This week we have been talking about going on holiday. The children have been discussing whether they have ever been on holiday, where they went, what the did and how they got to their holiday.
We have been studying the globe and atlas and picking out different countries we might like to go to.
The children decided collectively that they would like to go to the beach for their holidays and they enjoyed playing in the beach themed tuft tray and decorated ice lollies.
They used clay to make shell imprints and have been playing in the role play area with the paddling pool, buckets and spades.

At story time we have been reading the stories "What he ladybird heard at the seaside" and "amazing aeroplanes". 
In phonics we have been practicing our voice sounds and exploring the way our mouths move as we say different words. We have been sorting groups of items with the same initial sounds and we went on a listening walk outside on the grassy area.

In maths we have been sorting and grouping objects and comparing how many and have been writing numbers on the big chalk board.

Have a great weekend

Julie and Sarah

We have finished our learning on under the sea this week and have rounded it off nicely by making some colourful jellyfish to hang up and the children have been decorating starfish.
After learning about different creatures that live under the sea, the children have decided that sharks are the "scariest" thing living in the sea, jellyfish are the "funniest" and crabs are the "snappiest".

At story time we have enjoyed books including "Tiddler", "Rainbow fish" and "Commotion in the ocean"
In phonics we have created different voice sounds for different characters in stories, have been exploring words that rhyme and matching objects with the same initial sounds.

In maths we have been joining pieces together to complete different puzzles, problem solving with shapes and finding different objects relating to numbers.

We have been busy planting seeds in our new garden area, with some already starting to grow. We look forward to seeing how they get on and seeing what vegetables we can produce.

Last week we received a visit from the Big Brush Club to see how we were carrying out the new toothbrushing programme that we are a part of. The visit went well and we are pleased to say that we received our Qualiy Assurance certificate for this with comments been made on how well the children carried  out the brushing of their teeth and how organised we were in delivering the program in the short space of time that we have been doing it. We are delighted with this.

Just a reminder that their is a school visit on Monday 7th July for those children moving up in September 9.15- 10.30am.

Have a great weekend

Julie and Sarah

We have had a busy week exploring under the sea and finishing craft relating to this. The children have been exploring the under the sea tuft tray and making jellyfish.
We have enjoyed some sunny weather this week and have been making the most of this by practicing sports day on the field and exploring the nursery garden.

At story time we have enjoyed under the sea stories and the big children who are going to school soon enjoyed going into reception class to join them for a story before lunch.

The children have enjoyed carrying out different phonics activities including looking for initial sounds in the sand tray, going on a listening walk and blending sounds together to form words.

It was sports day on Wednesday and we were incredibly proud of the children for their great running. They all did a fab job.

We hope you all have a good weekend.

Julie and Sarah.












































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We are exploring under the sea and answering our enquiry question "Who lives under the sea?" over the next few weeks.
The children have enjoyed exploring and learning about different creatures that live in the water and have made some paper plate fish and some sponge painted shark silhouettes.
The children have been busy developing their fine manipulative skills by rolling out clay and using the cutter to make fish. They then decorated them to make their very own rainbow fish like in the story.

At story time we have been reading the story of "Rainbow fish" and "Mr Seahorse" and we have enjoyed exploring non fiction books and naming different sea creatures.

In phonics,  we have been practicing our speech sounds, matching objects to initial sounds and using mirrors to explore the way our mouths and tongues move as we make different sounds with them.

 In maths we have been exploring repeats such as repetitive stories or songs e.g. Twinkl, Twinkl or "Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me i'm the gingerbread man". We have been making patterns such as lines.

Just a reminder that it is sports day next Wednesday 25th June at 10am. Nursery will be running the first race at 10am, hope to see you all there!

Have a lovely weekend

Julie and Sarah

We have finished exploring space this week with the children finishing differnt craft and creating new ones. This week they have enjoyed making sponge/handprint rockets and painting and decorating their own telescopes to look at the stars.
We have been practicing cutting skills and the children have had fun playing with cardboard boxes and pretending to go to space in their rockets.

These boxes came in especially useful during a phonics activity where the children plpayed a game of "voices in space" where they created different voice sounds to go with different alien characters.
Also during phonics this week, we have explored initial sounds of different space words and the children have joined in with a body percussion activitiy routine.

At story time we have read "Zoom!", "On the moon" and "Rocketmole".

