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7 February 2025

Mark Making in Nursery A

Our learning environment is scattered with mark making opportunities.  This week the children have been developing their pre-writing and writing skills on large sheets on the floor, large sheets on the easel, a variety of papers available in our mark making area, using whiteboard pens on a large…

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3 February 2025

Mix and Create!

The children have been using natural resources, lemons and limes as part of their sensory outdoor learning today.  Smelling, mixing, whisking, pouring, creating, communicating, turn-taking - playing is learning!  

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3 February 2025

Friendship cards

Our dream cave has turned into a friendship card making station! The children are creating their own friendship cards to give to their friends, it is a great way to show our care and love for one another. The children are using name cards to support their writing of their friend’s…

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31 January 2025

Nursery A Visit to Kingsley and Co. 31.01.25

The last of the nursery visits to Kingsley and Co. took place today.  The children were amazing and loved the hands on experiences.   We took part in the Red Riding Hood story, explored the shop and even chose our own books to keep.   The trip was completed with an extra long rendition of ‘The…

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29 January 2025

Nursery A Visit to Kingsley and Co. Bookshop 29.01.25

The second nursery trip of the week to Kingsley and Co. Bookshop has taken place today.  The children listened carefully to the Red Riding Hood Story before exploring the different areas.   We were even able to choose our own book to keep!  

 

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27 January 2025

Nursery Visit Kingsley's & Co

Today the children in Nursery B visited Kingsley's & Co in Bootle Strand. They had a wonderful morning listening to stories, dressing up, playing with puppets and exploring the different themes inside the book shop. They sat in the cafe area for a drink and snack and chose a book to take home too.…

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24 January 2025

Let’s have some time together

“Let’s have some time together” is a phrase you will often hear adults in our early years setting saying to children.  For example, “Let’s have some time together to play, read, tidy, build, talk, think about, focus on”.  It is an effective way of connecting and bringing learning on through…

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24 January 2025

Balancing Act

We have been talking about balancing today as part of our work with our book.  The children have loved doing the actions to get through the creek.  

 

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20 January 2025

Let’s Build in Nursery A

Using a mixture of wooden blocks and natural resources, the children decided to make a fort today.  The children worked together and side by side to create their masterpiece. There was lots of discussion and negotiating taking place too.   We didn’t want to tidy it away at the end of the day!…

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17 January 2025

Nursery Pen Pals

In Nursery we are learning about using different media and this week we have been exploring the marks made by felt tip pens.  So many children have been encouraged to pick up pens use them for a variety of purposes.  We have had pictures created of families, friends, a rainbow cake, a unicorn,…

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16 January 2025

Poetry ‘Inside my Norse Myth’

We used our list of elements found in Norse Myths to create a poem titled, ‘Inside my Norse Myth.’

The poem included expanded noun phrases, similes, metaphors and powerful verb phrases.

We worked in pairs to generate and share our ideas.

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14 January 2025

Nursery's Going on a Journey

The children in nursery are reading 'Let's All Creep Through Crocodile Creek' and other stories about animals going on a journey. The children wanted to go on their own adventure through a forest or a jungle so we created our own jungle in the classroom. The children are enjoying reading stories…

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