Nursery children are greeted at the wooden door by our Nursery cloakroom at 8.50am.
The morning session starts at 8:50am and finishes at 11:50am.
The afternoon sessions starts at 12:10pm and finishes at 3:10pm.
Mrs Vaughan and Mrs Williams look forward to seeing you in Nursery.
Friday 22nd March 2024
We have had an egg-cellent week in nursery. After starting the week discovering ladybirds in the garden we were keen to make our own ladybird creations.
The children enjoyed exploring in the mud kitchen and finding lots of worms.
Inside the children made their own shop and quickly organised their own queuing system for a turn with the till.
On Thursday we all enjoyed a whole class treat won by Myles. We tucked into toast and chocolate milkshake. There were more treats to follow when we went on an egg hunt.
We hope everyone has a wonderful Easter time.
Friday 15th March 2024
Today we came to school in our own clothes, made fantastic red collage pictures, made funny faces in the playdough and enjoyed some delicious hot buttered toast for snack. We raised lots of money for Comic Relief / Red Nose Day 2024.
Friday 8th March 2024
In nursery this week we painted daffodils for a special grown up. The children impressed us with their painting skills.
All week we celebrated reading, stories and books. We had ten special books all wrapped up and delivered to the classroom. Each day we opened them and enjoyed new stories by our favourite authors or some of our favourite books. We read stories about mummies too.
Although we have been celebrating reading all week, we enjoyed joining the whole school for some World Book Day fun on Thursday. We had a picture hunt outside and also enjoyed guessing the teachers book on the big screen.
Friday 1st March 2024
This week in Nursery we have been taking turns and sharing. We might have been sharing the marbles in the marble run or taking a turn with the click clack track. Some children have enjoyed taking their turn washing the babies in the water tray. A few children built a rocket and blasted off to the moon but the rocket couldn’t fit everyone in so we had to be patient and wait for our turn. At circle time we waited patiently for our turn on the balance beam. During free play we had to line up on the shapes and remember to go to the back of the line if we wanted to have a turn. The children quickly got the hang of this.
Friday 23rd February 2024
The children have been super creative in nursery this week. From different creations using pens, paints, playdough and scissors to making their own ice cream shop. Outside there was lots of role play and another ice cream shop using the very large cones, for the aliens in their game . The children have really used their imaginations in lots of different ways.
Friday 2nd and 9th February 2024
What a brilliant half term we have had in Nursery. We have welcomed new children into our classroom and they have all settled in so well. We are so proud of them and also our older children who have helped them settle in. They have shared their toys and helped our new friends learn our routines. There has been lots of building, creating and exploring both inside and outside. We hope everyone has a restful half term break it is certainly well deserved.
Friday 19th January 2024
Our second week of the Spring Term has been filled with lots of play, fun and learning. The new children are really settling in and finding their way around our busy classroom. We are all trying hard to share and take turns with our toys and resources. An overriding theme of the week is tricky puzzles. The children like to challenge themselves and in turn each other as they inspire and encourage each other to keep trying, even if it’s a bit difficult. We can’t wait to see where our learning will take us next week.
Friday 12th January 2024
The children in Nursery have got off to a flying start. We have been so busy helping new friends to settle in. It has been lovely to see the older children helping the younger children to settle in, they have made them feel so welcome and shown them all the different things they can explore inside and outside. We even managed some scientific exploration , finding out about water freezing outside overnight and then melting.
Thursday 21st December 2023
Friday 1st December 2023
This week in Nursery we have been busy exploring outside. We noticed the change in the weather and how cold it was. The children were quick to find some frozen leaves and frozen grass. On Thursday we decided to put some of our yellow water from the water tray in buckets and put them outside. On Friday morning were very excited to find that they had frozen. The children showed off their scientific knowledge as we talked about the different properties of the water as a liquid and how it changed into a solid and back to a liquid before our eyes.
We kicked off the festive season with a visit from Magic Chris this morning followed by a special delivery in the classroom from Edward the elf. There was a tree to put up and hidden decorations to find. There was even a special elf chocolate in the advent calendar.
Friday 17th November 2023
What a busy week, from thinking about Odd Socks Day on Monday to Children in Need on Friday. This week is also World Nursery Rhyme week and each day the children have taken home their own props so they could sing and share a rhyme with their families.
Friday 27th October 2023
This week has been jam packed. From thinking about the floods and reading Noah’s Ark to building a different kind of track with the big grey blocks. And lots of excitement when the children discovered sparkling spider webs outside the classroom. This provoked a spider web hunt in the school grounds and making our own spiders inside. There was certainly no slowing down for our final week of the half term.
