This weeks learning landscape....

A week full of finding out. On Monday we went on an adventure to find out about wheat! Our friend Pip took us to a field of wheat. We explored how the wheat was cut down and separated into seeds and stalks by the combine harvester, before it went off to be ground into flour. We were then ready to make bread!!! We buttered and ate the bread at snack time, it was so yummy we made more the following day!

We have been even busier this week with our learning challenges. We have practised our:

• writing

• numbers

• sorting

• shapes

  as well as tending the garden. We swept up nine bags of leaves and planted some rosemary. The children have put it in our small green house and are checking it every day incase it needs a spray of water.

  All week we have been dancing…in the garden and around the nursery and on Wednesday we joined enrichment afternoon with reception. Mrs. Harrison taught us some fabulous dance moves so we could samba around the hall…watch out Strictly Come Dancing!

Worship

This week our worship has centred around Harvest. We all have said ‘thank you to God for our wonderful world and everything he has provided for us. We sang the hymn ‘All things bright and beautiful’ to focus our minds on how beautiful our world really is and how we are all tasked with taking good care of it. On Thursday morning nursery joined the whole school for our Harvest Festival. A big ‘thank you for all your generous donations.

As we have been in a dancing mood we celebrated in nursery by dancing The Harvest Samba. Click here to have a go at home!

This week your child will come home this week with a special Luce key ring. Luce, the official mascot of the Jubilee 2025. Luce is a pilgrim dressed as a typical traveler: a yellow anorak to protect herself from the elements, dirty boots that bear witness to the path she has already traveled, a missionary cross around her neck and the pilgrim's staff in her hand. Particularly evocative are Luce's eyes, which shine with an intense light: they symbolize the hope that is born in the heart of every pilgrim, and reflect the desire for spirituality and connection with the divine. They act as a reminder of the universal message of peace and brotherhood. The choice of a mascot like Luce is part of a broader context, aimed at reaching new generations and promoting intergenerational dialogue. The mascot not only represents the Jubilee, but is also a symbol of community, of welcome and of sharing.

Lastly, can I just say what a fabulous half term it has been. We have been on lots of adventure, some funny, some scary but we have all enjoyed being and learning together. Please have a good rest if you can over the half term because when we get back we have lots more adventures to go on…and Christmas! Nursery will reopen after the holidays on Monday 3rd November.

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara

This week...

Welcome to our page all about learning together. This week we have been on lots of adventures!! Here is what we have been up to!

Our Learning Landscape this week was full or brain growing challenges which included:

• Making 1, 2, and 3 Numberblocks.

• Matching shapes to make a picture.

• Counting the correct number of people and passengers into the correct cars.

• Writing challenges- taking food orders and practising writing numbers 1,2,3 and the sounds m,a,s,t,d. We had to remember to use our duck fingers!

• Completing a sound puzzle then matching the sounds we have learnt.

• Lots of hand strengthening activities- matching pom pom game, we had to pick up the pom poms using tweezers and the tiny peg board game to practise our fine motor skills.

• Filling tubs using small scoops. Some of the friends thought it took hundreds of scoops!

• Making bubbly water and then syphoning it down a long tube into a HUGE bottle!

  but, best of all was the dentist surgery we made. We learnt about healthy foods, how we should brush our teeth and visiting the dentist!

Worship

This week our ‘Creation and Covenant’ topic has concluded with ‘Looking after God’s World’. Our key words this week were CARE, Earth and HELP.

The whole of Creation shows God love for us (Laudato Si’ 84–88). We spoke about all the ways we can look after our wonderful world. We suggested turning off lights when we aren’t using them, recycling, walking instead of driving.

We also spoke about being stewards – just like Mrs Gregan spoke about in assembly. We are visitors to our world and we must take care of it. God made the Earth and sky. God made all the people all over the world. God made all the animals. God made all the plants. God made the air, the ground, and the water. God tells us we must take good care of them. It is an important job!

Here is a link to the story we read, about Stanley the plastic bag ending up in the sea: Click here. “plastic bags don’t belong in the sea!”

Caring for the Earth is a way of showing love for it, and recognising God’s love for us. How can you continue this at home

Promoting Peace

Scripture offers us all wisdom and insights on living the Gospel in today’s world. Jesus tells us to love God and to love our neighbours, especially our sisters and brothers living in poverty.

Peace is not just the absence of war. It is part of God’s nature, and a value we should all seek to live out in our daily lives.

Peace comes from both justice and love and is dependent upon people understanding one another.

This year we will be actively seeking to promote peace in all we do in nursery and school. To remind us to be kind, helpful and gentle we have created a cross of peace in nursery. Everyone has made a heart of peace to hang on the cross.

Harvest

This year Harvest Festival will be held in school. Nursery are asking for donations of Pot Noodles as an act of kindness and support for people less fortunate than ourselves. As always thank you for your support.

Half term holiday

Don’t forget that nursery and school will close afterschool on Thursday 23rd October and reopen at 8.45 am on Monday 3rd November.

Have a fabulous weekend and I will see you all on Monday bright eyed and bushy tailed!

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara

This week....

Worship

This week our ‘Creation and Covenant’ topic has continued with ‘God’s World is Good’. Our key words this week were GOOD, THANK YOU and WORLD.

We looked again at God’s wonderful world. God created the world and said, ‘Indeed it is very good’(Genesis 1:31). God’s world was beautiful and full of love.

We passed a candle around the circle and thanked God for something he had made. These included our family, the trees, the flowers and the sharks! We had a go at drawing some of these things on the interactive whiteboard. Our pictures were beautiful and look lovely in our Worship book. Take a look at our beautiful picture of all the wonderful things God created for us.

One Million children praying the Rosary

One Million Children Praying the Rosary is a global prayer initiative inspired by St. Padre Pio’s vision of children changing the world through prayer.

St. Padre Pio, believed that “when one million children pray the Rosary, the world will change,”

On Tuesday afternoon the we joined children all around the world praying the Rosary. We all made a prayer pebble to put in our prayer garden and also our own Rosary.

We prayed the Rosary using our fingers by counting each prayer by moving to a different finger for each prayer. We started with an Our Father, then three Hail Mary’s and a Glory Be. We took Mary into the garden and placed her in the special grotto we had made for her. Mrs. Gregan and some of our School Governors came to join us.

It was so moving it nearly reduced Mrs. Gregan to tears!

Our Learning this week…

A lovely week in the garden! Gardening club has been tidying up the planting boxes and sweeping the leaves after a very blustery weekend!

We have been doing lots of sound spotting (m,a,s,t,d), subitising numbers 1-3 (subitising is the ability to see small quantities of objects and instantly know how many there are without counting, a fundamental skill in developing mathematical understanding. We are getting extremely good! We love to play the spotty game, ask your child about it!

