Curriculum Impact Tag: EYFS

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…

Following on from our poetry work on minibeasts, the children are using resources indoors to make their own minbeast habitats.   They have worked together and were so proud of their creation.  They spent a considerable amount of time playing once it was built.  

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. 

Today we have been talking about being made welcome.  We went over to church and re enacted a baptism and discussed being welcome in the Church’s family.

This week we are looking at poetry around mini beasts

and as part of our work we all going on a mini beast hunt.  The children have loved being in the garden and searching for all the places that the little beasts may be hiding.  We have been learning some new vocabulary related to mini…

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…

We have been enjoying the autumnal sunshine this morning in the garden. The children have loved exploring, we have found lots of lady birds!  We had a campfire with cake and songs.

Using the natural objects around us the children are using tools to practise their pre writing skills. 

This week we have been looking at different measures.  We have been using our hands to weigh two items and use our hands like a see saw.  The children then went into provision and continued this. 

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.