Friday 20th October 2023
A busy week in Nursery filled with lots of play and learning. Collecting the falling leaves from Stickman's tree to take inside and have a closer look at. Getting our fingers moving and working on our fine motor skills by pegging our matching socks on the washing line. And digging in the mud kitchen , making pies and looking for Superworm in the mud. A wonderful week of child led learning and exploring.
Friday 13th October 2023
On Tuesday we thought about our feelings for World Mental Health Day 2023. We read The Colour Monster story and created yellow collages.
We role played Five currant buns with one of our friends homemade buns. All the children were eager to buy a bun.
On Friday we wore odd socks and had lots of fun as we played a game to find the matching pairs.
Friday 6th October 2023
It has been a very busy week in Nursery with the children's interest in anything with wheels continuing. We have made wooden tracks, role played making a caravan, train and bus after creating these with the crates and go cart wheels . The children have made different ramps for the wheels and talked about them going faster and slower.
We joined in with the whole of the school thinking about how we get to school for Walk to school month. We even made a simple pictogram to record our data. 😊
Friday 29th September 2023
We have had lots of fun in Nursery this week. We went on a walk and noticed so many different things.We found butterflies, bells, birds, lost balls and even some figs. The children also played with scarves on a windy day, watching as one scarf was taken up and over the tallest trees. We had lots of spontaneous fun together when someone asked “Do you have any balloons in your big cupboard Mrs Vaughan? “ .
Inside nursery the children continue to be creative and are learning new skills all the time. Can you use the scissors ? Can you use the glue sticks to make your pictures? Can you use the bricks to make a car or slide?
Friday 22nd September 2023
It has been a very busy week in Nursery. The children have continued with their love of anything with wheels. We have made so many different tracks with different materials and equipment. We have had fun outside with the large wheeled toys on our big track and incorporated a petrol station ( hosepipe) and car wash ( crates). We can’t wait to see what we will get up to next week.
Friday 15th September 2023
We have had a great start to our new year in Nursery. The children have settled in well and are learning the routines. So far our favourite activities are playing with anything that has wheels.
Friday 14th July 2023
We might be nearly at the end of the school year but Nursery have still had a very busy week. On Monday it was time to release our butterflies. We have enjoyed every stage of taking care of our tiny caterpillars and watching them grow and change . The children had so many questions about the whole process we decided to make a book about it. We called our story “ The very tiny caterpillars “ . It started on Day 1 with a pot of five tiny caterpillars and ended on Day 27 when we released four butterflies.
Our outdoor play has mainly revolved around our obstacle course fascination. From leaping over the big blue barrels to balancing on the wobbly tree trunks.
Friday 7th July 2023
Butterfly watch continued this week in Nursery . Our patience was rewarded with four beautiful Painted Lady butterflies emerging from the chrysalides . We even managed to capture this on Thursday as it happened. Our new outside equipment has provided more open ended play and lots of creativity as well as physical activity. Mr Griffin built our new climbing frame and we have enjoyed exploring, climbing and hanging around. The smiles say it all and we have had so much fun as we try new activities .
Friday 30th June 2023
Caterpillar watch has slowed down slightly this week. The chrysalides are now in their position in the net, hanging from the lid. We carefully moved them to the chrysalis station at the beginning of the week and we have been watching and waiting ever since.
This week we have been noticing the weather and recording it each day. The children were disappointed we didn’t need the snow picture and could give great reasons why we wouldn’t see snow at this time of the year.
We are beginning to use our amazing new equipment in our newly extended garden area. Making obstacle courses and balancing is our favourite game so far. We can’t wait to see what creations will be made next week.
Friday 23rd June 2023
It has been another week where the children’s creativity has no limits. They have been busy making houses and creating parties. They pretend the grass, daisies, old leaves and logs are food and work together to collect everything they need. The children have also created games with the mini tyres and ramps. Can you roll the tyre into the mud pit? Some children used the clipboards to write names and keep the score.
Everyday the children have been excited to see how the caterpillars are growing and changing. They are beginning to understand what metamorphosis means and remembering this big word. Maybe on Monday, when we return to school our caterpillars will be chrysalides and ready to be moved to the chrysalis station.
