The babies are taking part in a jungle adventure! Discovering the different wild animals which live there and imitating the sounds that they make. ‘ROAR!’ said the lion, as he crunched on some delicious leaves....
This week we spent time overlearning our core story, The Everywhere Bear. The children retold the story using Makaton actions, which helped them build confidence and understanding. We also had lots of fun exploring how to sort and compare objects by their properties, especially size. We...
This week in Nursery we set off on a new adventure with our story The Everywhere Bear by Julia Donaldson. The children loved following the tale of a classroom teddy who normally goes home each weekend with a different child. When he slips out of a...
The children have been exploring our new topic of Journeys with a space theme. We’ve over-learnt the nursery rhyme Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star and explored the mathematical language of ‘part’ and ‘whole’. We explored this further with shape puzzles....
Our Leaf Man adventures continued this week as we brought the story to life using our very own handmade Leaf Man puppets! With our creations from last week, we imagined all the wonderful places the wind might carry him. The children came up with amazing...
The children have been developing their ball control skills this week and enjoyed playing football in the garden. They kicked the ball back and forth to their teacher and then had a go at kicking it to each other. This was a lovely opportunity for...
Here are some 'Wow Moments' from Reception's week: Look at this Ninjaaa! toilet roll model made by a pupil who was inspired by the books on the creative table. Look at this shape printing. Shapes were used to print a triangle, square, triangle, square pattern (ABAB) Well done...
This week in Nursery we continued to enjoy our core story, Leaf Man. We overlearned the story and retold it using key Makaton signs, which helped the children build confidence and understanding. We drew patterns on leaves, then used our imagination to create our own playdough...
The 2-year-old children showed great enthusiasm while building houses using the big foam construction blocks. They worked together, carefully stacking the pieces and experimenting with different sizes. As they built, the children excitedly talked about their houses, sharing ideas and describing their creations to their...
Reception class were immersed in their new topic of Materials this week, supported by the story of The Three Little Pigs. They over-learnt the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty, and challenged children performing it to one another. This built children’s confidence! In Mathematics we focused on...