Nursery

2 years ago
Posted on 11th Nov 2022 by

Lest we forget . . .

We have been marking Remembrance in Nursery this week.

We have been exploring poppies through discussions, videos and expressive art and design.

“Poppy flower, red, black.”

“Lots of poppies.”

“Bunny sad . . . explosions, smoke, dark.”

“You’ve got a poppy on. We remember the soldiers.”

“What is war?”

We explored how we could use materials and objects to form poppies.

2 years ago
Posted on 11th Nov 2022 by

Sealegs Puppet Theatre

We were very excited to have Sealegs Puppet Theatre visit our school and perform Edward Lear’s Dream.

We were able to see the weird and wonderful characters from rhymes we have learnt including The Owl And The Pussycat. Piggy Wig was a particular favourite! This has helped our language development and understanding.

The children were highly engaged and sat and watched for a long time! The puppets were beautiful and inspiring.

2 years ago
Posted on 08th Nov 2022 by

What a treat…

Our Nursery and Reception children have enjoyed some lovely experiences recently.

Last week, we were lucky enough to watch M & M productions perform Snow White:

We also learnt about rhythm, timbre and pitch from our Key Strings friends:

Today we have had the opportunity to watch a storyteller, Rob, from SeaLegs Puppet Theatre, tell us about Edward Leer’s dream. His wonderful puppets and story-telling techniques had us all inspired!

 

2 years ago
Posted on 10th Oct 2022 by

A Visit From A Dental Nurse

As part of our U is for Unique project we have been learning about parts of our bodies.

We have a dentist role-play area. Zoe, a dental nurse visited us and taught us how to look after our teeth. She showed us how she looks after patients and how she uses dental tools.

We can use this knowledge in our play. We have learnt new vocabulary such as, “plaque” and, “cavity”.

We are taking this learning further by using mirrors to look in our mouths and creating sketches of them.

2 years ago
Posted on 04th Oct 2022 by

Visit from the Dental Nurse

We have had a wonderful visit from Zoe the dental nurse, and her friend ‘Derek’. She reminded us that we need our teeth to smile, chew and talk, and that we need to look after our teeth. The children had some super ideas and know they need to brush twice a day, for two minutes. We were also told to ‘spit it out’ and NOT rinse our teeth with water. Can the children remember which foods are good for our teeth?

2 years ago
Posted on 30th Sep 2022 by

Forest School is a risky business!

A fantastic part of our forest school ethos is that children are challenged to take risks.

We support children to assess and manage these risks.

“It may be too high on this occasion. Try again next week.”

“Do you feel safe?”

“Could you adapt something to lessen the risk?”

“How could you make it trickier?”

2 years ago
Posted on 30th Sep 2022 by

We are settling into nursery well!

The children have been exploring their new environment, making relationships with our caring teachers and engaging with the routines of the day.