Concept Cat new word of the week is…
This week Concept Cat told us a story about looking for something hard. He wanted to bounce his ball on something hard. He found a pillow that was not hard, he tried the floor that was hard. Concept Cat then tried bouncing his ball on his jumper, that was...
Read MoreThank you from Reverend Susan
Reverend Susan came in to Nursery to speak to the children about where the food from our food bank would go. She discussed how the food you had donated would make meals for families that don’t have enough food or money to buy food. She asked us to p...
Read MoreDestiny Africa
We were so lucky to have some of the members from ‘Destiny Africa’ children’s choir visit us at Nursery. They sang and danced for us, let us have a go on their drums and taught us a song of theirs. The choir is made up of children who ha...
Read MoreIt’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
We are really looking forward to Christmas and the children have been busy at Nursery taking part in lots of Christmas activities. These have included making reindeer soup in the water tray using real vegetables and fruit, chopping and cutting them carefu...
Read MoreAndrew Goldsworthy art in Forest School
This week in Forest School we have been learning about an artist called Andrew Goldsworthy. The children were shown photos of his art and they discussed how he uses natural materials to create it. The children were encouraged to describe what they saw. Ma...
Read MoreMaking wire sculptures
Over the last couple of weeks in Nursery the children have looked at different wire sculptures made by different artists. The children looked closely at a photo of Michelangelo’s piece of art called ‘Globe’ they discussed what it looked ...
Read MoreA visit from firefighters from Sheldon fire station
We had some exciting visitors this week at Nursery. Some of the firefighters from our local fire station came to Nursery. The children looked at their uniform and why each piece was very important, tried it on if they wanted to, talked about what the fire...
Read MoreForest School Fire
Last week in Forest School we had a fire. Before we started, we recalled how we keep safe around the fire pit. We then discussed how we create a fire and what a fire needs to burn. Sue then lit the fire with a sparker. The children took it in turns...
Read MoreThe caterpillars have arrived!
We had a very exciting delivery of caterpillars last week at Nursery. The children firstly had a look at them and discussed what they might be. We then told the children they were caterpillars and we asked them if they could recall what would happen to th...
Read MoreWe have butterflies
It was very exciting to see last week that some of the butterflies have come out of their cocoons. All the children had a look at the butterflies in the net. We explained to the children that the butterflies needed to stay in there a little bit longer to ...
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