Nursery

Fruit lollies were a perfect choice to make on our warm week in nursery A.  The children used cutting skills to prepare the soft fruit and distributed them into ice lolly moulds, after calculating how much fruit we would need.  After that the children practised their pouring by adding water before…

Our snack table is always a favourite area of nursery.  We encourage independence by children choosing their own healthy snack, taking it to a table to eat, chatting to their friends and adults in nursery and washing up their own dishes afterwards.  

Our children love using natural materials to enhance their play dough learning experiences. This week they made some wonderful creations using buttercups. 
 

This week we have been talking about being a ‘good friend’ linked to our text Gigantosaurus. The children have talked about their friends and what makes them a good friend. They drew pictures of their friends and described their qualities. We also played lots of games together including circle…

Today we have been practising throwing and catching skills with a bean bag. We moved the bean bag around our bodies, passed it from one hand to the other and then threw the bean bag up in the air catching it with both hands. We also used hoops to practise throwing into a target. Well done children…

This week the children are exploring colour and colour mixing using paints and dinosaurs to create footprint patterns. When they have finished their patterns, they are bathing the dinosaurs in warm soapy water.  

As part of our learning about food in nursery this week we have made our own wraps.  We had a variety of fillings to choose from to create our perfect taste sensation.  We had to think carefully about how much filling to use.  Too many and the wrap will fall apart, too few and the wrap may be…

The sun was shining and we have been busy gardening this week. We have weeded and cleared before planting a variety of bedding plants.  We have been observing and noticing differences between the plants and exploring the soil as we dig.  

This week we have been talking about healthy snacks and made our own wraps. The children were able to describe the different tastes, colours and shapes of the fillings. They carefully cut up the tomatoes and cucumber and then added what they wanted to their wraps to take home for lunch. Well done…

Scooping, pouring, investigating patterns, communicating, teamwork, scientific enquiry were just some of the skills being used in this small world play session in Nursery A this week.  The children were engrossed in their play for a long time.  One boy commented “Look, this snake is stripy but…

Some of the children in Nursery A have been very busy creating “A Very Posh Hotel” this morning.  The walls are guarded by animals, there is an area for food and “candy”, binoculars for the guests and lots of rooms.  “This hotel is cool” was one of the comments overheard.  The children have been…

This week we are talking about the different games we like to play with our friends. The children are telling one another how to play their favourite games remembering the different rules and steps. Today we have had lots of fun playing What's the Time, Mr Wolf?, The Farmer's in his Den, Hide &…