To make our sorting games even more tricky we have been playing ‘Guess my Rule’. The children are asked to identify how groups have been sorted by identifying similarities between the objects. They then had to sort the objects based on their own criteria. This was tricky! We are going to continue this game next week!

After an Autumn walk in Forest School we were inspired to make Autumn colour collages. They are so beautiful, I will put a picture of our display on the blog next week.

Harvest Festival

This year Harvest Festival will be held in school. This year Nursery are asking for donations of Pot Noodles.

School Admissions 2026

If you haven’t done so already can I remind parents of children starting school in September 2026 you will need to apply online now! Closing date for applications is January 15th 2026. You will also need to complete a supplementary form which is to be found on the main page under Admissions. Please return this completed form to the main school office with a copy of your childs birth certificate.

Finally, have a lovely weekend and enjoy some lovely family time.

Stay safe and God bless

Barbara

This week...

Autumn is definitely arrived. the nursery garden is full of leaves!! We catch sweep them up fast enough. We hope the windy weather that is on it’s way will blow them away.

We have had great fun this week with all our learning! We have have been matching shapes, measuring worms (not real ones!), counting key on to a key ring and practising our fundamental movement skills with Mr. Nay, phew!!

Worship

This week in Worship we have continued our ‘Creation and Covenant’ topic with ‘The Sign of the Cross’. Our key words this week are CROSS, PRAYER and SIGN.

We learnt the words and the actions, we are so good at this! God is love. When we make the sign of the cross, we remember that He loves us and we are part of His family. Have a go here.

On Thursday we chose our first prayer leaders. They led us in our Worship and showed us how to make the sign of the cross and how we should hold our hands while we said a ‘Hail Mary’. Our worship was all about kindness. We heard about love and kindness in the Gospel (Luke 6:35) and spoke about how we have been kind to our family and friends. We then wrote down our acts of kindness and put them into our kindness bucket! We are so excited to fill our bucket.

Also, this week we made a prayer garden in our outside area. We made a HUGE cross of ‘ ‘Hope’ to put in the centre. We all then said a Hail Mary standing around our new garden. It was so moving. Take a look.

Meet Three!

We met a new Numberblock this week….3. We have explored the part-part whole structure. combining 2 with 1 to make 3.

‘Threeness’ of 3

At the beginning of the episode TWO lies horizontally to illustrate that he is still TWO even though he is in a different orientation. This idea is built on later when THREE changes his arrangement from a three block tower to an L shaped block. THREE is also represented next to TWO in a line from left to right. This places THREE as one more than TWO and TWO is one more than ONE. The staircase representation of ONE, TWO and THREE is a powerful image that helps children to see that the difference between adjacent counting numbers is 1.

Counting to 3

Counting involves knowing the order of the number names and assigning one number tag to one object or event. This episode uses the counting sequence “one, two, three” to objects and characters from well known stories. Click here to watch the episode.

If you want to have a go at writing three check your number mat. Don’t forget duck fingers!

Meet ‘d’

A busy week brain growing! The children were introduced to the new sound ‘d’.

Again check out you sound mat to practise how to write ‘d’ correctly. Once again duck fingers. If you want to recap the Read, Write inc. sounds click here. Don’t be tempted to race ahead with the sounds…take our lead.

Family Mass

This Sunday is our Family Mass at church. It would be so lovely to see all our families there. It starts at 9.30 am at Our Lady Star of the Sea church. It is our first family mass of the year and to welcome all our new families to school and church. We look forward to seeing you there.

Have a great weekend everyone and I will see you all on Monday.

Stay safe and God bless

Barbara

This week...

A lovely sunny week at nursery. We have continued to explore parts of our bodies. We found out that we all have a skeleton inside our bodies which help us to move; run, catch, hop, dance…all sorts of physical activities! We also have 206 bones!!!

We also discussed how to stay healthy (click here) and how to look after our major organs in our body. Click here to find out more.

Lots of learning challenges have been happening all around nursery this week. We have been making bridges and balancing characters, placing balls in cups without dropping them, sequencing bears in order of size and colour and matching number shapes. I must say we all did extremely well. Take a look!

Worship

During prayer and liturgy this week we have been thanking God for our ‘Wonderful world’ and discussed how we should be looking after it. The children were sad to hear that some of our world is being destroyed instead of cared for. We are putting our thinking heads on to find ways in which we can help care for living things and our planet.

This week in Worship we have continued our Creation and Covenant topic with ‘God Loves Everyone’. Our key words were BAPTISM, CHURCH and CARE.

We began by listening to a story all about the things that God knows. We had to listen out for ‘God knows all about me’ – we were great at this! You can listen to it here

We spoke about how we are all different – but God loves us all! He made us and we are welcomed into his family through Baptism. When a person is baptised, it’s like getting a big welcome hug from God and joining His big family (the Church).

Baptism shows that you belong to Him and that He will always love and take care of you.

On Thursday we were very excited to join our friends in Reception for our Worship session. We lit the Worship candle and made the sign of the cross. We went to the Chapel and used the water to make a cross on our foreheads, just like the priest does when we are baptised. As we did this, we said ‘God loves me, God made me, I am part of God’s family’. We really enjoyed going to the Chapel, it was just like going to Church. Why don’t you see if you can remember how to make the cross on your head at home.

Meet Two

Counting to 2- counting involves knowing the order of the number names and assigning one number tag to one object or event.

‘Twoness’ of two -This episode provides examples of things that happen or come in ones and twos. There are lots of examples of twos, e.g. dancing together, riding a tandem, riding piggy back, singing a duet, setting a table for two. By also providing examples of one alongside, children can begin to distinguish what two is and what two is not. Click here to watch.

Take a look at your number mat to to practise writing 2, it’s a bit tricky- one curve down is what to do, then straight across to make a two'

and…we have learnt a new sound too, ‘t’

We made a ‘t’ shop, which can only sell things beginning with the sound ‘t’. I wonder how many things at home you have that begin with ‘t’!

If you fancy having a try writing ‘t’, take a look at your sound map for the rhyme- down the tower, across the tower’ Don’t forget duck fingers!!

We have reached the end of another busy week at nursery and I feel the children are exhausted- growing our brains is hard work!

I think we all deserve a good rest his weekend. Stay safe and enjoy the time you spend with your loved ones.

God bless

Barbara

This week...

