Blog by Tag: PSHE

This week we have been talking about being a ‘good friend’ linked to our text Gigantosaurus. The children have talked about their friends and what makes them a good friend. They drew pictures of their friends and described their qualities. We also played lots of games together including circle…

Today we looked at First Aid knowledge such as the recovery position and DR ABC.

The children role played to practise DR ABC. 

D anger

R esponse

A irway

B reathing

C irculation 

As part of our learning about food in nursery this week we have made our own wraps.  We had a variety of fillings to choose from to create our perfect taste sensation.  We had to think carefully about how much filling to use.  Too many and the wrap will fall apart, too few and the wrap may be…

In our food technology session this weeek, the children have been creating fruit trees using a variety of fruit and bread sticks.  They then enjoyed eating them as a tasty snack.  

Some of the children in Nursery A have been very busy creating “A Very Posh Hotel” this morning.  The walls are guarded by animals, there is an area for food and “candy”, binoculars for the guests and lots of rooms.  “This hotel is cool” was one of the comments overheard.  The children have been…

There are so many beautiful daisies on our soon to be cut grass around school that the children in Nursery A decided to learn some facts about them and collect as many as possible.  We then used them to create daisy chains and in our provision throughout nursery from creating transient artwork to…

In response to the text Gigantosaurus, the playdough table has been very popular in Nursery A this week.  The children have been using different dinosaur footprints to impress into their dough and predicting what the dinosaurs may have looked like.  

The children in Nursery A have been showing off their knowledge of shapes this week.  We have been exploring different shapes and today collected blossom that has fallen from our beautiful nursery tree, to fill shapes and create different shapes on our own and in small groups.

The children in Nursery A have been combining their drawing, painting and collage skills over the past few weeks to create amazing joint pieces of artwork. 

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!  

Staying Safe Online

Today in computing, we discussed the pros and cons of being online. We then looked through some scenarios and discussed how this would make us feel. We designed a poster for younger children to help them know what they can do to stay safe online. 

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…