Let’s Play in Nursery A!
This week has been all about new experiences for our nursery children. They have been discovering the nursery environment and all it has to offer, whilst making new friends.
Welcome to English Martyrs!
A massive welcome to all our nursery children who have been settling in this week. They have amazed us with their independence, smiles and friendship. We can’t wait to playful learning adventures together this year.
We began exploring our outdoor environment, sweeping up and playing with…
Caterpillar Finding in Nursery A
We have been reading The Very Hungry Caterpoilar today and learning about the life cycle of a butterfly, after the release of our very own butterflies in nursery last week. This afternoon there was great excitement when the children found a particularly large caterpillar in our nursery garden.…
Nursery A Fire Engine Visit.
The children were so excited about a fire engine visiting our school this week. The children learned about firefighting and fire engines. Mrs Naisbett who normally teaches in Year 6 was in nursery and even had a chance to put on a fire fighters outfit! There were some very happy…
Electricity
We have been learning about electricity in `year 4. Today’s lesson we created our own simple circuits and discussed the difference between an open and closed circuit, as well as insulators and conductors of electricity.
Bye, Bye Butterflies!
Over the past few weeks the children have been watching our caterpillars transform into beautiful butterflies. We have talked about the four stages of the life cycle of a butterfly - the egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly. The children have really enjoyed observing the changes and today we had…
Nursery A went to the beach today!
Today we visited Formby Beach and Pinewoods. We linked our visit to the book The See Saw by Tom Percival. The children had a little picnic and time to play in the sand. We spent time walking, talking, climbing, digging, rolling, laughing and singing! There were some very sleepy children on the…
Water between our fingers and sand between our toes!
This week’s warm weather has called for a variety of sand and water play in nursery. The children have enjoyed exchanging wellies for bare feet in the sand and have explored pouring, funnelling and spooning water both in indoor and outdoor water play. The children have been cooperating in much…
Play-dough fun
The children love making play dough with an adult at the start of the week. Lately the children have been using shells and pebbles to enhance their creations.
Our Beautiful Nursery Garden in Full Bloom.
We have been working hard to maintain our garden in nursery. We have a mixture of plants, flowers, fruit and vegetables growing. Look carefully at the labelled pebbles to see the selection including, sunflowers, beetroot, lettuce, onions, radishes, cress, sweetcorn, courgettes and strawberries.…
Eau de Nursery!
Some of the children in Nursery A have been busy mixing, pouring, creating and enhancing today. They decided that they would like to make their own nursery perfume. They added vanilla and cinnamon to the water, glitter and daisy flower recipe to create their own fragrance.…
Ice-cream Day in Nursery A
Over the past few weeks we have opened a preteen ice-cream shop outside nursery. The children have loved playing shop, requesting their favourite favours and toppings, writing down orders, giving money and change and creating imaginary tasty treats. Today it was time to do it for real! What a…