Nursery have been working hard over the past couple of weeks to fasten their own zips on their coats. At first, the couple of children who could already do this, helped their crew mates to practise. Then more and more children rose in confidence to have a go and resiliency to keep on trying! Well Done Nursery, we now have a long list of children who can do this all by themselves!
To begin our spring term expedition Nursery have become Nursery Rhyme Detectives! Our task this week has been to find new clues each day to work out which Nursery Rhyme we are exploring that day. The children have searched high and low for clues and used their existing and new knowledge of Nursery Rhymes to work out which props fit with which Nursery Rhyme. Here are some of the props Nursery have found so farâŚ.
Also to immerse ourselves in our new expedition, Nursery have been working collaboratively to create artwork of large scale images of Nursery Rhyme characters and iconic objects. There have also been a couple of rather large mice around the Nursery Building!
Today Nursery hosted their very first Celebration of Learning to draw our expedition to a close of âWhat do stories tell us about Autumn?â Both Morning and Afternoon Nursery shared their learning through a series of photo slides and interaction. They sang songs to their parents and then added decorative touches to complete the final product with their parents, making the whole project a community affair. Our Bird Boxes look beautiful and are now ready to go their new homes. The children also shared their learning journeys, show casing all of their beautiful work so far! Well Done Nursery you did a great job!
This morning Nursery have made some beautiful models. They have used their experience and imagination to create. Well Done!
Nursery have been celebrating and supporting Children in Need today. The children watched a short video about Children in Need and the causes which the charity raise money to support. The children learned that the causes are sick and poorly children, children who canât afford to go to schools in other countries, children in need of extra emotional support and families who are really struggling financially. We have helped the cause by âlending a helping handâ and donating a pound. We celebrated with themed activities and the joy of being able to come to school.
Nursery this morning have been sharing their love of reading by talking about books that they like to read. Crew Leaders have routinely modelled how to hold a book correctly, highlighted key features of the book including the title, blurb, pictures and words. The Children responded by sharing with their Crew what they think the words tell us? âWords tell thingsâ, âA storyâ and âfactsâ. We all took time out to enjoy our own stories or share one with a friend. To close the session we finished with our daily nursery rhyme.
To raise awareness of Anti-bullying Week and to highlight how we are special and unique, Nursery took part Odd Sockâs Day! We all wore our bright and wonderfully different socks to school and talked about their patterns and pictures as part of our Monday Crew. Beautiful work to support and Be Kind to one another.
Nursery have been taking part in Maths Week England. Starting with todays challenge of making Triangular Art. Each child decorated their own triangle, thinking about the shape of a triangle; how many sides it has, how many points it has and that it is a 2d flat shape. The children did careful counting to three to check these key features.
Our second stage of the challenge was to make larger triangles⌠I wonder how many of our small triangles will we need? The children had a go at arranging the shapes to make a triangle. I then modelled, if we use three, we can make a larger triangle. The children followed instructions and copied to help make a larger piece of floor art.
Can you guess what we have created using triangles?
Great work Nursery, you have been Exploring Elephants, Persevering Parrots and Challenge Chipmunks today! Bring on the next challenge.
Over the past week Nursery have also been learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali, celebrated as âThe Festival of Lightâ. We had an Expert Visitor come into Nursery to read our key text âChapatti Moonâ by Pippa Goodhart and model how to make Chapattiâs with the children after our first attempt to grapple with chapatti making didnât quite go to plan – it is harder than it looks! The children had lots of fun making their chapatti with Mrs OâDonnell and used their listening ears to carefully follow instructions.
Just look at our beautiful workâŚ.
Nursery were also immersed in lots of different provision throughout the week to demonstrate how Diwali is traditionally celebrated. We learned lots of new vocabulary, such as Divaâs, Rangoli, Mehndi, Nann, Poppadoms and Spices. The children had lots of fun exploring, experimenting, tasting and creating.
Brilliant learning Nursery, celebrating other traditions and cultures! You have been Go For It Gorillas, Persevering Parrots and Teamwork Tigers.
On Friday 10th November Nursery learned about and celebrated the tradition of Remembrance Day. They watched a short video about the meaning of the day and why we wear poppies as a mark of respect and remembrance. The children learned that the poppies were the first flower to grow on the fields after the war. Teachers modelled how to make our own poppies using loose parts and also how to create a field of poppies, using paint and an apple to print in provision. Just look at our beautiful work!
For snack we also made our own Poppy toast. We used our fine motor skills to spread the jam. The children were encouraged to think about the shape of the toast and why we were using Strawberry jam to decorate it? Some of the words the children used were; âBecause itâs redâ, âBecause itâs red like a Poppyâ, âsame colour as the flowerâ, âbecause itâs yummy!â
To draw our celebrations to a close we read a story called âThank you for the Little Thingsâ by Caryl Hart to inspire and encourage the children to be thankful for the duty and service of the fallen and our current serving servicemen and women. Finally we watched a beautiful, poignant and child friendly animation about the tragic effects of war lived through the eyes of animals, which the children empathised with and received well. Some of their words were âSadâ, âUpsetâ, âScaryâ, âTheyâre hidingâ, âFrightened of the bangsâ, âLike fireworksâ, âFoggyâ, âCloudyâ, âPoppies growâ, âSoldiers hatâ, âHappy againâ and âitâs safe nowâ.