A bit of a soggy and windy week but we have not been deterred from our learning and finding out. We have been sorting socks (and hanging them up) shoes and buttons. It was really tricky because we had to sort them according to size shape and colour… guess what we were fabulous!! We have been working hard to recognise some shapes and their properties, we know that circle have no corners, triangles only have three sides, rectangles have two long sides and two short sides and four corners! Squares have four side which are all the same length…we even recognised a five sided shape and a six sided shape, wow! Listen to the shape song here.

Worship

This week in Worship we have continued our Creation and Covenant topic with ‘God Made Me’. Our key words were LOVE, SPECIAL and FAMILY.

We took a trip to our forest school area to explore our senses. We had a look in the pond to see our reflection, closed our eyes to see what we could hear and also thought about what we could smell. Our bodies are wonderful!

We revisited our story of creation which ended with God making wonderful us! We painted pictures of all the things that God made in our wonderful world to join our self-portraits for our displays in the classroom – we can’t wait for you to see them!

Here is a link to a song all about the things that God made. Click here.

We are so thankful for all that God has given us. Click here to listen to a story about God’s Wonderful Earth.

This week we kept our promise to Mrs. Tierney, Mr. Cornwell and Mrs. Nel and delivered their hand made with love crosses that we made with Justine from the willow growing in nursery garden, they loved them and they are now hanging in their classrooms. Mrs. Gregan wants us to make one for the hall as they are so beautiful!

Meet One

This week we met One. In the episode a little block falls from the sky, meets her numberling, one, and discovers one wonderful world of numerous single things that appear during the song, e.g. one sun, one smile. One also sings about being first in line and being lonely. Click here to watch.

Counting to 1

Saying ‘one’ when there is one thing to be counted

Concept of ‘oneness’

One is a single unit. If one is the quantity then what is being counted is arbitrary, and the size of the one is also arbitrary. e.g. one sun or one ant- there is one of each even though the sun is bigger than the ant. One is represented as a Numberblock, as a finger, familiar things, as a spoken word, as a movement (one hop), as a numeral. Related words for oneness, e.g. first and alone.

We have also been practicing write the numerals 0 and 1. Watch out for the sheet coming home with all the rhymes to help your child write numerals.

0 - round in a loop like an empty hoop

1- one line down like a stick makes a 1 that was quick!

Good luck!

Parent Meetings

This half term Parent Meetings will be held on the 9th October and the 16th October from 3.45pm -5.30 pm.

It is a great opportunity for you to meet up with myself and your child’s key person and have a chat. We therefore ask that you do not bring your child along with you unless absolutely necessary. Time slots will be in 15 minute intervals. The appointment time sheet will be available from next week. We look forward to catching up with you.

Our Body

Over the next few weeks we will be finding out about our body. We have got our skeleton out of the cupboard and looked at all the bones that are hiding inside our body. We have even chalked pictures of our skeleton, take a look. Here’s a short video to watch at home, click here.

Finally, we have learnt a new sound this week ‘s’ AND we have been learning how to write it - ‘slither down the snake’. Have a go at home and don’t forget to use duck fingers to hold your pencil.

Have a great weekend everyone and I will see you on Monday, hopefully for a sunny week.

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara

This week...

Another wonderful week at nursery!

Worship

This week we have started to come together on ‘carpet kingdom’ for worship. We begin worship by lighting a candle, to show that Jesus is with us and by singing a song. This week it was ‘God made me, God made you’. We then made the sign of the cross just like we do in church. We even went on a ‘cross’ hunt around school. It will come a no surprise that there are lots!

We have spoken about our families and how we are now part of a new nursery family, school family and the family of the church. We have loved seeing our family pictures on the wall, please send one in if you can!

This week we have begun our first branch of our RE curriculum ‘Creation and covenant’. We spoke about our wonderful world and how God created it and everything in it, even all of us. We spoke about all the things in our world and then went on a nature hunt making nature bracelets - we had so much fun!

We listened to the story Wow! said the owl to help us understand- click here.

During the week we have continued our exploration of colour. We made an investigation tub full of interesting colourful objects…We also have been sorting secondary colours of green, purple and orange…it’s safe to say that we know our colours!!

This week we have been looking at the features on our faces, the colour of our hair, if we have curly wurley hair, straight hair and the differing colours of our skin. We then painted our portraits. Everyone studied their faces in a mirror then chose the correct colour of painted. We even found out that most of the friends at nursery have blue eyes!!!

Read Write Inc.

On Wednesday we introduced a new sound ‘a'. We now have two sounds to remember and have to practise writing! We did our writing this week in orange glitter sand.

‘m’ - down Maisie mountain mountain

‘a’ - round the apple and own the leaf

Why not have a go at home! Look out in your childs book bag for their Read Write Inc sound mat! Good luck!

We also played spot the sound ! We were fabulous at spotting ‘a’ and ‘m’.

Zero the Hero!

This week we met Zero the Hero. We found out that zero is nothing and it is one less that 1.

Click here to find out when there's nothing there to count and none is the amount, nobody does it better than Zero!

Sundries

As in previous years we have sought your support of nursery by requesting a donation to enable us to offer more learning opportunities to the children in our nursery. Please click on the button below to read Mrs. Gregan’s letter.

Another busy week planned for next week, so rest up everyone! Fingers crossed for sunshine.

Have a lovely weekend and stay safe.

God bless

Barbara

This week....

Wow, what a fabulous start to the year!

This week we have been exploring primary colours (red, blue and yellow). We have had great fun sorting objects and choosing different sized red, yellow and blue pom poms then trying to them up using tweezers or pegs. This was really tricky but good practice in readiness for writing and drawing (we had to use duck fingers to hold the peg and tweezers).

In the afternoons we mixed red and blue paint with shaving foam and made purple! Then we mixed yellow and blue and made green! Next, yellow and red…what colour do you think we made!!

You may have noticed we get very messy at nursery! Next week we will be exploring secondary colours (green orange purple).

The children have so been keen to grow their brains. We have started to learn our letters sounds.

In school we use Read Write Inc. phonic scheme to help us.

How Read Write Inc. phonics works- a parent/ carers guide. Click here.

Click here to find out more. There is lots of useful information so that you can work alongside nursery as we introduce a new sound. This week we have started with ‘m’. Click here to help your child say the sounds correctly. See if you can find out how we say ‘m’ . Please don’t be tempted to race ahead and learn all the speed sounds (at nursery we only do set one). It is important that we fully grasp each sound and how to write it before we move on. Watch this space!

This week we have focused on two stories. Little Rabbit Foo Foo and the Colour Monster. We have talked lots about how we feel using colour! Luckily everyone sad they were happy and full of love! Phew!

Click here for Little Rabbit Foo Foo

Click here for the Colour Monster

In nursery we LOVE stories and books, the book area is a very popular part of nursery both inside and outside. Why it is important to read to your child! Click here.

