First week back after Christmas and the children have come back very exciting and ready to learn. This week our focus text is Winnie Loves Winter. We have been learning about the signs of Winter and how this differs from other seasons. Children have explored snow play using small work characters along with decorating a winter scene using cotton ball, sequins and many other materials. We have been learning about the birds in winter and where they get their food from. We have made bird feeders to hang on the trees in the school grounds during our winter walk. 

This week have welcomed our new nursery children. The children have been very helpful showing the new starters where things go and navigating them around nursery. This week our linked text has been Three Little Pigs. The children have really enjoyed acting the story out and repeating familiar parts of the story whilst reading it. We have been used junk modelling to build house for the three little pigs using sticks and straw. We have got creative and used different construction materials to see how we could build their houses. During outdoor exploration children have used the crates and beams and worked as a team. We have looked at different materials and discussed why some may be stronger/weaker to build with. In Maths we have continued to look at number 3. Children have completed number hunts using images of 3 items and target splatters of 3 on the outdoor pitch.

Wk 3- 20.1.25 Noah's Ark

This we we have been reading the story Noah's Ark. The children have taken to this story really well and enjoyed acting out the story. In nursery this week we have been using water colours to paint rainbows to represent the rainbow at the end of the story. We have been practising our cutting and sticking skills cutting animals up and sticking them onto a large ark. The children have had lots of fun with lots of large cardboard boxes pretending they are on the ark. Some of our children have great imaginations so this has been really lovely to see. During water play we have been exploring floating and sinking using boats and different materials to see if this changes whether they can float or not. Our number of the week is 4 so we have been doing lots of counting to 4 and finding hidden numbers around the area along with counting the correct amount of buttons onto Pete the Cat for maths.