Nursery: Blog items

Science Day in Nursery!

Date: 15th Mar 2024 @ 4:07pm

 Nursery's favourite part was looking at the fake snow using all their senses that the scientist made and popping the giant bubbles. The children were all very excited!

Take a look at our photos below

Nursery Red Nose Day!

Date: 15th Mar 2024 @ 3:41pm

Nursery had a fun-filled Red Nose Day. They designed a funny face with a red nose, played musical statues and played the 'keepy uppy' game with red balloons and enjoyed playing a traditional game of twister too. 

 

Thank you to everyone who came dressed in red clothes and donated to a wonderful cause!

Nursery Love World Book Day!

Date: 8th Mar 2024 @ 4:08pm

We have had a fun-filled World Book Day by celebrating our love of reading in Nursery. This morning we got comfy and listened to stories with our grown ups and the teddies, we have made puppets and this afternoon Y3H came to read us some stories.

 

Duckling Delight!

Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 11:38am

This week a visitor left us a note asking us to look after some ducklings. The problem was we didn't have any. A farmer called Jeff appeared on Tuesday afternoon with an incubator, brooder, heat lamp, food and a water  dispenser. He also had 5 eggs. 
What do you think happened? Look at the photos to find out

Aargh Pirates!

Date: 16th Feb 2024 @ 11:02am

This week the pirates visited our Nursery. They sailed in on a giant ship and brought treasure and books and clothes for us to learn with. 
This morning we realised the pirates had taken all of their things back and they'd stolen our learning from the boards! 
We think they've buried the treasure on a sandy desert island. Can you follow the the trail on our treasure maps to find the treasure? Two of the children even created a pirate treasure island in the fiddly fingers area. 
Just before you look at the photos, why are pirates called pirates?
Because they arrghhhh! 🀣🀣🀣🀣

Pirates Ahoy!

Date: 14th Feb 2024 @ 8:09pm

This week in Nursery they discovered a pirate ship in the outdoor area and a big jolly roger flag. The children were very curious as to how it ended up in our playground and had lots of questions to ask. This week we have been learning about under the sea and what animals live there and what a pirate does. The children have enjoyed role playing in the pirate ship and walking the plank. They have also had fun taking part in a floating and sinking challenge and creating their own pirate hats and flags.

A polite reminder that we are a nut free school. Please enure that you do not send your child to school with any snacks etc containing nuts of any kind or nut products in their packed lunch as we have some pupils with severe allergies.

Thank you for your understanding

 

 

Dress to express day

Date: 9th Feb 2024 @ 2:54pm

Today in Nursery, we celebrated children's mental health week by holding a 'dress to impress day'. The children were invited to come into school in something that expresses them. The children came dressed in their favourite clothes or national dress. In our circle time, they talked about the things that they like and their favourite food/toys and the clothes that they were wearing. They also learnt the makaton sign for 'favourite'.

Hooray for Fish!

Date: 31st Jan 2024 @ 4:05pm

This week in maths, Nursery have been sorting, matching and comaparing lots of different fish using their knowledge of size, pattern, colour and shape. Please see the pictures below to see how they sorted the different fish. Can you notice how they have grouped them?

If you would like to read the story the children have been using for their maths learning at home. Please click on the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C2vlVHVnes 

 

 

Windy weather!

Date: 26th Jan 2024 @ 3:07pm

In Nursery this week we have been talking about different types of weather. We went outside to see if we could hear and feel the wind. We worked as a team and had lots of fun making objects to use on windy days. This is what Nursery said when we asked them about their learning: 

"We made a wind stick"

"Wind sock"

"Kite" 

"The wind snaps the branches"

"The leaves fall off"

We hope you enjoy looking at our photos!

 

Chinese New Year

Date: 19th Jan 2024 @ 3:16pm

This week in Nursery we celebrated Chinese New Year early. We dressed up in traditional chinese clothes, we read a non-fiction book all about CNY. We also cooked chinese food in the home corner and practised using chopsticks. This is what some of the children said when we asked them what they had learnt:

 

"The lion was dancing"

"We dress up in chinese new year clothes"

"We painted chinese numbers" 

"We looked at chinese new year book"

"We eat noodles in the home corner"

"We used chopsticks to eat"

"Chinese people like red"

Snow Day Science

Date: 16th Jan 2024 @ 2:13pm

We have been learning about Winter in Nursery. We've been finding frozen blocks of ice all over our provision. Yesterday we received a letter from some penguins, asking us to help them get free from the ice that they were trapped in. We planned experiments in our key worker groups to work out how to free them.This morning there was snow all over the outdoor area but no trapped penguins. This afternoon we found the penguins frozen in ice outside, next to our water tray, so we sprung into action!

Mrs Ganners group poured warm water on the penguins and it melted the ice.

Mrs Blakeley's group banged the ice with a hammer to break the penguins free.

Mrs Wyment's group got a bucket and put in some warm and cold water. After that, they put the penguins inside the bucket and waited.

Ms Marley's group put the penguins in a tray and put it outside and waited for the sun to come out.

We hope you enjoy looking at the photos of our learning as much as we enjoyed setting the penguins free!

Winter is here!

Date: 5th Jan 2024 @ 5:10pm

We have had a lovely first few days back in Nursery. On Wednesday, we went into our Nursery garden to look for signs of winter using our senses. The children noticed that the weather was colder and there were no leaves on the trees. When we came back inside we talked about how we can keep ourselves warm. These are some of the responses from the children.

“We can rub our hands”

“stamp our feet”

“put a blanket on”

“wear our hat”

“put our gloves on”

As part of our ‘Friday Challenges’, we have been using our senses to explore the new winter resources in the classroom. We also used our fingers to roll small, medium and larged sized balls using the playdough to make snowmen! Finally, we used our subitising skills to subitise to 3 (when we are able to look at a small group of objects and realise how many there are without counting).

Please take a look at all the fun we have been having in the photos below!

Diwali Day

Date: 16th Nov 2023 @ 3:02pm

Today we have taken part in Diwali Day, learning all about how Hindu people, and some Sikh people, celebrate Diwali.

We read books, watched videos, learned how to dance, wore traditional clothes and tried to create Rangoli patterns with sand. It was very tricky to sprinkle just a little bit of sand.

As we celebrated, the children talked about their learning "demon king" 

                                                                                             "They have lot's of food"

                                                                                              "Candles light up"

                                                                                               "They go to the temple and fireworks come"

                                                                                                "Lights!"

                                                                                                 "People pray"

  If you want to celebrate Diwali at home why don't you join in dancing with us. We think you'll agree that we have some amazing moves!

 

Painting Poppies

Date: 10th Nov 2023 @ 4:44pm

To continue our learning about poppies, this afternoon some children followed Steps to Success to create a painted poppy or a craft poppy. These were our choice challenges. Not everybody chose to make one to support autonomy over our learning. Some children  created their own challenge and used the mark making materials to draw their own poppy. 
The teachers said we had created some beautiful artwork. 
Can you complete some of our Friday Challenges at home?

Remembrance Day

Date: 10th Nov 2023 @ 11:48am

This morning we learned about why we use the poppy as a symbol for Remembrance Sunday and what this day is. The children were facinated by the video we watched. They cheered loudly when the poppies started to grow again after the war. This video is a great way of talking about Remembrance Sunday with young children. Would you like to watch it too?

 

Our faces reflected the different emotions we felt as we watched. The children were so excited when the poppies started growing they cheered. 

"Make it go away," said one child during the war scenes. "A shining light!" excalimed another as the darkness parted. "It's growing up," one child told us as the poppies grew in the field

 

Bonfire Night Fun

Date: 10th Nov 2023 @ 11:41am

We really enjoyed learning about bonfire night, naming different types of fireworks, learning a new song and creating artwork to put in our learning books. Do you know a song about fireworks? this is the one we learned

 
https://stevegrocott.bandcamp.com/track/the-firework-song

Let’s Meet Pete!

Date: 1st Nov 2023 @ 2:56pm

Yesterday we found some paw prints on our Literacy book stand. We thought it was odd because there wasn't a book! We followed the paw prints to a basket that was left in the shared area. There was a cat, a pair of shoes, a guitar and a pair of cool sunglasses. Who sent them? It was a mystery until today, when we found a brand new book. We learned all about Pete the Cat and how much he loved his white shoes. It was a fun story, he kept stepping in things and it changed the colour of his shoes. Do you know how he made them white again?
Here's a link to the story if you want to find out 

 

Verb Vocabulary

Date: 11th Oct 2023 @ 7:45pm

This week we have been learning lots of new words to describe how animals move in the story 'Monkey and Me'. Verbs are words which describe what a character is doing. 
Here are the words we know now:

flap waddle sway swing jump 

Can you guess which animals move in this way by looking at these photos? 
If you need some help CLICK HERE to listen to the story

 

Sports Day Fun

Date: 11th Oct 2023 @ 7:11pm

We were blown away with the support we received last Friday for our 'Sports Day Meet & Greet'. The children were amazing, as always, and there were so many positive comments from the adults who joined us. We're so happy you can see the amount of progress the children have made settling in at Ravensbury. 
Each key worker group rotated around the activities and had lots of fun moving, dancing, singing, playing games and making hand prints. 
Here are some of the photos πŸ˜ƒ

 

Sports Day Reminder

Date: 5th Oct 2023 @ 7:56pm

We're very excited for you to join us at the Nursery Sports Day Meet and Greet tomorrow. 

Now your child has settled into school, we'd like to share some activities with you to celebrate our Connected Curriculum 'Magical Me' learning.

Come in to school and stay with us after the gathering song. After the register we will move around the indoor and outdoor space activities in keyworker groups.

  1. Hand prints - choose paint that matches your child's skin tone, dip one hand in it and rub both hands together. Print both hands on the paper and then wash them. 

  2. Dance and Sing - Move to some of our favourite action songs in front of the Interactive Whiteboard. 

  3. The Stop/Go game - Move around the track in your vehicle making sounds and responding to the stop/go sign. 

  4. Obstacle Course - Move over, under, around and through the obstacles set up on the playground markings. 

See you all very soon πŸ˜ƒ

 

Who would like to be a doctor or nurse or lollipop person?

Date: 4th Oct 2023 @ 9:02pm

As we continue to learn about 'People Who Help Us', we have been dressing up and caring for our friends. 

Who would you like to pretend to be? 

 

Patterns Everywhere!

Date: 4th Oct 2023 @ 8:47pm

This week, in Maths, we have been learning to name and find patterns in the environment. First we played a game with the Stepping Stones, naming the patterns. Then we hunted for patterns in our classroom. Once we'd found a patterned object we used the sentence stem, "I can see a ..."

Practice saying these sentences then see if you can find the photo of that object.

"I can see a stripy chair"

"I can see a spotty toy"

"I can see a spotty die"

Our new pattern vocabulary is spotty, checked, stripy, swirly, plain and zig zag.

Send photos of the patterns you find in your house to 
nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

Who helps us stay safe?

Date: 1st Oct 2023 @ 11:56am

This week we learned about two of the emergency services that help us stay safe. First we watched Fireman Sam and then we watched Paw Patrol to find out about uniforms, equipment and what firefighters and police officers do to keep us safe.
Here are some photos of us learning in the environment and pretending to be these characters. 

Transient Art Faces

Date: 24th Sep 2023 @ 10:09am

Our Magical Me learning has seen us exploring our magical faces further this week. Last week we drew our faces following Steps to Success (S2S) and this week we used the resources in our Families themed area to create 3D art. 
Can you guess who these children are?

 

‘We create, We explore,


We care, We soar’

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