What happens in Autumn?

The children have been learning about what happens in Autumn, by enjoying lots of Autumn related stories, such as, Shark in the Park on a Windy Day.  They have been on an Autumn walk, and exploring Autumn objects too! They loved touching and exploring the spiky conker shells. 

Owl Babies 

We have shared the story, Owl Babies with the Nursery children. They've adored this story.  The children have been busy learning about where owls live and what they eat. The children made their own nests for the owl babies and they created owls with different media and play dough. 

Marvellous  Me!

Nursery have loved our Autumn two topic 'Marvellous Me'. We have enjoyed talking about our families, looking at how we have changed since birth and celebrating how unique and special we all are. 

Christmas

The children have been learning all about Advent and The First Christmas this half term.  They have been very busy creating a class postbox which they used to send their letters to Father Christmas.  It has been such a wonderful half term, especially with our amazing Christmas singing and crafts afternoon.

Bonfire Night

During this half term, the children have enjoyed learning all about Bonfire Night. They explored  how to keep safe and shared their own experiences.  The children got to explore colour mixing and enjoyed listening to the story 'Pete the Cat'.

Rhyme Time Challenge

Winter 

This half term the children have loved learning about our winter topic. We have looked at different winter stories, Jack Frost, Polar bear what do you hear and more. The children created beautiful winter pictures. We explored the snow and ice outside. Nursery loved acting out the snowball fight in Jack Frost. 

Chinese New Year

In Spring one the children have been learning about the celebration Chinese New Year. They have learnt how people celebrate and prepare their homes for this special occasion. We looked at where we live on a world map and where China is and discussed the differences. The children also made dragon masks, lanterns and tasted some different foods.

Bears

During the half term we have learnt all about bears. We looked at bear stories Goldilocks and the three bears, Brown bear what did you hear, Polar bear what did you hear and We're going on a bear hunt. The children loved acting out the story of were going on a bear hunt. They enjoyed making bear faces with different objects and painting  beautiful pictures of bears. 

World Book Day 2025

We've had an a wonderful world book day in Nursery. The children shared which character they were dressed up as and which story they liked the best. We got to look at lots of new books and share them with our friends.

We joined the rest of the school for a celebration assembly and Mr Kilner came to read 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar" at the end of the day.

Easter

This half term we have learnt all about the life cycle of a hen. Lots of stories around spring. The children loved the story of The Ugly Duckling & Dora Eggs. They did an amazing job at retelling the story. The children learnt all about the Easter Story. We did some amazing Easter crafts. 

Animals 

This half term we have learnt all about animals. We have talked about the life cycle of a chicken & a butterfly. We have looked at farm animals and had to guess what animal it was from clues. The children really enjoyed the story Rosie's walk. We made a story map of Rosie's walk. The children loved acting the story outside. 

Plants

In nursery we have been enjoying learning about plants. We planted some plants. We talked about what they need to grow. The children have enjoyed watching their plants grow. They have enjoyed exploring outside, looking for the different plants they can find.