As you can see we have had a gentle start to nursery!!!! Next week we have even more planned, so have a good rest this weekend everyone!

Before I finish just a few goo housekeeping points to make life a bit easier for the nursey ladies.

• Can all fruit and veg be put in reusable pots- please do not put the pots in a plastic bag. Similar fruit does not need to be put in a bag. As a school we have gone plastic free. we are urging parents to help us by not sending food in one use plastic/packets. See Mrs. Gregans blog on the main page for lots more information.

• Can you make sure your child has a named Our Lady blue book bag and not a back pack. They are very difficult to store and can cause a tripping hazard. Also, bags should only have one key ring on if necessary.

• Your child should have one piece of fruit or veg for each session they attend. One piece for half day, two pieces for a full day.

• Can to make sure anything that comes in to nursery is clearly labelled.

• As the children are physically active all day and engage in PE session three times a week could you please ensure that they are not wearing any jewellery, including earrings.

  Thank you for your cooperation.

  Finally, thank you all for preparing your children so well in readiness for starting nursery. It is such a huge step in their learning journey.

  Have a lovely weekend and stay safe.

  God bless

  Barbara

Welcome everyone!

Hello everyone and a very warm welcome to nursery. We are busy getting everything ready for Tuesday, we are going to have so much fun!

Please remember to bring:

• a change of clothing

• your Our Lady book bag

• your snack (one piece of fruit or veg for each session)

• your packed lunch (unless you have booked a school dinner)

• and to name anything your child brings to nursery

Nursery opens at 8.45 am and closes at 3.30 pm. A member of staff will come greet you at the gate so that you can sign your child in in and out of nursery.

We are looking forward to seeing you.

Have a lovely weekend.

Barbara

Our final blog of the year!!

Well, here we are, the last blog of the year. It seemed only yesterday I was coming to visit everyone at home!

It has been a week full of fun and celebration of everything we have achieved during the year and my goodness have we accomplished a lot! On Monday we watched the Year 6 end of year play, Peter Pan. It was absolutely amazing. I can remember the children when they were in nursery so many years ago and now look at them! It was like a West End production and makes me extremely proud.

Wednesday was our end of year Leavers Party (with a visit from a Giant Octopus!). Everyone had a great time! Take a look at our photos!

In the afternoon, we had a movie afternoon…with popcorn!

As you are aware our lovely Michelle is retiring today…a well earned rest is in order. I’m sure you will join me in wishing her a healthy and happy retirement, and to say a massive thank you for all she has done for nursery over the years.

Michelle has written a ‘farewell’ message to everyone.

Hello everyone,

I can’t believe that I am writing my last nursery blog. I am so lucky to have got to spend the last three years with all of the wonderful children and staff at Our Lady’s . I have been privileged to have been involved in educating so mant tiny minds.

I would like to thank all of the children, staff and families for all thier well wishes and gifts! It is lovely to feel so appreciated. Thank you also for all the wonderful memories. They will stay with me forever.

Lots of love

Michelle

Finally, I would like to thank you for choosing Our Lady’s Nursery to be the start of your child’s learning journey. It has been an honour to work alongside your child and with you trust and support. Thank you.

May I also, on behalf of the whole tea. thank you for your kind words and generous gifts. It is truly overwhelming.

Have the most wonderful summer. We will see some of our friends that will be returning to nursery in September, others we will see ‘over the garden wall’ in Reception and some we hope will pop in to see us from time to time as they venture further afield. Once an Our Lady, always and Our Lady.

Take care and God Bless

Barbara

This week...

Welcome to our penultimate blog…we are all feeling a little sad, but we will still be able to see each other in September.

Another busy week of learning…yes, working hard right up until the end! Everyone has completed their learning challenges (we love an opportunity to grow our brains!) so next week we can have week full of plays, parties and FUN, FUN, FUN! We can’t wait!

Worship

During prayer and liturgy this week we have been discussing the word ‘neighbour’ . This Sunday’s Gospel tells us that loving God and our neighbour is the foundation of a good life. Through the parable of the Good Samaritan Jesus showed us how to be truly human and so change the world through love and service, that our neighbour is any person that needs our help regardless of who they are or where they come from. We have been trying really hard to be like the Good Samaritan.by being caring, generous, kind and compassionate. Click here to watch a short video.

Emma’s blog

Hello everyone.

I hope your all enjoying this lovely warm weather.

 I can not believe that this nursery year is coming to an end next week. They do say time flies when your have so much fun, and it's so true. I will miss all the children moving up to reception, but we have made so many fabulous memories. Thank you nursery friends.

 This week we have continued growing our brains with our leaning challenges. We have been matching 4 buttons by either their colour, size or shape, playing a rhyming game to find two objects that rhyme out of our rhyming bag, a shape challenge and tangram puzzles! The list goes on! The children have really loved working out where the shapes fit. They have all become Cooper Crabs with their connection.

We have also been working out numbers that add up to 10. The children worked out that 8 and 2, 9 and 1, 7 and 3, all make 10. Good brain growing everyone.

Have a wonderful weekend, and see you all for our last week before the summer holidays.

Emma

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog.

We have really enjoyed our learning challenges this week as we continue to grow our brains.

One of our favourite activities has been the rhyming tray. This was tricky at first but the more we practiced the better we got.

Why not see how many rhyming objects you can find at home.

We then enjoyed a story all about rhymes, it's one of our favourites. Click here.

Have a lovely weekend and we will see you next week for our last week at nursery.

Michelle 

We are looking forward to lots of ‘boisterous joviality and merrymaking’ during the last week, so have a good rest this weekend!

Don’t forget Wednesday morning is our Leavers Beach party. Invitations were send home last week. Please note that the party is for the children only…sorry mums and dads!

Finall,y Mrs. Gregan has a few words she would like to share with everyone as we near the end of the school year. Please click on the button below.

Enjoy St Annes Carnival tomorrow…I think the sun is going to shine!

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara

This week...

A fabulous week of learning. The children have had lots of challenges to complete.You will be pleaded to know mission accomplished. Phew, it was close!!!

Worship

This week we have been discussing God’s Kingdom and how we should love each other, equally. Our mission if we wish to accept it , is to spread God’s message of love and peace. We can all help God’s Kingdom by being a little bit more like Jesus. Click here to find out more.

Number ten

We have continued to explore ‘10’. We learned that 10 is made up of ten ones and is also one ten!!

We watched Number blocks 10 green bottles video to help us understand! Click here to watch at home.

Michelle’s Blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog.

