Blog Author: Denise

This week Mrs Kamran talked to the children about Ramadan. We learned that Muslims decorate their homes just like many of us do at Christmas. The children were very interested to learn that Muslims have something similar to an advent calendar to count down to Eid. Mrs Kamran brought in some…

The nursery children loved walking on the school field in the crunchy snow. They touched  the snow and talked about how it felt before looking  closely at the snow on the bushes. Back in the nursery garden they used sticks to mark make in the ice.
We have been reading Kipper’s Birthday this week,…

This week in Nursery we made poppy wreaths and walked to the war memorial to place them with the other wreaths. We were very proud of the children’s behaviour. 
Later in the week Mrs Roger’s came to visit with baby Joshua to answer our questions about caring for a baby. 
In outdoor adventures we…

We’ve had a busy week in Nursery. We chopped pumpkins to a delicious soup. We used the leftover pumpkins to improve our fine motor skills and hand eye coordination by hammering golf tees into them. 
The children really enjoyed learning about Diwali, they made diyas from salt dough and decorated…

The children have enjoyed their few weeks at Nursery. 
In the outdoor area they have been mark making with chalks, squashed blackberries to make paint and enjoyed searching for mini beasts. 
We have made toast and sandwiches using a knife to spread our own choice of ingredients. The children…

The children worked together to make a bug hotel out of the natural resources they found in the nursery garden. We hope that the mini beasts will love their new home. 

On Friday the nursery children were very lucky to have a visit from Mrs Plumb who is a potter. She read them a story about mini beasts and then showed them how to use clay to model mini beasts of their own. The children really enjoyed this activity and they can’t wait for the clay to dry so that…