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4 March 2025

Nursery B’s Shrove Tuesday

Today the children have been learning about Shrove Tuesday and Lent.  Together we made pancakes and all had a turn at mixing, whisking, pouring and eating!

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3 March 2025

Puppets!

The dream cave has been transformed this week with an uppers theatre and lots of hand puppets.  The children are excited to put on shows for each other.  

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3 March 2025

Pancake Play

In preparation for pancake day tomorrow we have set up a tuff tray for the children to practise their cooking skills! 

 

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3 March 2025

Nursery B Exploring Finger Painting

This half term the children are exploring finger painting. They are talking about the different colours and describing textures and shapes. Some children are creating their own images such as "my mummy", "a rainbow" and "hearts". 

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28 February 2025

Using our Bodies in the Spring Sunshine

We have enjoyed using our gross motor skills on the climbing frame today.  We have seen some brilliant climbing and balancing.

 

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28 February 2025

“I love you and I want you to love one another”

Today we talked about God loving us and Jesus’ teaching to love one another.  We made a list of all the people we love in our lives.  Each of the children and staff members in nursery contributed by passing a wooden heart to each other so that we could say who we loved. We then thought about how…

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27 February 2025

‘X’ Marks the Spot!

Our pirate adventure in nursery began on Monday afternoon when we went on a treasure hunt outside and followed clues to find hidden treasure.  We used a treasure map of our outdoor area and listened to clues using positional and directional language and following a route.  On our journey we found…

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27 February 2025

Magic Moments!

Not content with simply building a wall for Humpty Dumpty, two of our creative learners in nursery decided to work together to make a bed for him, using some blocks as a blanket to keep him warm.  Look at those smiles! 

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26 February 2025

Mark making in the Spring sunshine!

The children in Reception have enjoyed mark making in the sunshine using chalk, pencils and whiteboard pens. We have been practising writing super sentences!

 

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24 February 2025

Nursery B's Treasure Hunt

This morning the children went on an adventure! After finding a treasure map in class, they followed the instructions in search of a treasure chest. On their way they collected bags of coins until they finally found the chest. Inside they discovered their new text 'The Pirates Are Coming!' with…

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14 February 2025

Maths -Making and talking about arrangements (Nursery A)

As part of our mathematics focus this week we have been putting blocks together to make arrangements.  We have been making towers and lots of children decided to build a wall for Humpty Dumpty. We discussed the different shapes and how flat shapes are easier to stack than curved or slanted…

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13 February 2025

Sensory Smelling

This week we have created a sensory smelling station in our garden.  We have put several herbs and spices in jars and encouraged the children to smell them and talk about them.  They loved the coco powder but the garlic salt was not so popular! 

 

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