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!
You’ve got a friend in Nursery A
It has been wonderful to watch friendships being created and developed in the first few weeks of nursery. We are learning to get along, help one another and develop our sharing skills. We are putting our faith into action, demonstrating how we love God and one another.
Cooking in the Mud Kitchen
Today the children in Nursery B have been using their imaginations and working together to create delicious mud soup, pies, stew and ice-creams. They took turns, listened to one another and counted their ingredients to make the perfect recipes. They mixed, poured, stirred and cleaned up after…
Jubilee Year of Hope, Exploring Unity in Nursery A
Throughout the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year of Hope, we have been exploring different themes. Each school in our local cluster of Catholic schools has produced a ‘prayer focus box’ on a different theme. The boxes have been passed between the cluster schools throughout the Jubilee Year and to…
Throwing, Catching, Playing!
Nursery A children have been enjoying practising throwing, catching, balancing and ball hitting skills using playground equipment in the sunshine.
Autumn Treasures in Nursery B
The children have been looking for signs of autumn and have brought their ‘autumn treasures’ to show their friends. They have collected leaves, conkers, pine cones, berries, twigs and seeds. Once child brought in a pumpkin which she had grown in her allotment, This sparked conversations about…
Learning about the Bible in Nursery B
The children have been learning about the Bible. We looked inside our golden box and found our special book. The children all held the Bible and we talked how it has lots of wonderful stories about God and Jesus. We also talked about why we make the sign of the cross when we say our prayers. The…
Outdoor Adventures in Nursery A
This afternoon we ventured to the grassed area in front of the dinner hall to have lots of fun. As part of our ongoing theme of change we collected leaves and discussed differences, we then explored the adventure trail using our gross motor skills. There were some wonderful examples of managed…
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.
Learning Outdoors in Nursery B
Today we enjoyed playing outdoors in the autumn sunshine. We collected lots of leaves and talked about the different colours - green, orange, brown yellow and red. We then practised travelling, climbing and jumping on our obstacle course.
Nursery A - Beautiful Me!
We haven’t just been finding out about our new friends in nursery, we have been thinking about ourselves and asking what makes us special. We used mirrors to look carefully at our faces and draw our own self portrrait. Thinking about the shape of our faces, eyes, nose, mouth and ears. We then…