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Rosemary Class 1 Enjoys Autumn Harvest and Garden Exploration
This week in Class 1, we have been busy in the garden harvesting tiny potatoes and eating the last of the raspberries, enjoying the fruits of our gardening efforts whilst learning about where food comes from. The children have been watching the carrots grow bigger,...
The Limes Red Room Begins Helicopter Stories and Celebrates Diwali
Helicopter Stories Launch This week in Red Class, we have started our core experience, helicopter stories, which enables children to share a story and then perform it with their peers. Lots of imagination has been used, and interesting characters have been created. We...
The Limes Red and Green Room Start Children’s Kitchen and Enjoy Diwali Puppet Show
Children's Kitchen Begins We have now started Children's Kitchen at The Limes! Claudia is currently coming in every Wednesday to cook with the children from Red and Green Room. This hands-on cooking experience helps children develop important life skills, learn about...
Rosemary Class 2 Investigates Tree Sap and Autumn Discoveries
Last week, Class 2 investigated some tree sap that we found in our garden, exploring why it occurs and developing children's curiosity about the natural world. This activity encouraged them to ask questions about what they observed. We have been exploring colour...
St Werburgh’s Yellow Room Explores Dear Zoo and Pinecones
This week in Yellow Room we have been exploring our core book "Dear Zoo," engaging deeply with the story and its characters. The children have been exploring the animals, describing them to their friends whilst using rich vocabulary, and building them maps and homes...
St Werburgh’s Yellow and Orange Room Celebrate Grandparents Day
To celebrate World Grandparents Day on Sunday 5th October, Yellow and Orange Room held the first of two special stay and play sessions for grandparents this week. It was lovely welcoming grandparents into the nursery and seeing how proud and excited the children were...
Rosemary Class 1 Creates Still Life Art and Meets Police Officer Nick
Still Life Drawing This week at nursery we have been creating still life drawings using the sunflowers as inspiration. The children have been observing the flowers carefully, noticing details such as petals, stems, and colours, whilst developing their mark-making...
The Limes Green Room Introduces Jigsaw and So Much
Introducing Jigsaw This week, we have been introducing Jigsaw to children, a mindful approach to Personal, Social, and Health Education that focuses on developing children's emotional literacy, resilience, and social skills. We encourage children to slowly breathe in...
The Limes Willow Room Discovers Dear Zoo and Baking
This week, we introduced our new book "Dear Zoo" by Rod Campbell, and the children have loved the story, engaging deeply with the narrative and characters whilst developing their communication and language skills. In response to this, the children showed a tremendous...
The Limes Red Class Explores Play Dough and Building
This week in Red Class, the children have enjoyed exploring play-dough, making a variety of different things and developing their creativity and fine motor skills through this versatile material. Lots of the children have also enjoyed building with the large blocks in...
The Limes Green Room Introduces Baking Bread Core Experience
This week in Green Room we have begun to introduce children to one of our core experiences: Baking Bread! This is a purposeful, community-oriented activity where key skills are learned through meaningful, hands-on experience. The children are being involved in baking...
Rosemary Class 2 Investigates Shapes and Emotions
This week, Class 2 has been investigating shape and exploring how different shapes fit together, developing their mathematical understanding and problem-solving skills. We have also been having important conversations about friendships and discussing how we can be...
Rosemary Class 1 Makes the Most of Sunny Weather
This week in Class 1, we have been making the most of the sunny weather with lots of engaging outdoor activities. The children have been planting bulbs, learning about growth and seasonal changes, whilst also taking care of our environment by washing the bikes and...
The Limes Red Class Enjoys Stories and Helicopter Tales
We have been enjoying lots of stories this week, with the children particularly loving reading "Lima's Red Hot Chilli" and "How to Catch a Star." These engaging books have sparked wonderful discussions and imaginative thinking amongst the children. We have also...
The Limes Willow Class Develops Skills Through Play
The children have loved honing their skills, hitting balls tied in the trees, which has provided excellent opportunities for turn-taking practice as they wait for their chance and cheer on their friends. We also worked as a team to clean some of the resources in the...