The weather has been glorious this week and we have been blessed with our produce in the garden. We have peas aplenty. They are so sweet and juicy and so easy to just pick and eat. We have noticed the pumpkin plants are really growing, we can’t wait to see the pumpkins when they start to grow. It is so wonderful to see how enthusiastic the children are observing how all our fruits and veggies are growing. Why not have a go at home.

We are happy to announce that all 5 of our butterflies have emerged from their cocoons. We fed them some sugary water and picked some flowers from our meadow, to give them some energy We then let them fly free. Keep a look out for butterflies when you are out and about, you never know you might see our butterflies.

Have a lovely weekend 

Michelle 

Emma’s Blog

Hello everyone,

It's been very hot this week but it hasn't stopped us from growing our brains.

 We have some very exciting news, as our super pupa’s (cocoons) have metamorphosised and we have 5 beautiful Painted Lady butterflies. The children were so excited.

We have been working on our fine motor skills this week. The children have had lots of challenges, we have been cutting helping dinosaurs escape from tangled up wool, matching and moving colour balls to the matching cups using only a spoon, pick up shells using tweezers and then moving them to a pot, counting and ordering people into the right correct numbered cars, and lots more. All of these activities will continue to help the children to stretch their hand muscles, use their brains to problem solve and develop perseverance to get the job done!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

See you all on Monday.

Emma

Leavers Party

As is our tradition we will be having a Leavers Party. Each year we like to celebrate our children and their numerous achievements. This year will be a beach party… hopefully in the nursery garden (weather permitting) with lots of water!!! Please come wearing shorts and t-shirts. ready for some summer fun. Everyone is invited to join us on Wednesday 16th July from 9.30 -11.30 am (unless it is your usual session, nursery will be open as usual at 8.45am).

Mini Vinnies Raffle!

On Monday7th July our wonderful Minnie Vinnies will be holding a raffle in support of the RSPCA. Tickets will cost 50p per ticket or £2 for 5 tickets. Prizes donated will include toys, books, chocolate and sweets! Tickets will be on sale outside after school on Monday, please give them you support.

More fun and learning next week!

We hope to see everyone at Family Mass this Sunday 9.30 am at Our Lady’s church.

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara

This week...

The weather hasn’t been as kind to us this week but we have not been deterred. In between down pours we have been out and about exploring and investigating the whole school environment. Our learning never stops!!

Worship

This week we have been discussing the word ‘church’ and what is means to us as a Catholic community. We talked about the Church being not just a building, but the living Body of Christ, a community of believers united by faith and sacraments, with our Pope as its visible head. It is seen as the means of salvation, a universal community with a divine mission to spread the Gospel. This Sunday’s Gospel celebrates the Feast of St Peter who did great work for the church. Click here to find out more.

Emma’s blog

Hello everyone,

We have been so busy at nursery this week.

We went to visit the tadpoles in their new pond during forest school. They looked so happy in their new home…but still no back legs!!!T.

A few days ago whilst walking my dog along the estuary I found some crab shells. How fortuitous as it fits perfectly with our ‘Under the Sea’ learning thread! W got our our extra strong magnifying glasses and began investigating. The children couldn't believe their eyes, they saw their eyes, legs and claws and we even held them too!

We have some news about our resident caterpillars. They have turned, they are now super pupas in their cocoon! It's a waiting game now for them to metamorphosise in to butterflies, we can't wait! 

The children just love PE with Mr. Nay and Mr. Murray. This week we have been playing ball games in teams. Team A would throw a ball, then the Team B would run and field the ball, a bit like rounders. We then swapped roles. The children had so much fun.

Have a wonderful weekend, and if you are going to Club Day in Lytham, have a great time.

Emma

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog.

We have had a wonderful week as we have seen our caterpillars make their cocoons and become super pupas. We are a little worried as some of them are not hanging from the lid but are lying on the floor of their house. We will keep you updated. We watched The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and then we did caterpillar yoga, stretching and wiggling like caterpillars and flapping our wings like butterflies. Click here to listen to the story.

We've also enjoyed role play and dressing up this week…using our imaginations. Role play is so good for children as it gives them the freedom to express themselves and make sense of the world and their experiences. Why not have a look at home, and have a dress up day.

Have a lovely weekend 

Michelle 

Finally, it is with great sadness that I have to tell you that our wonderful Michelle will be leaving us this summer. She has decided to retire and have a well earned rest. I am sure you will agree that she deserves it! Just like like the nursery team I am sure you will like to wish Michelle a happy and healthy retirement and the opportunity to fulfil her wish list of adventures. Thank you Michelle form the bottom of our hearts.

Leavers Party

This years Leavers Party will be on Wednesday 16th July, 9.30-11.30 am. We are hoping for sunny weather so send the children in shorts and t-shirts in readiness for some fun games and dancing!!

Keep a look out in you child’s blue bag for their invitation.

Have a lovely weekend, I will keep a look out for you at Club Day!

Stay safe and God Bless.

Barbara

This week...

Another busy week at school! As soon as the children arrived on Monday they noticed how big our caterpillars had grown! They look like they will be super pupa’s before long! Click here to find our more about the life cycle of a butterfly.

The weather has meant we have been able to be outside lots! The children love to learn in the natural environment. Our flowers are blooming, we have strawberries, blackberries, beans and peas. The pumpkins and squash and corn are also looking promising!

Worship

This week we read the Gospel which focused on Jesus’ gift of bread and fishes and how he fed the 5000. We discussed the word ‘nourish’ and how we eat healthy foods to nourish our bodies but also how else we could be nourished, perhaps a special friendship, being praised praying and by opening our hearts to Jesus. With Jesus’ love we will always be nourished.

We watched a short video about the the feeding of the 5000. Click here to watch.

Jubilee Year of Hope Pledge

The Jubilee Year of Hope, designated for 2025 by Pope Francis, is a special year of pilgrimage and reconciliation within the Catholic Church, emphasizing themes of hope, solidarity, and renewal. A key aspect of this year is the "Jubilee Pledge," where individuals and communities commit to actions that promote justice, love, and peace, both locally and globally. 

The Jubilee Pledge is a personal and communal commitment to living out the values of the Jubilee Year, especially by promoting Catholic Social Teaching. It involves promises to act with justice, love, and peace in everyday life, recognising the dignity of every person and the interconnectedness of the global community. 

This week we visited the worship area in school to think about issues like poverty, injustice, and the impacts of conflict and climate change. Next week we will be writing our collective promises. Examples include caring for creation, working for justice, and promoting forgiveness and reconciliation.

Meet number 10

We have started to investigate the number 10: we found out: Ten is both ten ones and also one ten. This incorporates the concept of unitising. young children needs lots of experience of exchanging ten ones for one ten and recognising their equivalence ( they have the same value). Ten plays a special role in other numbers that follow, e.g. 11 is one ten and one more!

