Spring has sprung

The children have been learning all about the season of Spring and some of the festivals that happen in Spring time – Eid and Easter. They have been looking at signs of Spring in the environment, planting some seeds and learning how to look after them.

People who help us

Nursery have been learning about different occupations and people who have jobs that help us.

Here are some of the activities we have done to support this topic.

Role play and dressing up

Painting

A visit from PCSO Abbey who told us all about the role of the police officer and let us look in her police car.

Oral health and the role of the Dentist

The very hungry caterpillar

In nursery we have been reading the story of the very hungry caterpillar written by Eric Carle.

We have been doing lots of activities related to the story including sequencing events, learning about the lifecycle of the butterfly, painting butterfly’s and creating pattern caterpillars.

We also tried tasting all the fruit the hungry caterpillar ate in the story.

Bing Videos

Traditional tales

In nursery we have been reading the stories of Goldilocks and the three bears, the gingerbread man and the three little pigs.

Here are some of the activities we have been doing…..

Goldilocks and the three bears

Exploring dried oats, tasting porridge, ordering by size and role playing with masks.

The gingerbread man

Counting buttons, practicing fine motor skills with tweezers and decorating gingerbread men.

The three little pigs

Exploring weight, building houses and role playing with boxes.

Its Winter ❄️❄️❄️

In Nursery we have been learning about the season Winter. We have been exploring our environment and looking at changes. We have been talking about the changes in the weather and the clothes we need to wear and doing Winter paintings and activities.

Exploring the frost

Winter activities

Bonfire night

The children in Nursery have been learning all about Bonfire night. They have been learning about how to keep themselves safe, doing firework paintings by splashing the paint, using scarves and streamers to dance like fireworks. making shapes and patterns in coloured sand and glitter and have made some chocolate sparklers by melting chocolate and adding coloured sprinkles.