On Monday 11th December the Nursery children walked to the local post box to post a surprise for their families. Before our walk the children put their surprise in an addressed envelope and then added the stamp. Lots of interesting discussions took place about what we were doing, which way were we going? When we …
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Nov 06
Autumn Learning Adventures
The children in the Nursery have been exploring the school grounds to look for signs of Autumn. The children found lots of different types of leaves, some big, some small. They had a lovely time crunching through the leaves. The children had to look very carefully for the acorns as they were hidden under the …
Oct 19
Story and Rhyme Time
We had our first ‘Story and Rhyme Time’ session in Nursery before October half term. Parents and family members were invited to come into Nursery to share story books and information books with the children. It was a lovely relaxed session and it was great to see the children showing the adults their favourite books. …
May 19
Maths Day
The Nursery were learning about 2D shapes. They had focussed on a different shape each day in their key worker groups and looked at non- fiction books about shapes. The children used sticks to make squares, triangles and rectangles. During mathematical snack time they talked about the different shapes they could see on the table. …
Oct 19
Parent Activity
On Wednesday 19th October 2022, we invited our Nursery parents into school to see how we ‘Explore and Learn.’ Parents and children experienced a variety of ‘Busy Finger’ activities to strengthen finger muscles. For example, the children squeezed, rolled and flattened the play dough into a variety of interesting shapes. We have a wide variety …
Mar 24
World Book Day Potatoes
Here at the Ryde School, we celebrated World Book day on the 22nd March with children bringing in potato book characters from their favourite stories. The children created an array of characters from well-known stories, and these were displayed for everyone in school to see. We are constantly encouraging a love of books in school. Did you …
Mar 18
Nursery Rhymes and Parent Sessions
The Nursery children have been learning about lots of different Nursery Rhymes; Humpty Dumpty, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, I’m a Little Tea Pot, The Grand Old Duke of York, 5 Little Ducks and Mary had a little Lamb. During one of our parent sessions the children and their grown-ups made 5 duck puppets. The children …
Mar 03
Nursery Trip to the Garden Centre
The Nursery children had a wonderful time on their first Nursery School trip to the Dutch Nurseries Garden Centre. A lovely lady called Julia from the garden centre did a talk about growing and how we can look after our flowers/plants. She also talked to us about how we can attract wildlife into our gardens. …
Feb 04
Shapes
The Nursery children have been learning about different shapes and how to use them to create pictures. They used sponges in different shapes such as circles and a triangle to create a flower picture. The children chose what colour they wanted their flower to be and mixed different paint colours together to get the colour …
Jan 29
Road Safety and Scooterbility
The Nursery children have been learning how to be safe on the road. We learnt that before we cross the road we must ‘Stop, look, listen, think’. When the road is clear we walk across the road safely holding our grown-ups hand. The Nursery children have also completed their Scooterbility training. They learnt how to …
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