Forest School Fun
Our Early Years classes thoroughly enjoyed their first Forest School session on Friday.
First, we met our instructor, Sarah, and Spike – the hedgehog! We learnt how to keep safe during Forest School and did brilliantly at remembering the forest safety rules.
Our morning consisted of mini-beast making, relaxing with friends in hammocks, getting busy in the mud kitchen, swinging on bars, and forest storytelling.
We can’t wait for more fun-filled weeks ahead!
What did your child enjoy most about Forest School?
We’d love to know so we can pass on the feedback!
Terrific Transport
This week, our special topic has been all about transport. We have been reading the book ‘The Train Ride’ by June Crebbin.
We thought of some different types of transport that we might use. We talked about how important it is to stay safe on transport and to put your seat belt on before you start your journey.
After looking at some familiar places, we decided how we might get to them.
“I went on an aeroplane to go on holiday.” Blossom
“I ride my bike to school.” Frankie
“We can drive or walk to Morrisons.” Wyatt
We created our own paper aeroplanes and had lots of fun in the playground. Although it was a really windy day, we enjoyed seeing who could get their plane to travel the furthest!
Next week, we will be reading ‘Duck In A Truck’ by Jez Alborough.
Help at home: Discuss staying safe when using different types of transport with your child. Why not have a look at the books we have been enjoying?
Weekly Rhymes
Each week, the children learn a different nursery rhyme. We sing this rhyme every day and love seeing how confident they become with it by the end of the week.
Here is a clip of one of our favourites from the half term!
Help at home: Ask your child if they can remember the rhyme of the week.
Minibeasts
Caterpillars
We have had some little visitors in Nursery and have watched them grow and form chrysalis. After the holidays, we’ll watch them emerge as butterflies and set them free to start the cycle again.
“They are having a big sleep in their cocoon!”
“It is changing into a butterfly.”
Minibeast Models
We’ve been working hard in our creative area, choosing our favourite minibeasts and using the junk modelling resources to make them!
Number
We’ve been looking at the number 5. The children can find lots of different ways to represent 5.
We can also talk about the ways to make the number 5.
“A part of me is 1, a part of me is 4 and the whole of me is 5!”
“A part of me is 2, a part of me is 3 and the whole of me is 5!”
We’ve also enjoyed challenging ourselves to count super high numbers!
Help at Home: We’ve been finding out lots about minibeasts this half term. See if your child can share some of the facts we have explored.
Mad about Minibeasts
We’ve been learning all about the number 5.
Look at the different ways we can represent 5.
Here’s some of our nursery children talking about the ways to make 5. The NumberBlocks episode ‘a part of me’ is a great way to explore this.
Minibeasts
Our caterpillars are here and they’ve started to build their cocoons. We’ve been taking extra care around them so they won’t be disturbed. Look out for some caterpillar artwork!
Help at home.
Have a minibeast hunt in your outdoor space or at the park. Can you find any minibeasts? How many legs can you see? Do they have a pattern? Do they have wings? Let us know at Nursery what you find.
Next week
We will continue reading “Mad about Minibeasts”
Super 2D Shapes
This week, the children explored some 2D shapes. We looked at the shapes and sides of each one (properties) to help us decide the name.
We know that some shapes look different when we change their position, but they are still the same shape!
“A circle has one side that goes all of the way around.” Elliot
“A triangle has three sharp points.” Avery
“That piece of paper looks like a rectangle.” Frankie
“A hexagon has six sides.” Blossom
“Could a circle roll?” Miss Gledhill
We looked around our classroom to find 2D shapes. We know that they are everywhere and not just in our maths area!
Help at home: Can your child recognise any 2D shapes at home?
We loved singing this song to help us remember the 2D shapes.
Outside Learning
We have been having so much fun outdoors.
The children have been playing games in the games station and recording their scores outside with chalk.
“Did I score a goal?”
“I hit the one that means 2 points!”
“Look how high mine goes!”
They’ve been baking delicious treats in the Mud Kitchen.
“Here’s some chocolate milkshake for your birthday!”
“This smells like toothpaste”
The houses and cars we make with the large construction are getting more and more impressive.
“This is our house and we need more tools inside.”
“We’re going to the beach!”
We’ve also had some little visitors in Nursery and we’re super excited to watch them grow!
See if the children can tell you about our caterpillars and what might happen to them next.
Minibeasts
Minibeasts
We have been hunting for minibeasts! We found bees, ladybirds, worms and hundreds of woodlice. We made marks to record what we found. “I found a buzzy bee, it was trying to get that flower”
Number 4
The number we have been learning all about last week is the number 4! We can count 4 out, find shapes that represent 4 and we looked at the different number facts to 4. This week we will be moving onto the number 5.
Help at home: Keep practising our counting skills by giving us little counting tasks. For example, how many stairs do we need to climb? How many chips do you have left? How many cars can you see?
New starters
We’ve had some new starters in Nursery and they have settled in so well. All the children have been very welcoming and have enjoyed showing the new children our routines.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
This week, we have been reading ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle.
This book is fantastic as it helped our counting skills and helped us to think about the food that we eat.
We thought about the food the caterpillar ate and decided it was mostly fruit apart from on Saturday.
We know that fruit is good for our bodies, so we decided to make some delicious fruit kebabs to have at snack time. 
“The melon tastes sweet.” Avery
“The strawberry is yummy.” Wyatt
We even made one for Mr Nash! He told us the strawberry was both sweet and sour!
Help at home: Your child could make their very own fruit kebabs out of the fruit they enjoy or maybe even try some new ones! Can they remember the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar?
Have a lovely holiday!
We had a brilliant last day of the spring term. This consisted of Easter baking and Easter bonnet making!
We even went into collective worship to show the rest of the school our bonnets!
We hope all the wonderful children and their families have a lovely break.
The Nursery Team 🙂
