Pantomine

This week we had an extra special treat. We watched a pantomime of ‘Beauty and the Beast’. We all laughed, clapped and cheered and couldn’t believe our eyes when the beast turned into a prince!

You should have all received your invite for our stay and play session which is to be held at 10.45-11.30 on Wednesday 6th November – we look forward to seeing you all there! The children all cane home with an Autumn treasure bag for the holidays today. Please go for an Autumn walk together to collect some treasure. There is a checklist to help you on your way. Please bring the filled bags into Nursery on the first day back so we can explore and investigate them together. While on your walk it would be fantastic if you could take some photos and pop them onto Tapestry so we can share them in class. Happy hunting and have a super, safe half term!

Humpty Dumpty

The children enjoyed learning our new rhyme this week, Humpty Dumpty. We began the week by singing the rhyme and playing musical instruments, thinking carefully about which instruments to play for each section of the rhyme. The children chose a drum for Humpty’s big fall as they said it sounded like a ‘crash’. In the creative area, we made split pin Humpty Dumpty’s and printed a wall for him using bricks in paint. We read ‘The True Story of Humpty Dumpty to find out how Humpty fell off the wall. Before reading the story, we made some predictions about what happened. Zoe thought he ‘jumped’ and Esmae thought he was catching a feather that had fallen off his hat! In small groups, we followed instructions on how to make Humpty Dumpty scrambled eggs, they were delicious! Next week we will continue our learning on Humpty Dumpty where we will be detectives investigating a crime scene!

Baa Baa Black Sheep

This week, our learning has been focused around the rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep. We painted with cotton wool on pegs, made sheep sticky pictures and in the finger gym, we wrapped wool around the sheep. During circle time, we read rhyming stories linked to the rhyme, including ‘Sheep in a Jeep’ and we used the role play masks to act out the rhyme with friends on our class stage. Next week we will begin learning about a nursery rhyme character who fell off a wall. Can you guess which rhyme it is?

Jack and Jill

This week, we have been looking closely at the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill. In literacy, we read and retold the rhyme using actions and discussed the vocabulary we were singing e.g pail, crown. We used write dance to retell the rhyme on paper and in phonics, performed the rhyme in small groups, thinking about the musical instruments we used for each part of the song. We have investigated filling and emptying buckets of different sizes and played path games to race Jack and Jill to the well by counting the way across the spotty path.

Next week we will begin our outdoor learning days every Wednesday. Can you please send your child into school in appropriate clothing e.g leggings, jogging bottoms and a warm waterproof coat each Wednesday (school jumpers to still be worn). If possible, please send in a pair of wellies that can be kept in school for your child.

Grand Old Duke of York

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This week we have had a fun packed few days.  We have been learning all about the rhyme ‘The Grand Old Duke of York’.  To enhance our learning, we made soldier hats, split pin soldiers to help us with the positional language in the rhyme as we moved them up and down the hill and we made soldier footprints in the paint.  Outdoors, we marched like soldiers and played parachute games while singing the rhyme.  Next week, we will be looking at the rhyme ‘Jack and Jill’

On Wednesday, we had a ‘bubbles’ workshop with NUSTEM.  The children were all very keen to participate in the activities.  We used different shape bubble wands to create bubbles nad jumped round, stretching up high to pop the bubbles which were floating up into the air. 

Settling in

The children have all had a fantastic week. We have stayed for lunch and the children are becoming more confident when walking around the school. Next week we will begin our topic ‘Nursery Rhymes’ and will begin with ‘The Grand Old Duke of York’, with lots of exciting activitie linked to the rhyme.

A reminder for our Phonics and Tapestry workshop which will take place next Tuesday (17th September) at 3.30pm. We look forward to seeing you all there!

Welcome to Nursery!

A very warm welcome to the new children who started Nursery this term and a big welcome back to our Rising Three’s from last year. I hope you all had a fabulous Summer and enjoyed the sunshine. What a fantastic start the children had in Nursery in their first week. The children all amazed myself and Mrs Lough at how well they did exploring Nursery for the first time independently without their parents. They have began to settle quickly into the daily routine of Nursery and you should all be super proud of them!

W/C 1st July – The Circus!

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What a busy week we have had in Nursery! On Monday, we invited our parents and carers into school for a stay and play session and it was fantastic to see so many of you there. Thank you for making the afternoon such a success and the feedback that you all gave was lovely and gratefully appreciated.

On Tuesday, the circus visited Kenton Bar! The day began with Marko the clown showing us lots of different tricks. Nursery then the took part in a circus skills workshop where we learnt how to juggle, spin plates, use the diablo, ribbons and rainbow sticks. The children amazed me with their confidence in standing up on stage and showing their friends the different skills they had been taught. We finished the day with some dancing and a floating suitcase! What a brilliant day we all had, laughing and smiling throughout.

Next week is transition week in school. Please bring the Nursery children to Nursery as usual on Monday morning and we will then take the children through to their new classrooms. The Rising Three’s children will remain in Nursery as usual, where we will welcome some new friends during their visits.

w/c 24th June: Helicopter Stories

This week, our challenge in the classroom was to write our own ‘helicopter story’. The children embraced this and we had some fantastic story telling with some beautiful story language. Many of the children began their story with ‘once upon a time’. Over the course of the week, the children brought their stories to me and read what they had written. On Wednesday, we all gathered around the stage to hear each other’s stories. All of the children were keen to participate and we had some wonderful acting as we took on the characters from the story. At the end, all of the actors took a bow and the audience clapped.

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A couple of reminders for next week, as we have a busy week ahead! I look forward to welcoming all parents and carers into Nursery on Monday afternoon at 2.15pm for a Stay and Play session. Also, we are all very excited for Tuesday, when Circurama will be coming into Early Years to teach Nursery and Reception some circus skills! Please ensure your child comes to school in appropriate footwear (no wellies or opened toed sandals please). The sun finally seems to have its hat on, therefore, please can you ensure that during sunny, warm weather, your child comes to school having sun cream already applied and has a sun hat and water bottle in school. Thank you. Enjoy the glories weather, and see you all on Monday for an action packed week!

W/C 17th June: Ladybird larvae

This week, we were joined in Nursery by some new friends – ladybird larvae. Before we introduced them, we asked the children what they thought they might be before they change into a ladybird. We had some good predictions, for example, a caterpillar, bee and spider. The children have spent time this week observing the larvae, watching them grow and have been recording their observations. We are excited to see how they have changed when we return next week.

In maths, we have been recording and representing numbers through problem solving. Using tally charts, we recorded the eye colour of the different children in the classroom. The children could represent the number for each colour and used one to one correspondence to count how many of each they had found. I think we have some maths magicians in Nursery!