This week in the classroom...
8th December 2025
What a wonderful week we’ve had in Nursery! We’ve been learning all about cats! The children labeled cat parts and made sentences like “A cat has got a tail.” 🐾 We watched a fun video of barn cats at work and described what they were doing. Later, we dived into our story of the week, Pete the Cat, making predictions, joining in with repeated phrases, and creating amazing Pete-inspired artwork! 🎨Our sound of the week was i, and we sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star together. ✨We matched numbers to objects and went on a “Number Hunt” around the room! In PSED We talked about perseverance—keeping on trying even when things are tricky! Children earned stickers for their effort. We also celebrated how everyone is unique and special. 🌈In Understanding the World we explored Christmas traditions from around the globe were our focus! From Mexico’s Night of the Radish to Finland’s Yule Lads, we explored how different countries celebrate and made festive crafts. 🎄
1st December 2025🎄
What a magical start to December in Nursery! Our story of the week was Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes! The children loved singing along and retelling the story with actions. We sequenced Pete’s adventures on a washing line and talked about the colours his shoes turned—white, red, blue, brown, and wet! 🐾 In Music & Movement we got festive with We Wish You a Merry Christmas! Children sang verses with props like donkeys, stars, and bells, and even chose instruments to match the characters. It was a joyful, noisy celebration! 🐴⭐🔔. My Happy Mind this week’s focus was on inner strength and patience. We read stories like You’re Strong With Me and talked about what we enjoy learning and what we look forward to learning next. 🌟 In Understanding the World we explored Christmas traditions were everywhere! We wrote letters to Santa, decorated trees, and explored the Nativity story. Children loved sequencing events like making cards, wrapping presents, and decorating the tree. 🎅🎄
24th November 2025
What an exciting week we’ve had in Nursery! Our focus story was Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes! The week began with a surprise basket filled with a black cat, guitar, white shoes, and sunglasses. The children loved guessing what each item was for and meeting Pete! We read the story together, predicted what colour Pete’s shoes would turn. We played lots of listening games like What’s in the Box?, Bertha the Bus, and Can You Do the Actions? to explore sounds and build early phonics skills. The children loved copying sounds and blending words through play! In Music & Movement the children had some Christmas cheer is in the air! We sang festive favourites like Twinkle Twinkle, Jingle Bells, and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Children explored instruments—shakers, drums, and bells—experimenting with loud/quiet and fast/slow sounds. 🎄🔔. My Happy Mind we talked about what makes a good friend—sharing, helping, and playing together. The children made beautiful friendship bracelets and gifted them to friends who showed kindness. 💕 In Understanding the World & PSED our theme was People Who Help Us. We watched JoJo & Gran Gran episodes about dentists, opticians, and hospital workers, then explored role-play corners like “Dentist Surgery” and “Hospital Night Shift.” The children loved pretending to help others! 🩺👓
17th November 2025
What a busy and exciting week we’ve had in Nursery! We re-read our focus book throughout the week and played lots of “Who’s hiding?” games! Children loved creating their own big book with photos and objects to hide behind. We practiced saying the first sound of our names and pegged pictures on the washing line to match phonemes. ✏️📖We explored initial sounds through fun games like passing the mouse toy and whispering, “My name starts with…”. Lots of listening and speaking practice! In Understanding the World It was Road Safety Week! We learned why it’s important to be safe near roads, explored hi-vis jackets with torches, and practiced Stop, Look, Listen on the playground. Children loved acting out crossing the road safely! 🚦👷Inside, our tuff tray was set up for Road Safety Week with signs and props for imaginative play. 🐾🍂 In Music We talked about saying thank you and created our own lyrics for a thank-you rhyme. Children added instruments and made thank-you cards for the home corner. 💌 My Happy Mind focused on our strength of the week was Bravery! We read The Lion Inside and made Bravery Medals, sharing times we were brave and celebrating each other’s courage. 🦁🏅
10th November 2025 🌈
