our Easter Bingo on the Thursdays 26th March (see attached flyer) organised by our PTFA. There are lots of scrummy Easter eggs available to win. Tickets are 20p each or £1 for a strip.
Decorate an Egg Competiton
We will be holding our ‘decorate an egg’ competition once again , back by popular demand from the children.
We would like children to use their creative talents by decorating a ‘boiled
egg’ and bringing it into school to exhibit it in the hall on Wednesday 1st April. All eggs
will be judged by Mrs Bailey and Mrs Louden and prizes will be given for the best dressed eggs
in each class!
So let’s see what wonderful designs you can come up with this year…
Do you like our funny faces for Red Nose Day 2015?
Don't forget our stay and play sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
If you have any empty milk cartons please bring them into school on Monday. We are going to use them to make Elmer the elephants.
W/B: 9th March 2015
Well done to our stars of the week Joseph, Ayda and Ashton!
Our children have had lots of fun exploring our jungle role-play area and using the jungle animals to scare everybody, "Roar." They have also been looking after our cuddly jungle animals.
The teachers were super impressed with the children's animal print paintings this week. We have made a wonderful display with them in our creative area. The children's favourite prints were the stripy zebra and the spotty cheetah.
We helped the zoo keeper count the animals in our Maths session this week. We lined them up and used our counting finger to touch each one. Some of the children even found the number to match!
Take a look at some of the other jungle themed activities we have been doing this week:
This week we did our number rhyme time altogether, they children took turns to sing 5 Little Speckled Frogs, 5 Little Monkeys and 5 Little Men in a Flying Saucer. Why don't you sing them at home together?
We talked about our Mummy's and all the special things they do for us. We hope you like your Mother's Day card and flowers and we wish you a Happy Mother's Day for Sunday.
On Monday we all visited the book fair to look at all the lovely books you could buy. Kyle brought his superhero book in to show his friends.
We watched a video all about children who live in Africa, the children were very shocked to see that some children didn't even have any shoes! We talked about how lucky we are to have houses, toys, clothes and televisions. The children would like to send your kind donations to Africa to help the children living in poverty. We hope the children enjoyed eating their Red Nose Day biscuits.
W/B: 2nd March 2015
Well done to our stars of the week Abigail, Ellena and Max!
On Friday we celebrated World Book Day. We were so impressed with the children's costumes, the children enjoyed parading them around school and showing them off in assembly. We hope you enjoyed our performance of 'When Goldilocks went to the House of the Bears'.
This week our learning has been themed around the story 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears. On Monday we read the story and thought out the week the children have taken part in lots of activities including; ordering the Three Bears objects by size, ordering bear numbers, making junk model cottages, collaging bears, and lots lots more.
In our cottage role-play area the children used the props to act out the story.
On Wednesday we had some of the three bears porridge for snack, most of the children really enjoyed it.
On Thursday Sally came to school to run the second of our Balanceability sessions. The weather was nice this week so we were able to go out on the big playground.
W/B: 23rd March 2015
Well done to our stars of the week Pearl, Cian and April!
Our children all looked fantastic today, thank you for all of your effort with the costumes. We were so proud of the children when they sang Frere Jacques in assembly today.
At snack time we tried lots of different French foods including crepes, croissants, brioche and crusty roll. As you can tell from the pictures they really enjoyed it!
This week we have been learning about the Eiffel Tower, some children enjoyed using bricks to build it and some used shapes to create a picture.
We made our own French flags using blue and read. We tried very hard to colour carefully and stay in the lines.
This week we were invited into the hall to watch a show all about musical instruments from around the world. Some of the nursery children were chosen to play some of the instruments.
On Thursday is was our first Balanceability session, all the children thoroughly enjoyed it and can't wait for next weeks session.
In the hall we used the mats to practise our crawling and rolling skills.
Look at the concentration on the children's faces!
Mrs Holcroft has moved her office into the room next door to nursery, the children have enjoyed bobbing in for a chat today.
W/B: 9th February 2015
Well done to our stars of the week Leah, Sophie and Frankie!
This week we have been learning all about Chinese New Year. The children have enjoyed role-playing in our Chinese Restaurant. The children took turns to take each others orders, cook the food and serve the customers.
We watched some videos of Chinese dancing and the children were really interested in the dragons. Each child used lots of sequins and glitter to decorate their own dragon puppet. When they were all dry we went into the hall and danced to the Chinese music. Mrs Holcroft heard the music from her office and came to join in.
