Beat those winter blues!
It’s common for us to feel sluggish and more lethargic over the winter months. We often find ourselves setting off to school or work when it’s dark and coming home when it’s dark. As sunlight helps our bodies to regulate sleep, the reduced hours of daylight can have an impact on our sleeping…
Lovely Life-cycles!
This week the children have been finding out about and comparing life-cycles. They then worked in groups to create life-cycles using collage. They look great!
Making patterns in many different ways
Wow, what a week! So many busy things to do but your children - as usual - have stepped up to the mark again. They have been working so hard at school and at home. Some of the creations, homework and writing they have sent in from home has really impressed me - and they are only 5!
This…
Fun in the wildlife area!
Today, we’ve learned about the Celts and their influence during the Iron age. The Celts were a group of people who lived in Europe during the Iron age. (800BC-AD)
The Iron age was a period of time when iron replaced the use of bronze when making tools, weapons, jewellery, plates and cups.…
Christmas has started
Christmas has officially started at nursery, take a look at the fun activities we have gotten up to this week, we have had so much fun!
First, we decorated our Christmas tree, we counted the baubles, and took it in turns to place a decoration onto a branch using out fine motor skills. We…
Mini beast digital designs with peer critique.
Over the past couple of weeks, the children have been learning to use the art app, Sketches. They have used their newly acquired skills to create cartoon mini beasts, the first editions of which you can see in the left-hand side columns of the picture collages. We then shared our pictures with our…
Oh No, Look Who's Back!!!!
Oh No, he's back.
When we came into the classroom there was a letter and a mysterious treasure chest waiting for us. The letter was from the Naughty Elf and he needed our help to learn how to be good.
He asked that if we saw him doing anything silly in the classroom, could we think of…
Paper Chain Races
Hooray it's time to decorate our classroom ready for Christmas.
We had a race to see which team could make the longest paper chain.
What fabulous fine motor skills, teamwork and perseverence on display.
We were very surprised to see that our chains were exactly the same length. We…
Excellent creativity and artwork
In Medieval times, all books were hand written and decorated by hand, usually by priests and monks. The children have created their own illuminated letter for the first letter of their name.
The children have been reading through lots of different sources of evidence and have found out that…
It's cold outside
Today we spent the morning in the garden having fun in the snow. We listened to the snow crunching under our feet, we made snow angels and a mini snow man. A lot of our furniture had frozen over. We noticed the water had turned to ice and tried to break through it. To warm back up we…
Cartoon Critters!
The children used an art program on an iPad to create their own 'cartoon' creature. They loved this activity and what amazing results!
Prehistoric Science
Although our focus this half term is on prehistoric times, it doesn't stop us being scientists too! This week, the children have enjoyed exploring how seeds disperse to ensure they have space to grow into new plants (thank you everyone who brought a wide variety of nuts, seeds and berries in for…