Dancing Raisins and Cotton Wool Capers
Yesterday we were scientists. We explored what happened to raisins when they are submerged in fizzy water. We watched them dance and it was fascinating! The we predicted how many cotton wool balls we could fit into a shot glass filled to the top with water and we were amazed to discover that we…
Ball Skills
Continuing on from last week we developed our ball skills by bouncing and catching the ball before travelling whilst bouncing and controlling the ball.
Nursery A Fruit Kebabs
Fruit kebabs were on the food technology menu this week. The children chopped a variety of fruit and then carefully created their own fruit kebabs.
Outdoor Fun in the Sun
The children in nursery enjoyed playing parachute games and relaxing in the hammock under the sunshine this week. They also searched for minibeasts and played imaginatively with one another.
Nursery Make Fruit Kebabs
This week the children prepared their own healthy snack and made fruit kebabs. They practised their chopping skills whilst talking about the different colours, textures, shape and taste of fruits.
World Book Day in Nursery A
We had a fun packed World Book Day. This year we had a busy time learning a poem about farm animals to perform in a special assembly this morning.
Ball Skills 2.0
Following on from Mrs Mc~~Meakins’s blog about learning new ball skills RA took part in a PE lesson yesterday to improve their skills. We found it quite tricky to hit the target using balls and swapped to bean bags to see if that helped. The children have loved completing the circuit of…
Lenten Promises
As part of our topic work on Desert to Garden, today we talked about, and made a Lenten Promise. We discussed how spring is a special time for growing and that Lent is also a special time to grow. To grow as a person and be more like Jesus. The children talked about how they could grow during…
Spring Walk
On Tuesday we talked about the change in our season and hoe much nicer the weather seems. We took a tick list and set off around school searching for signs of spring. We were so lucky to find lots of things - flowers, buds, birds. The children enjoyed exploring the garden and yard for these…
Ball skills
This week the children have been taking part in their weekly PE sessions. This half term we have been focussing on ball skills. This week we explored throwing balls at a target using one hand. We had a circuit of different activities including aiming at a target, throwing under ropes, in hoops and…
Back outside!
The children have been very keen to play outside with their friends this week. They have had a wonderful time in our woodland areas, enjoying their outdoor learning. We are also developing some keen gardeners who have been busy doing some early spring planting.
Water Play in Nursery A.
The children have had a brilliant first week back after half term and many have been fully engaged in water play this week both indoors and out. We have a new water wall with a pump that children have been exploring and observing cause and effect.