Nursery

The children have enjoyed seeing all their friends again today after our half term break.  They have settled back in superbly and particularly impressed us with the way they remembered the sign of the cross and daily prayers.  Throughout the day they have been deeply engaged in many different…

As one of our focused activities this week we have been playing ‘I spy’ with some of the objects found in the Three Little Pigs story.  

The children have loved looking at themselves in the mirrors to see their crazy hair!

The children have had lots of fun today with their spooky hair styles. Thank you to our PTA for organising. 

Given the weather forecast for the rest of the week, we took advantage of the beautiful autumn sunshine yesterday and took our play to our forest school area.  The children used their muscles to lift and carry pumpkins and explore cause and effect.  We found a large number of ladybirds so we…

In English we are reading ‘Home’ by Carson Ellis which is a wonderful book about different homes around the world. The children have enjoyed looking at the pictures and have used some of these to create their own homes. They have been describing their creations and sharing their images with…

We have been taking advantage of the mild Autumn days to spend lots of time outdoors.  The children have been exploring our forest school area, playing parachute games and using pumpkins as part of their play.  They have been developing teamwork and working our physical gross motor skills…

Over the past few weeks we have been learning about and experiencing God’s wonderful world in a variety of ways.  We have draw God’s world on a big frieze, been on a walk to look at the beauty of God’s creation and have painted aspects of God’s world in small groups.  We have been thinking about…

Nursery B have been learning about Harvest and thanking God for our wonderful world and everything in it. We have been talking about our farmers and the crops they grow. The children then continued their learning and set up vegetable patches and shops in Nursery where they could buy their fruits…

The children have been creating magic recipes and potions using pumpkins and other natural ingredients in our forest area. We have created our own pumpkin patch and have been learning about pumpkins describing their colour, shape and size. We also had lots of fun decorating our magician hats. 

Physical development is part of everything we do in nursery. Each day we are developing and strengthening our fine and gross motor skills through the different activities we do. We are mark-making, playing musical instruments, lifting and carrying, balancing and building as well as feeding…

This week in Maths the children are exploring shapes. They are building together and using their imaginations to create some wonderful houses, hotels, castles and towers.