Merry Christmas!

Father Christmas has delivered some lovely presents for the Nursery . . .

We hope that he has been to visit you too and that you all have a very special day and enjoy spending time with your family and friends.

We would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy and peaceful new year!

Star of the Week!

Congratulations to Christopher for being awarded our 'Star of the Week' - 

the last one for 2017.

We look forward to many more 'Stars' in 2018!

Stick Man

For our last Julia Donaldson book of the term we have been sharing Stick Man.

Click here to read some of the quotes from the children and find out what they thought of this great story.

Christmas Cards!

We have been making cards to 

celebrate Christmas . . . 

Theo A R

We used our hand print for the manger then painted on some straw.

Sophie

Next we added thumb prints and drew on a face for Baby Jesus. Finally we created the very special star!

Seth L

Ava

We hope you enjoy sending and receiving cards during the festive season too!

Santa's Snowy Arrival!

 We have had a very exciting morning - with a very special visitor!

  As if it wasn't exciting enough to see all the snow, Santa arrived at school and we all went outside to welcome him.

 He gave everybody a wave, and then he gave the Nursery children a very special treat . . . 

 He came over to meet them!

Thank you Santa - we really appreciated it - we know you are very busy at this time of year!

What a Performance!

We have been so proud of all the children this week as they have taken part in our Early Years Foundation Stage Nativity.

Here they are in their lovely costumes . . . 

We hope you enjoyed watching!

Cinnamon Dough Tree Decorations!

We have been making some lovely decorations to hang on our Christmas tree!

After we had made some cinnamon dough, we rolled it out and chose which cutter we wanted to use.

We selected from a range of mark-making tools to add some patterns.

When they had dried out, we added our choice of ribbon - and now they are ready to hang on the tree!

When will you be putting up your Christmas decorations?

Post us a comment and let us know! 

Star of the Week!

Congratulations to Ava and Toby for being awarded our 'Star of the Week'.

Well done to both of you!

The Gruffalo's Child

The Gruffalo was a firm favourite with the children so we have been sharing the lovely story of 'The Gruffalo's Child'.

Everyone enjoyed it so much that we are going to share the 'Sound Book' version this week!

Click here to find out what some of the children said about the story.

Star of the Week!

Congratulations to Amelia and Noah for being awarded 'Star of the Week'

Well done both of you!

Leaf Patterns!

The Gruffalo had been for a walk on the school field but was worried that he might not find his way back to Nursery . . .  

The squirrels had suggested that he made a leaf trail to get him safely home. We have been helping him with some ideas for 

repeating patterns . . .  

Sammy copied and continued our pattern - 
"We need a pointy one!"

Pip did the same - and then created a 
pattern of her own . . .


"Yellow, orange!"


"Spiky!"


Alana used three of the Autumn leaves to create and print her own repeating pattern . . .

"Red will be next!"

Can you create your own repeating pattern?

We would love to hear what you would do!

Star of the Week!

Congratulations to Beau and Theo M R for being awarded our 'Star of the Week'.

Well done both of you!

Supporting Children in Need!

We have been joining in with the school's spotty-themed fun this week!

For a donation of £1.00, children could come to Nursery dressed in spots, wear pyjamas or just bring a bear!

Some children also brought money in for cakes, or gave an extra donation.

We had one day of fundraising at the start of the week, and another at the end to try and ensure that all of our children could take part . . . 

Thank you so much for all of your donations - we will now be able to add £39.50 to 

the school total.

Well done everyone!

Poppies For Remembrance

We have been finding out about the reasons why many people wear a poppy at this time of year.

The following animation shows war as experienced by the animal inhabitants of a WW1 battlefield . . .

After watching and talking about what was seen, we worked together to create some collaborative poppy 

sun catchers . . 

Star of the Week!

Congratulations to Serenna, Rose and Jackson who were all awarded our 'Star of the Week'.

Well done!

Night Monkey, Day Monkey

As we have been talking about the night sky recently, we thought this would be a good choice for our next Julia Donaldson book . . . 

Click here to find out more!

Firework Finale!

We were pleased to hear that the children all enjoyed a safe and happy Bonfire Night.

Here are just a few of their recollections . . . 

Pip - "My cousins came. I weared my earmuffs because they were too loud (the fireworks). I didn't have fireworks at my house - at granny and grandpa's house."

Beau - "They were too loud so I covered my ears."

Theo M R - "I liked the loud ones!"

Serenna - "I saw some pink ones. Poppy was there and Bella was there. I used Poppy's earmuffs so I can't hear them cause they were too noisy!" 

We have had lots of fun creating our display!

We had a rhyme about 
'Five Little Rockets' 

 Then we used silver or gold paint to carefully count and print five stars in the night sky! 

We would love to hear about your Bonfire Night celebrations.

 Post us a comment and let us know!

Star of the Week!

Congratulations to Alana, Evie, Freddie and 

Seth B for being awarded 'Star of the Week'.

Well done to all of you!

Sparkler Safety!

This week we have been finding out how to keep safe on Bonfire Night.

You should NEVER give sparklers to children UNDER FIVE.

But for those children that are five and over, ensure that they wear gloves and when finished, put the sparkler in a bucket of water.

If having your own bonfire or visiting one with family and friends, remind everyone to stand well back and children should be supervised at all times.

We hope that you all enjoy a SAFE and happy Bonfire Night!

Selfhelpability!

Our new Darwin Value for this half-term is 'Selfhelpability'.

We hope the following will provide you with a useful insight into what it is all about!

Selfhelpability from huntytelford

We are all going to try and show selfhelpability in everything we do!

Room on the Broom!

Some of the children have been telling us about their Halloween costumes so we thought this would be a good choice for our next Julia Donaldson book . . . 

Click here to find out more!

Star of the Week!

Congratulations to Kaidence, Sammy O and Hattie who were all awarded our 'Star of the Week'.

Well done!

The Gruffalo

Some of the children recognised this story as soon as they saw the front cover!

We knew it would be a very popular choice and a lovely book to share as we continue our focus on Julia Donaldson.

Click here to find out more!

Happy Diwali!

Do you like our traditional Indian clothing?

We have been finding out about Diwali, the festival of lights.

This is one of the most important festivals in the Hindu religious calendar and marks the end of the Hindu year.

It was fun creating our Rangoli patterns using the computer!

Mehndi is made from herbs and is used to draw patterns on the skin. We selected from a range of paint, pens and crayons to design our own mehndi patterns!

We also used the computer . . .

This little song will tell you more about Diwali - we hope you enjoy it!

Star of the Week!

Congratulations to Iwa for being awarded our 'Star of the Week'.

Well done!