Nursery

The children made delicious roasted vegetable pasta sauce today using onions, courgettes, peppers, carrot and tomato.  We prepared and chopped the vegetables, coated them in oil and baked them in the oven.  We then blended them together and combined them with cooked pasta to create a delicious…

This week the children have been making a healthy vegetable pasta sauce. They have been chopping tomatoes, courgettes, peppers and carrots to make a delicious snack. After cooking our ingredients we used the blender to create a nice smooth sauce for our pasta.

Today we have read 'Supertato' by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet which has the children very excited and wanting to be superheroes themselves. They are making their own superhero masks and thinking about what super powers they would like to have. During snack time the children were surprised to…

This week we have started our new RE topic, 'Dialogue and Encounter'. Today the children have been talking about Jesus's friends and remembering different Bible stories where Jesus showed kindness to others. We placed our photographs with Jesus and His friends to show how we are all friends of…

This half term we are reading 'Supertato' by Sue Hendra. This week the children received a letter from the Chilly Peas asking for their help. The children were given a selection of tools including hammers, tweezers, pliers and scissors, to help free the frozen peas from the ice. They used their…

After weeks of watching and waiting our caterpillars emerged from their chrysalis’ as beautiful butterflies. Today it was time to release them.  We were so excited, just look at our faces! 

As the warmer weather arrives, the children are enjoying looking for insects and minibeasts. They have found woodlouse, spiders, beetles, ladybirds and ants so far and are looking forward to finding more after half term. 

In Nursey we have been reading 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle and learning about the life cycle of a butterfly. The children have used their cutting and sticking skills and a paper plate to show the life cycle of a butterfly. They were able to talk about the different stages and the…

Today one of our  nursery children came to tell me that she had built a church.  What an amazing creation! She showed me all the people and told me that they were at Mass.  We discussed that the people were parishioners and that we call them the congregation when they are gathered in prayer.…

This week the children have enjoyed engaging in sensory water play.  Intended to support fine motor skills and develop mathematical and scientific concepts, the children have focused on this form of play for extended periods.

The children impressed us all with their creative and teamwork skills this week.  Working together and using their own ideas, they designed and made a large and imaginative birthday cake as part of their play dough and role-play.  All topped off with a rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’.  What a…

The children are continuing to explore with clay. They have all made and painted their favourite minibeasts which we have displayed in our window.