Term 1
We have had a wonderful start to our year in the Nursery! We have settled in really well, made new friends, learnt to follow new routines and had so much fun learning through play. We have all explored the classroom and outdoor areas, creating games, investigating resources, building, cooking, making and enjoying!

We have been looking for signs of autumn, collecting leaves, painting leaves and spider web spotting. We have enjoyed singing along to lots of new songs such as Bread and Butter, Dingle, Dangle Scarecrow, learning actions and Makaton signs. What a super first term Nursery!

Term 3
What fun and busy time we have had in Nursery in Term 3! We have been learning all about farm animals and wild animals too, learning to use our new Makaton actions (ask us to show you at home). We watched closely as all 10 of our chickens hatched learning new words like incubator, pipping and egg tooth. We held the chicks carefully, learnt how to feed them, kept their brooder box clean and named them too, there was Tina, Beast, Marshmallow, Chicken and Egg! We learnt how to identify which were male (the yellow chicks) and female (the orange chicks) and then they went to their new homes. 

We enjoyed retelling our story ‘Dear Zoo’ (written by Rod Campbell) using Makaton signs and expression in our voices. We have been working really hard on our counting skills and have been learning how to spot amounts around us. We have enjoyed investigating the forest more even when it is a bit chilly and muddy, we made bird nests, shelters for farm animals and searched for juicy worms. We have been looking closely for signs of Spring, new buds, snowdrops and daffodils have been sneaking out to say hello!  

Term 5
What busy bugs we have been this term! We have loved learning all about a wide range of minibeasts and searching carefully to find so many of the little creatures that live happily in the forest and Early Years Garden. In the classroom, we were fascinated by the caterpillars that arrived and enjoyed using magnifying glasses to watch them eat and grow! We read the story of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, tasted a variety of the fruits in the book and created our own butterfly artwork. The sunny days have brought lots of fun outdoors, creating feasts in the mud kitchen, making music with the instruments and building obstacle courses with our friends. We had a fantastic time at our annual ‘Bug Ball’, dressing up together, dancing and playing games!  

Term 2
What a busy term in Nursery! Term 2 has been full of playing, exploring and learning, it has been lots of fun! We have been investigating colour, learning the Makaton signs for each colour, mixing colours and investigating shadows and tones. ‘The Colour Monster’ has been a fabulous story to explore, thinking about how colours help us with our feelings. We had a ‘Rainbow Day’ and wore our favourite colour. We have also enjoyed learning about different shapes, making shadows with them too! At Christmas time we have enjoyed learning some new Christmas songs and we loved singing them with our parents! We enjoyed decorating our tree together and making Christmas treats! 

Term 4
Term 4 has been full of fun, laughter and spotting the first signs of Spring! We have been learning all about transport and the ways we can move around our world. We began by learning about cars and using ramps to make them travel faster. Using shapes and loose parts we have created tractors, trains, helicopters. We have been creative with our mark making, using rolls to paint wheels and toy vehicles to make tracks on large paper in the garden. We have also used junk boxes, plastic containers and tape to build fantastic boats which we then sailed in our new water tray! We have been reading many stories about vehicles and joining in with our favourites such as “Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry” and “Duck in the Truck”.  

This term we have begun brushing our teeth in the Nursery! We love our special toothbrushes and brushing for 2 minutes. We have also been telling our own stories and acting them out with our friends during our Helicopter Stories sessions. Our stories have included dinosaurs, princesses, dancing and cake!