Star of the Week

Congratulations to Joshua G, Arthur, Ted, William and Jacob - you were all awarded 

'Star of the Week'.

Well done everyone! 

Fidgety Fish

We have been enjoying our second book written by 

Ruth Galloway . . . 

Tiddler was always fidgeting. He wriggled and squiggled, he darted and giggled . . . 

Click here to find out more!

Nursery Sports Day!

 This year we have had a 'Garden' themed Sports Day!

First we had a 'Getting ready for the garden' race 

Next came the 'Journey through the garden' - it was fun crawling through the 'hosepipe'!

Then it was time for the 'Plant pot and seed packet' race

We made sure we collected all our equipment in the wheelbarrow for our 'Doing the garden' race

   

Finally it was the 'Garden dash' to reach the garden shed before the rain started!

We hope you enjoyed watching the races as much as we enjoyed taking part in them!           

Star of the Week!

Congratulations to Arlo and Isla who have been awarded 'Star of the Week'.

Well done to both of you! 

Happy Father's Day!

We have been busy making cards and painting plant pots for some very special people . . . 

Let us know how you celebrated your special day together!

Tickly Octopus

This half-term we are focusing on a 

new author - Ruth Galloway!

Our first story is 'Tickly Octopus' . . .  

Click here to find out what some of the children thought of this lovely book.

Star of the Week!

We had a great first week back after half-term with Gracie, Joshua E, Sam and Wiktor all being awarded 'Star of the Week'.

Congratulations and well done to all of you!

Selfhelpability!

As part of our Darwin Day activities we have been thinking about some of the positive ways in which we have changed since 

starting at Nursery . . . 

We took turns to hold the 'happy' face and tell each other something we are proud of that we have been trying our best to get better at doing, and that we are able to do now.

Harry W told us "I can write my name!"

Albie said "I can put my shoes on"

Isla told us "I can draw flowers"

Then we met two new puppet friends - they are going to be starting school soon and although they are very excited, they have been a little unsure of some of the changes that 

are ahead of them.

We talked to the children about any little 'worries' that they may be having about going into their new classes and took turns to pass the 'worried' face around to share these concerns and consider how they could overcome them. 

We reminded the children about some of the little worries that they had had when first starting at Nursery and all the positive changes that they have been able to achieve. We reassured them that with 'selfhelpability' they will be able to cope with any new challenges ahead and continue to be very happy as they move through to the next stage of 
their learning journey! 

How have you or a friend shown 
'selfhelpability' recently?
Let us know!

New Darwin Focus

Our new Darwin focus for this half-term is 'Selfhelpability' - we hope the following will explain it in a bit more detail!

Watch the presentation and then listen to the wise words from Sesame Street!

Election - Vote for your Favourite Flower !

Yesterday we talked to the children about the General Election that was taking place - and then we held our own election to find the children's favourite flower!

We reflected back on the daffodils that we had for Mother's Day, the daisies we have seen growing on the field and the sunflowers that we have recently planted.

Here are some of the positive things that the children liked about each flower . . . 

"I like the daffodil because it's got 6 petals" (Logan)

"They can be tall and short" (Harry R)

"I like the yellow bit - the circle" (Ella-Grace)

"I like the daisy because of all the petals" (Rory)

"I like the middle bit cause it's lovely" (Ben F)

"I like the nectar - inside it, and the bees make honey with the nectar" (Sam)

 "I like the yellow sunflower because it's growing taller" (Lola)

"It is yellow, there's seeds in the middle and after that they die at Autumn, they fall out and you can plant them again" (Amelia)

"I like the yellow - it's 

                                              pretty" (Skylar)

After we had talked about each flower, it was time to vote!

We emptied the ballot box at the end of the morning and counted the votes - in third place came the daffodil with 4 votes, in second place came the sunflower with 6 votes, but in first place - and therefore winning the election, was the daisy with 8 votes!

Which flower would you have 

voted for, and why?

Let us know!

Tree ID

Today we have been identifying the trees in our Forest School area.

We had to look closely at the different shapes of the leaves before identifying them. We found some very big horse chestnut leaves and some small hawthorn ones. The hazel leaves were very soft and the holly leaves very prickly! 

                    Do you know the name of this leaf?

Star of the Week!

Well done to Mila and Isla for being awarded 'Star of the Week'.

Congratulations to both of you!