Exploring Shape Using Blossom
The children in Nursery A have been showing off their knowledge of shapes this week. We have been exploring different shapes and today collected blossom that has fallen from our beautiful nursery tree, to fill shapes and create different shapes on our own and in small groups.
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.
.jpeg)
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!
Computing
Staying Safe Online
Today in computing, we discussed the pros and cons of being online. We then looked through some scenarios and discussed how this would make us feel. We designed a poster for younger children to help them know what they can do to stay safe online.
Snack and Chat!
Snack time is always popular in nursery but even more so on Mondays as the children are so keen to share with us their weekend news and catch up with their friends. Here they are developing turn taking, conversation, eye contact, vocabulary, listening skills and much more. The children choose…
Spring Walk in Nursery A
Today we took advantage of a beautiful sunny morning and went on a class walk around the school grounds to look for signs of spring. We saw many daffodils but some other spring flowers coming up too. We also observed the buds on the blossom trees. We finished our time outside with a sensory…
Architects of the Future
These girls have spent a good part of their afternoon working together to build a camper van. They are going to travel around Australia it visiting lots of places!
Perfect Pancakes
Last Tuesday was a hive of activity in Nursery A as we celebrated Shorve Tuesday. Children had a chance to make and eat pancakes with some traditional toppings. We even made one for Mr Dinsdale! We talked about the reason why we have Shove Tuesday in preparation for…
Telephones and Messages in Bottles.
This week, linking to our English text ‘The Priates are Coning’ we have been writing messages in bottles and floating them on the water in nursery! We have also talked about other ways we can give or receive messages, realising that we communicate in many different ways. We also made our own…
World Book Day in Nursery A
As part of our World Book Day activities, we took part in a book swap. In nursery we spread all the books out in our circle and each had chance to choose a new book to read and take home. We love books in our nursery!
“I love you and I want you to love one another”
Today we talked about God loving us and Jesus’ teaching to love one another. We made a list of all the people we love in our lives. Each of the children and staff members in nursery contributed by passing a wooden heart to each other so that we could say who we loved. We then thought about how…
Magic Moments!
Not content with simply building a wall for Humpty Dumpty, two of our creative learners in nursery decided to work together to make a bed for him, using some blocks as a blanket to keep him warm. Look at those smiles!