Nursery Blog

We had a lovely week in Nursery and are feeling very proud of how the children performed in their sharing assemblies. They spoke clearly and enjoyed singing the songs. We hope you enjoyed coming to watch. In Learning through Play this week we have been busy trying to wrap 'presents' in the creative area. We painted pictures of Father Christmas and Rudolph. In the water tray we have enjoyed exploring the fake snow. Next week we will be continuing to learn about Christmas and will be doing some maths problem solving. We will be reading 'The Nutcracker'. In Phonics we will be playing some listening games.

This week we have been reading the Christmas Nativity story and using different props to act the story out. The children knew that the special baby in the story was Jesus. The children found it unusual that Mary had a to ride on a donkey to go to Bethlehem. Millie told us that the "chefs were looking after the sheep." Brooke told us that the fairy told Mary she was going to have a baby. The children learnt a new word - manger. Annabel remembered that the Wise Men brought presents to give to the baby. We have been learning lots of songs this week for our sharing assembly. The children have enjoyed Sing a Song of Shepherds, Three Wise Men, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Father Christmas. We have been trying to use our best singing voices and join in with the actions. In P.E. we did the Reindeer Cokey putting our antlers, hooves, noses and tails in and out. Some of the children had a go at making stables using the junk modelling in our creative area. Sophia collected stic