The Colour Monster 

We have had a lovely start to the new term and have been learning lots about emotions and colours. We have been reading The Colour Monster and drawing pictures to show our feelings. We have made our own monsters with the playdough and sorting colours on the light box. We have discussed the Colour Monster's feelings and what makes us happy, sad, angry or scared. 

Diwali

We have been learning all about Diwali, the festival of light. We have used the characters to retell the story of Rama and Sita and learnt about how families prepare for and celebrate Diwali. We used scarves and ribbons in our dances to traditional music and made diva lamps with the playdough. We practised our counting and number recognition and finished off with a tasty Diwali snack of Indian street food. 

The Very Helpful Hedgehog

We've been learning all about hedgehogs in Nursery. We started by reading The Very Helpful Hedgehog and learning all about hedgehogs. We counted the correct number of spikes onto the hedgehogs and made our own hedgehogs with the playdough and clay. We practised our scissor skills and printed patterns with apples. We also painted some amazing hedgehogs.

Owls Visit

Nursery had some very exciting visitors this week! Katie from SMJ Falconry brought three different owls in to show us. We learnt all about where they live, what they eat and their special features as well as getting to see them fly. We even got to hold one of the owls using a special glove. 

Pumkin Soup by Helen Cooper

We have had a very busy week with lots of pumpkins. We started by reading the story Pumkin Soup by Helen Cooper and then made our own delicious pumpkin soup. We retold the story with the small world characters, used our fine motor skills to hammer pegs into the pumpkins and made our own pumpkin faces in the playdough with the 2D shapes. We practised our counting and number recognition with the pumpkin seeds and conkers and enjoyed pretending to make soup with the pumpkin in the water tray. 

Remembrance Day

On Remembrance Day we made our own poppies and wore them when we went to visit the war memorial. We saw lots of poppy wreaths and took a moment to remember all those who have fought in wars to keep us safe.