The last week of the half term was a busy one for Pearl Class! We settled marvellously well into our new classroom and have been especially enjoying exploring our outdoor environment. We enjoyed retelling our…
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Nursery: Switched-On Scientists
Pearl class have been exploring sounds this week, as part of this term’s science topic: ‘Sound collectors’. We have been listening carefully to sounds all over our environment. We listened to the sounds of nature,…
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This week Nursery had a wonderful time venturing out on their first ever school trip. We went on an exciting walk around the local area and there were so many interesting places to see….
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This week the children have been listening to stories about brothers and sisters. We read our key text, ‘Za-za’s baby brother’ and shared photos of our siblings. We talked about babies, and how we need…
Read MoreNursery Explore their Environment
Pearl class had some exciting new experiences to enjoy this week. On Monday we went to the library for the first time and met our librarian, Mrs Rooney. We listened to a story and then…
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Most of our new friends in Nursery have arrived now, and we have had lots of fun playing and getting to know each other. We have begun to talk about our first theme of the…
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Pearl class has had a fabulous start to the school year and the children have settled remarkably quickly. Some have been strengthening existing friendships and others have joined St. Josephs for the very first time….
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The children finished their term celebrating with their family, teachers and friends during their ‘International Picnic’ on Wednesday. It was a wonderful way to enrich our ‘Taste of the World’ theme and luckily the weather…
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Nursery have enjoyed another busy week full of exciting activities. On Monday we were visited by an Islington librarian, Raksha – who came to tell us all about the Summer Reading Challenge for us all…
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The children arrived on Monday to find a basket of very exotic-looking fruit and they discovered it belonged to Handa from our story: ‘Handa’s Surprise’. We investigated the fruit by tasting and describing it. We…
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