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This week in nursery we read Kipper’s birthday.

The children enjoyed making and decorating their own birthday cakes. We talked about how the cake mixture changed in the oven just like Kipper’s in the story.

The children made birthday cards and wrote invitations for their friends.

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This week in nursery we have been learning about Remembrance Day. We worked together to make poppy wreaths and then put them on the remembrance table in school. The children made and decorated their own poppy biscuits and painted some fantastic poppy pictures.

In the outdoor area the children…

This week in nursery we had a very special visit from baby Paloma and her mummy. We wrote a list of questions to ask  like what does the baby like to eat? 
can she walk? What does she play with?

After the visit the children collected all the things they would need for our new babies in the…

This week in nursery we learnt about the Holy Spirit visiting Jesus’ special friends and filling them with happiness and love. The children made their own tongues of fire and asked the Holy Spirit to fill them with happiness and love. 
We have been reading the story Goldilocks and the three…

Mrs Kamran talked to the children about the festival of Eid which is celebrated by Muslims around the world. She told them how she would be celebrating with her family .The children really enjoyed having their hands painted with henna and making Eid biscuits.

We also looked at Vincent Van…

We celebrated VE Day in nursery by making flags and decorating biscuits with red, white and blue icing. We watched clips of people celebrating VE Day and waved our flags and listened to songs from the time.

This week in Nursery we have been reading The Tiger Who Came to Tea. On Thursday we went to the Top Bistro cafe and the staff kindly gave us biscuits and juice. We took the tiger with us, luckily he didn’t eat all our biscuits or drink our juice. We were so proud of the children, customers and…

This week in nursery we have been reading Dear Zoo. We talked about what animals would make good pets and what a good pet might need.

The children were very excited when Miss Liddle brought Buddy our school dog to visit. They asked lots of questions and were very impressed with his tricks. They…

We celebrated science week in nursery, our topic was change. 
We enjoyed reading The very Hungry Caterpillar and the children were surprised when the caterpillar changed into a butterfly at the end of the story. We learnt that this is called metamorphosis.

The children loved making fruit…

It’s been a busy week in Nursery. The children learned about Shrove Tuesday before  making pancakes. They enjoyed making the batter, watching Miss Gould toss the pancakes before their favourite part,  choosing a topping and eating them.
On Wednesday we talked about lent and Mrs Finch gave us…

This week Mrs Kamran talked to the children about Ramadan. We learned that Muslims decorate their homes just like many of us do at Christmas. The children were very interested to learn that Muslims have something similar to an advent calendar to count down to Eid. Mrs Kamran brought in some…

The nursery children loved walking on the school field in the crunchy snow. They touched  the snow and talked about how it felt before looking  closely at the snow on the bushes. Back in the nursery garden they used sticks to mark make in the ice.
We have been reading Kipper’s Birthday this week,…