Friday 16th June 2023
It has been a hot week in Nursery but the children have been fantastic. They made us proud at Sports day on Wednesday with their super listening , running and balancing skills. When the sand pit lid let in lots of rain water we decided to play and explore in the very sloppy sand. It reminded us of seaside sand . We made some ice and played with it until it melted away. Perhaps the most exciting thing to happen in Nursery this week was out tiny caterpillar delivery. We are so excited to see how they grow in the next few weeks.
Friday 9th June 2023
The children in Nursery have had a brilliant first week back after our half term break. Today the children were surprised with a visit from Firefighter Cooper and some of his colleagues from the Newcastle fire station. After learning all about the role of the firefighters we went outside to have a turn using the hose. Some of us were brave and sat high up in the fire engine. All the children made us proud with their excellent listening skills.
Thursday 25th May 2023
It has been a very busy term in Nursery. This week the children have found joy in the mud pit and mud kitchen. They have loved reading in the den, in between making waterfalls and enjoying picnic snack time outside. Inside, their love of making and creating shows no signs of slowing down as they continue to astound us with their creations, whether they are using paint, paper and cardboard boxes, writing in the sand or the simple popoid construction toys. The children certainly deserve a well earned break.
Friday 19th May 2023
It has been another very busy week in Nursery.
Some children set themselves a challenge to create something with the pegs and lollipop sticks that could stand up on its own. This led to other children feeling inspired to make their own lollipop stick and peg creations. Outside the children have been searching for mini beasts. No stone, log, mat or tyre has been left unturned as the children found slugs, caterpillars , ants and worms. This has inspired some of our stories this week, from The very hungry caterpillar to A slug in love.
On Thursday, the children behaved impeccably when the Helipod came to school. We found out all about the different parts of the helicopter and even got to sit in the cockpit.
Friday 12th May 2023
It may have been a shorter week than normal but we have packed so much in . We explored the huge puddles after the storm. The children worked together to create tunnels for the balls and paths and targets for the small tyres.
The creation station has been a very busy area in nursery this week as the children have inspired each other with their creations. They have impressed us with their resilience and “can do “ attitude. The children have also helped each other and shared their skills and knowledge. What a great week we have had in Nursery.
Friday 5th May 2023
What a great day we have enjoyed in Nursery as we have joined in with the Coronation Celebrations. From red, white and blue rice, crown loose parts creations , planting wild flower seeds, picnic lunch outside and wearing our crowns on the red carpet in front of the whole school to learning some facts about the coronation . It has been a very busy and enjoyable day .
Friday 28th April 2023
It has been another busy week in Nursery with lots of creativity . On Wednesday we celebrated Beep Beep Day with Key Stage 1 , a day designed to promote road safety. In Nursery we talked together about staying safe near roads . We decided that holding a grown ups hand was the best way to keep safe. The children had a go crossing the road and holding hands, made handprint pictures as a reminder and also sang a song about holding hands.
Friday 21st March 2023
What a fantastic first week of the Summer term. If the excitement of returning to nursery wasn’t enough , we had the bonus of a delivery of new equipment. There are new blocks for creating, balancing beams, new scooters and helmets and lots more still to open and discover.
We think the best part of our first week was the discovery of a nest in our bike store, as we were making space for the new equipment Mrs Williams spotted the nest. The next day we set up an iPad to record the comings and goings two adult robins feeding their four baby robins. The children have been fascinated by the birds all week and we have enjoyed lots of robin related activities.
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Friday 31st March 2023
The last week of the spring term has been as busy as ever. We have done so much. Some children have been creating their own masks and shields. Other children used the shapes to create different structures, trying to balance the shapes on top of each other was very tricky but they persevered. Some children have been independently looking at books. When one of the children turned four , some of the children created birthday pictures and box model cakes to celebrate.
Friday was another busy and exciting day as we arrived at school with crazy hair, wearing nail varnish and our own clothes, breaking all the rules to raise money for PTFA.
The children had a great time hunting for Bertie the bunnies lost eggs. We had a map to help us find the location of the eggs and were very egg-cited to be able to take our eggs home. The children now deserve a very well earned rest. Wishing everyone a Happy Easter.
Friday 24th March
This week in Nursery we have been focusing on our prime areas of learning particularly sharing and taking turns, the children have also and kept the value of the week in mind - Fairness. The children have shown great critical thinking during play and have helped each other to solve tricky problems.
Friday 17th March 2023
The children in Nursery have been celebrating British Science Week every day this week. We have been scientists and thought about our senses. From listening walks, musical instruments, gloop and feely tin games to smelly pots and lots , lots more. Suzy the scientist ( a puppet) has arrived in our classroom every day to help us think about our different senses and find our inner scientist.
