Blog by Tag: PSHE

This week we have started tooth brushing in school.  Designed to compliment what the children do at home we have been taking it in turns to have a go at brushing our teeth in school. The children have loved getting on their coloured toothbrush train and using their own individual toothbrushes to…

We had a fun day with our crazy clothes and hair day today.  Check out our craziness!

Using small world play, we told the story of Jesus’ last supper with his friends.  We discussed the words of Jesus to do this to remember him and how many people remember Jesus this way at Mass.  We also talked about Good Friday and how it was a sad day but a good day.  After looking at hot cross…

We made palm leaves in our key person groups and used small world figures to retell the story of Jesus entering Jerusalem, a story that we remember on Palm Sunday.  Different groups of children chose to recreate this story during their role-play throughout the few weeks leading up to our…

This week the children have enjoyed taking part in Easter activities. They have decorated Easter biscuits, painted eggs and been on an Easter hunt.

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. 

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…

This week we talked about how we are all special and unique.  We know that God loves us all.   We thought about those who love us and  care for us and drew pictures of them on white boards.  We were also interested in the idea that our fingerprints are all different so we decided to use an ink pad…

We may have only just returned to school after the half term break but the children are already excited for Easter!  They have created an Easter house using the magnetic tiles.  Lots of lovely language and cooperative play.

The children have been learning about Chinese New Year and looking at images and clips of the parade in Liverpool. Some children also created Chinese numbers up to 5 using different coloured paints. 

As part of our ongoing learning we have been finding out about Chinese New Year.  Some of our children have had experience of Chinese New Year celebrations in Liverpool city centre.  We enjoyed making rice and trying to eat it with chopsticks at our nursery celebration.