We have been learning all about the season of Spring.
We went on a Spring walk looking for signs of Spring.
We learnt how to plant a Sunflower seeds and know that it needs soil, air, sun and water to grow.
It must be Spring
People who help us
In Nursery we have been learning all about different people who help us such as police officers, fire fighters, dentists, teachers and the ambulance service.
We have learnt about who the people that help us are and when we might need them.
We had a visit from police officers Amy and Matt who brought with them a police vehicle for the children to explore and told us all about how they help us in our community. The children loved it.
Traditional tales
In Nursery we have been reading the stories; goldilocks and the three bears, the three little pigs and the gingerbread man and doing lots of activities linked to each story.
Goldilocks and the three bears
The Gingerbread Man
The three little pigs
Chinese new year
In Nursery we have been learning about the Chinese new year festival. We have learnt the story about the great race and how each year is named after an animal who took part in the race.
We have been acting out the story, making lanterns, creating patterns in rice and drawing picture’s. We have watched the dragon dancing and did our own dragon dance and we tasted some Chinese food.
Winter
In Nursery we have been learning about the season Winter. We have be exploring the changes in the environment and creating Winter pictures using a variety of media.
Christmas fun in Nursery
The Santa Dash
We’re going on a bear hunt by Michel Rosen
We have been reading the story ‘we’re going on a bear hunt’. We have been retelling the story using puppets, exploring different textures relating to the story, playing games to promote positional language and have acted out the story on the main field.
We have also explored different ways of travelling by going under, over and through things.
Here are some pictures of the activities we have done.
Diwali – festival of light
In Nursery we have been learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali.
Here are some of the activities we have done.
Its Autumn
In Nursery we have been learning all about the season ‘Autumn’.
We have been looking at changes in our environment and have been on an Autumn walk around our school grounds. We have also been collecting Autumn objects and bringing them in, in our Autumn collections bag. We have been using all our senses to explore the Autumn objects and have created an Autumn investigation area in Nursery.
We have also created lots of Autumn pictures and made leaf crowns with the leaves we found on our walk.
