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17 October 2025

Spring Bulb Planting

After a big garden clear up in Nursery A this week, we have been busy planting some Spring bulbs.  

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15 October 2025

Hedgehog Bread in Nursery A

The children made hedgehog bread rolls in nursery today.  They used skills of mixing, kneading, rolling and cutting.  They observed the dough rising and baking.  Nursery smelt amazing!  We hope our families enjoy the bread.  

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14 October 2025

Happy birthday little one!

This week in Nursery A we were lucky enough to receive a donation of a new high chair and doll.  The children pulled the high chair up to the table and decided that it was the little one’s birthday.  We found a cake and promptly began singing ‘Happy Birthday’.  The children then decided to write…

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13 October 2025

Technology in action

This is what technology looks like in Early Years - how things work. Today the children loved using a hand drill to make holes in our wood slices.  Thank you to Mr Seddon (Mrs Seddon’s husband) for preparing all these logs for us.  One child told another member of staff, “We used a real-life hand…

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7 October 2025

Creating using Natural Materials

Today the children in Nursery A learned about the soft wood inside an elder branch and using a metal tent peg, they created holes in the wooden pieces.  Next they used threading skills to push a piece of wool through the holes to create bracelets. Finally, they further exercised their fine motor…

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3 October 2025

God’s Beautiful Creation

Building upon our knowledge of the Bible being a special book, we listened to the first story in the Bible and then heard it retold us in our golden box.  The children were mesmerised by the light for light and dark and understood that the cloths represented the sea and land.  We learned that God…

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3 October 2025

Finding out about the flute

After a long, wet lunchtime, Mrs McIntyre shared some flute playing with the children in Nursery A.  They guessed what material the flute was made from and learned about how the sounds are made by blowing across the mouthpiece and different high and low sounds by pressing the keys.  They then sang…

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3 October 2025

Developing our Woodland Area

This week the children in Nursery have been helping to develop our woodland area.  We had a generous donation of logs, so we used our strong muscles to move them into position to create a circle. During our time in the woods we are building our resilience and confidence by taking risks and…

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1 October 2025

Showing our Love and Care

In Nursery A we have been demonstrating our love and care through role play.  We have been caring for our ‘babies’ by making sure they are fed, clothed and well looked after.  We have names for our dolls so that they are treated with dignity and respect.  We talk about why we need to look after…

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1 October 2025

Andy Goldsworthy Inspired Natural Art

We have been inspired to make some art with nature by finding out about the work of artist and sculptor Andy Goldsworthy.  After collecting Autumn treasures at home, we have used these to create.  We have made faces, patterns and even our own trees.  We have been developing our vocabulary around…

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26 September 2025

You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man!

This week the children have been reading the story of the Gingerbread Man.  We have been using our speaking and listening skills to talk about the story and we even decorated our own gingerbread men!

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26 September 2025

You’ve got a friend in Nursery A

It has been wonderful to watch friendships being created and developed in the first few weeks of nursery.  We are learning to get along, help one another and develop our sharing skills.  We are putting our faith into action, demonstrating how we love God and one another. 

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