Term 1
It has been an absolutely wonderful start to the year this first term. Settling in, forming routines, and finding out all the things that we can do to have fun. It was so good to see how far everyone grew, even in just the first term. All the learning through play, exploration, and building that took place was a great sight that makes me look forward even more to the Terms and year ahead. 

With autumn here we are doing our best to keep our eyes pealed for signs. From collecting leaves, painting with conkers, spotting spider webs, or anything else the season has to offer. We also enjoyed singing along to lots of new songs, such as bread and butter, Dingle, Dangle Scarecrow, learning actions and Makaton signs to go with each song. It was truly a great first term of 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 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 watch them grow up. The little feathers on their wings that came were amazing, and seeing them learning to flap them was great too! 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 shelters for farm animals and searched for juicy worms. We have been looking closely for signs of Spring after the heavy rain!  

Term 2
What a busy term in Nursery! Term 2 has been full of playing, exploring and learning, it has been an absolute blast! We have been learning all about 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, making us think about how colours can be used to help express how we feel. We had a ‘Rainbow Day’ and wore our favourite colour. We have also enjoyed learning about different shapes, and how they can come together in so many different ways! At Christmas time we learning some new Christmas songs. We worked so hard at practicing them we even we just needed to sing them to our parents! We hope they loved it as much as we did. We enjoyed decorating our tree together and getting ready for a wonderful season of sharing and fun. 

Term 4
Term 4 has been an absolute wonder, it has been a delight seeing all the smile, laughs, and how everyone has begun to be able to enjoy the warm spring air (when the sun decides to show itself that is). We have been learning all about transport and the ways we can move around our world. We learned all about how cars, tractors, and trains travel over land, testing how they move on roads, rails, and ramps. Over water we looked at boats, making our own and testing what it took to make something float. We also looked at the air, spotting planes in the sky and making our own out of paper before testing how they fly. We have read many stories over the term too, like “Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry”, “Duck in the Truck” and “Wheels” 

We have kept up with our toothbrushing and talking about how important it is to keep ourselves and our teeth clean to make sure we grow up big and strong. Helicopter stories have been wonderful too, having the children make their own stories for all of us to act as has brough a smile to lots of faces.  Especially when we see our favourite dinosaurs and princesses.