Click here to meet 10.

Under the Sea

This week we have been finding out what creatures live under the see. We have already found out lots of fun facts about whales and sharks! The children are in the process of creating and underwater display!

Click here to find out more!

This is a great story with lots of information… Commotion in the Ocean. Click here.

Forest School

Last Friday we visited Miss Lavelle in Forest School…we LOVE Forest School!

Take a look at what we got up to.

Emma’s Blog

Hello everyone, 

We have been having lots of fun and learning in the sun in nursery this week.

We have some great news, as our caterpillars have been growing this week (there are really big!). The children have loved coming in each day, checking on how they are doing, and watching them change each day. We can't wait to see what happens to them next week.

We have met the number 10 this week which the children have been exited about. They have all been working their brains by putting numbers in order 1 to 10, and working out number puzzles. We love numbers in nursery.

We have started a new topic all about 'under the sea'. We have been looking at different types of marine life, considering what they look like, the sounds they make, and what we think they eat. The children have been creating some wonderful paintings of different marine life to go on the wall. They look so marvellous. Well done children.

Have a fantastic weekend in the sun, and see you all next week.

Emma

Michelle’s Blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this weeks blog

This week we have met number 10 and have practiced counting to 10 at every opportunity. Our favourite was counting 10 jumps. Why not see if your child can do this for you?

We have also grown our brains as we discover creatures that live under the sea, including the 50 toothed shark. We drew our own underwater world in chalk in the garden.

We were excited to find out our strawberries were ready to eat. So we washed them and ate them in the garden. They were delicious!

Work out Wednesday was so much fun, as we got to explore Reception and play with our Reception friends. It's not long now till our oldest children will be in Reception. Check here for some advice on school readiness. Click here. 

Have a wonderful weekend 

Michelle 

Well done to everyone who joined in the Gym Jam Jog this morning! Here are a few snaps!

I said it had been a busy week!!

I think everyone deserves a good rest this weekend. Fingers crossed for good weather.

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara

Ready Steady Go! Sports Day Special !!!!

Well, we certainly have hit the ground running this half term!

The sun shone and everyone had a fabulous time. We have been practising our fundamental movement skills all year in readiness for this moment. I hope you enjoyed watching as much as we enjoyed taking part.

With regards to our bespoke t-shirts, please remember to press them for three minutes before washing to seal in the colours. Ut would be a shame to lose such wonderful art work.

Take a look at our photos!

Emma’s blog

Hello, and welcome back everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful half term. It has been lovely hearing what you have all been up to over the break.

The children have got right back into nursery life.

A big well done for everyone who took part in Sports Day, it was fantastic! You all have worked so hard preparing yourselves, and we were so lucky the sun was out for us.

 The children have been playing detectives in the garden, finding lots of different mini beasts. They were looking under lots of different objects in the garden. They found spiders, spider eggs, a slug, and lots more, but we also found a magnificent butterfly that had fluffy legs and body. Take a look at the picture and see if you ca find out what kind of butterfly it is!

We have had some visitors delivered to nursery this week, five baby caterpillars for us to look after! We are all excited for what will happen to them and watch their metamorphosis. It's all very exciting.

Have a wonderful weekend and Fathers Day on Sunday.

Emma

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog.

I hope you all had a wonderful half-term break and got to spend some time with your friends and family.

This week has been all about Sports day and what a glorious sunny afternoon it was. I am so proud of all the children, they all did brilliantly. Thank you to you all for your support too.

We have been growing our brains this week as we have explored symmetry and patterns. We had a special delivery this week as our caterpillars arrived. We discovered that when they are butterflies they have symmetrical wings, where the pattern is the same on each side. We made our own  butterfly and had to make each wing the same.

Why not go on a butterfly hunt this weekend.

Have a lovely weekend 

Michelle 

Symmetry-Matching

We have been finding our about the life cycle of a butterfly. We noticed that a butterflies wings are the same on each side of its body….they match! Here’s a good game to play at home. Click here.

Have the most wonderful weekend everyone, we will see you on Monday!

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara

This week...

Last week some of our friends went on a tour of Our Lady’s church with Father Peter. We found out such a lot! Father showed us the font, tabernacle, stained glass windows and all the stations of the cross. Try and ask your child about our tour when you go to Mass on Sunday.

On the way back from church we popped into the social centre for a drink and biscuits, mmmmm. Take a look at our photos

Worship

This week during prayer and liturgy we have been discussing Ascension Day (click here) and Pentecost (click here).

Ascension Day is the 40th day of Easter. It occurs 39 days after Easter Sunday and it focuses on Jesus' ascension after his resurrection, and the message that he gave to his disciples right before he was taken to heaven. It also tells of the coming of the Holy Spirit (Pentecost) as promised by Jesus.

The children have been drawing pictures of what they think heaven looks like with Steph, we are going to put them in our Worship book.

We also asked talked about . . .

 our favourite part of God’s world and why they are important to you.

 why it is important the we look after God’s world and how we can do that?

 what you would change about God’s world?

 How could you make God’s world even better?

When we come back after the half term break we are going to go for a walk and find the most amazing thing that God created.

Emma’s Blog

Hello everyone.

I can't believe it’s half-term already! 

We have been very busy painting characters for our display all about 'Once upon a time stories'. The children decided which characters they would like to see on the display. We had Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs, Rapunzel, The Big Bad Wolf and many more. All of the characters are from the stories we have been focusing on this half term. They have enjoyed role playing these stories too. We also made a magnificent fairy tale castle with a very long turret for Rapunzel to live in. We used lots of sparkles and metallic paints. It looks so magical, we are so proud of our display.

I hope you all have a fabulous half term. I can't wait to hear what you have all been up to. 

Fingers crossed for the sun to keep shining for us.

 See you all in 2 weeks.

 Emma

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog.

This week we have taken part in lots of different fun challenges. We started with the buzz wire game, where the children had to have a steady hand to be able to move along the buzz wire without setting the buzzer off. It was very tricky. We then had a challenge to see if we could carry the most water from one end of the garden from the other using a scoop. We worked in our house teams and concentrated not to spill any. The next challenge was to work together to fill the numicon board. Numicons use physical shapes and tools to represent numbers and maths. They help children to better visualise the relationship and value of numbers. Each Numicon shape represents a specific number.

This activity was tricky as the shapes didn't all fit at first. The children had to work out that some shapes had to be moved and turned make them to fit on the board. However, we did manage it in the end. The last challenge was a subitising quiz where the children had to say how many objects they could see. They said they wanted to challenge you, so here it is. Click here.