Thursday 9th March 2023
If there was a word to sum up our week in Nursery it would definitely be creativity! Some children made spiders and some children made snowballs. Each one was completely different from the others and were independently designed by each child. We really encourage the children to think of their own ideas and were impressed with their creations with the Jenga blocks. As each day passes the children are getting better at using the scissors, collecting the equipment they will need, thinking up ideas, modifying their designs and also concentrating until they finish . It was a slightly shorter week but we have packed so much in.
Friday 3rd March 2023
This week in Nursery we have been celebrating World Book Day every day. Each day we have had some clues in a mystery box and we have tried to guess the story. The children have been amazing at guessing the stories and we have enjoyed sharing these stories together. On Thursday we made our own books and wrote our own stories, thinking of ourselves as authors. The children used puppets and props to retell some of their favourite stories. We loved wearing our pyjamas at school and even turned it into a matching activity. Who is wearing the same pyjamas? We had four children wearing dinosaur designs. We worked as a team to create a 3D Gingerbread man and a fox for a whole school display, but most importantly we have had a great week celebrating our love of stories and reading.
Friday 10th February 2023
The children have been thinking about their feelings this week as part of our work and discussions about Mental Health Week 2023. We have used stories to help structure our discussions as we label our feelings. We have talked about what makes us happy.
Some children have been extremely creative. They have made their own walkie talkies, magic wands, crowns and also musical instruments, inspiring other children as they made their creations with limited support.
We have had a very busy week and enjoyed getting lots of fresh air as we use the different wheeled toys.
Friday 3rd February 2023
We had a very special treat in Nursery when Lorenzo from Bee Active came to visit. We were super at listening and following instructions. It was lots of fun and we especially like pretending we had a pizza and moved in different ways.
Nursery joined in with NSPCC Number Day dressing up and joining in with lots of fun activities.
Friday 27th January 2023
It has been a busy week in Nursery. The children were excited to see the tree surgeons chopping the big branches off a tree near our classroom. They used a shredder and a cherry picker, it was very exciting and a little noisy too. If the excitement of the tree surgeons wasn’t enough , they were quickly followed by the tarmac contractors. They were digging up the path right outside the classroom and we really enjoyed watching. On Tuesday we talked about why we were having a special lunch menu and how some people celebrate Chines/ Lunar New Year. We tried picking up pom poms with the chopsticks and enjoyed doing our own dragon dance.
Friday 13th January 2023
This week in Nursery has been busier than ever. There was lots of big building. Some children made tall towers and some made houses and shared with their friends. There was some impressive colour mixing at the creation station as the children revisited red, yellow and blue powder paints. The children remembered the colours they had made before and how to make them. A theme running through the week, completely led by the children was transport. It started with an aeroplane ride on one day that turned into a boat ride and a train ride.
Friday 6th January 2023
What a very busy week we have had in nursery. We have had lots of new children starting and our older children have welcomed them in and shown them the ropes. We are very proud of all the children as they have settled in. The first day started with lots of role play, acting out Santa, sleigh building and presents in sacks. The rest of the week has been filled with lots of building, investigation with the magnifying glasses, catching bubbles outside, water play, playdough, sand play and even ending the week with some squirrel spotting. Everyone deserves a little rest and relaxing weekend to recharge their batteries for another busy week to come in Nursery.
Friday 16th December 2022
We have had a very busy term in nursery and finished with a fantastic surprise visit from Santa and his reindeers .
We are looking forward to seeing everyone in January for an exciting new term. Have a wonderful Christmas with best wishes from The Nursery Team.
Friday 9th December 2022
We have been super busy in nursery this week. Edward the Elf has continued to deliver us surprise letters and presents.The Elf made a Gingerbread reading den complete with Christmas books. He gave us wrapping paper and an assortment of Christmas things for our home corner. We enjoyed exploring in the frost and making footprints.
The children were absolutely amazing performing their Christmas songs to a hall full of grown ups. The children sang beautifully and we were all so proud of them.
Friday 2nd December 2022
We started our week in Nursery investigating. We found a small toy figure with magnets in its shoes . The children discovered it could hang upside down “sticking “ to the board. This led to lots of finding out about what it could stick to. The children found the big magnets and were off around the classroom trying different objects, testing to see what was magnetic and what wasn’t.
The misty and foggy weather prompted a dewy spider web hunt outside. We noticed the marks we made on the wet grass.
