Animal Hunt in Nursery
Today the children used their orienteering skills for an animal trail around the school grounds. They had lots of fun working in teams looking for the different animals, making the animal noises and listening for initial sounds.
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Blast Off in Nursery
In Maths this week the children have been practising counting up to 5 forwards and backwards. They created rockets and counted down for blast off!
The children have also made healthy rocket fruit kebabs for snack. The practised their cutting and chopping skills and created some fantastic and…
Firework rocket fruit kebabs
Today the children made firework rocket fruit kebabs. We discussed preparing the area and ourselves for handling food. The children had an opportunity to choose from a selection of fruits to chop, count and thread on to a skewer. They then enjoyed eating the fruits for their daily snack.
Our Families
As part of our special work on relationships we have talked about our families. Who is special to us and who lives with us. The children then made pebble families to represent our special people.
Snack Time
It’s lovely to see the children back in school enjoying a heathy snack of tinned fruits. They tried mandarin oranges, peach, pear and pineapple today. They have settled back into our routines so well and are catching up with each other chatting about their half term adventures.
Back to school
The children have enjoyed reconnecting with friends after the half term. They are working hard making new worlds to play in using all of our resources.
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Catching up with our friends and learning through play
The children have enjoyed seeing all their friends again today after our half term break. They have settled back in superbly and particularly impressed us with the way they remembered the sign of the cross and daily prayers. Throughout the day they have been deeply engaged in many different…
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The Three Little Pigs ‘I Spy’
As one of our focused activities this week we have been playing ‘I spy’ with some of the objects found in the Three Little Pigs story.
Seasonal learning through play in Nursery A
Given the weather forecast for the rest of the week, we took advantage of the beautiful autumn sunshine yesterday and took our play to our forest school area. The children used their muscles to lift and carry pumpkins and explore cause and effect. We found a large number of ladybirds so we…
Autumn Outdoor Learning for Nursery A
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…
God’s Wonderful World
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…
Thank You for the Harvest
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…