Nursery
Half Term 3
Water themed day:
We had the best time as part of our Water themed day. We could dress up and tried lots of fun activities. We even tried some fish finger sandwiches for snack time.
Voting for our Snack Time Story:
We love sharing a story at snack time. Today we voted for our favourite book and the book that collected the most sticks, was the one we read. We had to choose between 'Barry the Fish with Fingers' and 'The 3 Little Pigs'. Learning to vote helps us to start to understand we live in Democracy and the importance that everyone has a voice.
Understanding British Values:
This is a very tricky thing to understand at 3 years old but Nursery explored Mutual Respect and The Rule of Law in an acitivity where we had to share biscuits. At the start, Mrs Walsh was going to eat them all but luckily, some boys and girls told her to share. Mrs Walsh then made sure everyone had one biscuit so it was fair.
Music Time:
We had a fabulous session playing 'stop and go' with our instruments!
Squiggle:
It is amazing how well our pre writing skills are developing thanks to our squiggle sessions!
The Epiphany:
We revisited the Nativity story and spoke about what happened over Christmas. We looked at pictures of crowns and thought about why crowns are so special. We noticed they can have sparkly jewels on them so made some to help us retell the story.
Back to playing:
What a super time we had being back together in school!
Half Term 2
Baking mince pies:
We had a go at baking and trying mince pies. We learnt about how they are a tradional Christmas treat and what ingredients go inisde them. We had some mixed opinions when we ate them!
Our first Nativity performance:
We did such a good job learning lots of songs and dressing up. We stood up in front of a busy hall and sang so loudly- Mrs Walsh was so proud!
Santa came to visit:
We loved getting to meet Santa!
Our Reading Buddies:
We had a lovely morning spending time with our Reading Buddy. They are in Year 5 and read us all a story, then we got to play with them which was lots of fun!
Learning about the Nativity:
As well as taking part in the Early Years Nativity show, we have been learning all about the Shepherds and Angels that appear in the story.
Stick Man, Oh Stick Man...:
We loved reading Stick Man and exploring the story. We used talking dots, painted big sticks and used visuals to help us retell the story!
Story Maps:
We have been exploring story maps and how they can help us to retell the story we are reading.
Learning about Diwali:
We loved learning about Diwali and how it is the 'Festival of Lights'. We read about Rama and Sita, made Diya lamps and created our own firework pictures!
Phoincs:
Today we played a game where we had to follow the tapping pattern that the leader made.
Straight back to squiggling:
We loved getting back to dancing and squiggling after the half term holiday. There were lots of smiling faces when the music started playing and we made our marks.
Half Term 1
Spotty Pumpkins:
We decorated some pumpkins with lovely spots as part of our Art work, inspired by the artist, Yayoi Kusama.
Leaf Patterns:
We have noticed that the leaves are falling down! We have been collecting leaves and looking at making patterns with them. Sometimes we make the patterns by colour and shape, and sometimes we put them in a line.
Loud and Quiet sounds:
As part of our Phonics lessons, we went outside to try and make some different sounds. We used a clave to tap on the fence, the floor, the wooden slide and lots of other things. It was really good fun and we played this game for a very long time!
Listening Ears:
We played some circle games to work on our listening. We had to copy songs and actions. Some of us were very brave and even said our names!
Our very frist week:
We have been exploring our classroom and making new friends!
Squiggle Time:
We learnt how to 'Squiggle' which is a really fun way to help us with our writing. We danced about and then made big squiggles on paper.
