Back outside!
The children have been very keen to play outside with their friends this week. They have had a wonderful time in our woodland areas, enjoying their outdoor learning. We are also developing some keen gardeners who have been busy doing some early spring planting.
Water Play in Nursery A.
The children have had a brilliant first week back after half term and many have been fully engaged in water play this week both indoors and out. We have a new water wall with a pump that children have been exploring and observing cause and effect.
Journey in Love - We are unique and special to God
This week we talked about how we are all special and unique. We know that God loves us all. We thought about those who love us and care for us and drew pictures of them on white boards. We were also interested in the idea that our fingerprints are all different so we decided to use an ink pad…
Love, love, love!
Today we have enjoyed creating some valentines crafts for our families.
PTA Pyjama Day in Nursery A
We had lots of fun on our pyjama day raising money for our school.
Learning about Chinese New Year
As part of our ongoing learning we have been finding out about Chinese New Year. Some of our children have had experience of Chinese New Year celebrations in Liverpool city centre. We enjoyed making rice and trying to eat it with chopsticks at our nursery celebration.
Creating using magnetic tiles
Magnetic tiles have been a recent addition to the resources in our nursery and have been extremely popular. It has been fascinating to observe the interactions of the children and the different strategies of exploring and creating used. The resource only arrived last week and building progress…
Bus building, driving and travelling.
Following on from our ‘Naughty Bus’ book the children were keen to make their own bus. We found a sturdy box and the children took over, painting and creating together to get the job done! Next for the driving and travelling. We have also been talking about finding routes as part of our…
All Aboard the English Martyrs Bus Tour!
After reading Naughty Bus the children decided to create their own bus in their independent learning. More and more children were finding chairs to pull up so that they could have a place on the bus. The children began singing ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ song.
The ‘Glory Be’ prayer
The Glory Be Prayer is a traditional prayer of the Catholic faith. For children in Early Years, they experience the prayer being said out loud. The key message of the prayer for children of this age are the words ‘Glory Be’, which is a sign of praise, a thank-you to God for sending his Son. Our…
Mark Making using wax crayons and felt tip pens
This week and last, we have been experimenting with different effects that can be made using wax crayons and felt-tip pens. The children have made individual pictures and investigated rubbings of natural materials in small groups. They have also worked on larger scale pieces.…
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Hanging around, having fun!
The children were busy this morning making vegetable and egg muffins. We tried them out in our woodland area this afternoon. They weren’t our most popular product but lots of children tried them and English Martyrs Soup has been requested again for next week - unexpected food hit of the…