Welcome to Nursery
Welcome to the Nursery page for our two classes - NBW and NEW.
Dear Parents/Carers,
If there is another lockdown or you have to self isolate, please scroll down to the Lockdown Planning section.
We upload an overview of sessions we would be doing in Nursery, if we were in. These are just ideas that may give you some resources and links that may help. They do not all need to be completed, as normally most of the children are only in 2 and a half days and we have done a full week’s planning, but it would be lovely for us to see anything that the children manage to do – this can be done by using ‘Evidence Me’.
Best wishes
Mrs Harvey and Mrs Lee
Staff
NBW - Mrs S. Harvey
NEW - Mrs L. Lee
Teaching Assistants:
Mrs L. Davies, Mrs A. Young.
Preparing Your Child For The First Day Back In School
Mrs Lee recommends this return to school advice from Trauma Informed Schools UK. Click on the image
Tue 9th Feb - Safer Internet Day
Our children's online safety page has a virtual assembly and Detective Digiduck story to listen to or read. Click on the button below.
Photos
Kandinsky
Planting Our Christmas Tree
Planting Our Christmas Tree
Planting Our Christmas Tree
Planting Our Christmas Tree
Planting Our Christmas Tree
Snow day - or is it?
Planting Our Christmas Tree
Snow day - or is it?
We wanted snow but never got enough!! So we made our own. First we made bubbles in the puddles using our brushes.
Snow day - or is it?
Snow day - or is it?
Snow day - or is it?
More brushing ... this is hard work!!
Snow day - or is it?
Snow day - or is it?
Snow day - or is it?
Then we mixed in food colouring and powder paint using our brushes. This was hard work but lots of fun!
Snow day - or is it?
Snow day - or is it?
Snow day - or is it?
More brushing to mix in the paint. Do you like our swirls?
Snow day - or is it?
Snow day - or is it?
Snow day - or is it?
We used our brushes to make patterns in the 'snow'.
Snow day - or is it?
Snow day - or is it?
Snow day - or is it?
Lots of colours mixing together.
Snow day - or is it?
Snow day - or is it?
Snow day - or is it?
Admiring all our hard work.
Snowball fight!!!
Snowball fight!!!
Snow day - or is it?
Poor Mrs Young ... we found some pretend snowballs and decided to have a snowball fight. It was so much fun - but not for Mrs Young!
Our experiment
Snowball fight!!!
Our experiment
We made pretend snow today in Nursery. Mrs Lee emptied the tubes and we thought it was sugar or salt.
Our experiment
Snowball fight!!!
Our experiment
Mrs Lee then poured water on it and we watched what happened. The mixture changed and it became pretend snow. We used our hands to mix it together.
Ice Ice Nursery
Ice Decorations
Ice Decorations
When the weather was really cold, we wrapped up warm and went outside to explore. The water had frozen, so we used our penguins and seals and tried to see how far they could slide on the ice. Then we noticed the ice changed as we kept playing with it. Next we tried to change it ourselves - we smashed it up!
Ice Decorations
Ice Decorations
Ice Decorations
We collected natural items from outside Nursery and chose which pieces we wanted to put into our decorations.
Ice Decorations
We added some water to our bowls and left them outside for the night to see what would happen.
The next day we came into Nursery, and the weather hadn't been below 0 degrees in the night, so our decorations hadn't frozen totally. We had to cheat a bit and put them in the freezer - and when we got them out they had frozen.
We hung them outside to see what would happen to them. Don't they look nice
We are talking lots about the weather at the moment - we have noticed one day it is warm, another day it is raining and some days it's icy cold! We know the temperature has to go below 0 degrees to start making things freeze. Last night we think Jack Frost came to Nursery playground as the grass was frosty. But then we also think, Elsa, from Frozen came, as we found frozen puddles.
We explored our playground to find some more ice - where did we find some? We found it in our pots and pans from the mud kitchen, we found it in some buckets, we even found some in the tyres! WOW - it was cold. We looked closely at it and saw little bubbles inside the ice.
We went to look at our ice decorations to see what had happened to them. We noticed that some had fallen to the floor. Why is that, do you think? We noticed that they had started to melt.
Brrr!
Nursery News
December Stargazing
Look towards the Moon in the hour after sunset during the December to see the planets Jupiter and Saturn close together. They will continue to converge until 21st December, when they will appear very close together. Some people are calling it a 'Christmas Star'. The last time that they were so close at this time of year was in the year 1226. Click on the green button and watch the BBC Sky At Night clip from 1:45.
Half Term Holiday Activities
Have a go at entering the World Puddle Jumping Championships. Click on the image or green button to watch the video.
Here are some useful websites that we use in Nursery.
Phonics
For activities in our planning, we will put page numbers for you to refer to in
Phonics: DFE Letters and Sounds documentation. Click on the green button.
Number Formation
These number formation rhymes help children to learn to write numbers. We had done up to number 4 in school, but the children may need to go over these again. Click on the green button.
Number Games
Click on the green button to visit the Topmarks maths games for Early Years.
Mrs Lee reading Splat the Cat
Mrs Lee reading Splat the Cat
Mrs Lee reading Splat the Cat
Mrs Lee reading Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton, published by HarperCollins.
BBC Dealing with feelings
Mrs Lee reading Splat the Cat
Mrs Lee reading Splat the Cat
Watch this clip from Bitesize and discuss your feelings. How are you all feeling at the moment. What can you do to help others and make them feel better?
Room on the Broom Book
Room on the Broom Animation
Room on the Broom Book
Letters and Sounds
Room on the Broom Animation
Room on the Broom Book
Please download and use page 26.
Room on the Broom Animation
Room on the Broom Animation
Room on the Broom Animation
Some websites to use at home
Purple Mash
Purple Mash
Purple Mash
During the school year, children will be given login details for our virtual learning environment.
Oxford Owl
Purple Mash
Purple Mash
Oxford Owl have a free eBook collection and lots of advice and activities.
Just sign up for a free account.
abcdoes
Purple Mash
Numberblocks
This website has a wealth of fabulous activities for Early Years children and their families, particularly in the Home Schooling section.
Numberblocks
Numberblocks
Numberblocks
Sing along and learn all about numbers with the Numberblocks! Watch episodes on the CBeebies website and BBC iPlayer.
Alphablocks
Numberblocks
Alphablocks
Watch as the letters of the alphabet tell stories and make words using phonics. Play the learning game, watch clips and print colouring pages on the CBeebies website. Earlier episodes are available on YouTube.