Miss Carson got a teddy for Christmas which she brought into nursery to show the children.  They named him Tumble Ted because he has a bowtie like Mr Tumble.  Everyone was very surprised when he reappeared in nursery dressed as a superhero and carrying a map, which he had used to find his way back here.  This allowed us to do some mapwork and take on a superhero theme.  The role play area is now a Superhero den and the boys and girls are enjoying dressing up and having adventures.  They turned themselves into superheroes for a new wall display and are sharing their knowledge about famous characters with staff.

Tumble Ted continues to surprise us.  Today we got an email from him with a selfie he’d taken as he packed for a holiday.  He was looking for suggestions of places to visit and the children thought maybe Sandyhills, a caravan trip to Legoland or Australia might be fun destinations for him.  He is going to keep in touch via email and

let us know where he ends up.  If your child would like to email him from home then his address is tumbleted40@yahoo.com!

We all had a ball today at the party.  We did a variety of Christmas activities, played party games and then had lunch.  After lunch we had a Christmas singalong, did the Hokey Cokey and danced.  We were so busy playing musical statues that we didn’t hear Santa at the door!  Thankfully he left us each a present for being so good.  Merry Christmas everyone!

Last week we had a focus on numbers.  We did several number hunts, played number games and counted lots of things.  We were very good at finding numbers around us and went to look for numbers in other places in the school.

On Thursday we had our open sessions.  It was lovely to have so many parents in nursery and the children enjoyed sharing their learning.

We have also had Mrs Whitty’s ducklings in for a visit.  We enjoyed watching them eat and drink and they were very soft to touch.

With the Christmas Fayre later this week, our craft table was almost like a production line and we are looking forward to having a full stall on Thursday night.  We look forward to seeing some of you there from 6pm-8pm.

We have done a bit of rearranging in nursery in order to create a larger area for the children to build and allow them the freedom to access different types of building materials by themselves.  This week we have been testing it out.  It isn’t quite finished yet, but we are having a lot of fun.  The large bricks and the tools were the biggest hits!

To continue the construction theme, we read about the Three Little Pigs.  We enjoyed playing with puppets and masks and used them to retell the story.  Some of us created our own stories about how we would trick the wolf if he came to our house!