Nursery

This week in Nursery we have been learning about Diwali, the festival of lights. The children enjoyed learning the story of Rama and Sita as well as how people choose to celebrate Diwali. They made…

This week we have been very reflective in Nursery. As part of Remembrance Day We have thought about people who have been brave and who have done things to help us. We learned about Captain…

This week in Nursery we got our ‘Let’s Celebrate!’ topic off to a bang! The children enjoyed exploring the insides of a pumpkin and made their own pumpkin soup. We learnt how pumpkins are grown…

This week in St. Josephs nursery, we have been celebrating ‘Black History Month’. We read the books ‘Handa’s surprise’ and ‘Handa’s Hen’ and discussed the African setting and characters. It was interesting to explore what…

This week the children really enjoyed learning the story Owl Babies by Martin Waddell. They used story maps to retell the story and acted it out using actions with their friends. They gained a really…

  This week we have been continuing our ‘All about me’ topic by exploring the book ‘Owl Babies’. We used this as a starting point to discuss our own family relationship attachments and how it…

This week in Nursery the children have been learning the word ‘Welcome’ and how to show welcoming behaviour. They learnt that God welcomes us all into his family. The children thought about the things they…

This week in Nursery we have been exploring the story of ‘The Colour Monster’ by Anna Llenas. Inspired by the story, we have talked about how different colours make us feel and have created our…

This week we have been enjoying finding out about our new friends in Nursery. We shared our special boxes with our each other and showed some things from home that are important to us. Some…

This week both Nursery classes have been getting used to their new environment. W’eve been re-familiarising ourselves with friends, places and routines and learning other things from scratch. We’ve sung songs, gotten to know each…