It is so lovely to welcome everyone into the Nursery class. It has been lovely to hear about all the children's exciting and happy Christmas holidays. The children have been busy learning and playing together through making their own choices in play and activities from painting and play-dough to building some fabulous train tracks and dressing up in favourite costumes.

It is always so lovely to see how the children use the resources. This week we had sorting and pattern making with the coloured vehicles and gemstones. The children decided to make silly soup and porridge with the objects and combined them together in pots asking for spoons to taste the delicious soup! 

 

Outside, the children were busy sweeping and scooping the small amounts of icy snow left in the garden from Monday by using brooms and spades to scoop into the wheelbarrow. They also found big pieces of ice inside the tyres in the builders' corner and in the buckets next to the sandpit, which they loved exploring.

 

There was fantastic listening when we did our fire drill with Mr Phil. The children were great at listening to instructions and standing very still and quiet by the Nursery sign on the playground. We are also learning to line up when we walk around the school and go to music or lunch. Mrs Sayers and I are very impressed by the super listening and understanding of making a line of children.

 

We have, of course, enjoyed lots of stories together. The children have loved choosing the familiar, favourite and new stories and reading them together and to each other. It is fabulous to see the children retelling the stories to their friends.

 

The children had a great time singing with Ms Norford. They sang favourite songs and used the claves to tap out the rhythm of Cobbler Cobbler Mend My Shoe really slowly, then really quickly! They even had a little turn to pluck the strings of the violin.