Thursday marked the start of our Christmas celebrations in Nursery. Edward the Elf delivered some decorations for us and we also made a Christingle. On Friday we had our annual Christmas treat ..a visit from Magic Chris. The children thought he was very very funny. Phew what a wonderful week in Nursery.
Friday 25th November 2022
We have had another fantastic week in Nursery. The children have continued to be really interested in playing with shapes. They have made towers and arrangements with the Jenga blocks. The children have created new shapes when they have mixed different equipment together . As the children have played and explored they are learning. Learning about the properties of the shapes, differentiating shapes and sorting shapes. They are finding out about the best shapes to use if you are building a tower, as well as the thrill of the tower falling down.
Friday 18th November 2022
Wow, what a busy week in Nursery. We started the week celebrating Odd Socks Day and thinking about how we are all different and unique. On Tuesday we talked about staying safe as we crossed the road with our grown ups and enjoyed some role play. Our Road Safety Week continued on Wednesday when we read a story about staying safe in our car seats. The children also made traffic light pictures and shared their knowledge about the different colours and what they mean. On Thursday we thought about our kind hands and kind words as part of the whole school topic for Anti-Bullying week . On Friday we finished the busy week wearing spots to raise money for Children In Need. What a spotty, dotty crazy day we had,starting with spotty face painting by the children from the school council who did a fantastic job. We enjoyed a snack time treat and lots of spotty collage and painting and even managed to fit in a spot hunt around the school.
Friday 11th November 2022
Today we thought about why we wear a poppy. We talked about the brave soldiers who fought a long, long time ago. The children were respectful as we joined the school community to be silent at 11 o’clock.Throughout the day the children created different poppies.
Friday 4th November 2022
We have had a great start to our new term in Nursery. The children have been settling back into our routines and remembering what we do and how we do it at school. The children have enjoyed exploring leaves. There are lots of leaves everywhere and the children have collected leaves, swept leaves, made pictures with them and cut them. The children have also been sorting them by size too. We have been busy reading lots of stories and singing our familiar nursery rhymes. These pictures are a small selection of some of the activities the children have chosen.
Thursday 20th October 2022.
What a great half term it has been in Nursery. We are so proud of how all the children have settled in to our daily routines. Here are a selection of pictures from this short week .From some children creating their own shape pictures and fixing them with masking tape to playing with leaves on a windy day. Marvellous mark making to creativity with the Octons.
Friday 14th October 2022
We started our week in Nursery thinking about how we feel and celebrating #helloyellow for World Mental Health Day. We dressed in yellow, made yellow pictures and went on yellow treasure hunts inside and outside school. We read The Colour Monster and thought about different feelings.
The children love to paint and tell us their favourite colours so we decided to try some colour mixing. Each day we have given the children two different prime coloured powder paints and water in a palette . The children excitedly discovered so many shades of orange, green and purple .
This week the children have also been using the new reading den and looking at lots of Owl stories.
Friday 7th October 2022
Our week in Nursery has been busy as usual. From colour sorting to threading straws on pipe cleaners. Autumn walks, noticing the leaves changing colours and falling off the trees in the wind. Getting our finger muscles working as we mastered the syringes in the water, trying very hard not to squirt our friends. We have completed many jigsaw puzzles, it’s one of our favourite things to do. And some children have been noticing the letter that starts their name .
Friday 30th September 2022
This week in Nursery we have been thinking about colours . Inspired by the story WOW! said the owl by Tim Hopgood, the children painted colourful pictures . We talked about our favourite colours. Some children painted rainbows and some children made pictures with sparkly stars because the owl liked the night-time stars best of all.
Friday 23rd September 2022
Just a few pictures of some marvellous mark making in nursery this week. We encourage the children to make marks in lots of different ways and we celebrate every child’s efforts. This week a large piece of cardboard on the floor was enough to encourage some reluctant mark makers to give it a go.
Friday 16th September 2022
We have had a wonderful week in Nursery. The children are settling in to our routines so well. We are impressed with their enthusiasm to create, whether that be a painting, something with playdough or a track with the masking tape. The children have also been looking for small creatures in the garden and have not been disappointed as we found worms, wood lice and beetles. We can’t wait to see what we we get up to next week.
What a great start to our new school year we have had in Nursery. The children have settled in so well . We are super sitting and enjoying listening to stories and singing nursery rhymes. The children are exploring the classroom and getting to know each other.
Parents remember you can log in to Tapestry to see what the children have been up to this week. If you have had difficulties accessing Tapestry please let us know as soon as possible. We hope you have a good weekend and the children enjoy a very well earned rest.
