The children have spent yesterday and this morning talking about and exploring Bonfire Night. We have played instruments listened to the sounds they make to mimic the sound of a firework. We have talked about what fireworks look like. The children thought of excellent words to describe the appearance and sounds.

“Whoosh, bang, pop, sparkle, loud, high, bright, big, hot, huge, fizz, crackle”

We have painted fireworks in the night sky, crafted tissue paper sparklers and built/painted bonfires and danced with scarves to Katy Perry’s ‘Firework’.

The children finished off the morning by talking about how we can stay safe on bonfire night. I was so proud of how well the children retained information and were able to listen carefully to each other.

I hope you have a wonderful and safe bonfire night tonight.

The children have had a lovely morning creating their own edible sparklers using breadsticks, chocolate and different sprinkles. I think you can tell they were enjoyed by all!

The children had a wonderful time during the last week of half term at the Autumn disco. Lots of fun, sweets, awesome dance moves, laughter and hot dogs. What more could we want? Mr Kershaw and I also enjoyed having a boogie to ‘Time Warp’ which so many of the children were excellent at too!

We’re all ready for tomorrow’s book sale during our book and biscuit event. 8.30 -9am. All books, DVD’s and puzzles 50p each to raise funds for Nursery resources.
If you are unable to make it tomorrow and would like to pop in to buy a book when you collect your child today we will be open between 2.45 – 3.10 pm. Lots of the children have their eyes on a few books already…

Last week, the children loved learning about Goldilocks and the 3 Bears. We read the story, talked about the characters and their actions and then enjoyed lots of 3 bear themed provision. We were making bears with play dough, sensory playing using oats, role playing the story, following instructions to bake baby bear shaped bread and painting the characters from the story.

Awesome work Nursery Crew!

A reminder to our nursery parents and grandparents that our book and a biscuit event will take place on Wednesday 16th October between 8.30 – 9 am where you can come and share a story with your child. We will also be having a book sale. All books will be priced 50p to raise funds for nursery resources.

The original blog is here – https://greentopschool.co.uk/nursery-book-a-biscuit-2/

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday.
Mrs Hay & Mrs Burton

This week the children are learning to create repeating patterns. Here are a few examples of some awesome Nursery maths work.

This week in phonics we are singing ‘The Wheels on the bus’ with emphasis on onomatopoeia. The children worked really hard today and I was impressed with how many were able to give me an example of a word that sounded like the action. E.g. swish, stomp, clap, beep.

In Literacy and expedition we are reading the story ‘Goldilocks and the three bears’ and focusing on how Goldilocks was not kind in the story and how she could have made better choices. Here we are today enjoying reading the story in the Autumn sunshine whilst we had our afternoon snack.

In maths we are looking at how we can create repeating patterns using 2 and 3 objects. I wonder…can you have a go at creating your own repeating pattern at home?

You could use toys, cars, leaves, sticks, conkers – anything you fancy!

Mrs Hay x