Nursery Blog

This week we have been continuing with the theme of 'green.' In Maths we sang the song Ten Green Bottles and recorded in different ways how many bottles were left. We used whiteboards to represent numbers as digits or pictures and numicon to explore different ways of making numbers. We also sang Five Green and Speckled Frogs and used our fingers to show how many were left. In Understanding of the World we have been using the computers to draw pictures. The children had to use the mouse to select the colour they wanted by clicking. The children did well remembering to click with  the blue button and they had a good attempt at controlling the mouse. In P.E. we had the benches, tables and planks out. The children explored different ways of travelling over, under and through the apparatus. They enjoyed crawling down the planks, sliding across the benches and jumping like a frog. The children have been showing excellent skills of concentration when drawing kiwis and limes. The...

We have had a lovely week and have been thinking about things that are 'green'. Lots of children brought in green objects to show and were able to talk about them. This week we made green friendship hands, by mixing blue and yellow together. One person had blue on their hand and the other had yellow and they rubbed their hands together. The children thought it was magic seeing the new colour appear. . We made a green fruit salad by chopping cucumber, apple, grapes and kiwi. The children learnt how to hold a knife safely and chop the fruits into small pieces. We learnt the names of new fruits we didn't know and looked carefully at the seeds inside. Lots of the children were keen to try it during snack time. We have been singing 'Ten Green Bottles' and watching what happens as one bottle falls over. The children have been trying to put the numbered bottles in order on the maths table. In P.E. we pretended to be different green animals moving in different ways....

The children have returned to Nursery raring to go with their learning and we have had a lovely week. The children have settled in to their new groups; Emeralds and Sapphires. We have been thinking about our favourite colours this week and the children have been explaining which colours they like and why. Emily said she really likes green because it reminds her of walking in the grass. Andre likes the colour blue because a blue whale is blue. The children drew pictures of objects that were their favourite colours. We have been also drawing and labelling our family members. We have been so impressed with the children's writing and attitude to their learning, there have been many visits to the Star Book this week. In P.E. we had a go at avoiding obstacles while sorting different coloured objects into their colour groups. We worked well as a team trying to get all the colours into our baskets as quickly as possible. Next week we will be focusing on the colour green. If your chil...