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.
All aboard the English Martyrs Bus Tour!
The children in Nursery A have been playing together to create a bus, using crates, wheels and wood. A tambourine made a perfect steering wheel. Watch out for the fast drivers!
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…
Yoga Time in Nursery
The children took part in a mindfulness and yoga session this week. They listened brilliantly, relaxing and moving their bodies in different ways.
Firefighters Visit Nursery
What an exciting morning we have had in nursery! We are currently learning about ‘People Who Help Us’ and today our local Fire Station in Netherton came to visit us. The firefighters brought the engine and talked to the children about their important role and how they help to keep everyone safe.…
Crucial Crew
The children visited Aintree Racecourse to take part in a range of workshops.
The workshops focused on: healthy eating, keeping safe on transport, drugs and alcohol awareness and emotional well being.
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…
Magic Rubbish
In response to a text called ‘Magic Trash’ about an artist who uses recycled items to create his artwork, we decided to create our own ‘Magic Wall’ using recycled items that we have been collecting. Throughout the week, the children have been colour mixing, collaborating, creating and adapting…
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Nursery Picnic
Today Nursery A and B joined together for a picnic in the sunshine. We have been reading the book The Sea Saw and this week, in relation to the text we have been planning a picnic. We are looking forward to our beach trip next week too. The children enjoyed tasty banana oat bars that they made…
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.…