Blog Author: Mrs Garvey

The children are enjoying the warmer spring weather and are having lots of fun outdoors. They are listening to stories, playing together, practising ball skills, sharing and taking turns. 

Today the children made their own pizzas with their favourite toppings. Nursery B took their pizzas home to eat for lunch while Nursery A sat in the sunshine and ate theirs for snack.  

The children have visited our Church to look at the beautiful Easter garden. We talked about Good Friday and Easter Sunday and the children remembered how Jesus died on the cross then rose again. The children spoke about what they could see and we said a thank you prayer to God for giving us…

This week for snack, the children made their own sandwiches. They practised spreading butter as well as cutting and chopping different fillings. We talked about the colours and flavours of foods and where our foods come from. 

This week the children brought in their favourite teddies from home so we could learn a new song together - Teddy Bear's Picnic. The children danced and sang with their teddies and we share stories and snack time together. 

This week the children have enjoyed taking part in Easter activities. They have decorated Easter biscuits, painted eggs and been on an Easter hunt.

This week is British Science Week and we are noticing how science is all around us. We have been looking at animals and discussing how they have similarities and differences. The children have enjoyed playing a matching game - finding the halves of the animal faces and identifying each animal. We…

The children in nursery enjoyed playing parachute games and relaxing in the hammock under the sunshine this week. They also searched for minibeasts and played imaginatively with one another. 

This week the children prepared their own healthy snack and made fruit kebabs. They practised their chopping skills whilst talking about the different colours, textures, shape and taste of fruits. 

The children have been reading ‘Where is Bear?’ by Jonathan Bentley and learning about prepositional language. We used the story to practise moving different objects to different places - in, on, under, behind, beside and through.  

We have also been practising counting using…

This week the children have made pancakes as we have been learning about Lent and how this is a special time to prepare for Easter. 

The children have had lots of fun coming to nursery in their favourite pyjamas.