Telephones and Messages in Bottles.
This week, linking to our English text ‘The Priates are Coning’ we have been writing messages in bottles and floating them on the water in nursery! We have also talked about other ways we can give or receive messages, realising that we communicate in many different ways. We also made our own…
World Book Day in Nursery A
As part of our World Book Day activities, we took part in a book swap. In nursery we spread all the books out in our circle and each had chance to choose a new book to read and take home. We love books in our nursery!
“I love you and I want you to love one another”
Today we talked about God loving us and Jesus’ teaching to love one another. We made a list of all the people we love in our lives. Each of the children and staff members in nursery contributed by passing a wooden heart to each other so that we could say who we loved. We then thought about how…
Magic Moments!
Not content with simply building a wall for Humpty Dumpty, two of our creative learners in nursery decided to work together to make a bed for him, using some blocks as a blanket to keep him warm. Look at those smiles!
Maths -Making and talking about arrangements (Nursery A)
As part of our mathematics focus this week we have been putting blocks together to make arrangements. We have been making towers and lots of children decided to build a wall for Humpty Dumpty. We discussed the different shapes and how flat shapes are easier to stack than curved or slanted…
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Year 1- I can and I’d like to learn to……
Year 1- I can and I’d like to learn to…
We talked about all the things that we can do well and what we would like to learn more about.
“I am good at sports”
”I am good at morris dancing”
“I am good at football”
”I’m good at good dancing”
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Mix and Create!
The children have been using natural resources, lemons and limes as part of their sensory outdoor learning today. Smelling, mixing, whisking, pouring, creating, communicating, turn-taking - playing is learning!
Lunar New Year in Nursery A
We have enjoyed learning about Lunar New Year and how it is celebrated. We learned that it is now the Year of the Snake and find out about the celebrations that take place in Liverpool for Lunar New Year and how it is celebrated in countries such as China, using our globe to locate it. Here we…
Let’s have some time together
“Let’s have some time together” is a phrase you will often hear adults in our early years setting saying to children. For example, “Let’s have some time together to play, read, tidy, build, talk, think about, focus on”. It is an effective way of connecting and bringing learning on through…
Let’s Build in Nursery A
Using a mixture of wooden blocks and natural resources, the children decided to make a fort today. The children worked together and side by side to create their masterpiece. There was lots of discussion and negotiating taking place too. We didn’t want to tidy it away at the end of the day!…
Nursery Pen Pals
In Nursery we are learning about using different media and this week we have been exploring the marks made by felt tip pens. So many children have been encouraged to pick up pens use them for a variety of purposes. We have had pictures created of families, friends, a rainbow cake, a unicorn,…
Good Friends
In Reception we have been talking about being a good friend to others as Jesus was a good friend to us. We discussed what makes a good friend and the things we like to do with our friends. Some children visited Mr Dinsdale because they have been noticed for being lovely friends and looking after…