Nursery Blog

We have had a lovely week in Nursery. The children have been very busy making decorations to sell at the Christmas Fayre next Saturday. Please come along and buy the decoration your child has made. They are very proud of them. We have also had great fun trying to see which material would be best to keep Humpty Dumpty safe. Unfortunately Humpty Dumpty broke a couple of times!! We enjoyed going down to Woodlands for the first time. The children were great at putting their suits and wellies on and listening carefully to instructions. We met Miele the Badger who helped us with our concentrating while we were down there. We had to find the other animals from Learning Wood and some of us had a go at using natural materials to make a home for them. Annabel, Harry and Rosie all thought their favourite part was finding the animals. We also explored the Muddy Kitchen. Layla made "chocolate milk" and Lilly made a "chocolate cake." The children explored how the mud felt. Th

This week the children have been learning about different occupations. We have had a fire station role play outside and a fire station in the small world. The children have also enjoyed playing in the restaurant role play. The children talked about the different jobs their grown-ups did and talked a little bit about what they would like to do when they are grown up. The children would like to find out more about what jobs their grown ups do. Afternoon Nursery had a visit from Isabel's Dad who came in to talk about being a firefighter. He showed us his uniform and the children enjoyed trying on his helmet and jacket. In Maths this week we have been thinking about positional language and used objects from the rhyme 'Hey Diddle Diddle' to put in different places as well as give instructions to others. We have enjoyed singing the Nursery Rhyme. We have had cornflour and water in our outside area and the children have been fascinated with it; stirring it, scooping it and m

This week we have been learning about the artist Van Gogh and the painting Starry Night. The children were very good at describing the painting. Ethan thought he could see "the sea" and "a castle." Lulu could see the "moon". They had a go at painting the picture themselves using oil pastels and crayons for the circles and swirls and then using a blue watercolour painted over the top. We read the story 'Katie and the Starry Night' and the children were able to talk about the characters and what happened in the story. In Philosophy we thought about whether we would like to jump into the picture 'Starry Night.' Charlotte thought she would like to because she wanted to catch all the stars in the painting. Isobel wanted to go into the 'Olive Pickers' painting to pick olives. Blake decided he didn't want to go into the painting because "I'd be worried about my Mummy." Jake didn't want to go in because "it'