Early Years Foundation Stage
Miss Goddard and Mrs WilkinsonWelcome to Early Years Foundation Stage
Learning about Diwali
This morning, nursery had a very special visitor to tell us all about Diwali. We talked about the story of Rama and Sita and learned that Diwali is a festival to celebrate Sita’s return. Nursery were amazing at acting out different parts of the story. We looked at...
Pumpkin Soup!
This week in nursery we have reading the story ‘pumpkin soup’. This was a new story for us, we enjoyed using our predicting skills to discuss what might happen next in the story. We used this story to inspire a cooking activity and we made our own soup! We discussed...
Soup of the Day.
Reception have had a busy morning today cooking vegetable soup and tasting it. We started our cooking by washing our hands, before carefully having a go at chopping the vegetables we needed for it, which were potatoes and carrots. Next we needed to add our vegetables...
Nursery Have Found Some Pears
Nursery noticed something growing on our tree in the nursery garden. After some exploring we discovered there were pears! We picked, washed and let them ripen. We then followed a set of instructions to make pear compot. After cooking, mashing and allowing it to cool...
PE with Nursery
Nursery have been working super hard in pe this term! We have been practicing how to find a space by using our arms and changing direction safely. We practiced skills such as balancing, jumping and moving a bean bag around our bodies. To finish off our term we...
Our Families
This week nursery have been reading the story ‘Owl Babies’, this influenced our learning all about families. We discussed who was in our families and how we all had different people in our homes. We then spoke about how we have changed from being a baby and all the...
All About Us!
Reception have been learning all about ourselves and our families for our current topic. We started by looking at our emotions and how we feel by reading The Colour Monster and The Colour Monster goes to school. Reception then completed activities in the classroom...
It’s Raining!
Nursery have had a splash-tastic time this morning playing in the rain! Nursery loved exploring how jumping in the puddles made the water fly up into the air. We worked hard exploring colours by using powder paints and mixing them into the puddles. Nursery developed...
Colour Monster in Nursery
To start this term, Nursery have been looking at the story ‘Colour Monster’. We started by identifying the colours and sorting items from the classroom. We then explored different activities within the provision. We developed our fine motor muscles by cutting paper...
Music Fun in Reception.
Reception had a special treat today when we had the music lady, Miss Christie come along to sing with us. We sang nursery rhymes including wheels on the bus, twinkle twinkle little star and wind the bobbin, while Miss Christie played her ukulele alongside us. We also...
Muddy pies and sloppy soup!
It has been another jam packed week full of learning and exploring in Reception. We have been exploring our new outdoor area and learning how to use our new mud kitchen. We have been making muddy pies and sloppy soup, this role play is great for developing our gross...
Our first week in Reception!
It has been wonderful to welcome the children back to school this week, and it’s safe to say we have had a fantastic first week in Reception. The children have enjoyed exploring their new classroom this week and learning all about the new rules and routines in...