Exploring Our Sense of Touch to Describe Textures
Exploring Textures!
We used our sense of touch to feel and describe different textures. We have been learning lots of new vocabulary around materials and it was great to hear the children using these. Based on how it felt we had to guess our resources
Book Talk
We loved looking through the picture books with Miss Mayer. We looked only at the illustrations and this allowed us to think of our own ideas, describe what we can see and engage in extended conversations around books. Working within small groups we told each other what we could see and this led…
Independent Learning!
Independent Learning.
In nursery we learn through our play and we love exploring and engaging in new activities each week. The children guide their own learning and this supports building on prior knowledge and extending their knowledge.
We have been developing fine motor skills with play…
Exploring Tools
We explored different tools, we looked at what different marks they make and talked about what they look like and linked this to textures. We then chose which ones were our favourite, we used this tool to decorate our own bear.
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Today we went on a sensory bear hunt where we took our shoes off and walked through some of the scenes from our topic story “we’re going on a bear hunt” the children were able to feel the textures of the material on their feet, we talked about how each one felt, for example, the grass felt “soft”…
More and Fewer
In maths we have been learning ‘more and fewer’. The children were identifying different amounts practically and through images and using the language of more/fewer independently.
We then practised making more and fewer with the ladybirds.
The children have been practising all week in provision…
Independent Learning ⭐
Independent learning.
We have loved coming back to school and seeing our friends. We have jumped straight back into routine, following our classroom rules and exploring new areas.
Most of all we have enjoyed playing with our friends and talking about our holidays.
Winter is here ❄️
Fun in the snow!
We used our senses to explore the winter weather. We enjoyed making a snowman, exploring ice\frost and and talking about how to stay warm and safe in snow.
Rockstars!
We had so much fun on Rockstar day last week!
We took part in different maths activities throughout the day to support our counting, number recognition and skills.
Twinkly Nativity
Thank you for coming to see our EYFS Nativity. The children were so proud and happy to share this with you.
We learnt so many songs and we loved performing them.
Disco Fun!
We had a disco on the last week of school with our friends, we had so much fun.
Enrichment Fun!
We had an end of year treat for working super hard!
We had so much fun with Mr Stewart playing different games on the bouncy castle.