Retelling the Christmas Story in Nursery B
Understanding the World, Communication & Language, Literacy, Physical Development
The children are reading the Christmas Story and learning about baby Jesus being born in a stable. Outdoors they worked together to make a stable using wood, leaves and pinecones. We then added Angel Gabriel,…
Music in Nursery B
Expressive Arts & Design, Physical Development
The children have been learning about pitch and tempo through listening to different sounds and types of music. They have used their bodies to identify the tempo - moving and dancing quickly and slowly. Today they waved their scarves high and low…
The Christmas Story in Nursery B
We have been reading the beginning of The Christmas Story when Angel Gabriel told Mary she was going to have a baby and his name would be Jesus. The children have re-enacted the story and talked about how Mary may have felt. This week we talked about the meaning of love and created ‘hanging…
Drawing and Mark Making in Nursery
Communication & Language, Physical Development, Literacy
We are reading ‘I’m Going to Eat This Ant’ by Chris Naylor which is a story about an anteater who is tired of eating ants all the time. This week the children have looked at different images and clips of anteaters. We then asked them to…
Making Vegetable Soup in Nursery B
Understanding the World, Personal, Social & Emotional Development, Physical Development
This week the children made vegetable soup to eat as part of their snack. They used their cutting, chopping and peeling skills to prepare the different vegetables. We talked about where vegetables grow and…
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Feet Paintings in Nursery B
Expressive Arts & Design
The children enjoyed exploring paint and colour mixing with their feet this week. First they walked in paint with their feet covered in bubble wrap and created ‘dinosaur footprints’. Then they went barefoot describing and comparing how it felt using words such as…
Painting & Colour Mixing in Nursery B
Expressive Arts & Design
The children have been exploring with paints creating firework pictures and colourful pebbles for our woodland area.
Nursery B Go on a Bug Hunt
This week the children have been working in their key groups to find hidden bugs in our woodland area. They used their investigative skills to look for the photographs of different insects and to talk about their features. We will continue to learn about bugs this half term as we are reading ‘I’m…
Rock Stars Take Over Nursery B
The children had lots of fun as rock stars today dancing and singing together. What a fantastic day raising money for the PTA.
Designing Cakes in Nursery B
This week the children in nursery received a letter from Mr and Mrs Baker asking them to enter the ‘Award Winning Cake Competition’. The children are thinking carefully and talking to one another about the shape and size of their cakes as well as toppings and flavours.
Outdoor Learning
This week we have enjoyed the mild autumnal weather and spent a lot of time outdoors talking about our environment. As the children collected twigs and leaves for the mud kitchen, they recognised the different colours, textures and shapes. They continue to develop and strengthen their gross motor…
The Gingerbread Man Crosses the River
This half term we are reading The Gingerbread Man and this week we focused on him crossing the river. We placed a gingerbread man in water and watched what happened. The children could see how he floated at first but then began to crumble and break. They also noticed how the water changed colour…