2023-2024
March
Science is everywhere in the nursery. We love to explore using all of our senses
Wow! We made so much popcorn…I love popcorn!
February
We have been learning to re-tell the story of The Three Little Pigs. We made puppets and built houses to help us to use our story-telling voices.
October
We went on a safari in the forest to find some of the animals from ‘Dear Zoo’
We harvested some carrots for snack time. They were crunchy and sweet!
2022-2023
June
It’s harvest time in the nursery garden. We ate the peas straight from the pod. They were so sweet!
May
The nursery have been watching caterpillars grow and change. We also sowed some wild flowers for the butterflies and bees.
March
We have been learning how to weigh different things – including ourselves! “Teamwork guys – it’s gone up to nine!”
The egg and spoon race was fun…keeping score was a challenge. Who has the most points?
February
The nursery children enjoy telling the story of The Little Little Pigs – “Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin!”
Mmmm! Pancake day today…Flipping a pancake takes a lot practise!
January
We have been building houses and homes together. Great teamwork nursery!
December
The nursery had fun in the snow. Rolling the huge snowball was hard work. Phew!
November
The nursery enjoyed exploring water on a rainy day…Splish, splash, splosh!
We have been using our senses to explore ginger, and practised measuring and counting to make gingerbread men. Delicious!
October
We went on a safari in our forest area to find animals from the story ‘Dear Zoo’.
We made cinnamon biscuits in animals shapes, and practised counting cups of flour, butter and sugar.
2021-22
Summer
Harvesting Peas
It’s time to harvest the peas from the nursery garden. Some children tasted them straight from the pod…They also planted wheat to help the Little Red Hen.
Baking Bread
The nursery children have been baking bread. They measured the ingredients and kneaded it by hand…Others cut and buttered the bread for everyone to share. Great teamwork nursery!
The nursery children have been making fruit salad for the Very Hungry Caterpillar. It was juicy and sweet…Mmmm!
This term the nursery are exploring our forest area. We have been looking for minibeasts, and building dens for animals and ourselves!
Spring
During Science Week the nursery have been using their senses to explore the world around them.
They have investigated different materials through cooking cakes and popcorn, using syringes and ice in the water, and observing how colours can be changed.
The nursery are learning about seeds. We practiced our chopping skills and found seeds in tomatoes, peppers and cucumber.
Pancake Day
The nursery made pancakes for Shrove Tuesday. They enjoyed whisking the batter and flipping the pancakes.
They even did the washing up!
Planting seeds
The nursery children are learning about how plants grow, and have planted some tomato seeds and peas. I wonder how long they will take to grow?
Autumn
The nursery have been baking gingerbread men, and learning how to measure, stir, roll, cut and bake.