Key information for parents:
Nursery children are greeted at the wooden door by our Nursery cloakroom at 8.50am.
We open our door for collection at 3:00 pm (to help parents who are picking up children from other year groups).
Mrs Vaughan and Mrs Williams look forward to seeing you in Nursery.
To contact Nursery, please use the form below.
Alternatively, you can email us directly at nursery@hugomeynell.staffs.sch.uk
Friday 8th July 2022
We have had a busy week in Nursery as our older children have had their exciting transition visits to Reception and our younger children have welcomed new friends in readiness for September. All the children made us super proud as they rose to the challenge.
We have also spent some time preparing for our first sports day for parents on Tuesday morning. We were brilliant at listening and following the instructions without an audience….fingers crossed it’s the same on Tuesday.
Thursday 23rd June 2022
Although we have had a quieter week in Nursery due to Chicken pox, we have still had a very busy time. There was lots of water play such as washing the dolls, boats down the drainpipes and squeezy bottle mark making. We have been making symmetrical patterns and fantastic creations with paper, glue and some googly eyes.
Thursday 16th June 2022
This week in Nursery we had some very unusual visitors . Emma from the Exotic Zoo brought us some animals to look at. First we looked at a Millepede called Millie.We found out about her exoskeleton and 800 legs! Next was the turn of Jaba the Giant African Bull frog. He made us laugh when he was trying to eat a worm. Then we met Tori the Royal Python who only eats on Wednesday . And lastly we looked at Trevor the Lesser Tenrec from Madagascar. He looks just like a hedgehog. The children were so good at listening to Emma and following her instructions about how to touch the different animals. When we got back to our classroom the children couldn’t wait to recreate some of the animals using playdough.
Friday 10th June 2022
We have enjoyed celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee all week in Nursery. From stories about the Queen to creating crowns. The children have made big hats with black paper after watching the changing of the guards. We have created Corgi obstacle courses, built castles, palaces and carriages. As well as red, white and blue collages. The children have particularly enjoyed a story about The Queen’s Hat. A story about the Queen’s hat blowing all around London and featuring London landmarks . Next week we are going to find out more about how tall Big Ben is and other interesting places. What a brilliant week in Nursery.
Thursday 26th June 2022
This week in Nursery the children have continued to be bug hunters. We have found wood lice, worms, flies and beetles. The children enjoyed playing “tennis “ as they used the bats and balls, remembering to make sure they had a big space before swinging the bat. The children have been so very busy all this half term and thoroughly deserve a well earned rest. We look forward to hearing about what everyone did in the holidays.
Friday 20th May 2022
From mighty beasts of the oceans last week to exploring in our garden and finding mini beasts this week . We were very excited when we found a snail and a slug. This was a perfect time to enjoy reading one of our favourite authors story, The snail and the whale.
We also tried comparing different sizes and height, as we made towers with the blocks next to our sunflowers. We used words such as tallest, shortest, taller and shorter.
Friday 13th May 2022
This week in Nursery, the children have been really inquisitive. It started with a question from George, asking “How many teeth does a shark have?”. So we decided to find out by asking the computer. We were so interested in the facts we found out about sharks. In fact we would go so far to say we are nearly shark experts. The children have delighted in recounting the facts they have been learning all week. They can tell you a female shark is longer than a male shark, sharks are fishes and their skeleton is made of cartilage ( a bit like our ears ) . Our exploration led us to start thinking about whales . We even measured out 100 feet to try to see how big the biggest mammal can grow. We can’t wait to see where our learning will take us next week.
Friday 6th May 2022
As always,we have had a very busy week in Nursery. One of the activities we tried outside was throwing and catching with the scarves. They are so light and gave the children time to catch them and hone their hand eye coordination skills. Inside the children were busy investigating and exploring numbers and patterns with the jelly numicon shapes. Some children even put two shapes together to make shapes ( simple addition) and some children enjoyed counting the holes in the shapes and matching these to numerals.
Friday 29th April
It has been a brilliant and busy first week back in Nursery. We have welcomed some new friends who have settled in so well.
The older children have been taking care of our new friends and showing them the ropes. Each day has been filled with lots of activities. We have enjoyed getting outside as the weather warms up. We also joined with the rest of the school to wish Mrs Bagguley a happy retirement and to say thank you. The children were amazing as they got up to shout Thank you to Netty and hold the letters. They seemed to be enjoying the occasion as they clapped the other children and looked out for siblings. We were super proud of their very grown up behaviour.
