Fine Motor
In Reception we take every opportunity to practise our fine motor skills. This week we have been using Geo Boards and elastic bands.
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…
Year One English - Labelling Emotions
Year One English - Labelling Emotions
Today the children in Year One have been discussing how the emotions of the characters in our book, ‘Lost & Found’, changed throughout the story. We drew relevant emojis around images from the story to help us prepare for our writing later in the…
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…
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…
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…
The Gingerbread Man
Our book for this half term is The Gingerbread Man and the children have loved reading and talking about this book. Today we were discussing how the Gingerbread Man could get across the river without the fox. We talked about bridges and boats. The children then went into provision and made…
Nursery B Visit the Library
Every week the children in nursery visit the school library. They enjoy looking at books with their friends and talking about the pictures. We read stories together and talk about what has happened.
Today we read ‘The Tiger Who Came To Tea’ by Judith Kerr. The children remembered lots of facts…
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!
Threading Skills in Nursery A
We noticed that many of our children were finding threading a little bit tricky to complete independently so we took it into key person groups this week and the children did brilliantly.
Reading Together in Nursery B
As the children settle into nursery life, they are enjoying sharing books together.
Library Time for Nursery A
Nursery A enjoyed their first visit to our school library this afternoon. We tried to guess the animals in the ‘Flip Flap Forest’ book and then we had some time to choose our own books.