This week we have got stuck in to our enquiry question, “What happens in winter?”
We have certainly had the cold weather to match this!
The children have enjoyed exploring ice outside in the tuft tray and we even had a sprinkle of snow on Tuesday to explore.
We have been busy starting some winter crafts. The children have made snowy trees, sponge printed winter hats and we have been exploring big and small using the paint to make snowballs.

We have been looking at some winter stories including “The smiley snowman” and we have been having discussions about how we keep warm in winter with the children showing off their lovely hats and gloves.

We will continue this enquiry question next week.
Have a lovely weekend

Julie and Sarah

Welcome back! 
It has been a short week but it has been lovely to see the children back to nursery.
We have had some lovely conversations about Christmas and the children were all excited to talk about what they did at Christmas.
The children have all been settling back well into nursery life and we have started talking about our new enquiry question "What happens in winter?"
We will explore this in greater detail when we return next week.

Have a nice weekend everyone

Julie and Sarah

What a busy but lovely week we have had at nursery. We started off the week on Monday joining with the other classes and watching Penhallow's nativity dress rehearsal before attending a lovely assembly with the Reverend Richard in the afternoon. The children all sat beautifully and listened very well.
The children have been very busy completing different Christmas craft and have enjoyed making and decorating special Christmas biscuits to take home.
It has been a week of dress rehearsals and singing to get ready for our Nursery nativity performance which was this afternoon. The children all did such a fantastic job and looked amazing.

We look forward to the last two days next week, where we will be enjoying Christmas dinner on Monday and our party on Tuesday.

See you next week

Julie and Sarah

It is beginning to feel very christmassy here in nursery this week. The tree is up and is looking amazing after the children spent time decorating it. They did a great job.
This week on the funky fingers table, the children have been using their fine motor skills to practice threading onto the christmas tree, using the shaped buttons which they were naming as they threaded them.
The children have enjoyed trying to wrap boxes for presents on the tuft tray which they were then able to put under the tree in our christmas homecorner.
In the book corner, Santa has come to visit with the help of some alien friends as we look at the story "Aliens love panta claus"
The children have been practicing hard for our nursery nativity which is next Friday (15th). We look forward to seeing you.

Enjoy your weekend everyone,

Julie and Sarah

What a week it has been with finishing our enquiry question about our favourite stories and then a snow day thrown into the mix on Thursday.
This week we were exploring the story of the "Gingerbread man" and the children had a fun time making their own gingerbread people in cooking. They practiced mixing, stirring and rolling before making their shapes and putting them in the oven to bake (they didn't jump out and run away!)
The children enjoyed the feel of paint on their feet when we made footprint gingerbread people and decorated a gingerbread man on the tuft tray using and exploring different materials.
We have enjoyed reading the story of the "Gingerbread man" in addition to alternative versions such as the "Ninjabread man" which is always a nursery favourite.
We are now nearing Christmas and look forward to everything that it brings and we are excited to start some christmas craft and activities from next week.

Have a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you all next week.

Julie and Sarah
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Hello, everyone, 
This week in nursery, we have continued to look at and discuss favourite stories. We have been enjoying the story of "The three little pigs" this week.
The children have used props in the tuft tray to enable them to act out the story and they have tried to construct houses for the pigs using straw, bricks and sticks.
They have enjoyed craft and painting where they have made pigs and wolves out of paper plates and tubes.
We have been practicing counting and number recognition in maths where the children have been counting different amounts of objects they see from the story.
At storytime, as well as the more well known version of the story, the children have enjoyed some alternative ones such as "The three little pigs and the new neighbour" and "Superpigs".
 We are looking forward to exploring a new story next week :)

Have a great weekend

Julie and Sarah

This week we are looking at different stories that we like and why. Here at nursery we have enjoyed the story of the "Little Red Hen".
The children have enjoyed sharing the book at storytime and then using different materials in the tuft tray such as flour, oats and pasta to act out the story. We also made bread rolls, just like the little red hen!
The children took part in craft related activities such as making their own hens from lolly sticks and paper plates.
In maths, we have been practicing counting and number recognition.
We celebrated Children in Need today (Friday), the children enjoyed coming into nursery in their pyjamas or wearing spots or bright clothes. They all looked great and took part in some Pudsey colouring and making Pudsey bear masks.

Have a great weekend

Julie and Sarah

This week, we have enjoyed reading the story of the "colour monster" and exlporing our emotions and how we feel.
The children have painted tubes and made their own colour monsters and given them happy or sad faces. We continued our enquiry question of "How does colour make us feel?" and the children explored a range of emotion books. They explored a colour themed tuft tray where they had to sort different coloured objects into the correct coloured bowls and on the funky fingers table, the children sorted pom poms into the right coloured colour monster cups.
Throughout the week, the children have been making poppies for remembrance Day. They created some in paint using an apple to make the shape. and painted their hands where we used these handprints to make a poppy wreath. On Wednesday, they enjoyed decorating biscuits to make poppies.

We look forward to starting a new enquiry question next week.
Wishing you all a lovely weekend,

Julie and Sarah

























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We have had a super busy week at nursery. We are exploring our new enquiry question of "How does colour make us feel?"
We started off the week with some spooky halloween activities. The children enjoyed scooping out the pumpkins on the tuft tray and making potions with the black and orange pasta with some children commenting that it gets black at night and sometimes it can make them feel scared. They enjoyed making paper plate pumpkins and spooky cotton wool ghosts.
The children have made firsework pictures by rolling marbles and many of the children commented that they were going to see fireworks and all of the different colours that they bring. We looked at our non fiction book on bonfire night and then recreated some fires by painting the childrens hands.
In maths, we have been counting and sorting pom poms onto pumpkins.
It has been a lovely week of fun filled activities and learning and we will continue to explore colour next week when we look at the story of the colour monster!

Have a lovely weekend everyone and we will see you on Monday.

Julie and Sarah

This week we have finished exploring our enquiry question of "How do i know it is autumn?"
The children enjoyed making autumn plates using sticks and finger painting on different autumn coloured leaves. They carried out printing using different fruits and vegetables in the paint and during outdoor learning, went on an autumn welly walk.
At story time, we have enjoyed books such as "The leaf thief" and in cooking the children made cheese shape biscuits by mixing, stirring and rolling.

It has been a busy few weeks, but we have now come to the end with INSET tomorrow and then half term.

We return to nursery on Monday 30th October

Have a lovely half term and we look forward to seeing you all back soon.

Julie and Sarah