What a joyful and busy week we’ve had in Nursery! We re-read our story together and played lots of “Who’s hiding?” games using Percy’s hat and props! Children loved guessing which animal was hiding and joining in with phrases like “Who’s hiding behind the towel? It’s the hedgehog!” We also practiced name recognition, finding our name cards, and writing the first letter of our names with chunky chalk outdoors. ✏️🐾 We explored sounds through fun games like Voice Sounds (making our voices slide, bounce, hiss, moo, and buzz!) and rhyming games like Who’s Under Percy’s Hat? with cats and bats. Lots of giggles and great listening skills! In maths we explored patterns as our big focus! We sang Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes and made patterns with counters, natural materials, and even movements like clapping and stomping. In Understanding the World it was Kindness Week! We explored kindness through stories like Elmer and the Butterfly, made kindness handprint art, and created a Kindness Heart together. We also played the Stop, Walk, Talk game to learn how to speak up and keep safe. 💕🤝. In Music we read The Colour Monster and talked about feelings. Children listened to different pieces of music and matched them to emotions like happiness, sadness, calmness, and anger. 🎼😊😢
Friday 7th november
This week we enjoyed reading Percy the Park Keeper: Hide and Seek and had lots of fun playing our own hide-and-seek games with toy animals! We met Percy’s friends the mouse, hedgehog and fox, and enjoyed rhyming words like box, fox and socks.
In phonics, we played sound games and used our voices to make different noises, from hissing snakes to buzzing bees!
In maths, we met Numberblock Two and practised counting, sorting, and showing the number two with our fingers.
As part of our Understanding the World work, we learned about Bonfire Night, Remembrance Day, and birthdays. The children made poppies and talked about special celebrations at home. We even looked at baby photos to see how we’ve grown!
In music, we celebrated with a birthday-themed song and instruments, while in My Happy Mind, we talked about people we love and made kindness hearts to share.
It’s been a lovely, busy week full of learning, celebration and creativity!
Friday 10th October
What a colourful and exciting week we've had in Nursery!
Our focus text this week was Wow! Said the Owl, and the children explored the vibrant world of colours through storytelling, art, and play. We listened to owl and bird sounds and made fingerprint flowers using our favourite colours. The children loved joining in with the story and playing rhyming games with colour words. In phonics, we had lots of fun with nursery rhymes like Incy Wincy Spider, Mary Mary Quite Contrary, and Miss Molly Had a Dolly. The children explored sounds, and clapped out syllables.
Maths was all about sorting – from leaves and sensory bags to pebbles and bears. The children enjoyed running to sort different items by colour, shape, and size.
We also explored our feelings in PSED, talking about times we felt sad and how we can help our friends feel better. In Understanding the World, we learned about our amazing bodies and celebrated differences between people.
Outdoors, we built nests and dens for woodland animals, and in music, we moved like clouds and learned a snowy song.
It’s been a week full of creativity, exploration, and joyful learning. We can’t wait to see what next week brings!
Friday 26th September
This week we finished our story Happy to Be Me, exploring our amazing senses. and having a group conversation about our favourite foods and drinks.
In phonics, we sang 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat', 'Hickory Dickory Dock' and The Grand Old Duke of York. We have created our own boat with a friend and marched around the room. We are aslo getting super good at recognising words that sound the same like 'row' and 'bow'.
We have had a fun week creating glitter jars, exploring colour, creating our family with stones and practicing our balancing skills.
Friday 19th September
This week the children continued enjoying Happy to Be Me, focusing on eyes, ears, head and arms. we played 'I Spy', and whispered messages to friends.
In phonics, we sang favourites like Baa Baa Black Sheep, Down at the Station and Hey Diddle Diddle, listening for rhymes and silly sounds.
In maths, we explored matching used objects such as buttons, shoes and block towers to help us find matching pairs and talking about the 'odd one out'.
We've also been exploring feeling though The Colour Monster, charades and friendship games.
It's been a lovely week full of matching, singing and exploring our feelings!
Friday 12th September
