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25 April 2025

Daisy, Daisy!

There are so many beautiful daisies on our soon to be cut grass around school that the children in Nursery A decided to learn some facts about them and collect as many as possible.  We then used them to create daisy chains and in our provision throughout nursery from creating transient artwork to…

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25 April 2025

Dinosaur Playdough!

In response to the text Gigantosaurus, the playdough table has been very popular in Nursery A this week.  The children have been using different dinosaur footprints to impress into their dough and predicting what the dinosaurs may have looked like.  

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4 April 2025

Nursery Raffle for the Good Shepherd Appeal

There was so much of the Catholic Life of the school to celebrate today and it was so much fun.  The children from both of our nurseries took part in an Easter Raffle to raise money for Nugent’s Good Shepherd Appeal.  We learned that not everyone would win but that in raising money for charity we…

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4 April 2025

Colourful Painting in Nursery

Today the children used paints, brushes, string and teabags to create colourful firework paintings. They worked together and shared their ideas while exploring paint using different tools. 

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2 April 2025

Exploring Shapes and Puzzles in Nursery B

This week we are playing with shape puzzles and simple jigsaws in our continuous provision. Today we matched a range of objects to their shadows concentrating on the shapes we could see. We also played a matching numicon and numeral game together. 

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1 April 2025

Desert to Garden EYFS End of Topic Celebration

Today we had a beautiful end of topic celebration for our nursery and reception children with the parents of nursery children invited.  It was a fantastic turn out and the children loved sharing their learning with all those present.  The children were so respectful during times of prayer and…

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28 March 2025

Climbing and Balancing in Nursery B

Today the children used the climbing frame to help improve and practise their balancing and climbing skills. They used their strength and coordination to move around the different areas whilst having fun in the sun.

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28 March 2025

Large scale artwork in Nursery A

The children in Nursery A have been combining their drawing, painting and collage skills over the past few weeks to create amazing joint pieces of artwork. 

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28 March 2025

Parachute Play in Nursery A

Parachute play provides opportunities for cooperation, participation, turn taking and creativity.  We are developing our gross motor skills and our listening skills.  The children loved hiding underneath it too!  

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27 March 2025

Palm Sunday

After listening to the scripture about Palm Sunday, the children re-enacted Jesus arriving into Jerusalem on a donkey. The children waved palms and shouted “Hosanna” as Jesus arrived. 

 

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27 March 2025

Nursery’s Good Shepherd Day

Today the children are having a fancy-dress day to raise money for the Good Shepherd Appeal. They are having lots of fun playing and painting together.

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19 March 2025

Nursery B’s Spring Walk

Today the children went on a walk looking for signs of spring. Together we found buds, daffodils, tulips, seedlings, insects and birds. The children enjoyed exploring and seeing so many bright colours around our school.

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