Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer!

The children have been having so much fun taking turns to wear our special reindeer costume!

We thought it would be nice to incorporate Rudolph onto the front of our Christmas cards that the children have been making this week . . .

Can you see how we created the reindeer shape?

What design are you going to use for your cards this year?

Let us know!

Counting Stars!

The rehearsals are now under way for our Nativity, and we have been finding out about a very special star that shone above the Stable!

When we look up at night, we can see lots of stars in the sky - and this week, we have been counting stars and finding the 

corresponding numeral . . . 

How many stars can you see?

We have also had fun singing 

'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'!

Star of the Week!

Last week, both Cherry and Ewan were awarded 'Star of the Week'. Congratulations and well done to both of you!

An Autumn Trail . . .

The Gruffalo wanted to go for an Autumn walk on the school field, but he was worried that he might not find his way back to the Nursery. 

One of the squirrels had suggested that he made himself a repeating leaf trail to follow, but he wasn't sure what to do. 

We explored some of the leaves 

together to help him . . .

The children then used an activity on the computer to copy, continue and create some repeating leaf patterns of their own! 

Perhaps you could create some repeating leaf patterns too!

Night Monkey Day Monkey

Having found out about how Diwali is celebrated both during the day time and night time, we thought that this next Julia Donaldson book would be a great one to share . . .

Take a look at our 'SHARE A STORY, SHARE A SMILE!' to find out more!

Star of the Week!

Our 'Star' for last week was Lexie.

Congratulations and well done!

Happy Diwali!

Diwali is a very important and exciting festival in the Hindu faith. 

It is also called the Festival of Lights.

Diwali takes place during the last month of the Hindu year and celebrates the beginning of the New Year in the Hindu calendar. 

The word 'Diwali' means 'row of lighted lamps' - we lit our own divas while we sat and shared a story about Rama and Sita.

We thought these traditional Indian clothes were beautiful.

Do you like our paper plate divas?

 It was lots of fun creating our mehndi patterns using the computer!

What do you think we used to create these mehndi patterns?

We worked together to create a colourful Rangoli pattern at the entrance to our Nursery to welcome everyone!

Have you been celebrating Diwali? We would love to hear what you did.

Post us a comment and let us know!

Getting On and Falling Out!

We have been thinking about what makes a special friend . . . 

Sienna - "Be nice to each other"

Oliver L - "You play with them. If you don't share, your friends won't play with you"

Finley - "You should be nice and gentle"

But sometimes, friends can have a falling out . . . 

We thought about what we could do to help:

Iris - "Give them cuddles"

Zoe - "We could give them a story"

Aisha - "You could be kind and help people to be best friends again"

Let us know what you think makes a good friend!

Star of the Week!

Our 'Stars' for last week were Iris, Sam and Wanda. Congratulations and well 

done to all of you!

Fantastic Fireworks!

This week we have been thinking a lot about bonfires and fireworks! 

As well as a number rhyme about five fireworks, we watched some on a video clip then had fun pretending to be different fireworks out on the school field. We also shared our own experiences of bonfires and fireworks:

Mia - "I love fireworks! Mummy takes me to the fireworks"

Jessie - "Fireworks go bang . . .  and like pretty stars"

Joe - "I saw a green one, a blue one and a red one in the sky at night time. They went bang!"

Isabella - "I saw fireworks with mummy and daddy, there were many colours. It's really loud. It's high in the sky. They're banging"

We watched a video of Fireman Sam - he gave us lots of very important safety tips for Bonfire Night, then we had a very special treat - we went outside to watch some sparklers from a very safe distance!

If you are going to a bonfire / firework party this weekend we hope you have a lovely time - but please remember that children under five should not be given sparklers to hold - and always follow the firework safety code.

Post us some comments to share your experiences with us.

Have fun - but keep safe!  

Room on the Broom

Many of the children were eager to share their experiences of Halloween when we came back after half-term - and this seemed to be the ideal choice for our next Julia Donaldson book!

Take a look on our 'SHARE A STORY, SHARE A SMILE!' to find out more!

Building Bonfires

We have had another busy Wellie Wednesday. We talked about Guy Fawkes and why we celebrate on the 5th of November. We then had a go at building our own bonfire. We collected big and small sticks and lots of soggy leaves before pretending to light our fire. We added some coloured tissue paper to resemble the flames before warming our hands by the fire!

Let's build a bonfire

These logs will burn well

Warming our hands

What do you think of our Bonfire?

Star of the Week!

Congratulations to Aisha, Harley, Leyla and Isabella who were all awarded 'Star of the Week' Well done!