Nursery 2018 to 2019
"Children are inspired to learn, which is reflected in their positive behaviour.
Children happily play, share and learn alongside each other." Ofsted, May 2019
Welcome to Foundation Stage 1!
Class Information
Teachers: Mrs Ocock and Mrs Kay
Nursery Nurse: Miss Allison
Teaching Assistant: Miss Clough
Our Current Topic
Our topic this half term is ‘Fairytales.’ We will be visiting Sundown Adventure Land on Tuesday 6th June. We will be exploring a range of Fairytales, following the children's interests, such as 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'.
Key Dates for this half term:
Express event - Monday 24th June 9-9.45am
Sports day - Wednesday 3rd July 10.30-11.30am
Transition week - Monday 8th July
End of term - Wednesday 17th July
Fairytale Express 24/06/19 - We shared these pictures from our learning with our grown-ups at our Express Event. These show us learning all about 'Fairytales'.
ENGAGE: On 06/06/19, we went to Sundown Adventure Land to learn more about our new topic 'Fairytales'. We explored the storybook village and met lots of different characters. We also explored role play on a large scale and visited the castle. We loved investigating with our friends and grown-ups.
Happy Easter 12/04/19. We came back from assembly to find our classroom a mess. There were white footprints in front of our board, leading outside. There was also some Easter treats left for us. We think the Easter Bunny visited us.
'Growing' Express Event - 02/04/19. We loved showing our grown ups all our learning from this half term. We showed them a little video of our learning and then explored a range of activities linked to the topic.
Giant Footprints - Measuring 19/03/19. Look what we found in our classroom and outside area...Giant footprints! We investigated these with our magnifying glasses. We compared them to our own feet to begin to learn about measuring.
Science Week 11/03/. We planted beans in a bag. We added water and attached them to the window so they had enough light. We are hoping they grow as big as Jack's beanstalk.
Comic Relief 15/03/19. For Red Nose Day 2019, we dressed in red and donated a £1 to Comic Relief. Some of us also took part in the House competitions in school. See the House Captain page for our entries.
World Book Day 07/03/19. We celebrated World Book Day by dressing as characters from our favourite books. See if you can guess who we are.
Shared Reading with Year 6 on World Book Day 07/03/19. We shared books with Year 6 to celebrate World Book Day.
Pancake Day 05/03/19. On Shrove Tuesday, we helped Miss Allison to make pancakes. We mixed the flour, eggs and milk to make the batter. We then watched as Miss Allison cooked the pancakes. We loved tasting what we had created.
Henny Penny came to visit! 28/02/19. Mrs Fleetwood brought Henny Penny in to visit us. She was a year old. Mrs Fleetwood told us that Henny Penny looked like our chicks just a year ago and that they will grow just like Henny Penny. We enjoyed learning the differences between male and female chickens.
Hatching in action! 27/02/18
We have been excited to see the eggs hatch!
The chicks are lively!! 27/02/19
We loved watching the chicks jumping around while waiting for the final 3 eggs to hatch.
Eggs to Chicks 26/02/19-01/03/19. We were very lucky to have some eggs to look after. They stayed in an incubator and we watched them hatch!
- Waiting for the final 3!
- Waiting for the final 3!
- "Look chicks!"
- "They're cute!"
- "Cheep!"
- In the brooder.
- Watching the chicks.
- Watching the chicks.
- "They're eating!"
- "Look!"
- "They're funny!"
Chinese New Year 05/02/19-15/02/19. We made lanterns and money envelopes to celebrate Chinese New Year. We also tried some Chinese food during snack time. At the end of the week, we also danced like a Chinese Lion.
- Lantern
- Lantern
- Lantern
- Lantern
- Money envelopes
- Money envelopes
- Money envelopes
- Money envelopes
- Food
- Yummy
- Noodles
- Rice
- Prawn Crackers
- Chinese Lion Dancing
- Chinese Lion Dancing
- Trying on the head!
SNOW!! 01/02/19 We were so lucky to experience snow while we were at school one morning. Some of us went outside to explore further.
Winter walk 23/01/19. We investigated the outside area looking for changes that happen in Winter. We used our senses to explore.
Winter Topic - Spring Term 1. We have been extending our number work during this topic.
- Exploring ice
- Exploring ice
- Comparing numbers
- Comparing numbers
- Comparing numbers
- Matching numerals and quantities
- Comparing numbers
- More or less?
- More or less?
- More or less?
Nativity 19/12/18 and 20/12/18. We performed the Nativity story to all our grown ups. We were very brave and sang all the songs beautifully.
Christmas 2018 We wrote letters to Santa and messages to the elves.
- Mark making
- Message to the elves
- Message to the elves
- Message to the elves
- Message to the elves
- Message to the elves
- Message to the elves
- Letter to Santa
- Letter to Santa
- Letter to Santa
- Elf excitement
- Elf excitement
- Elf excitement
Christingle 11/12/18. The children inserted cloves into satsumas to make Pomanders.
Hannukah 26/11/18. We created Menorahs using our hands to show how Jewish people celebrate the festival of Hannukah.
Diwali 13/11/18. We made Diva lamps and created Rangoli patterns to look at how Hindus celebrate Diwali.
- Rangoli patterns
- Rangoli patterns
- Diwali lamps
- Dressing-up
- Dressing-up
- Dressing-up
- Celebrating
Children in Need 16/11/18 - We dressed in our own clothes to raise money for Children in Need.
Halloween 2018. We explored Halloween as one of the celebrations for our topic 'Let's Celebrate'. We loved dressing up and exploring the story 'Room on a Broom'.
- Our text
- Our display
- Play tray
- Reading table
- Halloween fun
- Dressing-up
- Dressing-up
- Dressing-up
- Playdough
- Dressing-up
- Play tray fun
- Small world
- Mark making
Photo Gallery from Autumn 2 Topic - Let's Celebrate! We learnt about a range of different festivals and celebrations at this time of year from Hannukah to Christmas.
Bedtime Reading Event - 16.10.18
Our children were invited back to school in their pyjamas for an exciting evening of reading. The children enjoyed a range of texts with stimulating activities to support story telling.
We even had hot chocolate with marshmallows!
Here's some feedback from the evening...
"A fab idea!"
"My child loved it!"
"We will introduce more props to our bedtime stories."
"[It gave us] ideas for interacting and discussing, not just reading."
"Looking forward to the next one!"
Bedtime Reading - On 16/10/18, we came back to school in our Pyjamas with our grown ups. We enjoyed sharing stories, playing with puppets and small world toys and drinking hot chocolate. A fun way to enjoy reading.
Firefighter Visit - 24/09/18
Firefighter Taylor came to visit us to tell us all about what she does. She helped us to learn more about our topic 'People Who Help Us'. We were a bit shy at first but we loved trying on the firefighter helmet.
We loved listening to Firefighter Taylor and trying on her helmet.
