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.
Outdoor Fun in Nursery
The children enjoy playing and exploring in our woodland area in all weathers.
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.
Mark Making in Nursery
The children have used mirrors to look at their faces and create self-portraits in pencil. Some children also painted portraits of one another using clear plastic. The children practised drawing circles for faces and eyes and added detail to their faces.
Exploring Shape in Nursery
In Maths this week the children have been exploring shapes and building with different blocks. They recognised how ‘flat’ shapes were easier to build with and created towers, houses, robots and shops.
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…
Observational Drawings in Nursery
The topic in art this week was observational drawings with coloured pencils. This helped the children develop their mark making skills whilst concentrating on colour, shape and size. They drew some beautiful, bright sunflowers on big paper.
Beep! Beep! The Bus Has Arrived in Nursery B
The children are continuing to enjoy reading the ‘Naughty Bus’ by Jan and Jerry Oke. This week they decided to make their own bus so they could travel around London seeing all the famous landmarks. So far they’ve visited Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. They are having lots…
Building Relationships Outdoors in Nursery
The children are enjoying talking, taking turns and playing together outdoors. They are collecting natural resources to make potions, hot chocolates and cups of warm tea. They are also practising moving and balancing on the the equipment.
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.