Author: sandragardner

This week in Nursery we have started a new project called, ‘Big Wide World’. We have talked about going on holiday and the children enjoyed sharing their holiday photos during Circle Time. These will be put on our display with the world map. We thought about what we would pack in our suitcases and the children practiced their cutting and

This week in Nursery we have started a new project called, ‘Big Wide World’. We have talked about going on holiday and the children enjoyed sharing their holiday photos during Circle Time. These will be put on our display with the world map. We thought about what we would pack in our suitcases and the children practiced their cutting and

This week in Nursery we have started a new mini project called ‘Shadows and Reflections’. We began the week by thinking about how a shadow is made and had lots of fun outside creating shadow shapes using our bodies! The children enjoyed dressing up and looking at their reflections in mirrors and thought about how their reflection had changed. The

This week in Nursery we have started a new mini project called ‘Shadows and Reflections’. We began the week by thinking about how a shadow is made and had lots of fun outside creating shadow shapes using our bodies! The children enjoyed dressing up and looking at their reflections in mirrors and thought about how their reflection had changed. The

This week in Nursery we have been thinking about keeping safe in the sun. The children talked about what we need such as sun hats, sun cream and sunglasses. We also talked about what we love to do outside in the sunshine. Using the Little Wandle phonics scheme the children learned the sound ‘ch’ and played lots of games to

This week in Nursery we have been thinking about keeping safe in the sun. The children talked about what we need such as sun hats, sun cream and sunglasses. We also talked about what we love to do outside in the sunshine. Using the Little Wandle phonics scheme the children learned the sound ‘ch’ and played lots of games to

This week in Nursery the focus has been on minibeasts. The children loved exploring the outdoor area hunting for all kinds of creatures! The children have enjoyed dressing up as minibeasts and looking at the pretend minibeasts with the magnifying glasses. In Maths the children have investigated the spots on ladybirds and have discovered that numbers can be arranged in

This week in Nursery the focus has been on minibeasts. The children loved exploring the outdoor area hunting for all kinds of creatures! The children have enjoyed dressing up as minibeasts and looking at the pretend minibeasts with the magnifying glasses. In Maths the children have investigated the spots on ladybirds and have discovered that numbers can be arranged in

This week the children had great fun when they went on their trip to Coombe Abbey Country Park. The rangers read the story, ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle. We then used our senses to investigate other aspects of nature. We searched for minibeasts in the meadow, did bark rubbings in the forest area and fed the ducks on

This week the children have been thinking about flowers and growing plants. They each planted a sunflower seed. We will look after them and watch them grow over the next few weeks! We learned the parts of a flower, such as petals, stem, roots etc. by looking at a big book about sunflowers, we also looked at the life cycle