Take a look below at some of the other Chinese themed activities we have been up to this week:
At the end of the week we had a little Valentines party. The children enjoyed singing, dancing and eating a buffet snack.
We hope you all have a fantastic week off and we look forward to seeing you on Monday 23rd February.
W/B: 2nd February 2015
Well done to our stars of the week Kyle, Jack and Skye!
In Nursery this week we have been focusing on 'The Gingerbread Man'. In our hall time we read the story and acted it out, the children enjoyed running around shouting, "Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the Gingerbread Man."
On Wednesday and Thursday we had an unusual visitor in our nursery. The little old lady from the story came to deliver a basket full of ingredients and she asked us to make gingerbreads for all the characters in the story. We followed the recipe instructions and made lots of gingerbreads, we very carefully opened the oven so they didn't all run off! We hope the children shared them with their families.
It was lovely to see the children sharing the book with their friends, we had a surprize when a giant gingerbread popped up at the window!
In our discovery area this week the children were challenged to match the biscuit scents to the pictures, we had chocolate, vanilla, orange and ginger.
We had lots of other fun gingerbread themed activities around nursery, the children particularly enjoyed painting their own and making them out of playdough.
W/B: 26th January 2015:
Well done to our stars of the week Sonny, Lois and Olivia!
Congratulations to Rio for being the 'Star of the Week' at his football club!
Let it snow!!!!
On Thursday we had a nursery full of very excited children. We nipped outside to have a quick play in the snow and throw a snowball or two. We even brought some snow inside nursery and some children practised their snowman making skills. We hope you all saw Frosy the snowman before he melted away this afternoon.
In nursery we used some special powder to make our own snow. The children mixed it with water and watched as it grew.
In the creative area this week the children enjoyed using the wheels on the emergency service vehicles to paint. We talked about the different patterns on the wheels as they rolled them on the paper.
In group time we all pretended to be rubbish collectors. We learnt all about the importance of recycling our rubbish and we sorted our nursery rubbish into paper and plastic.
Our favourite activity of the week was to dress up as fire fighters and use our squirty bottle to put out the flames. We sprayed the flames and then identified which tray had more and less flames.
W/B: 19th January 2015:
Well done to our stars of the week Chloe, Bailey and Mia!
We would also like to say well done to Finlay for achieving the Superstar award at gymnastics.
The children have enjoyed playing in our role-play hospital this week. It has been lovely to see them taking turns of the equipment and pretending to be patients, doctors and nurses.
In group we helped Natalie the nurse count all the things in her medical box. We talked about the importance of lining the objects up, touching each object and counting in the correct order. Some children even matched the amount of objects to the correct number card.
We have been on a logo hunt around our nursery to find signs and logos that we recognise. Then we played logo bingo, the children's favourite one was McDonalds!
This week each group has used junk modelling resources to build a fire engine, we worked together to create wheels, lights, windows, hoses and ladders. What do you think?
A group of children worked together to build a lego hospital.
Enjoy your weekend from all the staff in nursery.
W/B: 12th January 2015:
What a busy, busy week!
Well done to our stars of the week Phoebe, Ella and Tarley!
On Wednesday the weather was perfect for a winter walk, we all got wrapped up nice and warm and walked down the lane to see what wintery things we could spot.
In our construction area some of the children have enjoyed using different sized cups to build Elsa a new castle. It was lovely to see the children working together to secure it and solve any problem they came across.
This week we have been exploring ice, the children found a sparkly box outside full of Elsa's things and inside was a magic hand made out of ice. We used our eyes and hands to explore the ice and we through of lots of special words to describe it.
In our PE time we practised big arm movements using streamers, we danced to the children's favourite song 'Let it go'.
Take a look below at some of the other activities we have been doing this week ..
Today we were lucky enough to have a visit from the fire service. We each had a go at sitting in the fire engine and some of us even tried on the fire fighters helmets.
W/B: 5th January 2015:
This week we have welcomed a group of new children to our Nursery, it has been great to get to know the children and their families. They have all settled well and are beginning to get used to our nursery rules and routines. We look forward to all the fun times ahead.
Our theme this week has been 'winter'. We have been learning about the changes that happen in winter, making winter collages and playing winter bingo.