What a great week we have had in Nursery. The children have been so busy. They have been building all sorts of structures from rocket ships, boats, reading dens and balancing towers. Some children are starting to write their names and be interested in the letters in their names and their friends names. Our wonderful week ended with a celebration and treat for all their hard work and amazing reading challenge completed.The children are officially Julia Donaldson experts. Today, Stick man left the children a treasure hunt, which they thoroughly enjoyed. We hope you have a restful Easter holiday.
We are not sure if we could fit anymore learning and exploring into our days in Nursery this week. The children have been busy watching our seeds and beans growing, marvellous mark making in so many different ways, balancing, creating tricky tracks for the cars and
balls ,listening to lots more stories and some number poems by Julia Donaldson and thinking about the different illustrators used for the different books . If that wasn’t enough the children have been problem solving when the floor turned into lava and the cars needed rescuing. What a fantastic week in Nursery!
It has been another super busy week in Nursery! All the children painted a beautiful daffodil picture for their mummies and we enjoyed thinking about our mummies and all they do for us. We have read stories with mummies in them, such as Owl babies and Monkey Puzzle.
The children continue with their enthusiasm for our reading challenge as they share their bedtime stories with us on Tapestry. We are working our way through our Julia Donaldson collection at school too.
The children are watching and waiting for our seeds and beans to break through the compost . We are excited to see the roots growing in our clear pockets on the window. What a great week in Nursery.
British Science Week 2022 and Comic Relief 2022
This week we have planted beans and sunflower seeds in lots of different ways. Some are hidden in the soil and some are in clear pockets and bottles so we can see what happens as they start to germinate. We also started some experiments with our apple pips from snack time and our carrot tops. We know we have to be very patient.
On Friday we joined the rest of the school taking part in Comic Relief. We tried to balance red noses on our noses and we even tried to pose with our red nose. What a great week in Nursery!
We have started our World Book day challenge in Nursery in earnest . We are reading lots of Julia Donaldson books at school and some children are reading their own books at bedtime .
We enjoyed a sunny walk in the school grounds and found lots of signs of spring.
What a busy start to the second half of the term it has been. Mixing and tasting pancakes on Shrove Tuesday to celebrating World Book Day on Thursday and lots, lots more in between.
What a busy term it has been in Nursery. Although the children are very tired they are still completely engaged in our daily activities. This week we have had discussions about the people we love as we celebrated Valentine’s Day. The children have worked together to create an enormous track all around the classroom , taking turns and negotiating as it grew bigger and bigger. This term we have also welcomed lots of new children, who have settled in so well and have been super stars.
This week in Nursery we joined in with Children’s Mental health week. We used the book The Colour Monster as a starting point as we explored our feelings . We talked about how our actions can hurt others feelings and making sure we had kind hands. As well as singing songs about our feelings we tried some very simple yoga exercises. We listened to a story and made shapes with our bodies….Mrs Vaughan and Mrs Williams were amazed at how good we were. On Tuesday we had some interesting discussions about keeping safe on our tablets and using the internet as we joined in with Safer Internet Day.
The children have continued making amazing shape monsters and characters using the cut out shapes .
The children started the week off busily making houses . We read The three little pigs and talked about the different houses. The children were particularly good at retelling the story and pretending to be the pigs when Mrs Vaughan was pretending to be the Big bad wolf.
The children had a great time Dressing up for Digits day. We made fantastic shape pictures using lots of different materials. We sang number songs and enjoyed using the 2D shapes the playdough.
Our week in Nursery started with an exciting visit from the air ambulance helipod. The children all had a turn sitting in the cockpit and looking at the dials and switches. The children have also been writing letters to the dinosaurs, singing dinosaur counting songs and have even made some amazing dinosaurs using the playdough. We have enjoyed playing our musical instruments. After playing and singing along with some of our favourite songs, we played quietly and loudly and explored the musical sounds on the interactive whiteboard. Phew ! What a busy week in Nursery.
The children in Nursery have been busy hula hooping and finding lots of ways to play with a hoop. They have worked together to make dens and tents. The children have also been developing their exploration and investigation skills as we experimented dissolving different substances in water.
This week in Nursery we have followed the children’s continued interest in boats. The children wanted to row their boats (cardboard boxes and washing baskets) down the stream and we sang as we played. The story Mr Gumpy’s outing was perfect for our child led theme, especially as the story has lots of different animals in it. We retold the story in lots of different ways, from role playing outside in a great big boat made from crates to retelling the story in the water tray with boats and small world figures. We were scientists too as we explored floating and sinking. Firstly, as we tried to sink our boat in the tank and then as we looked at lots of different objects and tried to predict whether they would float or sink.
