Balloon excitement
After a discussion in Nursery, one of our children brought in a pack of balloons. Mrs Bruchez had been talking about papier mache and how to make it. As she started to demonstrate, some air escaped from the balloon, much to the amusement of the class. It turned into 5 minutes of pure joy and…
The Magi Followed the Star
We visited to church to see the crib and the three wise men visiting baby Jesus. We talked about how the 3 kings are also called ‘The Magi’ and we spoke about the importance of the star that they followed to find baby Jesus. One of our little boys suggested we sing the ‘Little Baby Jesus’ song…
Icy Forest School
The children have enjoyed settling back into Nursery today after the Christmas break and our new children have done brilliantly too. We took advantage of the winter sunshine this afternoon and headed into our woodland area. Mrs Seddon, her husband and son have been busy over the holidays creating…
Party Day in Nursery
Today is ‘Party Day’ in nursery. We are celebrating Christmas and the end of a wonderful term together. We have enjoyed party food and lots of dancing with our friends.
Father Christmas Visits Nursery
Today the children had a lovely surprise when Father Christmas came to visit us.
Nursery Santa Dash
Ho ho ho! We have been very busy on our Santa Dash today!
Festive Fun in Nursery
Physical Development, Expressive Art & Design
The children are using their fine motor skills to decorate wreaths, Christmas trees and snowmen this week. They are also wrapping gifts for under the tree and making magical reindeer food bags.
Physical Development in Nursery
The children have had lots of fun rolling, throwing, catching and balancing using the hoops, balls and quoits.
Invitations to play, learn, investigate and explore
Our nursery is full of invitations to play, learn, investigate and explore but first thing in the morning we vary what we have out on our carpet area. Recently, the children have loved mark making and exploring shape on large sheets of paper.
Retelling the Christmas Story in Nursery B
Understanding the World, Communication & Language, Literacy, Physical Development
The children are reading the Christmas Story and learning about baby Jesus being born in a stable. Outdoors they worked together to make a stable using wood, leaves and pinecones. We then added Angel Gabriel,…
Music in Nursery B
Expressive Arts & Design, Physical Development
The children have been learning about pitch and tempo through listening to different sounds and types of music. They have used their bodies to identify the tempo - moving and dancing quickly and slowly. Today they waved their scarves high and low…
Creating our own Bird Feeders
We have made bird feeders using pinecones, lard and seeds. This afternoon, we took them to are woodland area and hung them on the trees.