See pictures below of some of the activities we have been up to this week:
W/B: 15th December 2014:
We would like to thank you for all of your kind gifts and wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year! We hope you have a wonderful Christmas holiday and have lots of rest ready for the busy spring term ahead.
We were so proud of our children at the nursery Christmas sing along. They were all so good at singing their Christmas songs in front of all their families. Well done nursery!
On Wednesday we had our Christmas party. We had lots of dancing, singing, games and food. Thank you for all of the party food and we would also like to say a big thank you to Michael's daddy for helping us with the lighting and music :).
We even had a visit from Father Christmas!
On Tuesday afternoon we had lots of fun with our children who start in January, it was lovely to meet everyone.
I wonder if you can guess what our theme in January will be?
W/B: 8th December 2014:
Well done to our stars of the week Harry, Kyle and Skye!
Each group has got their own advent calendar to open. We have been challenging the children to find the correct number each day.
This week we have been reading the real Christmas story. It was all about the birth of a special baby boy called Jesus.
This week each group went on a present hunt around nursery. We collected lots of different shaped presents and took them back to our group rooms. We talked about each shape and the possible things that could be inside e.g. in the rectangle present it could be a DVD or an ipad.
We have been writing our names in our Christmas cards. Some children have been tracing it, some children have been copying it and some children can write it all on their own!
The children were very excited when they saw the hail stones, our playground turned white!
W/B: 1st December 2014:
Well done to our stars of the week Michael, Rio and Grace!
On Wednesday we went on our first nursery trip to Gulliver's World. We enjoyed going on the rides, watching a show and going to see Santa in his grotto. All the staff and helpers were so proud of how sensible and well behaved the children were. See the pictures above.
This week we had a very special visitor from the North Pole. Ellie the elf came to talk to the children about what they would like for Christmas and she told them how much Santa enjoys receiving letters. After her visit the children enjoyed writing letters and posting them in our post box.
In group time this week we talked about Christmas traditions and we each made a Christmas wreath to hang on our front doors. The children did all the cutting and sticking all by themselves!
Here are some of the other things we have done in nursery this week:
This week we changed our role-play area to match the Christmas theme. The children have enjoyed making Christmas dinner and buying presents from the toy shop.
W/B: 24th November 2014:
Well done to our stars of the week Lily, Yasmin and Harley!
Look at all the fun our children have had in our role-play area this week! The children have enjoyed working on the building site, some children have built houses, towers and castles and some children have been designing buildings in the office.
This week we have been learning all about the story 'The Three Little Pigs', each group had made a house from the story using straw, sticks and bricks. In the Creative Area some children chose to collage all three!
In key group time we read the story and practised saying the special story words, "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down." We used our small world props to help act it out.
All the children have made a pig to go on our 'Three Little Pigs' display.
Lily has been practising writing numbers on the little pigs houses and Rio made a family of playdough pigs.
We would like to thank all the parents who came to our stay and play sessions this week. We hope you found the phonics workshop useful and enjoyed speaking to your child's key worker about your child's progress.
W/B: 17th November 2014:
Well done to our stars of the week Olivia, Tarley and April!
This week in nursery we have been learning all about construction and buildings. The children have enjoyed looking at all the different types of machines and diggers working at our school and talking about the jobs they have done. We looked at different types of buildings and then worked together to build our own lego houses. Some children used a big box to make a giant skyscraper!
Lots of imaginary play this week, the children enjoyed playing in the building site small world, they used the diggers to transport the bricks and to make tracks in the sand. After reading 'Big Yellow Digger' in group time the children acted out their own digger adventures.
The teachers had a great time on Thursday watching the 'Disney Princess' show. The girls sang a range of Disney songs and used instruments to make their own music. They even made their own tickets!
On Friday, the afternoon children helped the teachers set up our new 'Building Site' role-play area. They thought of some great ideas about what we should have in our role-play area and they helped paint our digger. Well done afternoon group!
W/B: 10th November 2014:
Well done to our stars of the week Joseph, Jack and Mia!
This week we have been learning all about bonfire night. The children have been telling us all about the fireworks they saw and some children enjoyed making their own rockets and painting firework pictures.
We learnt about the job of a firefighter and some children pretended to be fire fighters in our fire station role-play area.
Thank you to all the children who came to school in their pyjamas on Friday. We have collected all of your donations and we will send them to children in need. On Friday morning nursery went to assembly in the school hall.
