Blog Author: Mrs McIntyre

Magnetic tiles have been a recent addition to the resources in our nursery and have been extremely popular.  It has been fascinating to observe the interactions of the children and the different strategies of exploring and creating used.  The resource only arrived last week and building progress…

Following on from our ‘Naughty Bus’ book the children were keen to make their own bus.  We found a sturdy box and the children took over, painting and creating together to get the job done!  Next for the driving and travelling.  We have also been talking about finding routes as part of our…

After reading Naughty Bus the children decided to create their own bus in their independent learning. More and more children were finding chairs to pull up so that they could have a place on the bus.  The children began singing ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ song.  

The Glory Be Prayer is a traditional prayer of the Catholic faith.  For children in Early Years, they experience the prayer being said out loud.  The key message of the prayer for children of this age are the words ‘Glory Be’, which is a sign of praise, a thank-you to God for sending his Son.  Our…

This week and last, we have been experimenting with different effects that can be made using wax crayons and felt-tip pens.  The children have made individual pictures and investigated rubbings of natural materials in small groups.  They have also worked on larger scale pieces.…

The children were busy this morning making vegetable and egg muffins.   We tried them out in our woodland area this afternoon.  They weren’t our most popular product but lots of children tried them and English Martyrs Soup has been requested again for next week - unexpected food hit of the…

After a discussion in Nursery, one of our children brought in a pack of balloons.  Mrs Bruchez had been talking about papier mache and how to make it.  As she started to demonstrate, some air escaped from the balloon, much to the amusement of the class.  It turned into 5 minutes of pure joy and…

We visited to church to see the crib and the three wise men visiting baby Jesus.  We talked about how the 3 kings are also called ‘The Magi’ and we spoke about the importance of the star that they followed to find baby Jesus.  One of our little boys suggested we sing the ‘Little Baby Jesus’ song…

The children have enjoyed settling back into Nursery today after the Christmas break and our new children have done brilliantly too.  We took advantage of the winter sunshine this afternoon and headed into our woodland area. Mrs Seddon, her husband and son have been busy over the holidays creating…

Ho ho ho!  We have been very busy on our Santa Dash today!

Children from the gardening club and nursery came together today to plant Spring bulbs together and enjoy our woodland area.  The teamwork was a joy to see.  Well done children!

Our nursery is full of invitations to play, learn, investigate and explore but first thing in the morning we vary what we have out on our carpet area. Recently, the children have loved mark making and exploring shape on large sheets of paper.