We have had a great start to the new year in Nursery . The children had lots of fun exploring in the snow . We tried hard to catch a snowflake .
This week in Nursery has been jam packed with fun, magical moments, elf antics and the most perfect Christmas sing along. We have danced, met Trixi the elf and real reindeers, chatted to Father Christmas and carefully followed instructions to create our own Christingles to take home. What a fantastic Autumn term it has been in Nursery.
We have had more magical moments in Nursery this week. Edward the elf has been busy leaving us messages, parcels and even staying up all night to make us a gingerbread house. He also made some smelly gingerbread playdough and left us cut out gingerbread people so we could use the special pens to mark make. On Tuesday we enjoyed a delicious Christmas dinner. And if all that wasn’t enough, we have been singing our Christmas songs and dressing up as the characters in the Christmas story all week.
We have had an exciting and magical start to December in Nursery. Edward the Elf has visited everyday, leaving letters and surprises each day in our Advent calendar. He has asked us to decorate the classroom. He gave us some figures from the nativity so we could retell the First Christmas story and today he told us about our visit from Magic Chris and our special snack time treat.
Our week in Nursery has been filled with lots of shapes.From making different shapes with the masking tape on the carpet, making arrangements with the loose parts, exploring and comparing the different shapes as well as making collage pictures with shapes.
Children in Need 2021
This week we have thought about kind words and kind hands as part of Odd Socks Day and Anti-bullying week . The children have been matching socks and trying to peg them on the washing line. Some children did some hand printing and discovered new colours when the colours mixed together.
The children in Nursery started the week sharing their experiences of fireworks and bonfires.They used a variety of resources to create firework pictures. Some children used the shiny shapes to make a rocket and some children used black paper, glitter and chalk.
On Thursday we joined the rest of our school community talking about Remembrance Day. The children had lots of questions and were thoughtful and respectful during the time of silence. All the children wanted to paint a poppy.
In the tough spot this week we have been exploring cornflour gloop. There was lots of opportunities for mixing and stirring as well as talking and noticing what was happening to the mixture. What a great week we have had in Nursery!
The children have had a busy start to the term. They have carried on noticing the changes in the seasons. On a walk up the big hill we found more evidence of Autumn as we spotted several beautiful fly agaric toadstools 🍄 .
National Poetry Day 2021 Performance
Earlier in the term, the children celebrated National Poetry Day. This year’s theme was ‘Choice’. Each year group read a range of poems and chose their favourite to learn and perform to other year groups. Please listen to our performance of Boo! - we hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed learning and performing it.
Nursery Poem - 'Boo!'
We have had another very busy week in Nursery. We have explored the different weather , from rainy days to windy days. We have played with lots of different shapes and made arrangements and pictures with them. The children have also enjoyed retelling their favourite nursery rhymes with the props, playing with numbers and quantities as well as lots of exploration with musical instruments and the sounds they make. The children have amazed us with how well they have settled in, we are super proud of them all !
The children in Nursery have been very observant and busy noticing the change in the seasons. Somebody noticed the leaves falling from trees outside our classroom and this provoked a big chat about Autumn. We all went on a wonderful walk looking for signs of Autumn and discovered so many clues in our school grounds, from beautiful colours of the changing leaves, mushrooms, acorns, crunchy leaves and of course more falling leaves. We also had lots of fun trying to catch the leaves as they fell. Following on from reading the story Leaf Man, we collected different leaves and turned them into fantastic Leaf people pictures . What a busy week it has been in Nursery.
The children in Nursery have been exploring the features of our new interactive whiteboard. They have enjoyed drawing side by side, talking to each other about their marvellous mark making. The children have been very busy turning the big boxes the whiteboard came in into all sorts of amazing creations, from an Ice Cream shop to a dog kennel and a giant horse to a train with four carriages.
The children in Nursery have been busy exploring and investigating different weather this week. A very windy day was perfect for watching our scarves fly away and chasing after them. The children have also made a hot chocolate shop, sung lots of number songs, played parachute games and have been matching with the pom poms.
It has been another busy week in Nursery. The children have enjoyed lots of small world play with the dinosaurs. Mr Bowen played nursery rhymes on his violin and trumpet for us. We enjoyed having a turn playing our own instruments inside and outside our classroom.
What a fantastic start to the school year in Nursery!
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