Spring A

Week 1

Winter and Polar Animals

We have focused on talking about the weather, in particular, how cold it has been and what the children have noticed in their environment. Nursery explored which clothes we wear in Winter and a looked at which animals live in a cold habitat.

Bench Balance

Nursery developing their gross motor skills using the balance beam to walk along and jump safely off.

Week 2

Snowman Collages

This week the children used their fine motor skills to tear up paper into small pieces to then make a collage snowman. They chose their own hats, scarves and features for their snowman.

Week 3

Café

The role play area has been transformed into a café with different roles for the children to take on. Chefs, waitress/waiter and of course customers. The adults supported the children to carry out the tasks and understand the roles.

Construction

There was some fantastic Duplo house building going on today. The adult helped to form the structure of a house and the children used their own ideas and creative flare to improve it. Lots of lovely sharing, focus and fine motor skills used.

Maths Challenge

Nursery used Numicon apparatus and matched them to the Ten Town characters 1, 2 and 3. We then counted out the correct number of objects. The children then practised forming the numbers using the Ten Town mantra's i.e. King One "Top to toe and there you go".

Music and Movement

We start our morning routine by taking the register, then meet an online character from 'Ten Town' and finish with movement to wake up our bodies. Here is Nursery trying out Zumba.

The Little Red Hen

This week we have listened to the story of 'The Little Red Hen'. We retold the story using repeated refrains such as "Not I" said the cat or "Then I will do it myself" said the Little Red Hen. At the story table children used the props to re-enact the story using different character voices and the story to help remember the sequence.

Baking Bread

The children worked with Mrs Hughes to help make some bread buns, just like the Litte Red Hen. They were shown how to knead the dough and shape it into a ball. Whilst making the bread Mrs Hughes told the story, encouraging the children to re-tell and join in. We made enough buns to take one each home and had some extra ones for snack time the following day.

Pencil Control

Nursery developed their pencil grip and control by drawing along the path joining the Little Red Hen to animals and ingredients from the story.

Week 4

Chinese New Year

This week Nursery have been celebrating Chinese New Year. We listened to the story 'The Great Race' and learned how each animal earned it's place in the Chinese zodiac, by taking part in a river race. The children discovered which animal year they were born in, either the rat or the ox.

We have watched short videos on Cbeebies about Abbie and her brother cleaning the house in preparation and then taking to the streets for a dragon parade. Nursery changed our role play cafe into a Chinese restaurant with traditional red outfits and oriental foods.

The Great Race Animals

Here we are cutting out animals from red playdough to re-create 'The Great Race' story.

Dragon Dance

Nursery painted colourful dragons just like they saw in the parade.

Snakes

It is the lunar year of the snake. The children printed with bubble wrap and lucky gold paint to decorate their snakes. We then carefully snipped along the spiral line with scissors.

Chinese Food

Here we are tasting noodles and beanshoots, sweet and sour sauce, prawn crackers and lychee fruit. Using chopsticks was tricky!

Chinese Foam Stampers

Nursery used paint and stampers to create printed patterns.

Week 5

Learning Through Play

When children play they learn! In our free playtime the children initiate their own learning. The resources available both interest and challenge the children. Here are a few fantastic examples of children making their own choices, building relationships, problem solving, developing imagination and language. The adults are on hand to support and of course give welcome praise for their achievements.

Week 6

The Disgusting Sandwich

Nursery have been gripped by the fantastic book "The Disgusting Sandwich" by Gareth Edwards. The story follows a very hungry Badger who spots a beautiful peanut butter sandwich. The sandwich gets dropped in sand and a smelly pond. A boy then runs over the sandwich with a scooter and then it gets infested with ants and snails. It ends up a DISGUSTING sandwich.

We helped poor hungry Badger make a sandwich by carefully spreading the butter and selecting delicious filling.