Last week we celebrated World Book Day at Parsloes and we enjoyed the day having the opportunity to read for pleasure. We spent time reading the book ‘Dear Zoo’ by Rod Campbell; bringing it to life by making boxes with the animals inside. As well...
For our new unit of work – ‘On the Farm’, we are reading and learning a new text called ‘The very Busy Spider’. To immerse the pupils in the text we have read it and acted it out; using all of the different animals that...
At the end of last half term, we were very excited to go on our first trip in Nursery. As our unit of work was called ‘Off We Go!’ and we were learning about vehicles, we had the opportunity to go on a train. We...
Last week we had a special week, where we looked at different jobs and the types of careers we could have in the future. On Friday, we had the opportunity to work with Reception for our ‘House Challenge’ and looked at becoming doctors and nurses. ...
In Nursery this week we have been focusing on our Big Question – ‘How can we create our own music’. We have had an enjoyable time making our own instruments, using different boxes and then decorating them with pom poms and tissue paper. Inside the...
This week we have been focusing on our PSHE Big Question – ‘How can I work in a team?’ We have been learning about how to work together when completing a task, such as a jigsaw puzzle. Then we linked it to our Talk for...
In Nursery this half term we are looking at our Big Question: ‘How do vehicles go?’ We have looked at different toy vehicles in the provision; speaking about the wheels, engine and steering wheel. However, this week was very exciting for us, as we had...
We have introduced our new Talk for Writing text this week, which is ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen. To start with, our entry point, was going on a bear hunt around the school. We used magnifying glasses to help us search...
This week it has been a fun-filled return to Nursery, with our new topic – ‘Off We Go!’ This half term we will be looking at all modes of transport and thinking about how vehicles move. As you can see we have made our own...
This week in Maths we have been looking at different shapes: circle, rectangle, square and triangle. We have sung songs and named the shapes we can see in the environment around us. For example – we looked at the clock and recognised it as a...