Category: Nursery

Culture week in the Nursery

This week we have been learning about the world that we live in. Our focus country was Somalia.

Here are some of the activities the children have enjoyed.

  • We have been learning where differnt countries are on the world map.
    We explored the world map.
  • We can recognise the England flag.
    We learnt about the England flag.
  • We learnt about Mo Farah. He was born in Somalia and worked hard for a better life in England.
  • We tasted some Somalian food. It was spicy!
  • The dates were sweet!
  • We made Somalian pancakes out of playdough.
  • We explored different spices.
  • We looked at African fabrics and patterns.
  • We did some weaving.
  • We learnt about the city we live in.
  • We designed some Henna patterns.
  • We went on a parade and showed off our traditional clothes.

1S Artists

This week we have been using paint to colour mix the right colours to create a picture of our chosen fruit. Can you explain how you used the powder paints for colour mixing?

The children observed closely to draw their shape outline. Then they mixed the colours and used them to add details and colour.

They look beautiful and I can’t wait to display them in the classroom.

Vegetables

This week in the nursery we have been learning about different types of vegetables and discussing the health benefits of eating our greens!

  • We played vegetable shop.
  • We chopped vegetables.
  • We scooped frozen peas.
  • We used scales. Finley said ‘I’ve got lots of kilos!’
  • We made ‘Supertatos!
  • We made fruit and vegetable smoothies.
  • Yummy!
  • The smoothie was green.
  • We enjoyed lots of books including ‘The Runaway Pea,’ ‘Supertato’ and ‘Vegetable Glue.’

Nursery visit the Moon!

This week the children have been enjoying lots of books related to space. We have made rockets, dressed as astronauts and have been learning to count backwards from 5.

Today we took inspiration from the story ‘Whatever Next.’ We made sandwiches and had a picnic on the moon.

  • Spreading butter and jam
  • Enjoying a picnic on the moon!

    Look out of your window. Can you see the moon? What shape can you see tonight?

    Handa’s Surprise!

    This week nursery have been enjoying the story ‘Handa’s Surprise.’

    Here are some photos of some of the busy activities we have done to understand the story better.

    • We learnt some new fruit names.
    • We acted out the story.
    • We dressed like Handa.
    • It was tricky to balance baskets on our heads!
    • Stealing the fruit!
    • Matching numbers to quantity.
    • Sonia stole all of the fruit!
    • We looked at African prints and made patterns.
    • We labelled our drawings.
    • Tasting passion fruit.
    • Making patterns.
    • Observational drawings.
    • We are developing book handling skills.
    • We are learning to tell stories by memory.
    • We made fruit kebabs.
    • We peeled and chopped independently.
    • Delicious!
    • We tapped syllables with our paper plate drums.
    • We decorated our drums.
    • Mango was tricky to cut and peel!

    Can you tell your families the story of Handa’s Surprise? What happened at the end of the story?