Children in Need
Next Friday, 14th November, is Children in Need day. Children can come in in their pyjamas on the day if they would like to donate £1 to the cause.
W/B: 3rd November:
Welcome back to nursery everyone!
On Tuesday we all had a great time at our spooky party. We enjoyed dancing to spooky music, playing party games and listening to 'FUNNYBONES'.
We also enjoyed making chocolate apples, they were yummy!
Take a look at some the other spooky activities we have been doing this week:
On Thursday we went out to watch the diggers and trucks working on our school.
We would like all children to come to nursery dressed in a spooky costume on Tuesday 4th November.
During the week beginning 17th November parents will be invited into Nursery for a 'Stay and Play' session. During this session Miss Prescott will speak to parents about early phonics development and parents will have the opportunity to speak to their child's key worker about how their child has settled into Nursery.
W/B: 20th October:
Well done to Katie for getting her certificate for completing the library reading challenge!
Where has the last 8 weeks gone?! We hope the children have enjoyed their first half term in nursery at much as we have. Enjoy the holidays and ensure the children have a restful week ready for the busy half term ahead.
Well done to our stars of the week Jack, Cian and Isabelle!
This week we have been learning all about the story 'The Little Red Hen'. The children enjoyed listening to the story and learning all about how to make bread. The children have enjoyed taking part in lots of other story related activities e.g. planting wheat seeds, mark making in flour and baking cakes at the Little Red Hen bakery. We have also made lots of wonderful Little Red Hen craft for our display.
Later in the week we followed the instructions in the Little Red Hens baking book to make some bread. When our bread was ready we had it for snack with some delicious soup, the children ate it all up!
This week we have also been talking about the harvest festival, thank you for all of your kind food donations. We have been learning the names of vegetables and the children really enjoyed playing vegetable bingo. In group we went on a vegetable hunt around our playground.
This week we also introduced our fruit and vegetable role-play shop.
In PE this week we used some of the apparatus for the first time. We practised getting on and off safely and balancing with our arms out.
If you would like to buy some of your childs christmas cards please return them by Monday 3rd October.
W/B: 13th October:
Well done to our stars of the week Ellena, Sophie and Archie!
Thank you to all the children who brought in objects from their autumn walk at home.
On Tuesday we ventured out of nursery for an autumn walk. We collected lots of autumn objects that had fallen off the trees. On the way back we found a HUGE branch that we are going to decorate and hang up in our nursery.
Autumn craft!
On Friday the children had fun in our autumn mud pit!
Take a look at some of the other things we have been doing in Nursery this week:
W/B: 6th October:
Well done to our stars of the week Ella, Jack and Lily!
This week we went on a teddy bears picnic in our school woodland area. We followed the paw prints and signs deep in the forest where we found a picnic all ready for us to eat, it was yummy. We sang a song called 'Teddy Bears Picnic' and played the some musical instruments to see if the teddy bears would come.
In our hall time this week we took our teddy bears and we danced with them until we were all ready for a sleep.
In key group time this week each group made their own special build a bear. The children each put a special love heart and some stuffing in their bear. Yellow groups bear is called ‘Honey’, Green groups bear is called ‘Buzz’ and Blue groups bear is called ‘Mikey’.
Mummy bear came to visit us on Wednesday and we wrote her a list of things she needed to buy from Tesco for baby bears birthday picnic. While she was there she bought us some special things to make our teddy bear biscuits. We hope you enjoyed eating them.
Finally on Friday we had a big birthday party for Miss Anslow's special birthday. Happy birthday Miss Anslow from all the children in Nursery :)
W/B: 29th September:
Don't forget your teddy bear and boots on Monday morning!
Well done to our stars of the week Grace, Freya and Katie!
Can you guess what story we have been learning about this week?
Our Nursery children have been hunting for bears all week! Each group started the week by reading the story 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' and they all had a wonderful time exploring the story props from each story scene. The children were all encouraged to join in with the repeated phrases in the story and by the end they had learned all the words. Can they remember them at home? At the end of the story the children enjoyed giving our HUGE friendly bear a big hug.
In PE we listened to the story read by Michael Rosen and moved around the hall pretending we were acting out the story. The children's favourite was squelching through the think oozy mud!
In 'Rhyme Time' this week we practised our rhyme of the week 'Round and Round the Garden' and learnt some new counting rhymes about frogs and elephants.
Take a look at some of the other things we have been doing in Nursery this week:
