Nursery Weekly Blogs

This week we have been learning about Dinosaurs. We share some dinosaur stories that we found in the library. We talked about the different dinosaurs and how some were carnivores and some herbivores. 

We used our fine motor skills to cut out triangles to stick on a stegosaurus' back. We made…

At Nursery this week, we started our new topic of What happened long, long ago? We started off by sharing the story of the great race. We learnt about how the animals all raced across the river and that is now the order of Chinese Zodiac was decided. We talked about Lunar new year celebrations. We…

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…