This week in Nursery we have been learning about the life cycle of a frog. We were very excited to see that we have our own tadpoles in Nursery, so we can observe how they change over time. Some of our tadpoles have began to change into froglets and have small back legs. We will continue to see how the tadpoles change over the coming weeks. Watch this space!
In Nursery, we have introduced our new topic of 'The Secret Garden' for this half-term. We were excited to discover that our roleplay area had changed into a garden centre with a beanstalk! We have been reading lots of stories, including Jack and the Beanstalk and Jaspers Beanstalk. We have been learning about the life cycle of a bean and have planted our own. We are excited to observe how they change over time.
Over the last two weeks in Nursery, we have been very excited to watch eggs hatch into chicks! We now have eight chicks. There are six girls and two boys. The children watched the eggs closely and were lucky enough to see some chicks hatching live at school. We have been learning about how to take care of the chicks and have been talking about the life cycle of a hen. Alongside this, we have also created lots of chick artwork using different materials and have displayed these in our classrooms.
This week in Nursery we have begun to notice the changes from Winter to Spring. We went on a Spring walk to see if we could spot signs of Spring. We noticed buds on trees, bumble bees and daffodils growing around the school. We discussed that it is time to prepare the Nursery garden, ready for planting fruits and vegetables. The children have been busy weeding the flower beds and filling them with fresh soil. We then planted some onion bulbs as these take a long time to grow. We can't wait to watch how these change over time!
This week in Nursery, we have introduced our new topic of 'Down on the Farm'. The children were very excited to find that our role play area has transformed into a farm shop with a hay bale! The children have been busy exploring the farm related activities. These included milking a cow, painting with mud, small world farm and exploring both fiction and non-fiction books to find out about life on a farm.
This week in Nursery we have been using our senses to explore the environment. We have been investigating feely trays with mud, slim, fruit, sand and pinecones. We have also observed ice blocks to see what happens to it over time. Alongside this we have enjoyed water play and using different textured resources to make food in the mud kitchen!
This week in Nursery, we have been learning all about firefighters and how they help the community. We have been making fire pictures, retelling stories using props, putting out fires using spray bottles and we have created out own firefighter badges.
This week in nursery we have introduced the children to our new topic 'People who help us'. We kicked off our week learning about doctors and the very important jobs that they do. The children were very excited to see that our role play area had turned into a doctor’s surgery over the holidays. The children have been busy booking doctor’s appointments, writing prescriptions and using the stethoscopes and bandages.
Christmas has arrived in Nursery bringing our elves Pickles and Twinkle Toes! We have been exploring our new role play area, which has turned into Santa's workshop. We have been mark making letters to Santa, wrapping presents and using our busy fingers to decorate the tree. We are excited to see where elves might appear next week!
This week in Nursery we were joined by our parents for Stay and Play. We were very excited to show our grown-ups the nursery environment and all the things that we do at school.
Thank you to all the parents for coming and your continued support. We had a great time!
This week in Nursery we have been learning about the celebration of Diwali.
We have been talking about Hinduism and how Diwali is celebrated.
We took part in different activities, these included learning the story of Rama and Sita, making Diya lamps, drawing Mehndi hand patterns and we created colourful Rangoli patterns on the playground.
This week in nursery we have been thinking about Harvest time. We have been reading stories and have been discussing where fruit and vegetables come from. We went for a walk to find an apple tree. We picked 18 apples! The children decided that they would like to make an apple crumble. We carefully followed the recipe, and the crumble was delicious!
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