Week Ending 24th October

📖 The children have loved discovering the different animals and objects made from leaves in the "Leaf Man" story this week. They were fascinated by how simple leaves could be turned into so many exciting shapes and characters!

🌳 We took our learning outdoors onto the school field to observe the seasonal changes in autumn. The children enjoyed collecting a variety of leaves — comparing their colours, shapes, and sizes, and noticing how they’re changing as the weather gets cooler. 🍂

🌰 Inside, we explored our autumn tactile tray, filled with lots of seasonal treasures! The children used different-sized plant pots to scoop, pour, and transport items, supporting their schema learning of transporting and enveloping. 🪵🍁

🎃 We also had lots of fun exploring the inside of a pumpkin! The children helped scoop out the seeds and flesh, describing how it felt — sticky, slippery, and squashy! There was plenty of sensory excitement and curiosity as they investigated what was hidden inside. 🎃✨

🧙‍♀️ Our magical potion water tray has been a big hit this week! The children had great fun adding bats, rats, spiders, bones, and skeletons to the witches’ cauldron and giving it a big stir — lots of spooky fun and imagination! 🕷️🎃

👻 We’ve also been singing our new favourite song, “Five Little Ghosts”, with some very bubbly shaving foam fun:
“Five little ghosts all round and fat,
One slipped on a pumpkin and went SPLAT!”
There was so much giggling and excitement! 💨🎶

🍂 Our younger children have been learning a new song too — “Autumn Leaves Are Falling Down” — moving their bodies from tall to small as they danced along to the tune. Such lovely coordination and listening skills! 🎵🍃

     

Week Ending 17th October

This week, we have continued our exciting adventures with Supertato! The children have loved helping Supertato and his friends keep the supermarket safe from the mischievous Evil Pea! 🦸‍♀️🥦

💪 We started the week by attending Superhero Training! The children were challenged to show how strong, brave, fast, and safe they could be as they completed a range of fun obstacle courses in the small hall! ⚡🦸‍♂️

✂️ We’ve also been strengthening our wrists and shoulders by cutting up a variety of vegetables. The children talked about the colours, textures, and smells of each one as they chopped, snipped, and sliced!
Our fine motor skills have been hard at work too — the children loved hammering golf tees into large pumpkins, showing great concentration and control. 🎃🔨

❄️ This week, Evil Pea struck again by freezing some vegetables in blocks of ice! The children became little scientists as they explored how to set them free using warm water, tools, and their hands in the water tray. There was so much excitement and curiosity as the ice melted and the veggies were rescued! 💧🥕

🍂 We also went on a lovely autumn walk to explore the changes in our environment. The children noticed the colourful leaves, cooler weather, and crunchy sounds under their feet. They especially loved collecting leaves and throwing them up into the air — lots of laughter and joy! 🌳🍁
 

      

Week Ending 10th October

🥔 Our focus story this week has been Supertato: Veggies Assemble! The children have loved joining Supertato and his veggie friends on their adventures while learning all about healthy foods and where our vegetables come from. 🦸‍♂️🥦

🧺 During our “What’s in the Box?” carpet time, we explored a variety of fruit and vegetables — broccoli, sweetcorn, carrot, parsnip, aubergine, pepper, tomato, and potato. The children were fascinated to see what was inside when we cut them in half, discovering seeds and talking about how we could plant them in soil to grow new vegetables! 🌱

❄️ In our sensory play, we explored frozen peas using scoops, bowls, and hammers! The children investigated how the peas changed as they melted and loved experimenting with textures and temperatures.

