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Playing in the porch: The children have all been very keen to jump in the porch, so today we carefully built a platform.   As we were building we talked about making sure we built a stable base so that it wouldn’t wobble and fall over.   We also talked about how to stay safe when jumping… Continue reading Friday 20th February 2026

A busy day!   This morning we all headed to the gym hall for a run around.  The children requested some running games today so we played the floor is lava, red light green light, duck duck goose and finished with the crocodile game.   Everyone was so good at cheering on their friends and congratulating… Continue reading Thursday 19th February 2026

With the nicer weather today the children were keen to get up to the garden for an explore.  There was lots of den making, treasure hunting and potion making.  Some of the children even noticed a tiny hippo had gotten trapped in the water butt, so went on a mission to rescue it from the… Continue reading Friday 6th February 2026

PE- Balancing Fun! Today in PE we focused on balancing.  We practiced balancing carefully as we moved along the stepping stones and along the up-turned bench, which was very narrow and tricky!  We had to stretch out our arms to help keep us balanced. We also made a small obstacle, where we had to climb… Continue reading Thursday 5th February 2026

What a busy day! What a busy day we have all had today.   Everyone has been busy making den’s today, dressing up and playing families.  It was lovely to hear all the lovely role-play happening. Some of the children were brave enough to head outside to play for a bit of fresh air.  It was… Continue reading Friday 30th January 2026

Foam marble painting We found some marble paints in the cupboard today so we thought we would try it out with some foam prints.  We were very excited to see what patterns came out.  It was quite tricky squeezing the bottles to get the paint to come out. Here is some of the conversations: “It… Continue reading Thursday 29th January 2026

The interest in numbers has continued today.  We had some number fun on the whiteboard with some dot to dots and finding number games.  Some of the children really challenged themselves looking for numbers up to 100.   We also added a vertical number line and the children were all keen to see how tall… Continue reading Friday 23rd January 2026 – Even more numbers !

The children have all been very interested in numbers and challenging themselves with bigger and bigger numbers.  Today we introduced a bigger movable number line up to 50 in the setting.  Everyone was very interested in it and there was lots of great teamwork as they worked together to find what number came next.  … Continue reading Thursday 22nd January 2026 – Number fun

Today we made the most of a beautiful, calm crisp day.   At snack we all had a vote to see where we would like to spend our time – up in the garden or playing outside the nursery.  Everyone got a chance to make their tally mark and together we counted up to see which… Continue reading Friday 16th January 2026 – Garden Adventures

Chinese New Year This week we have started learning about Chinese New Year. Today we made up some coloured rice for our sensory tray in colours that reminded us of Chinese New Year.   It felt very squishy as we mixed in all the paint and spread it out to dry in the trays. We also… Continue reading Thursday 15th January 2026