St Anthony's Primary School Blog

Good morning everyone,

Well at last we have some good news about ELC’s returning! We have missed you all so much! The ladies would love to hear about all the fun things that you have been doing with your family while we have been off.
Miss Watt has recorded a message with a challenge for you all before you come back to see us all.
Take care, have a lovely weekend and we will see you next week.
Love from The Nursery Team

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Hi everyone

Hope you are all safe and well. The Nursery ladies are missing you all and hoping to see you all soon. Todays activity was inspired from the Valentines activities this was all about the heart shape so I thought we could look at some of the other shapes we know. Learning about the difference between 2D and 3D shapes.  The pictures below show some items you can find in your home everyday.  The first picture is 2D shapes and the second is 3D shapes.

2D:                                                                                                                              3D:

The difference between a 2D shape and a 3D shape is the 2D shape is completely flat a 3D shape is solid.

Here is a link to a video you can learn about 2D shapes:

Here is a link to a video you can learn about 3D shapes:

Hope you enjoyed these songs.  Now I have a challenge for you… Can you find in your house or out in the garden some more 2D and 3D shapes.  Some of the items you may find are listed below.  Can you tell your grown up if they are flat (2D) or solid (3D).  What are their names square, circle, rectangle, oval, triangle, cube, cuboid, sphere and pyramid.

List of 2D and 3D

Plate, football, book, orange, cushion, tin of beans, box of cereal, slice of toast, egg, teabags, toilet roll tube, window, door, DVD disc, DVD cover, radiator, storage boxes etc there are lots of 2D and 3D shapes in your house keep looking  have fun finding them.

Stay Safe

Nursery Team     

Hello Everyone!

I wanted to tell you today a little bit about Chinese New Year. It starts on the 12th February this year and it is a year of the Ox. An Ox year happens every 12 years. The Ox has some lucky colours and they are: white, yellow and green.

We have a lot of fun during this time making lanterns, our own Chinese Dragon, trying to copy Chinese Symbols and decorating nursery. We carry out many crafty activities involving drawing, painting, cutting and gluing. We also try some Chinese Food. Mniam…

Below you will find a short video about Chinese New Year. I hope you will enjoy it 🙂

Maybe you can try to draw your own Ox or  Dragon?

Thank you.

Nursery team

Good morning everyone,

Welcome to a brand new week. Possibly the last one of online learning and hopefully we will all be back at nursery next week again. Please find attached the timetable of activities for the week ahead.

Take care everyone and have fun.

Love from the ELC team

Home learning timetable 15th of Feb

Hello everyone,

Today Miss Watt will read the story Guess How Much I Love You in the lead up to Valentine’s Day.  It is always nice to let each other know how much we care. All the ladies care for you all very much and can’t wait to see you soon.  Xx

Nursery rhymes are very important in the development of children’s literacy skills. Infact , research shows that children who know at least 8 nursery rhymes by heart by the time that they are 4 years old are usually among the best readers and spellers in their class by the time that they are 8 years old.

Hi everyone

Hope you are all safe and well and enjoying our blog activities.  Today I am going to give you some ideas for some valentines cards.  Some examples can be seen below.  You and your child/children have the opportunity to use your imagination and express your own ideas throughout the activity.  These activities inspire imagination and curiosity while problem solving what goes where and how I can attach this to that etc..  It develops fine motor skills through cutting experiences, hand to eye co-ordination and brings out your artistic and creative side.  You can use a variety of resources anything at all even items around the house, recycle cereal boxes, toilet roll tubes, birthday or Christmas cards, ribbon, buttons, with parents permission cut up old bits of material from t-shirts etc and  lots more.  Cut up these items to make different shapes, create collage materials for your cards.  The side of a cardboard box can be cut to make a square, fold in half and you can glue on your collage or even another picture or a photo  to make a card.  The pictures below were created from recycled gift bags cut into heart shapes, cake paper cases cut out, cotton buds dipped in red paint to give the dot detail round the hearts.  The bee and ladybird was created using paint and making a thumb  print.  You can use tissue paper or toilet tissue to create a ruffle effect round your heart shapes.  All these items can be found in your home.  Look forward to seeing your designs.

Stay Safe

Nursery Team

Hello everyone,

Miss Taylor is going to read you a lovely story about loving and caring for people. We talk about the importance of this all the time at nursery but especially this week with Valentine’s Day approaching.
Enjoy.