Harvest Festival This year, as part of our Harvest celebrations, we have learnt about the meaning behind harvest through our class assembly times. We found out the importance of gathering crops from the fields. This year we raised donations to send to Feeding Families North East.linking with World F
Following on from our Autumn treasure hunt, the children produced lots of different artwork such as Autumn wreaths and self-portraits using their findings. The children also listened to a story called ‘Happy Little Squirrel’ and discussed what hibernate means, which animals hibernate in the wint
As we get into Autumn, and the nights are drawing in, there’s nothing better that I enjoy than curling up with a book, wrapped in a blanket and drinking hot chocolate. This is the perfect time to share books with the children as they are less likely to be playing outside till later – and to show the
This week we had our first Forest school session with Miss Howe and Mrs Holt, which involved us learning our forest school rules to keep everybody safe and making slugs, snails and birds using clay. What great fun we had! Principle 3: Forest School aims to promote the holistic development of all t
Our Nursery children have thoroughly enjoyed exploring our outside area to find Autumn treasures, such as pine cones, conkers, acorns and different colour leaves. Unfortunately, we did not see any real life squirrels but we did see some real life chickens and a real life fire! Article 28- We all hav
The summer holidays were a brilliant opportunity to read some new books and to just be able to sit back and read for pleasure. There have been some brilliant books released recently, from new authors and from some old favourites. The two recommendations this week are from familiar authors – Julia Do
This morning all the children brought in their favourite teddy bears or cuddly toys to have a teddy bear picnic. The children listened to some bear songs and enjoyed milk or water, a range of fruit and some teddy bear crisps. Article 28 – We all have the right to a good quality education.
Today the children in Nursery had lots of fun following a recipe to make porridge. After it was cooked, some of the children decided to add some strawberry jam or golden syrup to their porridge. Although it tasted delicious, we all agreed that Goldilocks shouldn’t have eaten the 3 bears’ porridg
We have had a fantastic time altogether in Nursery this week for the first time and we are extremely proud of all of the children settling into our routine of daily life. This week we have focused on ‘The Colour Monster’ and ‘The Colour Monster Goes to School’, which led to us talking about
It has been a pleasure to welcome our new starters and returning children into Nursery this week. We have been blown away by how mature our returning children have been and how well our new starters have begun to make friends, learn some of our class rules and access different areas of the classroom
