Today the children wrapped up warm and put on their wellies to explore the cold outdoors. We listened to the noise of our footprints and described what the ice and snow felt like using words such as freezing, frosty, crunchy and squelchy.

The children then collected some ice to bring into class…

Today the children visited Church to look at the Nativity scene and to hear the story of the Wise Men visiting Jesus. The children remembered their Christmas assembly and were able to see Jesus, Mary and Joseph with their special visitors in Church. 

Nursery children have had a fun filled party day today.  Both nurseries joined together in the hall for pass the parcel, musical statues and disco dancing.  Children also enjoyed games and party food in their own nursery settings. 

Today the children wore their Christmas jumpers and took part in the School Games Santa Dash event. They had lots of fun walking and running with their friends followed by a surprise visit to see Father Christmas. How exciting!

The children in nursery are interested in learning about animals that live in cold climates. We have looked at different animals that live in the Arctic including polar bears, snowy owls and arctic foxes. We have also been exploring what happens to ice as it melts.  

Cheerful children's stocking

As a school, each year group is fundraising for CAFOD this Advent.  Nursery have chosen the World Gift of a Cheerful Children’s Stocking this year to raise money for.  We have had the idea of asking our nursery children to bring in a small treat for themselves to…

Our nursery children made a wonderful start to our Christmas assemblies today.  In our special act of worship the children sang beautifully and reminded us all of the true meaning of Christmas.  We are so proud of how amazing they all were.   Well done children!  

This week we have been looking at 2d shapes.  We have talked about the properties of the shapes, including corners and sides.  We then sorted various shapes according to the number of sides they had.

In Reception we have been using watercolours to explore mixing and different textures when we are painting.  The children loved the delicate colours the paints made. Clancy and Isabella particularly enjoyed this activity.  

In Nursery we love taking on different roles.  Throughout the year we use hats, bags, shoes, clothes to be whoever we want to be.  In the run up to Christmas we have introduced a variety of more recognisable costumes into nursery and the children have had so much fun.  One area of our classroom…

Christmas card designs are on the go in Reception! The children are using water colours to carefully create their design. 

This week the children are enjoying making handprint salt dough decorations to hang on their Christmas trees at home. We will be painting and decorating our decorations next week.