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Nursery News

It is very busy in our Nursery classes.  On this page you can keep up with everything that is going on, see all the different ways our children learn and have a look at their amazing work.

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  • Nursery: How do you make Currant Buns?

    Published 15/11/24
    In Nursery, we have enjoyed celebrating World Nursery Rhyme Week. Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by the time they are four years old, they are usually amongst the best rea
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  • Nursery: What is your favourite Australian animal?

    Published 08/11/24
    This week in Nursery, We have been learning all about Australia as part of the schools ‘Around the World’ week. The children were all very excited when we boarded an aeroplane and flew over the sea (using video clips to show what this
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  • Nursery: What can you find on your nature trail?

    Published 25/10/24
    We have been learning the poem ‘Nature Trail’ by Benjamin Zephaniah as part of the whole school’s Benjamin Zephaniah week. Each key worker group has learnt separate lines to recite and together we have learnt the first verse and the
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  • Nursery: Take One Picture. How did you create your self-portrait?

    Published 18/10/24
    This week in Nursery, we have joined in with the whole school Take One Picture event. This is a national programme for primary schools, which aims to inspire a lifelong love of art and learning. We have been looking at ‘The Courtyard of a House
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  • Nursery: What will your magic potion do?

    Published 11/10/24
    We have been busy developing the children’s spoken vocabulary. They have been getting really confident when retelling our 3-a-Day stories and using the language from the books. We have also had lots of fun making potions in the outside area and
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  • Nursery: How are you today?

    Published 04/10/24
    This week in Nursery, we have enjoyed learning our new Good morning song. We are leaning to say hello, good morning and good afternoon using Makaton. Makaton is a language programme that combine signs, symbols and speech to give different options for
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  • Nursery: What is your favourite nursery rhyme?

    Published 27/09/24
    This week in Nursery, we have started our Phonics learning through nursery rhymes. We have enjoyed singing using puppets and we have used the videos on Little Wandle (this is our school’s phonics scheme).  We have also had a very wet we
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  • Nursery: What did the Hungry Caterpillar eat?

    Published 20/09/24
    This week in Nursery we have introduced the children to our first three '3 a day' stories. These are stories that the children hear every day. They have been carefully chosen to help the children to develop a love of reading and to
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  • Nursery: what animals did Old Macdonald have on the farm?

    Published 13/09/24
    We have been very proud of all of our nursery children this week. They have all embraced the variety of experiences that nursery has to offer. They have been very brave saying goodbye to their parents and carers and we have all had so much fun t
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  • Nursery: What are you looking forward to doing in Nursery next week?

    Published 06/09/24
    The staff in Nursery have all been busy this week going on a balloon hunt. The balloons have helped us to find where each of our new nursery children live. We have enjoyed meeting all of the children and their families and cannot wait to work with th
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  • Nursery: What activity did you enjoy at our Earlybirds sessions?

    Published 19/07/24
    Our Family Earlybirds sessions were the highlight of this week. We were able to share lots of learning ideas that the children can do at home to help them to prepare for Reception. The children really enjoyed sharing their learning with their special
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  • Nursery: What have you learnt this year in Nursery?

    Published 12/07/24
    This week in Nursery the children have been looking back at everything that they have learnt over the last year. They have been using our Floor book photographs to prompt their memories and we were all astounded by the amount of knowledge that they h
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