This week we have been learning about the Easter Story, and why people celebrate Easter.

We have designed our own Easter eggs using shapes, made Easter cards, and some yummy Easter cakes.

We also had a lovely Story off Ross from Bee Active.

It has been a very busy half term and we have learnt lots and had lots of fun.

Hope you all have a lovely break.

Nursery Staff

This week we have been for a walk around our school grounds looking for signs that spring is on its way. We saw lots of buds growing on trees and daffodils. We also had a little play on the outdoor equipment.

Today we had some visitors that are a bit different from your usual pets. Kirsty from Werrington Pre School brought in her exotic pets. We’ve had a Pigmy Hedgehog named Jack, a Millipede named Batman and a Tortoise named George. 

We learnt all about what they like to eat and how to care for them, lots of the children had a go at handling them.

On Friday we had a visitor into our classroom, his name is Reggie. We learnt all about how to look after puppies and dog and enjoyed playing with him. 

This week we have already done a lot of learning in nursery. We have had a visit from some paramedics in the ambulance. They taught the children all about the important job that they do. The children really enjoyed finding out about their job and having a look inside the ambulance. 

They have also been busy learning how to make pancakes and have tasted them today on Shrove Tuesday.

Today we had a visit from the star dome from Keele university. All the children really enjoyed going into the dome – they blasted off into space, saw the planets that they have been learning about and searched for aliens. It was an AMAZING experience.  

The children have been feeling the love today in nursery. They have shared love in PE when they had to do activities by working together in a team. They have painted and created ‘love hats’ and written out valentines cards to each other.

This week we have learnt about and celebrated Chinese New Year. We know that it is the year of the pig. 

We tasted some Chinese foods, made some drums and did a dragon dance around the school.

We had a go at writing some numbers in Chinese and tried to learn how to use chopsticks.

新年快乐 – Happy New Year!

Introducing our new nursery pets ‘Ozzy’ and ‘Jake’. They are lovely 1 year old guinea pigs who have settled into nursery life wonderfully. The children have really enjoyed meeting, stroking and caring for them. They have already started to take responsibility for feeding and caring for them too.

What a fantastic start to our week! Our pants helped us to dive into this weeks story ‘Aliens love underpants’. The children didn’t know how many different types of pants you could get. They are fascinated by aliens and the mischief they get up to in the story.  If you see your child checking their pants drawer at home they will be checking to see if an aliens are sleeping in there – Be careful!