Blog by Tag: English

We have been discussing the use of plastic.

In pairs, we ordered using a diamond 9 the most important and least important uses of plastic. 

We then justified our choices.

Parachute play provides opportunities for cooperation, participation, turn taking and creativity.  We are developing our gross motor skills and our listening skills.  The children loved hiding underneath it too!  

To raise money for Nugent’s Good Shepherd Appeal we held a dress up day in nursery.  We loved pretending to be our different characters.  Thank you to all our families for your support.  

Snack time is always popular in nursery but even more so on Mondays as the children are so keen to share with us their weekend news and catch up with their friends.  Here they are developing turn taking, conversation, eye contact, vocabulary, listening skills and much more.   The children choose…

As part of our ‘Major Glad, Major Dizzy’ work in English, the children designed their own peg doll character and then made it using a range of materials.

This week, linking to our English text ‘The Priates are Coning’ we have been writing messages in bottles and floating them on the water in nursery!  We have also talked about other ways we can give or receive messages, realising that we communicate in many different ways.  We also made our own…

As part of our World Book Day activities, we took part in a book swap.  In nursery we spread all the books out in our circle and each had chance to choose a new book to read and take home.  We love books in our nursery!

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.  

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…

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

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…

Our learning environment is scattered with mark making opportunities.  This week the children have been developing their pre-writing and writing skills on large sheets on the floor, large sheets on the easel, a variety of papers available in our mark making area, using whiteboard pens on a large…