Autumn Walk
We went on a walk around our school environment to observe signs of autumn. We discussed the weather, the changes we could see to the trees and we also discussed the warm clothes we were wearing. We noticed lots of the trees in our school grounds had started to change colour, and the leaves had…
Hanley in the past and present
We looked at images of Hanley in the past and present and compared the similarities and differences. We then sorted the images into groups based on our knowledge of how Hanley has changed over time.
Role play - Whatever Next!
We have been looking at the story Whatever Next! and today we used masks and props to role play different parts of the story. We pretended to be baby bear getting ready for his trip to the moon, baby bear in his rocket ship, baby bear and owl having a picnic on the moon and then mother bear…
Repeating patterns!
In reception we have been looking at repeating patterns. Today the children had a go at completing a repeating pattern, creating their own repeating pattern and spotting the mistake in a repeating pattern.
We love repeating patterns!
Fantastic letter formation
Today grey ducklings worked hard to form the letters in one of the CVC words that we have been blending and segmenting in phonics. Letter formation and neatness of writing was fantastic! Well done Nursery.
We are in France!
This week Nursery have travelled to France to explore the country and how it differs to Stoke - on - Trent. Today we have enjoyed talking about popular French food, and creating our own plates. We also wrote the names of the food created, independently forming each letter and looking at the flash…
African Art
This week, Nursery impressed us with their fantastic African artwork! We have been thinking about Kenya, Africa and what it would be like to go on holiday here. We talked about the differences between Stoke-on-Trent and Kenya, such as weather, animals, clothing and schools. We then painted our…
Observational drawing of fruit
This morning we have created our own amazing observational drawings of fruit in Ducks and Swan class. The children looked at real life and images of fruit to create dimension within their painting. We talked about the countries fruit is grown, what the fruit tasted like, and what fruit is our…
Dough party!
Funky fingers today had a dough party! We rolled, pulled, pressed squeezed, pinched and splatted our dough. We had great fun!
Summer Safety
This week, Nursery have been talking about how to keep safe on holiday. We looked at this picture and spotted all of the dangers that we could see. We used full sentences to discuss why certain people were not safe and what they should be doing. We practiced our speaking and listening skills,…
Number and quantity counting
Today Nursery went for a trip to the seaside! At the seaside we wanted some ice cream so needed to count the scoops. We did an amazing job of matching number to quantity from 1-10, and then drew various ice cream amounts on the whiteboard. Well done Nursery!