Nursery

This week we have been learning all about owls that live in the Arctic. We’ve shared stories about owls and looked in non-fiction books to find out interesting owl facts! We even made owls made out of fondant icing which were yummy.

In Literacy, we used our imaginations to make up stories about…

Welcome back to our new term and to our new topic of ‘Amazing Animals’ where we will be exploring animals that live on the ice, their environments and how they can adapt to live and survive in cold climates.

We have already made a start by getting dressed up warmly and going on an Arctic…

The festivities have started in Nursery this week.

We learned all about the Nativity story and opened up our new role play area to reveal the Nativity scene. Children have enjoyed retelling the story using puppets and dressing up clothes.

We have been practising for our performance with the…

Fitting in nicely with our topic of People Who Help us, Nursery have been learning about who can help us to cross a road during our road safety week this week.  The children have learned all about the job of “lolly pop ladies and lolly pop men.” They have also learned about other things that are…

This week we have been thinking about all the different jobs people do and what we would like to be when we grow up. We’ve even dressed up as the people we would like to be. At this age anything is possible and we are reaching for the stars!

In Literacy we are sharing a book called Blue Penguin…

Nursery visited Yarm Fire Station today and had lots of fun!  The children met the firefighters who showed us around the fire station and talked to us about what they do in their job.  They showed us different equipment and demonstrated the uniform, boots and helmet which they wear.  The children…

This week we were introduced to Guy Fawkes and discovered why we celebrate Bonfire Night. We used different media to create fabulous firework pictures and thought of sound words to go with them. We made firework patterns with jewels, ribbon and sequins to develop our fine motor skills.

We…

This week the children have been continuing their learning about Autumn.  They have had the opportunity to explore pumpkins and find out what is inside.  They found lots of seeds and they  had fun using spoons and tweezers to pick the seeds up and put them into bowls.  A couple of weeks ago the…

This week we have been thinking about Autumn so we went on a walk to explore the changes that happen at this time of year.

We learned a song called ‘Autumn leaves are falling down’ to the tune of ‘London Bridge is falling down’. Why don’t you see if your child can remember it? We also used…

Nursery have been exploring with their sense of touch.  They learnt that touch is one of their senses and it can be very useful to people who are blind.  They can use their sense of touch to ‘see’ what things may look like.  The children have been exploring objects in feely bags and describing…

Last week nursery learnt all about our sense of sight.  This week we researched Louis Braille.  Louis Braille lived a long time ago.  He became blind at the age of 3 following a nasty accident.  When he was 15 he invented a system of reading and writing for the blind.  This consisted of tiny…

Nursery have learnt all about their sense of hearing by learning  about how our ears work.  We cooked popcorn in the microwave and listened very carefully for the pops!  We ate it. It was delicious!