Nursery

Welcome to Nursery with Mrs Walsh, Miss Daly, Miss Fryer and Mrs Gibbons

Half Term 5:

Mary Day:

We joined Year 3 in the Mary Assesmbly by bringing flowers to thank Mary.

Music:

We learnt a new song in Music called '5 Little Speckeld Frogs'. We loved singing it and Mrs Walsh heard some of us singing it all day long. We also had a go at copying different clapping rhythms which was a bit tricky at first but we soon got the hang of it!

Phonics:

We have started to look at some graphemes and have been working on making sure we say the sounds correctly. We love writing on the floor and getting to spread out!

Messy Play:

Some of us had lots of fun during our sensory play!

Holy Week:

Nursery learnt all about the story of The Last Supper. We had some bread and wine (juice!) just like the disciples at The Last Supper. We used wooden figures to help us re tell the story to each other.

We also read about what happens on Good Friday and noticed that the painting in the book showed a sunset. We then painted our own pictures of this.

We learnt about how eggs symbolise New Life that happens in Springtime and loved taking part in an Easter Egg Hunt. We had to find the egg with our name on to make it a tricky challenge.

Half Term 4: Big Lent Walk: This morning we took part in the BIgLentWalk project. We walked around our MUGA pitch lots of times to raise money for charity.

Music with Miss Lee:

What a treat we had, a music lesson with Miss Lee! We sang lots of songs that reminded us of animals today!

Science Week:

Wow! We had so much fun learning about Katherine Johnson and how clever she was. We were inspired by her work for Nasa and looked at making rockets. We then mixed Bicarbonate of Soda with Vinegar and noticed how it made a fizzing reaction. We addded food colouring and tried to find out which made the biggest bubbles!

Shrove Tuesday:

We learnt about the story of 'The Runaway Pancake' and then tried some yummy pancakes.

Music:

We had so much fun in our Music lesson. We played 'Start and Stop' with the instruments and explored making loud and quiet sounds.

The 3 Little Pigs:

We have been reading this story and having lots of fun exploring it. We have loved building with bricks and making piggy masks to help us retell the story.

Half Term 3:

Phonics:

In our Phonics lesson we learnt how to play buried treasure. We had to dig through the sand to find a picture and think of the word we needed. We worked on saying the word correctly and considered the initial sound!

Maths:

We had so much fun playing in Maths today. We looked at recognising the numerals '1', '2' and '3' as well as getting the correct amount of objects when asked. We all sat down and waited to see the numeral, then we ran off to find some objects to match.

R.E.:

We started our new school term by celebrating the Epiphany. We used our Nativity figures to help us retell the story and then made some beautiful crowns, just like the ones a King may wear. We wore our crowns home so we could tell our family about the story.

Big Mark Making:

We love getting the big rolls of paper our and drawing on them. We use felt tip pens in lovely bright colours and spend time chatting to our friends about what we are drawing.

A visit to Santa’s Grotto:

Half Term 2:

Nativity:

We have been learning all about the Nativity and what happened at the birth of baby Jesus.

We have said lots of prayers too this Advent season.

Maths:

We have been working on our subitising skills and showing 1, 2 and 3!

Snow:

Wow! It was so exciting for us all to see some snow. We loved going outside to explore it but after a while, we started to get a bit cold.

R.E.:

We spent some time making poppies and learnt about Remembrance Day. We watched a short video clip about a little rabbit in a field to help us develop our understanding.

English:

We are reading a lovely book called 'The Way Back Home'. We looked at the alien in the story and then had a go at describing other aliens.

Diwali:

We have spent some time learning all about Diwali and how it is the festival of light. We made Rangoli patterns, Diya lamps, sang songs and tried some yummy food!

Phonics:

We learnt about Body Percussion and how we can make noises using our mouth, hands and feet. We took it in turn to make noises and then copied each other. It was so much fun!

Half Term 1:

Pumpkins:

We had a lot of fun exploring pumpkins. Some of us felt the seeds and noticed they were slimy, some of us said the pumpkin smelt nice!

Yoga time:

It was so wet the other day that we couldn't even begin to go outside! We really wanted to move our bodies so we did some yoga.

A fun run with Year 6:

We took part in a special charity run to show support for MND. We ran 3 laps of the school grounds with our friends in Nursery and Year 6. We were exhausted after and had to have snack straight away!

Maths:

We made some pictures using shapes after reading our new book!

Phonics:

We played a game where we had to listen to different animal sounds. We had to use our listening ears really carefully.

R.E.:

We read the story of Creation today in R.E. and we thought about all of the amazing animals that God made. We said 'thank you' to God for the animals and shared our favourite. We then painted a picture to stick up on our display board.

Music Time:

We loved playing with the musical instruments. We worked on starting and stopping at the same time.

Phonics:

We started our Phase 1 Phonics work today by going on a listening walk. We walked all over school using our listening ears. We heard loud bangs when doors closed, quiet chatting in the corridor and noisy cars next to the road.

Story Time:

We have started reading our new book called 'Super Duper You!. We looked in a mirror to identify features of our face and then tried to draw them. We noticed how we all look different and that makes us super!

We are having lots of fun settling into Nursery! We love to play and read stories and have been trying to chat to our friends. We like to start the day by singing lots of songs and have been drawing pictures of ourselves.