This week in Nursery we have planted our own beanstalks! We read the story 'Jaspers Beanstalk' and used the steps to help us plant our own. We discussed how to care for plants and what they need to grow.  We were very excited to find that our beanstalks have started to grow, and we have been measuring to see how tall they are so far. 

The children are eager to discover what they might find at the top of their beanstalks, once fully grown!  

This week in Nursery we have been learning all about road safety. We began the week by reading a story about how to cross a road safely and learned that we must ‘stop, look both ways, listen and think.’ We have then been using our knowledge on crossing roads in role play and our different activities. In maths, we have been practising forming the numbers using cars and tracks, and we have been getting really creative and making marks using different tyre tracks.

This week in Nursery we have been learning all about firefighters. We started the week by reading Fireman Sam – Rescue Heroes and then thought about all the different responsibilities firefighters have and how they help us. Afterwards we had a go at drawing a firefighter and writing our name.

We have been really busy creating our own fire engines using a range of media such as paper, blocks and even the outdoor crates. We have also been using the small world firefighter toys to role-play the job of a firefighter.

In Maths, we have been exploring our Numicon resource by ordering the shapes and then working out which one is missing from the line. We also played a counting game where we created our own fire engine using chairs, then we rolled the dice and counted on the number of Nursery firefighter children.

This week in Nursery the parents were invited in for our first Stay and play session. The children were very excited for their parents and careers to come into Nursery and see where we play and learn. It was lovely to see so many parents come into school and spend some time in the Nursery environment with their children.  

The children had the opportunity to give their parents a tour of the Nursery and to share the toys and books that they enjoy.

This week we have been thinking all about Harvest and started the week by reading the story Oliver’s Vegetables.  We acted the story out using the sensory small world and some of the vegetables from the story. We explored finding out which vegetable was the heaviest and which was the lightest. We were really creative and used vegetables and paint to print pictures. We even practised our cutting skills to chop up real cooking apples to make an apple crumble.

In Nursery this week we have been settling in to our new class. We have been getting to know our teachers, friends and even our guinea-pigs. We have enjoyed taking part in busy fingers every morning and we have been learning the song ‘Five Little Ducks’ in our carpet time as well as reading the story ‘Spot goes to Nursery’. We have loved exploring the outdoor area and made up games such as pretending to be pirates on the ship travelling to ‘Pirate Island’, we have been climbing and balancing on the balance beam and we have been practising throwing and catching a ball.