Author Archives: mrsmajid

This week in Nursery we have been using our noticing and persevering  muscles to do observational drawings of plants and flowers.  The children were able to produce controlled marks to create recognisable pictures and were able to name the diffrent … Continue reading →

The children were challenged to use  a variety of techniques and one handed tools to create a caterpillar.  They were able to select a named shape and draw around it with increasing control.  Here are some of our finished caterpillars…     … Continue reading →

On Monday morning the children came in to discover that a special workshop had appeared in the corner of their classroom! Wow!! To their amazement Santa is so busy this year he needs extra helpers to get all the Christmas presents made, wrapped … Continue reading →

This week in nursery we have been exploring the texture of porridge oats – linked to our story focus of ’Goldilocks and the three bears’.  The children were encouraged to think of words to describe the texture of the oats. The … Continue reading →

In Nursery we have been looking after some baby caterpillars as part of our new topic about ‘Growing and Minibeasts’. We have been learning about the life cycle of a caterpillar and have been looking closely to see how the caterpillars … Continue reading →

This week in Nursery we have been building bridges for the Gingerbread man.  We decided that we didn’t want the Gingerbread man to be eaten by the fox, so we changed the ending by making a bridge for him, to get across the … Continue reading →