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

Our last week before the Easter holidays has been filled with lots of Easter fun. The children have enjoyed making Easter chick baskets filled with some Easter treats and we have been talking about what we do at Easter.
On Thursday the children enjoyed trying hot cross buns for snack and today (Friday) have made yummy chocolate nests.

A big well done to Teddy and Tiffany for winning the decorate an Easter Egg competition which we held. All of the entries were amazing and Mrs Hillman had a difficult desicion in choosing the winners!

We also say goodbye to Jade this week who has been volunteering with us on Monday and Friday mornings since September. We wish her all the best for the future.

We now have two weeks Easter holiday to enjoy and hopefully it will be a sunny one.
We hope you all have an amazing time and we look forward to welcoming the children back from Tuesday 22nd April.

Julie and Sarah

It has been a busy week at nursery. We have been finishing all of our learning on farming, food and where our food comes from in preparation for lots of Easter craft and fun next week.
The children have been busy scooping and mixing and cooking up a storm in the mud kitchen. We have had everything from salads to casseroles and soups!!
On the tuft tray the children have been harvesting vegetables and couting how many carrots and sprouts they had collected and used lots of great language such as crunchy carrots.

At story time we have enjoyed stories such as "The great chicken mystery" and we have been singing "Old Mcdonald had a farm" encouraging the children to create the different animal sounds.

In phonics the children have enjoyed making up silly rhyming sounds which they did whilst rowing to the tune of "Row, Row your boat". They have been looking for initial sounds in the sand tray outside and have played different instruments.

In maths we have been exploring shape and position. The children have explored the maths table with interest talking and using words such as on top, above, below, beside, next to. They have been sorting and matching shapes and colour blocks.

We have one more week to go before the Easter holidays, just a reminder that nursery finishes at 1.30pm on Friday 4th April.

Have a great weekend
The Nursery Team

This week we have have been talking about Healthy foods and good practice with regards to hygiene practices such as hand washing and brushing teeth.
On Monday, we read the story of "Oliver's fruit" at snack time and the children were able to select from a range of fruits that matched the story and then eat them for their snack.
They have been using toothbrushes in the tuft tray to make teeth nice and clean and practicing how to brush with them and we have been fine tuning hand washing skills to the tune of "Farmer's in his den".
The children have been printing with fruit in the tuft tray and have made pictures of cherries using corks.

At story time, we have read "Oliver's fruit" and "Handa's surprise"
In phonics this week we have been practicing different songs and rhymes, talking bout the sounds of objects and creatures that you might find in rock pools and talking about sounds that are loud, quiet, fast and slow.

On Friday it was Comic Relief. The children looked great all dressed up in their bright coloured clothes and your donations were very kind.
The children enjoyed decorating a red nose biscuit to take home.

We look forward o seeing you next week

The Nursery Team

We have continued exploring farms this week and have been talking about what happens on the farm, foods that we can grow and what the role of a farmer is.
The children have created pictures in paint to represent farmers fields and have been printing with cauliflower and broccoli to show the vegetables been grown. They have made corn on the cob using their handprints and  have made life cycles of a chicken.
They have explored the farm themed tuft tray with intetest.

At story time we have enjoyed the story of "Oliver's vegetables", the children have really enjoyed this story and they have had the opportunity to talk about vegetables that they have tried and discussed which ones they like and dislike.
In phonics the children have been joining in actions to familiar and new songs, breaking words down into their different beats and identifying animals from their sounds.

In maths the children have been recognising numbers and ordering them. They have been finding different objects to represent the numbers 1-3 and beyond.

Have a great weekend
The Nursery Team 

This week at nursery we have been continuing to explore farms and where our food comes from.
The children have been busy creating collage carrots and handprint corn on the cob. We have been talking about different foods that can be grown and about what foods the children enjoy to eat.

At storytime we have been reading books such as "Farmer duck" and "Vegetable glue" and in phonics the children have been playing "I spy" where they have had to identify different animals from their initial sound. They have also been using their bodies to create different movements of animals and making and matching sounds as well as beginning to match rhyming words together.

It has been a busy week:
On Tuesday we had pancake day. The children had pancakes with different fruit toppings for snack and we played pancake races outside.
On Wednesday we celebrated ST Piran's day. The children made flags to take home and there was the option for pasties for school dinner.
On Thursday it was World Book Day. The children came in dressed up as their favourite book character. They all looked amazing and we had a great day of sharing our favourite stories and making footprint book marks.

We have introduced "Travis the T-Rex" to the children this week. Travis will be taking it in turns to go home with the children and is looking forward to many exciting adventures. Children are encouraged to draw a picture in the book and any pictures can be emailed to Julie.

Have a great weekend, see you on Monday

The Nursery Team














































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This week we have been exploring the farm and animals that live on the farm. We have been exploring our new enquiry question "What animals would you find on a farm?"
The children have been creating cow handprints, paper plate chicks and shredded paper sheep.
We have enjoyed singing "Old Macdonald had a farm" and creating lots of different animal sounds.
The children have been building with the farm, creating enclosures for the animals and have been making animal footprints in the tuft tray.

In phonics we have been naming and describing sounds that we have heard in our indoor and outdoor environment, copying sequences of body sounds and exploring instruments and the noises they make.

In maths we have been finding objects that represent numbers and matching them together. The children have been practicing number writing.


Have a lovely weekend
The nursery team. 

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