Blog Author: Mrs Garvey

The children in nursery have been learning about our different seasons and this week they were able to explore what snow and ice feel like. The children talked about ‘wrapping up warm’ and preparing for the winter months ahead. 

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.…

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 children had lots of fun this morning with Scoot Fit! They sang, danced and improved their scootering skills.

This week we have been exploring clay making different shapes to create mini-beasts. This is helping us to improve our fine motor skills. 

The children have been working together in the mud kitchen making mud soup using our natural resources.

The children have had lots of fun playing and exploring outdoors. In music we have been learning about percussion instruments so the children wanted to hear the sounds the tractor tyre could make. They have also been using the trees to play hide and seek.  

This morning the children worked with Enrich Education to find the different animal markers around our school. We enjoyed making the various animal noises and talking about where we would find these animals in our environment.

The children in nursery have been learning about autumn and have collected lots of autumnal treasures. We have had fun outdoors looking for more signs of autumn, finding mini-beasts, dancing in the wind with our scarves and reading in the sunshine. 

In RE we have been thanking God for our wonderful world. This week we went for a walk around our school and talked about what we could see.

This week we have had lots of fun playing and learning with our friends. We have begun to make a music wall outdoors using pans, spoons and bells. Inside we are playing in our home corner - having tea parties and going shopping. 

This week we are looking at different colours and sorting colours into groups. At home we are talking about our favourite colours and drawing pictures to share with our friends.