Nursery

4 months ago
Posted on 03rd Oct 2025 by

Nursery Weekly Update

This week the children have thoroughly enjoyed exploring the story Stick Man. They were especially engaged in talking about their own families and sharing who is special to them. Together, we have thought about how families help and care for one another, and we celebrated the fact that all families are unique and different. It has been wonderful to see the children speaking with pride and confidence about the people who are important in their lives.

 

Next week we will be sharing the story Granny Went to Market. The children will be talking about their grandparents and all the lovely things they enjoy doing with them.

We would love it if you could send in a photo of your child with their grandparent(s) to support our discussions and activities.

 

4 months ago
Posted on 27th Sep 2025 by

Nursery Weekly Update

Dear Parents and Carers,

 

We’ve had a wonderful week in Nursery! The children have been very busy singing, talking, designing, and making their own houses. We even imagined our dream homes — from rainbow castles to cosy boat houses — and the children’s creativity really shone through.

 

In maths, we’ve enjoyed singing number rhymes and practising our counting skills. A favourite activity has been collecting and counting acorns for Mr Squirrel in the mud kitchen, which brought lots of excitement and teamwork.

 

It’s been fantastic to see the children’s confidence growing as they share their ideas and join in activities together.

 

Thank you, as always, for your support. We’re looking forward to another fun week ahead!

 

Warm regards,

The Nursery Team

4 months ago
Posted on 22nd Sep 2025 by

Nursery Weekly Update

Dear Parents and Carers,

 

We’ve had a lovely week in Nursery, with lots of excitement as the children explored the story of The Three Little Pigs.

 

The children have enjoyed:

 

  • Listening to and retelling the story with actions and props.
  • Taking on different roles in our small-world play – we’ve had lots of little pigs and a few very cheeky wolves.
  • Exploring new vocabulary linked to the story, such as “straw,” “sticks,” “bricks,” and “huff and puff.”

 

 

Through these activities, the children have been developing their speaking and listening skills, imagination, and teamwork. They have also been busy with plenty of counting and sorting in their play.

 

We are very proud of how confidently the children have joined in and how much they are growing in independence.

 

Next Week:

Our learning will move on to thinking about our own homes. We will be talking about where we live, what our houses look like, and who we share them with. To help us with our discussions, we would love it if you could send in a photo of your child’s home. This could be printed and brought in, or posted on Seesaw.

4 months ago
Posted on 12th Sep 2025 by

This week in Nursery

We’ve had such a fantastic week together! The children have been busy exploring who they are and celebrating what makes each of them unique.

 

Self-Portraits – The children loved creating their very own self-portraits. They carefully looked at their faces, noticed their features, and used a range of colours and materials to bring their pictures to life. It was wonderful to see the pride they took in their work!

 

Core Story: I Like Myself – Our story time focused on this joyful book, which celebrates individuality and self-confidence. The children really connected with the message and enjoyed talking about the things that make them special.

 

Song of the Week: The Power of Me – What a hit! The children sang with such enthusiasm and energy, reminding us all how important it is to believe in ourselves.

 

It’s been a week filled with confidence, creativity, and positivity – we are so proud of how the children are growing in their understanding of themselves and each other.

 

4 months ago
Posted on 05th Sep 2025 by

First week!

 

The children have had a wonderful start to the term and have enjoyed a lovely first week in Nursery. We have been getting to know them and finding out about their interests, which has been a joy to share.

 

This week, the children have loved exploring the setting. We have a magical house area (including a magical music house!) and the children will be learning many rhymes and songs over the next few weeks.  Ask them to sing them to you! They have also enjoyed experimenting in our brand-new mud kitchen, which has inspired lots of imaginative play. Together, the children have helped to create our Nursery Belonging Tree, which we will continue to add to as autumn progresses.

 

We are so pleased with how well the children have settled and the enthusiasm they are already showing for our new topic- Magical Me!

We can’t wait to see what next week brings!

7 months ago
Posted on 20th Jun 2025 by

Nursery Weekly Update

Hi everyone!

We’ve had another wonderful week in nursery.

This week, the children have been extremely fortunate to receive a number of special visitors into school as part of our ‘people who help us’ topic’.

First responder, Jenny, came to visit the children and explain more about her role. She allowed children the opportunity to explore her uniform and equipment and then showed them her vehicle. Children loved learning more about how to make the scene safe for paramedics, how to call for help and provide first aid such as applying bandages.

We also had four members of the fire service visit us. Again they showed the children their uniform and equipment and gave children the opportunity to explore their fire engine. The children were amazed to see the shutters reveal huge lengths of hose and other specialist equipment. The children were also able to feel the force of the fire hose as they were supported to squirt the water.

The children have also been very excited to see how our caterpillars have entered into their cocoons. We have transferred them to the net and are eagerly awaiting the butterflies which will emerge.

During topic times, children have drawn on experiences to engage in imaginative role play. They have been fighting pretend fires throughout the nursery, using large loose parts to create emergency service vehicles and designing models of ambulances.

In maths, the children have been focusing on identifying and exploring 2D shapes. We have used shapes to create pictures of emergency service vehicles, engaged in shape hunts around the environment and explored printing with 2D shapes.

 

Notices:

Sun cream, hats and water bottles are essential each day.

PE days – Monday and Friday – Please ensure children are wearing sensible footwear.

Forest School – Thursday – Please provide a long sleeved trousers and top.

 

Many thanks for your continued support,

The nursery team.

 

8 months ago
Posted on 06th Jun 2025 by

Nursery Weekly Update

Hello!

We have had a wonderful first week back in nursery. Our new topic for summer 2 is ‘people who help us’.

We have been busy turning our outdoor playhouse into a police station where we have been embedding our knowledge of how police officers can help us and using our new vocabulary of ‘helmet, baton, handcuffs, torch, walkie talkie’ etc.

We also received a special visit from members of the police force; Jack and Ollie. They showed the children their equipment, talked to them about their job role and even let us look inside their police car. The children were fascinated by what they saw and have been working hard to talk about the things they see using full sentences.

In maths, we have been focusing on subitising. This is a fundamental skill in EYFS whereby children are taught to instantly recognise small quantities without the need to count. We have been busy searching for quantities in the environment, using dice to subitise and using mathematical language to reason.

Parent notices:

Please note:

Nursery PE days are Monday and Friday. Please ensure children are wearing suitable footwear.

Forest School is now on a THURSDAY afternoon. Please ensure children are wearing clothing that covers their arms and legs (or that it is provided in their bags)

 

 

Nursery staffing:

Monday and Tuesday – Miss Thorpe

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday – Mrs Jones

LSA – Mrs Forrester

HLTA – Miss Smith

Have a lovely weekend and we will see you next week!

The nursery team.