Fresh Air and Fun
The children in our nurseries have been playing in our woodland area this morning. They have produced a woodland shop with sticks, branches and leaves, they have worked cooperatively to manoeuvre on the adventure trail and they have played a guessing game using pebbles. The game was a focused…
Shapes
Today we have looked at 2D shapes. The children identified the shapes and then went into provision to find them. We discussed not being able to pick up a 2D shape and that we would need to draw round these for them to be a true circle or triangle.
Year 1- Maths Fact families
Year 1- Maths fact families
We have been learning about fact families in maths this morning. We have used double sided counters and tens frames to help us work out our addition facts. In pairs we have recorded our answer on a whiteboard.
Sensory Play in Nursery A
We saw fantastic creativity and imagination in our sensory play this week. Children were focused and engaged well with the experiences provided. Cognitively, sensory play stimulates neural pathways in the brain through exploring different textures, materials and smells.
Maths, maths and more maths
Maths happens everywhere in Reception. Here we are exploring quantities and making number blocks using multilink in the garden.
Pumpkin Play in Nursery A
Over the past few weeks the children have been really interested in pumpkins. They have brought pumpkins in to use in our learning, and told us about visits to pumpkin patches. We have used pumpkins in our maths counting and comparing activities, created and investigated pumpkin potions, shared…
Pumpkin Estimation Station
This week, the children have been estimating the mass of pumpkins.
They were given the weight of a medium sized pumpkin as a point of reference.
Spring Bulb Planting
After a big garden clear up in Nursery A this week, we have been busy planting some Spring bulbs.
Hedgehog Bread in Nursery A
The children made hedgehog bread rolls in nursery today. They used skills of mixing, kneading, rolling and cutting. They observed the dough rising and baking. Nursery smelt amazing! We hope our families enjoy the bread.
Patterns
This week we will be investigating patterns. We started off by reading the story ‘My Mum and Dad Make Me Laugh’ by Nick Sharratt. The children loved looking for the spots and stripes in the book. We then went to activities and explored further by making our own patterns.
Year One Maths - Comparing using ‘fewer’, ‘more’ or ‘the same’
Year One Maths - Comparing numbers using ‘fewer’, ‘more’ or ‘the same’
“I have more cubes than you. You have fewer cubes than me.”
Today, the children have been learning to compare amounts using the language of ‘fewer’, ‘more’ or ‘the…