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The Limes Willow Room Explores Autumn and Puddle Play
We've been further exploring autumn leaves by using them to print with paint, discovering the different shapes and patterns each leaf creates whilst developing mark-making skills and understanding of natural forms. The children have been making marks in the garden...
Rosemary Class 1 Explores Shark in the Park
This week we have been focusing on our core book "Shark in the Park" by Nick Sharratt, which we will continue to look at next week to learn about the rhythm and rhyme as well as the basic story structure. This repeated reading approach helps children become familiar...
St Werburgh’s Park Nursery School Gardens and Autumn Exploration
This week, the children have been busy in the garden, caring for and watering the herbs and vegetables in the allotment, learning about plant care, and developing responsibility for growing things. They have been weaving material and making brilliant marks on the...
The Limes Willow Room Creates Autumn Collages and Water Play
This week, we have gathered autumn leaves from the garden and used them to make beautiful autumnal collages, connecting with the changing season whilst developing creativity and fine motor skills through arranging and sticking natural materials. The children have been...
The Limes Red Class Explores Musical Instruments and So Much
This week, Red Class have been thinking about musical instruments and the sounds they make, exploring different ways to create music whilst developing their listening skills. This musical exploration supports children's creative expression and awareness of rhythm and...
Rosemary Class 2 Explores Mud Kitchen and Black History Month
This week, Class 2 has been using different natural materials to make food in the mud kitchen, developing creativity and imaginative play whilst exploring textures and combining natural resources in inventive ways. We have been reading our new core book, "Shark in the...
Rosemary Class 2 Explores Phonics, Numicon and Harvesting
This week, Class 2 has been continuing to read our core book "Walking Through the Jungle," deepening our engagement with the story and its rhythmic language. We have been identifying environmental sounds as part of our Letters and Sounds phonics work, helping children...
St Werburgh’s Yellow Room Explores Shadows and Welcomes Grandparents
Building Social Skills This week the children have been learning how to take turns with their new friends, share their ideas, and listen to each other, developing the important social skills that help them work and play cooperatively whilst building positive...
The Limes Willow Room Enjoys Autumn Leaves and Helicopter Stories
Autumn Fun and Teamwork This week the children have loved working as a team to rake up big piles of leaves and then jump in them! This seasonal activity has encouraged cooperation and turn-taking whilst allowing children to experience the joy of autumn through...
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...