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The Limes Willow Room Explores Bonfire Night and Water Play
We've been thinking about bonfire night in a few different ways this week. The children have been exploring Jackson Pollock and making big drip paintings outside, discovering how paint moves and splatters whilst creating dynamic artwork inspired by the artist's...
Rosemary Nursery School Gets Vibrant New Mural
Something exciting happened at Rosemary over the holidays! Street artist Cheo came to paint our scaffolding boards to make the garden even more vibrant and inspiring for our children. He captured what was important to us at Rosemary – the children's love of the...
St Werburgh’s Park Nursery School Term 1 Newsletter – October 2025
Our Term 1 newsletter is now available to download. It has been a wonderful first term at St Werburgh's Park Nursery School, and we are pleased to share what the children have been learning and experiencing. This term, we welcomed our new caretaker, Al Wardle, to the...
East Central Family Hub at St Werburgh’s Park Nursery School
As you may know, we have had the East Central Family Hub move in with us at St Werburgh's Park Nursery School. This is really exciting as it means we have lots of different groups and support available to our Community. As part of this process, we are currently having...
Rosemary Class 1 Explores Block Play
This week, we have been focusing on our block play, both indoors and outdoors, discovering the many possibilities that construction offers. The children have created houses for animals, developing their imaginative play and storytelling whilst thinking about structure...
St Werburgh’s Yellow Room Celebrates Diwali and Bakes Bread
This week, the children have been celebrating Diwali, learning about the Festival of Lights through hands-on experiences. We have been creating clay Diyas, developing fine motor skills whilst making these traditional lamps. The children watched and took part in a...
Rosemary Class 2 Celebrates Diwali and Diversity
This week, we have been learning about and celebrating Diwali by reading the story of Rama and Sita and making clay Diya lamps. This hands-on experience has helped children understand the significance of the Festival of Lights whilst developing their fine motor skills...
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...