Watch out, they are fast 

Have a lovely half term

Michelle 

Sports Day

For the children attending Sports Day on Wednesday 11th June 1.15-3.30 pm; could you please ensure your child is wearing shorts, t-shirt and trainers. Also, could you please bring a named bottle of water please.

Your child will have designed their own t shirt to wear during Sports Day, which we have in nursery. Please note before washing the t shirt you must press it for at least three minutes to seal in the colour.

Gym Jam Jog

Thursday 19th June is our fundraising Gym Jam Jog! Please come to school for 8 am and jog with us around the school field to to raise funds for our PTFA so that we can continue to enhance the school environment. It is great fun so join us and get inloved!!! See you there…bright and early and wearing your gym jams.

Induction for September school starters

Thursday 19th of June 3.45-4.45 pm is also the induction session for children joining Reception at Our Lady’s in September 2025. Pop it in your diary. It’s a great chance to meet the team and visit receptions classroom.

Finally, I hope everyone manages to have a restful half term break and I will see you all on Monday 9th June.

Look after each other and stay safe

God bless

Barbara

This week...

It has been a very different week at nursery. As part of our transition process (yes, it’s hard to believe that some of friends will be moving to Reception in September), we have spent each morning this week with the children and Reception team and it has been wonderful! Everybody learned and played together beautifully. I don’t envisage any upset in September.

Worship

May is the Month of Mary. We have been discussing how Mary is honoured during the month of May. We have talked about:

• Where you can find a Mary worship table in nursery

• What to put on a Mary worship table

• That flowers commonly associated with Mary

• and what else can go on our Mary worship table

  We have also all painted a picture of Mary to put on our Mary’s Month display.

  On Friday this week some of nursery will be joining Reception on a visit and tour of Our Lady’s church with Father Peter. We are hoping to pop in and have refreshments at the Social Centre afterwards. Such a busy day.

Visit from Pemberton’s farm

On Wednesday Farmer Tom brought some of his animals from his farm to show us. He brought Pixie a calf born prematurely in February, twin dairy calves ( one was called Mary, how apt for Mary’s Month!), two lambs (one was called Baaaaarbara!!) and a farm dog called Storm. We watched as Farmer Tom fed the lambs their milk from a bottle, what a lot of noise they made!

Take a look at our photos!

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog 

The weather has been glorious this week and we have made the most of every moment. We have carefully tended to our garden this week as we have made sure they have had plenty of water to drink. We also watered the newly planted trees on the school field.

We were excited to meet number block number 9 this week. We have explored different ways of making 9. One of our friends said " it's 3 sets of 3s". Another said "it's a square". Can your child count 9 objects? 

We have been busy practicing for Sports Day. This week we have concentrated on jumping to see how far we can jump. Why not have a jumping contest this weekend. Who can jump the furthest?

Have a lovely weekend 

Michelle 

Emma’s Blog

Hello everyone.

It's been hot this week, but the children have still been having lots of fun.

We decided to use to make cress sandwiches for snack time with the cress that we have been growing. The children buttered their own bread, a great skill for practicing their fine motor skills and for life…we always need toast in the morning!. We then cut and sprinkled the cress on to the bread. The children then had a go at folding the bread in half, which was a bit tricky. The children loved their cress sandwiches, they couldn't believe that they were eating something that they had grown from seeds.

The children have been making castle turrets or towers using shapes. They drew around their chosen shapes then drew someone hiding inside the turret. The children drew their mummies, Rapunzel or their friends in the castle.

I can't believe we only have one week left before we break up for May half term.

Enjoy your sunny/hot weekend everyone.

Emma 

Meet number 9

This week we have started to explore number 9!! Numberblock Nine arrives in Numberland, finds a friend in Four, sings a song about squares... and sneezes! Learn all about the number 9 with Numberblock Nine! Click here to meet 9!

We are learning to:

• Say the counting numbers to 9. The children should recognise the cardinal principle of counting that the last number counted represents the entire set of objects counted.

• Partitioning and combining to 9. At the beginning of the episode Nine is formed from combining One and Eight and then partitioned again.

• 9 and 4 are square numbers. Although the children are not formally introduced to square numbers until much later, this episode provides an opportunity to look at both the structure of squares with 4 equal sides and corners, and square numbers that make a shape with the same number of blocks down as across. Identifying pattern and seeing structure in number is important to early maths development.

Finally, fire up the BBQ for a fun weekend!

Stay safe and God Bless.

This week....

A week of remembrance and celebrations. We have been preparing for our VE Day picnic by putting up the bunting, making union flags to wave and celebratory VE day crowns!! Luckily the sun was out to make the day FANTASTIC. it was so lovely to be out on the field with the whole school. Siblings and friends across the classes were able to eat and play together.

We started the week by watching the video that we looked at for Remembrance Day. The children were able to describe what was happening and how war made them feel and that we had all made a remembering poppy. Click here to watch again at home. We then discussed that when the fighting had finished there was peace in our country and we learnt the sign for ‘peace’. and made a ‘peace wreath’.

Take a look at our wonderful celebration!

Forest school

Last Friday it was our turn for forest school. We absolutely love it. We visited our tadpoles in their new home. Listened to environmental sounds and did some forest bathing under the canopy of the trees. It was so tranquil and calming, although it was tricky to get in to the hammock! As a treat we had juice and Jammy Dodgers!

Emma’s blog

Hello everyone,  

The sunshine is still shining for us all, and the children just love playing and learning in the garden. 

This week, we have been exploring the number 8. The children have been working out how many legs an octopus has (one of our friends brought a cuddly octopus into nursery and was telling their friends about its 8 legs. The children drew their own octopus and counted each leg, making sure they had 8.

As a fine motor activity we made a picture of Rapunzel with her long hair, then clipped and counted 8 pegs on to her long hair! This was tricky but the children ‘had a go’ like Tommy Turtle. 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

See you all on Monday 

Emma 

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog.

We have had a very busy week of learning. We have worked very hard practising writing numbers 8. If you would like to practice at home, here is the rhyme; ‘s' to start, looking great, loop back up and there’s your 8’. Don't forget to use your duck fingers. We have also been counting out objects to 8. Why not have a go at home. I'm sure you will be amazed at how well your child can count. Don't forget to touch each object as you count it.

We then had a go at singing the number 8 rap Click here.

Thank you

Have a lovely weekend 

Michelle 

Health and Safety notice

Please remember if you are sending in grapes for snack, please slice them in half lengthwise as they are a serious choking hazard. Click here for an example.

As you can see, another fun week at nursery!

Have a lovely weekend and I will see you all on Monday.

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara

This week...

