Nursery Weekly Blogs

This week we have been learning about the library. We looked at our school library and how it has two different types of books - story books and information books. We looked at the books and found them in the library. We talked about how the information books and story books looked different from…

We’ve had a very busy week in Nursery. 
 

On Wednesday afternoon we had a visit from the police to talk about their jobs. They showed us their uniforms and police truck. 
 

We have also been using our early reading skills to recognise shop signs that you might find in Hitchin.  Next week…

This week we have been talking about doctors and how they help us. We looked at the tools that are in a doctor’s bag and named the items we could see. We used our fine motor skills to cut out pictures of the tools a doctor would use and stick them in our own doctors bag. 
 

We also watched the…

We were pleased to see the children this week and to welcome some new friends who are settling in well. 
 

We started our new topic this week. We are answering the question “who helps us?” We started by talking about how vets and builders help us. We had lots of fun in our construction and…

This week we have been continuing our learning about who helps us. We had a visit from Miss Horton who talked to us about being a nurse. She showed us how to use some nurses equipment and how to bandage someone’s arm. 
 

In our pen disco we have been practising the arch shape and drawing lots…

What a busy week we have had! We have been sharing Christmas stories including The twelve days of Christmas, Ollie’s Reindeer and The Snowflake. We have also been using our fine motor skills to wrap boxes with wrapping paper, the sticky sellotape has been quite tricky to use!

We have been…

This week we have been learning Christmas songs. We sang them and used instruments to tap along with the beat of the song. We also went to watch the year ones nativity. 

We have practised our scissor skills and cut out snowflakes and Christmas tree shapes. When we hold our scissors we make sure…

This week we shared the story of The Girl, the Bear and the Magic Shoes. We talked about the sounds that the girl made on her journey and made the different noises – crunch, squelch, whizz, splash.

In our pen disco…

This week we have been talking about the changes between autumn and winter. We looked at the shapes and colours of the leaves that had fallen from the trees and compared them. We looked for leaves that were the same size, shape and colour.

In maths this week we also talked about size. We…

This week we have been learning about road safety. We talked about how to stay safe when crossing the road by looking and listening for cars. On Wednesday we wrapped up warm and walked to the post box to post letters to Father Christmas. When we were walking, we crossed the road using the pelican…

Welcome back to Nursery!

We hope you all had a lovely half term break. The children have settled back into Nursery so well this week. It was great to see so many smiles as they came in, in the morning.

This week, we have had a wonderful start to the new half term with our Bonfire Night theme…

What a fantastic half term we have had the children have settled in well, made lots of new friends and have been very busy! This week we have been learning about Diwali and looking at the seasonal changes around us. We used clay to create Diva lamps and used chalk to make Rangoli…