🍎 Snack time has been a great opportunity to develop independence — the children have been cutting their own fruit and washing up their plates, bowls, cups, and spoons afterwards. They’ve been so proud of their efforts! 💧✨

🛒 In our shop role play, we’ve had fun using real vegetables and talking about weighing, heavy, light, and equal. Lots of lovely mathematical language was used during play! ⚖️

       

 

 

Week Ending 3rd October

📚 Our focus story has been The Colour Monster. We have been learning all about recognising different feelings and how we can manage them. The children really engaged with the story and enjoyed talking about which colours matched their own emotions. 🌈

🎨 Outside, the children loved chalking with lots of different colours, helping to develop their gross motor skills and bilateral movements. In playdough, they created faces using autumn treasures – a brilliant way to build finger strength while also talking about features of their face . 🍂

✨ A real highlight was decorating our own jars and sensory bottles. The children chose their colours carefully and touched upon why they had picked them – it was lovely to hear their language develop with new words and longer sentences.

🎈 On the carpet, our balloon activity was a big favourite! The children practiced blowing as a calming strategy to use when feeling frustrated, and it brought lots of giggles too.

🌈 We ended the week with a rainbow Skittles experiment, linking back to the Colour Monster when he feels all “mixed up.” The children were fascinated as the colours spread out and made their very own rainbow!

    
 

 

Week Ending 26th September

 

📚 Our focus book has been Kipper’s Toybox for our Big Gems, and we’ve also enjoyed Spot Loves Nursery as part of our All About Me topic. The children really connected with these stories, sharing their own experiences and joining in with lots of excitement during carpet time. The balloon from Mrs Bray’s Box was a particular favourite! 🎈

🧸 The children have been busy making their very own sock puppets – just like the characters in Kipper’s Toybox! They proudly used them in a puppet show, showing great imagination and creativity. We also developed our scissor skills by carefully cutting out the story characters and sticking them onto a box to retell the tale. ✂️

🚗 Vehicles have been hugely popular this week! From police cars and fire engines to tractors, diggers, and other construction vehicles, the children had a brilliant time exploring. They were creative in the sand, scooping and transporting it across the tray, and worked together to build small towers using bricks. 🧱

🍂 Our autumn tray was a hit too, with the children encouraged to use natural objects to make faces. They showed such imagination and loved exploring the textures and colours of autumn.
 

    

                                                             

Week Ending 19th September

📚 Our focus books have been Kipper’s Toybox for our Big Gems and Find Spot at Nursery as part of our All About Me topic. The children really enjoyed these stories and made lovely links to their own toys and experiences.

🧸 We began making our very own sock puppets – just like The Sock in the story! The children showed great creativity and had fun bringing their ideas to life. During carpet time, we also had some thoughtful discussions about our favourite toys, with everyone listening carefully and taking turns to share.

👂 In phonics, we continued with our listening walk around school. The children are becoming super listeners, noticing lots of different sounds in their environment.

🚗 Vehicles have been a big favourite this week! Many children enjoyed playing with a range of wheeled toys and had lots of fun on the bikes – navigating space, experimenting with speed, and practicing changing direction. We also saw some brilliant turn-taking and cooperation.

     

Week Ending 12th September

🌟 Nursery Weekly Update 12.9.2025🌟

✨ We were very excited to welcome some new friends into our class. The children have enjoyed getting to know them, and we are so proud of how kind and helpful our current children have been in making everyone feel welcome – especially when some of our new friends felt a little sad. 💛

🚴‍♀️ Outdoors, we have been busy developing our physical skills using the bikes and obstacle course. The children showed great determination and had so much fun moving in different ways!

📚 Our focus book this week has been "You Choose". We talked about the things we like, sharing our own ideas and developing our language skills.

🌾 In our sensory tray, we explored rice using scoops and bowls to fill and empty containers. The children listened carefully to the sound of the rice falling and enjoyed feeling it on their hands – a wonderful sensory experience!

😊 We also discovered hidden emotion pictures and stones, which led to some lovely conversations about different feelings and how we might express them.

👂 In phonics, we went on a listening walk around the big field. The children did a fantastic job using their ears to notice different sounds in the environment. We’ll continue this next week.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Finally, we spent time talking about families and how they can all look different, helping us to understand and celebrate diversity.