Welcome to the Nursery

Below is a photograph of the things you will need your child to have at Nursery. Please can you make sure they are clearly labelled on the outside as shown in the photo. They will need:

A lunch box if not having hot meals.

A drinks bottle

A small bag with spare clothes,

A coat as we go out everyday whatever the weather (hats, scarves and gloves in the Winter),

A pair of welly boots.

12.2.26

This week we have been sitting with the children and talking through their yellow folder work. We have seen some outstanding work well done.

On our welly walks we have been on a scavenger hunt finding a list of around 15 different items.

In PE we finished our ball skills working on bouncing and target throwing we also invented a dinosaur hokey pokey.

5.2.26

This week we have been exploring games on the CBeebies website. The children each had a turn to pick a game. They then had to follow the instructions to complete the game and use their fine motor skills to be successful.

On our welly walks we collected sticks then turned them into ribbon wind sock decorations for the garden. The children again worked on their fine motor skills and pincer grip tying the ribbons.

In PE we continued with ball skills using a basketball to work on bouncing and a hoop and a cone to work on precision.

29.1.26

This week we have used our dinosaur model planning sheets to turn our visions into 3D life like dinosaurs using clay.

 On our welly walks we have been on a dinosaur hunt finding 10 missing dinosaurs from our classroom.

22.1.26

This week we have started a project on dinosaurs. The children have designed on paper a dinosaur that they will make out of clay next week.

We have read several dinosaur stories and learnt songs about dinosaurs and watched videos of dinosaurs.

In PE we have moved onto football and bouncing we also learnt how to play Duck,duck,goose.

On our welly walks we made the numbers 1-5  using natural objects.

16.1.26

This week we have read and made our own version of, The Scarecrows Wedding”. The children found props from the list for the wedding on their welly walks and used puppets from the book to act out the story and wedding ceremony.

In PE we have continued throwing and catching with a tennis ball and bean bags.

We have also created our new doctors role play area which is very popular we have had lots of check ups and many babies delivered!!

9.1.26

Happy New Year everyone!

This week we have been settling back into routine and have welcomed 4 new children. 
On our welly walks we have been using chalks to draw 2D shapes and trace our names.

In PE we have continued with Write Dance and started ball skills. We worked on throwing,catching and rolling this week.

We have also been telling each other about our favourite Christmas presents and drawing them.

17.12.25

Christmas Fun!
Performance,Party and Santa treasure  hunt.

5.12.25

Over the last few weeks we have been trying really hard to learn the Christmas songs for our show.

We have also been busy making snow people and gingerbread house cards.

On our welly walk we made bird feeders and we were very excited to spot a robin on one of them as well as some squirrels!

13.11.25

This week we have finished our carnival parade. We have also learnt about Remembrance Day by watching videos and taking art in a minutes silence.

On our welly walks we looked at Mrs Lovibond-Stephens car and counted how many tyres,windscreen wipers and windows she had. We then recorded our results using tally marks.

In PE we continued with Write Dance and practiced some Christmas songs.

6.11.25

We have had a really exciting start to the new term.We talked about the amazing local carnival and have started to make our own 3D model carnival floats.

We have watched videos about Bonfire Night and used chalks to draw fireworks on our welly walk on the playground.

In PE we used the Pom poms to dance like fireworks.

We have also watched a video about Remembrance and have started to make our own special memorial poppies.

23.10.25

This week we have been learning about the festival of ‘Diwali’ and the importance of light guiding a safe pathway. We have made candles out of toilet rolls to decorate our classroom.

On our welly walks we carried out Listening Walks as part of our phase 1 phonic work.

In PE we carried on with Write Dance moving and drawing shapes like a rainbow.

16.10.25

This week we have been learning about our world We have been trying foods from different countries we tried pain au chocolat from France, caramel waffles from Poland, pineapple from Costa Rica, mangoes from  India and rice from China.

We watched videos about other countries where children told us how to say hello in their language and showed us the flags for their country.

We have designed our own flags using shapes and crayons.

9.10.25

This week we have continued to work on our Family Trees. We have also played a maths game with fish and bubbles to help with our counting and number recognition.

We had some amazing Autumn welly walks exploring the field finding leaves, conkers and acorns.

In PE we played some movement games and continued with Write Dance following a story song about a puffer train.

2.10.25

This week we have started to make family trees. This has been a great opportunity for the children to talk to us about their own lives in more detail.

On our welly walks we have been finding 2D shapes around our school environment.

In PE we have been continuing our work on Write Dance.

1.10.25

We sadly sad goodbye to Mrs Francis today but wished her Good Luck in her retirement.

25.9.25

This week we have been making hand print Christmas cards to send off to be printed. We have also finished making our collage friends.

On our welly walks we had an Autumn nature walk and found conkers ,different coloured leaves and pine cones.

In PE we continued with Write Dance and used the foam javelins and a rugby ball outside.

18.9.25

This week we have been working with partners to create life size characters using collage. This has helped us to make new friendships and practice our fine motor skills.

On our welly walks we have been on a colour matching treasure hunt.

In PE we continued with Write Dance and made marks to music.

12.9.25

This week we have started working in small groups collecting leaves outside and painting them.

We have also started our PE sessions we did one inside and one outside.We started our, ‘Write Dance” mark making scheme which encourages the children to make marks in the shapes of letters.

5.9.25

The children have settled back really well into Nursery life and have been exploring and learning routines.

Below are a wide range of different resources to use and refer to if you are required to be away from Nursery for a period of time.

Information sent out to Parents/Carers

Nursery Children, here is a little video - we hope you like it!

Stay Safe and Keep Smiling!

British Values

We have a set of class expectations which we set up together which we follow on a daily basis alongside our school values.

We have started to monitor and vote for our favourite snacks we have in school. 
5.9.25

Our favourite snack this week was breadsticks with strawberries a close runner up.