Nursery Blog

This week we have had lots of fun finding out and celebrating Chinese New Year. We listened to the story of the 'Great Race' and found out how the Emperor decided which order the animals would represent for different years. We used puppets and masks to act out the story. In Maths we made Chinese Dragons out of different shapes. Lots of us thought the teeth looked like triangles. Noah and Andre made a long dragon using the wooden blocks. They thought carefully about the shapes they were going to use and could explain what the different parts were. We had a go at making a large dragon using the big blocks outside. In P.E. we really enjoyed making up our own dragon dance. We had to move in time to the music and work as a team so that the dragon stayed together. In the graphics area the children created wishes for the Wishing Tree. They wanted a witch, fairies, a unicorn, bunk beds and a rugby ball. Next week is Book Week and the children will have a chance to share their...

We have had such a fun week learning about volcanoes. We mixed water, washing up liquid, red colouring and bicarbonate of soda in a bottle. It went a bit bubbly. When we added some vinegar it 'exploded' and looked like a volcano. We also found out about volcanoes by looking at a book about volcanoes. We thought about the questions we wanted to find the answers to and found some fun facts. We found out that lava comes out of a volcano and that some volcanoes are sleeping. We loved watching a video clip of a volcano erupting and watching the lava move along the ground. It was Internet Safety Week this week so we found out how to keep safe when using technology online. We watched a powerpoint about Smartie the Penguin and learnt this song; Before you click, click, click You need to think, think, think and Tell someone. The children were good at being able to say they need to tell a grown up if they see something they are not sure about online. We went to Woodlands even...

We have had great fun this week trying to make Rainbow patterns. We put some food colouring in milk and watched what happened when we touched them with a little bit of washing up liquid. The colours all moved around making different patterns. We made some pictures using marbling ink. Andre thought his picture looked like "plankton that blue whales eat" and Isabel said hers reminded her of the Starry Night picture. The children were able to predict what they thought would happen to the colour of the water. In P.E. we used the scarves and our bodies to try and make rainbow shapes. The children enjoyed using real money to buy their snack on Number Day. Our Learning Wood Animals went home with some of the children this week. These are given to children who have shown some great learning skills. Freya took home Butterfly because she was so proud of the enclosure she had made. Mason took home Squirrel for his exploring skills in the milk experiment. Jay took home Hedgehog f...