Category: nursery

Posting our Christmas Cards

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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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 …

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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. …

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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. …

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Learning Outside the Classroom Day

The children have had a wonderful time outside in the Nursery garden looking for mini-beasts and planting seeds. When we rolled up the artificial grass we found lots of worms of all different sizes. The children were fascinated as they watched the worms burrow into the ground. We have been learning about mini-beasts this half …

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Fun in the snow

The Nursery children had a wonderful time in the snow. They put on their waterproof clothes and their boots and we went out to explore. The children made lots of footprints in the snow. We made patterns in the snow with our fingers and noticed that the snow melted in our warm hands. We couldn’t …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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. …

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