Category: nursery

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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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 …

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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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Science

The Nursery children have become Scientists this week. We discussed which item/objects would be the best to get the toy animals out of the block of ice. Most of the children predicted that the hammer and ball would be the most effective at breaking away the ice. We then decided to test our theories. The …

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Baking

The Nursery children have enjoyed doing lots of baking this term. They have been busy making shortbread biscuits and decorating them with icing to look like fireworks. They had lots of fun saying the sounds of the fireworks as they drizzled the icing and sprinkled the sprinkles on top. They have also been making gingerbread …

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Settling in

The Nursery children have had a lovely first week settling into Nursery. They have enjoyed exploring all the different areas in the classroom; painting, building and playing in the home corner. They have also enjoyed exploring our outdoor area; playing on the slide, balancing on the climbing frames, singing on our outdoor stage and pretending …

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