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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...
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...