The weather keeps getting better and better…and we are loving it! Whenever possible we have chosen to do our learning outdoors. Our tadpoles are getting bigger and bigger, no back legs yet though. On Wednesday Mrs. Tierney took some of the tadpoles to a new home in the forest school garden pond. they all look happy and settled in their new environment.!

The meadow seeds we planted a few weeks ago have germinated and started to grow. The children have been popping to the poly tunnel each day to water the veggies…not shooting yet.

Worship

This week in prayer and liturgy Mrs. Gregan told the story of doubting Thomas. In the Bible, the apostle Thomas initially doubted the accounts of Jesus' resurrection from the other disciples. This story is often used to teach us about faith, trust, and the importance of having a belief system, while also acknowledging that some people may have doubts. We discussed "What do you think it would be like to be Doubting Thomas? Why might he have felt that way?" or "How do we show trust in others in our daily lives?".  Click here to watch a short video about doubting Thomas.

Emma’s Blog

Hello everyone 

We have really enjoyed being outside this week in the sunshine. The sun makes everyone feel so happy, including our tadpoles, which are growing really big now. The children can't wait to see their legs start to grow. 

We read a story called Rapunzel as part of our ‘Once Upon a Time’ learning thread. Rapunzel had very long hair in the story, so we thought we could grow our own Rapunzel ‘hair’ from cress. The children used a plastic see-through cup so they could see when the seeds started to geminate…it didn’t take long. We put cotton wool inside the cup to make a cosy bed for the seeds, gave them a drink of water and put them where it was light and bright. We waited. The children drew Rapunzel’s face on the cup so the cress would represent her hair. Everyday we checked to see if the seeds had germinated, and within 6 days, the children’s Rapunzels all had cress hair! The children used a ruler to see how long the cress had grown. Some of the childrens cress had grown to 12cm long. Here is a video of the story Rapunzel. Enjoy. 

Click here to watch how to grow cress at home.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone, and enjoy the sunshine.

 Emma 

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog.

We have had glorious weather this week and we have made the most of it as we continue to watch the tadpoles grow bigger. We are still waiting for them to start growing legs but they are getting much bigger now. 

We have started our research about all things ‘creepy crawlie’ as we set off on a bug hunt. We found woodlice, slugs, spiders and ants. We hope to find many more. Why don't you go on your own bug hunt? Click here.

We have been practising our positional language skills and checked our learning by having a quiz at home. Click here.

Have a lovely weekend and enjoy the weather 

Michelle 

VE Day celebrations

Next Thursday nursery will be joining the whole school for a picnic lunch on the field. If your child is present on that day we are asking if they could wear red, white and blue coloured clothing!!! Let’s hope the sun continues to shine!

Have a fabulous Bank Holiday weekend everyone. I have lots of gardening planned in the sunshine, maybe followed by a little snooze!

See you on Tuesday

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara

This week...

A sad start to our new term. We have all been saddened by the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday. It was only fitting as we returned to school on Tuesday that we began the Summer term with a dedicated prayer and liturgy, led by Mrs. Gregan. We have opened a book of condolence for both staff children and parents to contribute.

Nursery have been drawing pictures of Pope Francis to add to the book along with their individual finger print. We also wrote: ‘we offer our condolences to sisters and brothers in the Roman Catholic Church . We pray God’s blessing on us all and on all, who like Pope Francis, try to follow Christ in the strength of the Holy Spirit.’

If you can cast your mind back to before the Easter break you will remember that we welcomed the statue of Our Lady of Lourdes into school. She will remain with us until Monday, and this week we have been celebrating the visit by praying in the worship area and by making individual statues of Our Lady of Lourdes to take home. We have tasked each child to place Our Lady next to their beds as they say their prayers each evening. Keep a look out in your child’s school bag this week.

On a happier note we have thoroughly enjoyed the sunshine this week and have been inspired to crack on with our planting. Justine has been taking the gardening club in small groups to the poly tunnel to plant, pumpkins, lettuce, cucumber, radishes, peas and sweetcorn!

The children gave also noticed our meadow seeds are growing and we have flowers on our raspberry canes and strawberry plants! We are hoping for a bumper crop!

Number 8

Numberland is rocked by the arrival of superblock Eight, known to his friends and fans as Octoblock. At the beginning of the episode Eight is formed from combining One and Seven.

Throughout the episode Eight counts his legs saying the number names from 1 to 8. The children should recognise the cardinal principle of counting that the last number counted represents the entire set of objects counted. Click here to meet Octoblock!

Year 5 Charity Donut Sale…mmmmmmmmm

Please give Year 5 your support!!

Who doesn’t like a donut, yummy!!!!!!

Emma’s Blog

Hello everyone, 

Welcome back. I hope you all had a wonderful Easter.

 The children have got right back into nursery with their learning and having lots of fun.

 The children have been recognising sounds we have learnt in their names by using a name card. This will give the children confidence to take ownership of their personal belongings, their trays as well as being able to write their names.

This term’s learning is entitled ‘Once Upon a Time’. We kick started our literacy based learning by turning the treehouse into a wonderful castle, we even made a dragons lair in the dungeon underneath the castle! The children have really enjoyed dressing up and role playing in the castle. The children’s imagination has been wonderful. They have made up so may amazing (and scary) stories!

Everyone helped to design a flag to go on the castle. Of course, we came up with the idea of a dragon, the children love dragons. It had to have fire coming out of his mouth! It looks great flying proudly on our castle. 

At the end of last term, the children showed great interest in looking for mini beasts, and they came across a very large cocoon. The children were really excited and wanted to know what it could be, but we didn't know. This week, the children have found it again. We are going to keep our eyes on it to see what its going to be. Watch this space. 

It has been a fun packed week, and I can't wait for next week. I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

 Emma.

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome back after the Easter break. 

Our learning continues as we are still on our journey to reception.

First I would like to give a big warm welcome to our new starters. We are so happy to have you in our nursery family. We hope you have a wonderful time. Just a couple of things to let you know about. All children should have a blue book bag, as these are just the right size for storage and also bringing home children's work. We just don't have the space for big back packs. Also, all children should bring in snacks, one for each session, so they will need two if they are here all day. We promote healthy eating, so a piece of fruit or veggies is perfect. Thank you 

This term we are focusing on literacy and story telling. We have all used our imaginations to retell our favourite stories this week, we might even write one of our own!

We are continuing to practice our writing, concentrating on the sounds that make up our first name. We are getting really good at hearing the which sounds are in our names, moving on from just initial sounds. I can tell the children have been practising their writing at home. Thank you for your support. When your child is writing please remember to tell them to use their "duck fingers". This is the tripod grip.  Click here for more information.

Have a lovely weekend 

Michelle 

I hope the weather stays sunny for the weekend and everyone can make some lovely family memories.

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara