Nursery: Blog items
Date: 1st Dec 2022 @ 2:44pm
Today Nursery has been to see Father Christmas.
We told him what we wanted for Christmas and he read us a Christmas Story then gave us a present.
We sang some songs to Santa, have a practise at home!
Date: 16th Nov 2022 @ 3:03pm
Our rhyme of the day today is '5 Little Speckled Frogs'
We have been acting out the song in our Nursery garden, can you practise singing it at home?
Nursery Rhyme Week: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Once I caught a fish alive
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 1:34pm
Today we have been learning to sing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, once I caught a fish alive.
We have been practisiting the tricky words. Have a look at the file attached to join in with us!
World Nursery Rhyme Week: Song One
Date: 14th Nov 2022 @ 1:41pm
This week Nursery are celebrating World Nursery Rhyme week!
We will learn a brand new song each day. Today we have been learning B.I.N.G.O!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfAw_RSVq88
We have been singing the song and made our own Bingo the dog masks.
Have a look at the lyrics and see if you can practice at home!
Autumn Two: Will you come in the garden and explore with me?
Date: 9th Nov 2022 @ 1:26pm
Rebaz the Freestyle Footballer is Awesome!
Date: 3rd Nov 2022 @ 6:52pm
Today in class we had a visitor. We like meeting new people and we loved meeting Rebaz! He showed us some awesome tricks. We even got the chance to try the rocket launcher trick (That's a good trick to practice in the week we are learning about bonfire night isn't it?)
Here are two videos of the performances he did for us. We think Mrs Ganner's class were in awe of Rebaz because they say there open mouthed! Miss Wilkinson's class showed their appreciation with whoops and cheers! We've attached three videos. Two are Rebaz' performances (Can you guess which class is which?) and the third is a video showing you what rocket launcher looks like.
Rebaz told us we had to practice at home to be able to complete this trick. Who can be the first child in Nursery to launch their rocket?
You can see more tricks on Rebaz' YouTube Channel
https://youtube.com/c/RebazSkills
Date: 1st Nov 2022 @ 4:57pm
Please remember to attend your child's class workshop this week. We will share with you how we teach your child to write their name.
The meeting will last no more than 15 minutes.
NVG Wednesday 8.55am
NCW Thursday 8.55am
Date: 18th Oct 2022 @ 2:47pm
We have been learning about a fabulous story called ‘Monkey and ME’. In this story a little girl and her monkey visit lots of different animals. As part of our learning we drew a story map to help us retell it. Then we decided to change the story. We changed the monkey and all of the other animals then retold the beginning and middle today. Tomorrow we are going to change the end so the characters don’t go home after their busy day. Where could they go?
Click here to listen to 'Monkey and ME'
Look out for the ending and our whole story retell tomorrow!
Edit: Here it is! One of our alternative versions
Date: 14th Oct 2022 @ 4:38pm
This half-term the EYFS have been looking at our Learning Power 'Care'.
When I care I...
work hard
make good choices
am responsible
am positive
include everyone
am kind
understand others
We have made our own 'care for me bee' and shared the ways that we are kind in Nursery and Reception. We then put all of our hard work together on our new display!
Date: 14th Oct 2022 @ 4:27pm
This week we have celebrated everything that makes us unique in Nursery! We came to school in clothes that were important to us and represented who we are. We shared the story 'The Same but Different Too' by Karl Newson, you can find it read online if you follow the link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9DB7IRNT6w.
We looked at our wonderful outfits and thought carefully about what was the same, and what was not the same. Have a look through the pictures below and see if you can say whether we are dressed the same, or not the same!
Monkey likes patterns and so do we
Date: 6th Oct 2022 @ 1:39pm
This afternoon we received a message from Monkey. It was written on a speech bubble. She set us a challenge. She wanted us to put patterns on monkey sized vests for her. What a funny thing to ask!
We chose our favourite pattern and drew them on the vests she sent. Can you spot the patterns that we drew? (curly, spotty, zig-zag,checked, stripy).
We've given the vests back to Monkey so she can choose one to wear tomorrow.
Date: 2nd Oct 2022 @ 3:37pm
We have been learning all about the things our bodies can do. We really are magical and we have enjoyed finding out about what our eyes, hands, ears, eyes and noses can do by reading ‘Happy To Be Me’. If you don’t that story click here.
We discovered that we were great at wiggling. First we wiggled our toes to a simple song. We wiggled fast and slow. Then we danced along to The Wiggle Dance with Danny Go. Why not have a wiggle too?
Celebrating some fabulous mark making
Date: 22nd Sep 2022 @ 7:00pm
We love to draw and paint in Nursery. We've been talking about our families this week and lots of children have been independently choosing to draw pictures of the people they love.
Our 'celebrate' curtain is nearly full!
Date: 20th Sep 2022 @ 4:17pm
We have been drawing our faces. We watched and listened to our teachers and then drew our faces. We think you'll agree, there are some budding artists in Nursery this year!
Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 4:13pm
We'd just like to start the year off by saying a huge big thank you to all of the children and parents in our new Nursery classes. We have really enjoyed playing with you, finding out about what you like to do and we are so excited to be walking alongside you on your learning journey this year.
Each week we will put up videos and photos of the exciting things that happen in Nursery so watch this space! have a relaxing weekend and we'll see you on Monday.
From Mrs Ganner, Miss Wilkinson, Mrs Blakeley and Miss Conway
Date: 14th Jun 2022 @ 12:50pm
In Nursery this week we are reading the story 'The Flying Bath' by Julia Donaldson. In the story, three superheroes (Frog, Duck and Turtle) help to save the other animals using their bath water!
We have been working hard to make our own puppets of the characters from the story. We have been thinking carefully about which colours to use and how we can add extra detail to our drawings.
Out popped a beautiful butterfly!
Date: 5th Apr 2022 @ 1:57pm
On Saturday morning, the butterflies started to come out of their cocoons!
All 5 tiny caterpillars have made it to become lovely painted lady butterflies. Miss Wilkinson and Miss Walker have released them into our school playground this morning.
Keep a close eye out at home, perhaps they will come and visit you!i8
Date: 25th Mar 2022 @ 4:58pm
In Nursery this week we have been very lucky to hatch our own fluffy ducklings!
The children have been amazed watching the ducklings hatch one by one from their shells. We have been sharing lots of stories about ducks and thinking about how we can take care of the ducks in our classroom.
Date: 3rd Mar 2022 @ 6:47pm
Hello!
We had so much fun celebrating world book day today and loved seeing all of your fantastic costumes! Everybody did so well in our World Book Day parade and at guessing which teacher was reading the story in the 'masked reader'.
In Nursery our focus author was 'Tom Percival' who has written lots of amaizng stories! We read stories such as 'Tilda Tries Again' and 'Ravi's Roar'. I wonder if your child can tell you their favourite story we read today!
Don't forget to use your book tokens that were sent home today!
Date: 14th Feb 2022 @ 3:07pm
Today Nursery have had a lovely day! We have been thinking carefully about all the special people in our lives who we LOVE SO MUCH!
We have been singing a song called 'Skidamarinky dink a dink', why not try to sing along at home?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug1pI-Ephns
We have made a card and a special biscuit.
Happy Valentines Day Everyone!
Goldilocks and The Three Bears
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 4:16pm
Nursery have enjoyed another week of learning all about Goldilocks and The Three Bears!
We have been focusing on rhyming words this week- we have done lots and lots of singing! We have also read lots of rhyming stories and even made up silly rhymes to go with our names.
One of our challenges this week has been to draw a picture of Goldilocks, have a look at our FANTASTIC work!
Date: 1st Feb 2022 @ 4:25pm
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Happy lunar new year to all our families who are celebrating!
Today we have shared lots of wonderful stories and have began thinking about how people around the world celebrate the new year. We even tried our hand at dragon dancing, we haver certainly had a lot of fun! Have a look at what we've been up to!
Date: 31st Jan 2022 @ 5:54pm
Hello!
So far in our Talking Top Tips series we have shared the importance of getting your child’s attention before you speak to them and some ways you can help to develop and broaden your child’s vocabulary. We have also looked at mirroring, giving children sufficient wait time and thinking about commenting over questioning.
This week, I wanted to share some ideas around bath time, a wonderful time for developing your child's vocabulary!
There are many ways to make bath time more fun and sensory, from fancy potions that turn your whole bath to slime, to good old fashioned bubbles! There are bath crayons, pouring toys, colour changing fish and a world of fantastic toys and resources that can really help to broaden your child's vocabulary.
Every child will have a different level of language around bath time, but here are some activities and language you might want to focus on...
Bath, tap, rubber duck, shampoo, soap, toilet, towel, bubble, water...
Particularly for younger children, simply naming objects you might come across in the bathroom can be a challenge! Ensuring children are confident naming these objects will help to make sure they are able to follow instructions at bath time too!
Floating, sinking, full, empty, washing, rinsing....
There are some really tricky concepts that can be developed through water play! Try experimenting with what sinks, and what floats! It is also a great opportunity for looking at action words that end with -ing as many children find this difficult. Adding bubbles at comparing floating on top of the water to floating in the aire would be a great way to challenge a confident talker!
Arms, legs, hair, back, hands, feet...
Bath time is a great time to learn the names of the different body parts! You could simply comment to your child ' you are washing your leg' or give them a choice such as ' would you like to wash your feet or your knees next?'
Good luck! And as always, please come and speak to me if you have any concerns!
Date: 11th Jan 2022 @ 4:17pm
This week we have been reading the story 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' by Micheal Rosen.
You can watch an animated version of the story at https://www.channel4.com/programmes/were-going-on-a-bear-hunt.
See if you can join in!
Today we went on our very own sensory walk to the cave to find the bear waiting inside..
Date: 17th Dec 2021 @ 3:22pm
First of all a big well done to all the children for making it through their first full term at school, we are so proud of how well you have all done.
I wanted to share some of the photos taken at the Christmas performance where the children all did an amazing job!
I hope you all have a lovely Christmas break and we look forward to welcoming you all back in to school on the 5th of January 2022!
From Miss Walker and the whole nursery team!
