{"id":11539,"date":"2025-10-23T16:16:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T16:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/?p=11539"},"modified":"2025-10-23T16:20:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T16:20:37","slug":"this-week-in-cathedral-nursery-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/2025\/10\/23\/this-week-in-cathedral-nursery-21\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in Cathedral nursery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week in Cathedral Nursery, we have been celebrating Diwali with our learners and their families. Together, we explored the meaning of Diwali and learned how different religions celebrate special festivals. The children enjoyed creating their very own \u2018Diyas\u2019 \u2013 the traditional lamps used during Diwali \u2013 to represent light, hope and happiness.<\/p>\n

Our young learners have also been busy exploring pumpkins! We discovered where pumpkins come from, how they grow, and all the different ways we can use them. Many children shared their own pumpkin-picking adventures with their families and described, in wonderful detail, the beautiful autumn colours they have noticed around them.<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of our continued focus on early maths, we have been investigating numerals in our environment, identifying numbers from 0\u201310 through fun, hands-on activities and playful experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have also enjoyed local community walks, visiting nearby shops to buy healthy snacks in line with our \u2018Setting the Table\u2019 policy. The children have been learning to identify healthy and unhealthy foods, sorting them into groups and recording their findings on a chart.<\/span><\/p>\n

On our autumn walks, we used clipboards and checklists to spot signs of the season, ticking off each item as we found it \u2013 a great way to build observation and early literacy skills!<\/span><\/p>\n

In our Cathedral Caf\u00e9 area, the children explored measuring and comparing sizes and weights using real kitchen utensils. We mashed and mixed bananas of different sizes to bake a delicious banana bread \u2013 what a tasty treat for everyone to enjoy!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week in Cathedral Nursery, we have been celebrating Diwali with our learners and their families. Together, we explored the meaning of Diwali and learned how different religions celebrate special festivals. The children enjoyed creating their very own \u2018Diyas\u2019 \u2013 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17177,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11539"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11548,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11539\/revisions\/11548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}