Thank You!

We would like to say a huge thank you for all the lovely gifts and cards that we received at the end of term.

It was very kind of you and much appreciated.

We will miss everyone but look forward to seeing the children continue to grow and flourish as they move into their new class in September.

Have a lovely summer and take care.

Star of the Week!

Congratulations to Jackson, Rose, Theo A R, Iwa and Ava for all being awarded 'Star of the Week' - our final ones for the summer!

Well done everyone!

Earthworm Awards!

This week the children in Nursery have all received their 'Earthworm Award' from our School Darwin Values Awards.

Congratulations everyone! 

Star of the Week!

Congratulations to Austeyn for being awarded our 'Star of the Week' - well done!

Our Focus Author Board

We have had lots of fun sharing a selection of books written by Jan Ormerod - we thought you might like to see our collaborative display board that reflects the different ones 

we have read together . . .  

We chose a character from each book and added quotes from the children based on their thoughts following the story.

Post us a comment and let us know which book was your favourite!

Treasure Packs

This week the children have been very excited as they each received a wonderful BookTrust Treasure Pack to take home! 

We shared the story of Max the Brave together and now the children are looking forward to reading it at home too!

Have you got a favourite book that you enjoy?

We'd love to hear about it. 

Post us a comment and let us know! 

Outer Space!

Thank you to everyone that came in to see us during the Open Evening - for those who didn't manage to get there, here is some of the space related art work that was on display: 

Do you like our handprint aliens?

  Kaidence used pastels to draw her rocket . . . 

 Lucas created an alien!

           Amelia's rocket is zooming into space!

We are going to have lots of fun exploring 
different planets . . . 

If you did manage to see us during the Open Evening, we would love to hear what you thought.

Post us a comment and let us know! 

Star of the Week!

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

Well done! 

Arts Week Fun!

This week the whole school has been involved in our annual 'Arts Week' with a theme based around 'Outer Space'.

We have had lots of fun in Nursery and have explored a range of  different media and techniques for our creations.

Here is a little sneak preview of some of the things we have been up to . . . 

Papier Mache Planets

Scrunched Paper Moon

String Planets

Hand Print Aliens

Collaborative Rocket Role Play

Individual Bottle Rockets

We would love for you to see the finished results - come to school on Tuesday for our Open Evening and take a look at these and all the other great art work that the children have 
engaged in this term.

We look forward to seeing you!

Getting Sporty In The Jungle!

The weather has been kind to us this week as we held our two jungle themed sports days!

Getting ready for the jungle race

Journey through the jungle race

Jungle animal rescue race

Jungle Cafe race - don't drop the banana!

Jungle dash 

Thank you to everyone that came to support the children - we hope you enjoyed all the events!

Post us a comment and let us know if you had a favourite!

The Wheels on the Bus

We have had lots of fun this week sharing our next book from the author Jan Ormerod . . . 

The bus drives into a wildlife park and then the fun begins!

Click here to find out what some of the children chose as their favourite part of the book.

Happy Father's Day!

The children have been busy designing a 

finger-print tie to give to someone very special and have included a lovely poem about 'dad' on the back.

We hope you enjoy the following as part of your celebrations and have a very special day . . .

Star of the Week!

Well done to Theo M R and Austeyn for both being awarded our 'Star of the Week'.

Congratulations! 

Getting On and Falling Out!

As part of our focus on 'Empathability' we have been thinking about what makes a good friend.

This is what the children suggested . . .

*Playing together

*Being nice

*Helping each other

*Hugs!

*Being kind

Sometimes friends can fall out so we thought about what we could do when this happens . . . 

*If you've said or done something unkind - 

say sorry

*If you want to play different games - 

play both games in turn

*If you disagree over something - 

talk about it and find a compromise

The children drew pictures of themselves with their special friend . .  . 

Jackson told us that Toby was his special friend because "I like him, he's my best friend ever!"

Pip told us that Amelia is her special friend because "She plays with me"

Who is your special friend?

We would love to hear why they are 

special to you. 

Post us a comment and let us know!

Over in the Clover

This week we have been sharing another Jan Ormerod book . . . 

Click here to find out what some of the children liked as we visited different environments and met different animals.

Empathability!

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

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

Empathability from huntytelford

Star of the Week!

Congratulations to Alana for being awarded 

our 'Star of the Week'. 

Well done!

We are looking forward to having lots more 'Stars' after the half-term holiday!

How Are Our Jungle Plants Getting On?

We have been taking a close look at what has been happening to our jungle plants . . . 

When we looked at our bean, Rose told us "It grew! A lot of leaves, big and small"

Having looked at our tomatoes, Kaidence predicted "They're going to grow high. The leaves are going to grow big too. We can pick the tomatoes and eat them!" 

Jessica told us about the sunflower - "It's grown, it's got leaves. It will grow more and have a flower on top. It will have yellow petals"

There wasn't anything to see when we looked at our sweetpeas! 

Hattie told us "It's gone, it's not growing up"

We hope something might start to grow soon!

Alana has predicted that our beanstalk will grow all the way to the sky, and there 

might be a castle!

Now we are on the look out for giants!

How are your plants getting on in your garden? Post us a comment and let us know about any changes you have noticed recently. 

A Very Royal Wedding!

We hope you have enjoyed celebrating the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan.

We had a very special wedding of 

our own yesterday . . .

Don't they make a lovely couple!

Prior to the celebrations, some of the children in Nursery shared their own experiences of weddings:

Noah - "My mums and my dads, they got married at the church - I was wearing a shirt"

Kaidence - "My mums - at the church. I wore a wedding dress like my mum. I carried flowers, they were very pretty"

Christopher - "My mummy and daddy were married. They danced, they did a spin - a slow dance"

We would love to hear about any weddings that you have been to. 
Post us a comment and let us know!

Star of the Week!

Congratulations to Sophie and Noah for being awarded our 'Star of the Week'.

Well done both of you!

If You're Happy and You Know It!

We have had lots to be happy about this week, and so chose this as our next Jan Ormerod 

book to share . . . 

Click here to read about some of the children's favourite animals that appeared in the book!

Animal Antics!

We were very excited when we had a visit from Corner Exotics, and came to Nursery dressed ready for the occasion!

We made lots of wonderful new friends . . .

"He was so soft and smooth!"

"It was spiky!" (Beau)

"He had lots of legs, and his legs felt spiky and tickly. He had black stripes" (Zara)

What do you think it would have been like holding the frog or one of the snakes?

Afterwards we used the watercolours to record our favourite memory from the visit . . . 

Amelia chose the chinchilla





Georgia chose one of the snakes

Which would have been your favourite?

Post us a comment and let us know!

Star of the Week!

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

Well done both of you!

Whoosh around the Mulberry Bush

We have been visiting different habitats with our Jan Ormerod book this week . . . 

Click here to find out what some of the children told us about their favourite part!