In Disguise!
Some new wigs and glasses have refreshed our dressing up basket this week!
Making Christmas Cakes in Nursery
The children in nursery have been very busy making Christmas cakes. They have used their senses to smell and feel the different ingredients and have listened carefully to the instructions. They helped one another and took turns stirring, cutting, mixing and pouring the different ingredients.…
Odd Sock Day
The children and staff were all excited to take part in Odd Sock Day! We are kind to each other every day in Reception, and have talked about the importance of this.
Remembrance Day
We remembered the soldiers who died for us. We all made a poppy to put in the window. We observed the two minutes silence by watching the CBeebies ‘Poppies”.
Rosie’s Spectacular Lightbox House
After reading the story of ‘The Three Little Pig's’ Rosie used the lightbox to make her own house. We love the colours that shine through on the box.
Subitising in Reception
This week in Reception we have been using our ‘maths eyes’ to look at small groups of objects and say, without counting, how many there are! The children have loved playing games to subitse.
Exploring Patterns in Nursery
This week we have been exploring repeats in songs and stories. We have also been using objects and paints to make line patterns and repeated patterns.
The Three Little Pigs
To introduce our new book, The Three Little Pigs, the children were shocked to discover someone had made a terrible mess in our classroom! The suspect left footprints and left lots of straw and sticks laying around! We came up with a plan about who had committed such terrible crimes, we thought it…
Firework patterns.
We have been exploring patterns and repeats. Using stones and pebbles we made some firework patterns, carefully following lines, developing their visual accuracy and fine motor skills.
Home-school diary time
Sharing our work or news from home is a very special time for us in Nursery. This week we are enjoying time to share our half term news. Many children have been very busy with Halloween and Bonfire Night celebrations. Thank you children, we love learning all about you!
Sorting 1 2 and 3
This week Reception have been looking at numbers 1 2 and 3. We sorted various ways of showing the numbers as class, the children then did in small groups before finally bring left to explore themselves.