Term 1
We have had a wonderful start to our year in the Nursery! We have settled in really well, made new friends, learnt to follow new routines and had so much fun learning through play. We have all explored the classroom and outdoor areas, creating games, investigating resources, building, cooking, making and enjoying!

We have been looking for signs of autumn, collecting leaves, painting leaves and spider web spotting. We have enjoyed singing along to lots of new songs such as Bread and Butter, Dingle, Dangle Scarecrow, learning actions and Makaton signs. What a super first term Nursery!

Term 3
What fun and busy time we have had in Nursery in Term 3! We have been learning all about farm animals and wild animals too, learning to use our new Makaton actions (ask us to show you at home). We watched closely as all 10 of our chickens hatched learning new words like incubator, pipping and egg tooth. We held the chicks carefully, learnt how to feed them, kept their brooder box clean and named them too, there was Tina, Beast, Marshmallow, Chicken and Egg! We learnt how to identify which were male (the yellow chicks) and female (the orange chicks) and then they went to their new homes. 

We enjoyed retelling our story ‘Dear Zoo’ (written by Rod Campbell) using Makaton signs and expression in our voices. We have been working really hard on our counting skills and have been learning how to spot amounts around us. We have enjoyed investigating the forest more even when it is a bit chilly and muddy, we made bird nests, shelters for farm animals and searched for juicy worms. We have been looking closely for signs of Spring, new buds, snowdrops and daffodils have been sneaking out to say hello!  

Term 2
What a busy term in Nursery! Term 2 has been full of playing, exploring and learning, it has been lots of fun! We have been investigating colour, learning the Makaton signs for each colour, mixing colours and investigating shadows and tones. ‘The Colour Monster’ has been a fabulous story to explore, thinking about how colours help us with our feelings. We had a ‘Rainbow Day’ and wore our favourite colour. We have also enjoyed learning about different shapes, making shadows with them too! At Christmas time we have enjoyed learning some new Christmas songs and we loved singing them with our parents! We enjoyed decorating our tree together and making Christmas treats!