The Colour Monster
We have had a lovely start to the new term and have been learning lots about emotions and colours. We have been reading The Colour Monster and drawing pictures to show our feelings. We have made our own monsters with the playdough and sorting colours on the light box. We have discussed the Colour Monster's feelings and what makes us happy, sad, angry or scared.
Diwali
We have been learning all about Diwali, the festival of light. We have used the characters to retell the story of Rama and Sita and learnt about how families prepare for and celebrate Diwali. We used scarves and ribbons in our dances to traditional music and made diva lamps with the playdough. We practised our counting and number recognition and finished off with a tasty Diwali snack of Indian street food.
The Very Helpful Hedgehog
We've been learning all about hedgehogs in Nursery. We started by reading The Very Helpful Hedgehog and learning all about hedgehogs. We counted the correct number of spikes onto the hedgehogs and made our own hedgehogs with the playdough and clay. We practised our scissor skills and printed patterns with apples. We also painted some amazing hedgehogs.
Trip
We had an exciting trip out to The Lowry theatre to watch 'Stick Man.' We joined in with the singing and clapping, laughed along with the story and loved seeing Santa at the end of the show. It even snowed on us while we were in our seats!
Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
We have started the Spring Term with a traditional tale - Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We have been using lots of language to describe and compare sizes such as big, medium sized and small. We have been retelling the story using the small world toys and matching the bears to the correct sized bowls, beds and chairs. We even made our own porridge and ate it all up at snack time. It was just right!
Lunar New Year
We had a great week learning all about Lunar New Year celebrations. As this year is the year of the snake we made Playdough snakes and made comparisons between the different lengths using words such as "long" and "short." We practised our scissor skills, using them to snip the noodles and make lanterns. We took part in an exciting dance workshop, learning a sequence of movements and putting them together to create a dance.
The Three Little Pigs
We have enjoyed reading The Three Little Pigs and other versions of the story. We have been working on using and understanding prepositional language when retelling the story, using words such as under, next to, through. We built our own houses in our outdoor area and went to look at a local building site where we saw lots of machinery and builders building some new houses from bricks.
Owls Science Week 10th March 2025
We hid some caterpillars (pieces of wool) in the graveyard. We used different colours to see which would be the easiest to find. Eliza said, “green and brown ones are tricky, they same as the grass.” Robyn said, “orange and yellow are light” and George said “pink and orange are bright” when talking about which coloured caterpillars were easiest to find.
We explored ice cubes and talked about the changes we could see.
“It feels cold, it’s melting into water.”
“It is very cold because it is called ice. It is freezing. Water turns into ice and ice turns into water.”
“It’s cold and wet and hard. It’s breaking apart turning into water. It is melting in my hand.”
We learnt about how animals around the world adapt to their habitat and drew pictures. We had a lovely visit from baby Margot and talked about how we have changed since we were babies.
“Margot cries because she can’t talk.”
“Babies drink milk because they can’t eat food yet.”
Margot has a nappy because she doesn’t know how to go to the toilet yet.”
Owls Visit
Nursery had some very exciting visitors this week! Katie from SMJ Falconry brought three different owls in to show us. We learnt all about where they live, what they eat and their special features as well as getting to see them fly. We even got to hold one of the owls using a special glove.
Pumkin Soup by Helen Cooper
We have had a very busy week with lots of pumpkins. We started by reading the story Pumkin Soup by Helen Cooper and then made our own delicious pumpkin soup. We retold the story with the small world characters, used our fine motor skills to hammer pegs into the pumpkins and made our own pumpkin faces in the playdough with the 2D shapes. We practised our counting and number recognition with the pumpkin seeds and conkers and enjoyed pretending to make soup with the pumpkin in the water tray.
Remembrance Day
On Remembrance Day we made our own poppies and wore them when we went to visit the war memorial. We saw lots of poppy wreaths and took a moment to remember all those who have fought in wars to keep us safe.
Christmas Open Morning
Thank you to everyone that attended our Nursery Christmas Open Morning. We had a fabulous time playing, making Christmas crafts, singing and eating festive treats. It was lovely to have lots of parents join us and together we raised over £200 to spend on new resources! A huge thank you and Merry Christmas to everyone.
