Videos

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”

The Gingerbread Man- Super Story-tellers!

This week in Foundation, our focus story has been the traditional tale of The Gingerbread Man.

We’ve enjoyed making messy mixtures, using gingerbread playdough and designing our own gingerbread men.

Gingerbread men have also been used as a counting tool in the maths area and as objects for our fiddly fingers tweezer challenges.

Foundation have looked very closely at the story throughout the week; writing about our favourite parts, creating story boards and using ‘Talk for Writing‘ to map out the story and prepare for re-telling. As a class, we decided on the actions we would use to tell our story and by day 2, the children were able to recite the story independently using their picture prompts!

This method is great for learning how stories are structured and it enables children to develop literacy skills that will help support their own creative story-telling and writing.

Take a look at Foundation’s fantastic story-telling video of The Gingerbread Man!*

*Please note this video is unlisted on YouTube and does not appear in any searches made by the public on the site.

A big thank you…

To all of the parents and carers who were able to attend our ‘Fiddly Fingers’ Stay and Play yesterday. The children loved sharing their learning with you and we hope that you all enjoyed the afternoon as much as we did! Thank you for your continued support; we look forward to seeing you all at our next Stay and Play sessions, later in the school year.