Blog Author: Mrs McIntyre

Fruit lollies were a perfect choice to make on our warm week in nursery A.  The children used cutting skills to prepare the soft fruit and distributed them into ice lolly moulds, after calculating how much fruit we would need.  After that the children practised their pouring by adding water before…

Our snack table is always a favourite area of nursery.  We encourage independence by children choosing their own healthy snack, taking it to a table to eat, chatting to their friends and adults in nursery and washing up their own dishes afterwards.  

Our children love using natural materials to enhance their play dough learning experiences. This week they made some wonderful creations using buttercups. 
 

As part of our learning about food in nursery this week we have made our own wraps.  We had a variety of fillings to choose from to create our perfect taste sensation.  We had to think carefully about how much filling to use.  Too many and the wrap will fall apart, too few and the wrap may be…

The sun was shining and we have been busy gardening this week. We have weeded and cleared before planting a variety of bedding plants.  We have been observing and noticing differences between the plants and exploring the soil as we dig.  

Scooping, pouring, investigating patterns, communicating, teamwork, scientific enquiry were just some of the skills being used in this small world play session in Nursery A this week.  The children were engrossed in their play for a long time.  One boy commented “Look, this snake is stripy but…

In our food technology session this weeek, the children have been creating fruit trees using a variety of fruit and bread sticks.  They then enjoyed eating them as a tasty snack.  

Some of the children in Nursery A have been very busy creating “A Very Posh Hotel” this morning.  The walls are guarded by animals, there is an area for food and “candy”, binoculars for the guests and lots of rooms.  “This hotel is cool” was one of the comments overheard.  The children have been…

There are so many beautiful daisies on our soon to be cut grass around school that the children in Nursery A decided to learn some facts about them and collect as many as possible.  We then used them to create daisy chains and in our provision throughout nursery from creating transient artwork to…

In response to the text Gigantosaurus, the playdough table has been very popular in Nursery A this week.  The children have been using different dinosaur footprints to impress into their dough and predicting what the dinosaurs may have looked like.  

Today the children in Key Stage 2 held an Easter Reflection in church.  The children retold the events leading up to the death of Jesus with respect and emotion.  They sang beautifully and read clearly.  Thank you children for helping us to prepare for Easter in such a deeply spiritual way.…

The children in Nursery A have been showing off their knowledge of shapes this week.  We have been exploring different shapes and today collected blossom that has fallen from our beautiful nursery tree, to fill shapes and create different shapes on our own and in small groups.