Author: sandragardner

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 ‘qu’ 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 ‘qu’ and played lots of games to

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 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 in Nursery 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

This week in Nursery 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

This week Nursery have started a new project called’ Sunshine and Sunflowers’. We kick started the project by going on a walk around the school grounds looking for signs of Spring. We found lots of flowers such as tulips, daffodils, daises and catkins and blossom on the trees. Using the Little Wandle phonics scheme the children learned the sound ‘v’

This week Nursery have started a new project called’ Sunshine and Sunflowers’. We kick started the project by going on a walk around the school grounds looking for signs of Spring. We found lots of flowers such as tulips, daffodils, daises and catkins and blossom on the trees. Using the Little Wandle phonics scheme the children learned the sound ‘v’

This week in Nursery the children have continued to learn all about dinosaurs! The children enjoyed being dinosaur explorers, digging in the sand looking for dinosaur fossils and bones. They carefully used brushes to dust away the sand looking for the hidden treasures! In Maths the children enjoyed counting dinosaurs and learned a counting rhyme, demonstrating subtraction. Using their imagination