In maths we have continued to compare and sort collections of different objects and materials and counted objects of interest.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend.

Julie and Sarah

It has been a great first week back to nursery and the children have been busy exploring space. We have been reading the story of "Aliens love underpants" and answering our new enquiry question "Do aliens really wear underpants?"
The children have been busy painting and decorating paper bowls to create flying saucers and made handprint aliens to go in them.
We have been discussing planets and the sun and moon and the children have practiced cutting skills by cutting out planets to glue onto their own solar system.
In the tuft tray they have explored the space rocket and looked at the book "Roaring rockets".

In phonics this week we have been matching objects to their initial sounds, blending different sounds together to make words and exploring the sounds our bodies make in a game of noisy pirates.

On the maths table, the children have been comparing and sorting different collections of items and finding up to five special items.

Just a reminder that we have class photos next Tuesday (10th). If your child is not usually in on this day then please drop them to nursery for 8.50am and you can collect them again after we have finished.
 It is INSET day tomorrow (Friday) so have a lovely long weekend and we will see you all on Monday.

Julie and Sarah

We have reached half term here at nursery. The children have been super busy with their exploration of planting and growing and insects.
The children have finished this week off by making paper plate snails and apple print lady birds.

We have been reading “Norman the slug with the silly shell” and “Nothing scares spider” at story time. 

In phonics the children having been matching a range of objects with their initial sound,  singing and moving to music and listening and identifying initial sounds in a game of castle I spy.

In maths the children have been naming and ordering numbers and talking about dots on the maths table.

We hope you all have a lovely half term week and we will see you back on Monday 2nd June.

Julie and Sarah

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At nursery this week we have started to explore insects and are looking at our enquiry question "Are insects important?"
The children have been looking at lifecycles and what happens to caterpillars and they made some beautiful butterflies with the paint. They have been using language heard in the story of the "Hungry Caterpillar" such as cocoon.
They have made fingerprint ladybirds in the art area.

As well as "The Hungry Caterpillar",  the children have explored and have been learning different facts about insects in a range of books.

In phonics, we have been talking about the garden centre. The children have been naming and sorting different gardening items in a game of "What's in the basket?" and have assigned different instrumental sounds to different flowers.

In the maths area we have been sorting and comparing a range of objects and the children have been counitng how many in different sets.

On Thursday we celebrated the anniversary of VE Day. We enjoyed a morning snack with different foods including strawberries and cucumber sandwiches! and the children made a commemorative plate to take home.

We look forward to more fun next week.
Have a great weekend

Julie and Sarah

This week at nursery we have continued with our planting and growing of seeds. The children have been busy planting sunflower seeds and have been planting grass seed to go with their decorated houses in order to make their own gardens.
They have used different materials such as wool to make flowers and also made some from paper plates.
The children have had lots of opportunity this week to practice thier cutting skills. In the tuft tray, they have been snipping leaves and have been cutting by following a line on their paper plate flowers.

In story time this week we have enjoyed the books "Tilly plants a tree" and have been looking at non fiction books such as "Grow it, eat it".

In phonics the children have been at the cafe and have taken part in cafe bingo. They have been breaking words down into syllables when talking about what they eat for breakfast and have been joining in actions to different songs such as "I'm a little trapot".

In maths, we have been identify numbers from sight and writing/ making marks that represent numbers.

We now have a long weekend ahead of us as it is bank holiday on Monday, so we hope you all have a lovely one and look forward to seeing you all back from Tuesday.

Julie and Sarah

We have had a great first week back to nursery. We have enjoyed welcoming back all  of the children and have started our new enquiry question "What makes things grow?"
The children have started to plant some seeds and are looking forward to watching them grow. We have been discussing what plants need to make them grow and we look forward to seeing how big our seeds can get.

The children have been getting creative and have enjoyed doing some still life painting of a beautiful bunch of flowers. They all did such a great job!

At storytime we have been reading the story of "Jack and the beanstalk" and the children have been talking about the story and answering simple questions.
We have also read "A seed in need" and "Tilly plants a tree"

In maths we have been sorting and comparing groups of objects and ordering and writing numbers.

In phonics the children have been performing actions to songs in time with the music. They have been making different voice sounds and exploring sounds that they can make with different musical instruments.

Have a great weekend

Julie and Sarah