Nursery
Class Information
Nursery Leads: Mrs Fanning (Maternity Leave) and Mrs Boddy
Nursery Assistants: Mrs Dasari, Mrs Latham, Miss Gardner
Key Dates - Summer term
24th June EYFS Sports day (am)
15th July EYFS Stay and Play (2-3pm)
Nursery News 2024-2025
Nursery News - Spring 2
We had a lovely first week back at Nursery, we all enjoyed acting out the story “We’re going on a Bear Hunt” and all took part in a sensory walkway; it was great fun walking through different textures with bare feet and talking about how it felt as we walked along. Throughout the week we have been talking about our five senses and how we use them. We made Honey sandwiches and all listened really well to the simple instructions, we have also been doing some painting thinking about using different colours to paint the story. In Phonics we have been learning the letter sound “o” if you find anything at home that begins with “o” please send photos in for us to see what you have found. In Maths we have been looking and talking about less and more and grouping the loose parts in our Maths area.
Our focus story was "The Run-Away Pancake" and we all enjoyed the story. We made a pancake station in the home corner and loved pretending to toss our pancakes in the air. We also tried American pancakes at snack time they went down very well with everyone. We continued to finish our "We're going on a Bear Hunt" artwork which looks so lovely displayed in the Nursery. The children chose different materials to collage on the paintings they had made. We continued to talk about our five senses and have created an Investigation area in the Nursery ready for the children to explore next week using our senses to explore with. In the maths area we continued to look for different shapes in the environment inside and out. Our new sound this week was "n" we enjoyed fishing for sounds in the water tray and then finding and matching the letter sounds to the letter sound cards. We also hid post it notes with sounds on outside, the children found them and told us the sound that they found.
We have been learning about spring and looking for the early signs of spring. This might be the Daffodils growing or seeing the green leaves and blossom on the trees. We have created an investigation area in the Nursery where the children have been able to use the microscope and magnifying glasses to look closely at the Daffodils. We also have different baskets which we need to use our senses to explore one is touch, one is smell and one is things we can hear. In our home corner we created a pizza station; everyone has had great fun pretending to make pizzas and put them in the pizza oven. The children used the knife to spread the tomato puree onto the pitta bread and then chose which toppings they would like to put on the top.
Our focus story was called “Lily gets lost” it was all about spring animals on the farm a little lamb goes off to explore. So, we decided to make some of our own lambs to put on our Spring display. We have planted cress seeds and some have already started growing, we have been learning what seeds need to make them grow. We put them in a sunny spot on the window sill and watered them when needed. In Phonics we have been learning the sound “g” and finding things that begin with “g” around the Nursery.
The children have really enjoyed going on a shape hunt and asked to do it again. They found so many different shapes inside and out. They were all different sizes this then sparked another interest that things can be the same shape but different sizes.
We all enjoyed taking part in lots of Easter themed activities. We painted our hands yellow and made handprint chick Easter cards. We also made Baskets and Bunny ears so we could all take part in the Easter egg hunt this week it was so much fun looking for the eggs in the garden and getting a chocolate treat to take home. We have also learnt a new Easter song and some of the children sang this to the Residents at Lace Hill Manor care home as well as handing out Easter cards. The children who walked to the care home walked so well and listened well they made us all very proud, the children and residents really enjoyed the visit.
Our focus story was "Five Little Bunnies" we linked this with our maths activity and counted and sorted objects up to 5 and then up to 10.
For our cooking activity we made Chocolate shredded wheat cakes, all the children crushed up the Shredded wheat and broke up the chocolate. We then used the microwave to melt the chocolate, we talked about what the chocolate might look like once it was melted. Once it was melted we mixed in the chocolate and shredded wheat and Golden syrup together and then added Chocolate eggs on the top, all the children were really excited about taking them home.
Nursery News - Spring 1
We had a lovely first week back at Nursery, we started learning about winter and the change in seasons. Our focus story this week was the “The little lost Robin”. We made Robins using our hands to make a handprint in the paint and then looked at pictures of Robins to see what we could add to make them look like Robins we talked about what the feathers look like and the red breast the Robin has. We have also explored shaving foam in the tough tray with the artic animals and made Peppermint cream snowmen in our cooking activity this week.
We have been continuing to look at winter and the changes in season, we found some ice outside in the tough tray which we broke up using the hammers. We made winter collage pictures and used coloured glue to decorate snowflakes. We also made bird feeders using Cheerio’s and pipe cleaners the children threaded the Cheerio’s onto the pipe cleaner.
In maths we have been counting objects and weighing objects to see which is heavier and lighter. Outside we made potions using different coloured water and used measuring jugs and tubes to measure the amount of water.
We have been talking about Artic animals and our focus story this week was “Bears Magic Moon”. We made polar Bear cupcakes, icing the cakes with white icing and then decorating them with coconut and white chocolate buttons and raisins. We also made some puffy paint which is shaving foam and glue mixed together and we created Polar Bears sticking some ears and eyes on to make them look like Polar Bears.
In phonics we have been learning the sound “t” and finding objects around the Nursery that begin with the sound “t”. We also played musical sounds which was great fun. In maths we have been counting and matching snowmen. We counted the snowballs that we needed to build each snowman.
We have been learning about Lunar New year. We made some lanterns by painting with rollers and then we folded them and made snips in the paper with the scissors. The Nursery children are becoming more confident with the scissors which is great to see. We made our home corner into a Chinese Restaurant and everyone has loved serving up Noodles to each other.
We have all tried some Chinese food at snack time this week, the Noodles and Prawn crackers went down very well with everyone.
In Maths we have been recognising Numbers and counting the correct number of pegs for each number. In Phonics this week we have been learning the sound “i” and also talking about rhyming words.
Our focus story has been “Guess how much I love you” we’ve had lots of discussions about how we are feeling and talked about what makes us happy or sad or excited. For our creative activity, we created the Hare from the story, we used cardboard hearts and cut the big heart in half to make the ears. Everyone listened well to the simple instructions and then created their own version of the Big Hare or little Hare.
We made cheese biscuits, we weighed out the ingredients and then mixed them together to create a dough. We then rolled out the dough and used the heart cutter to cut out the heart shaped they smelt delicious whilst they were cooking.
We have been talking about our feelings and really enjoyed reading the story “Slug in love”. Everyone enjoyed making “Doug the Slug” from the story who needed a hug.
We have decorated Valentines biscuits and made Valentines cards for our loved ones. We have had lots of discussions at circle time about how we are feeling and why we feel that way.
In maths we have been looking at shapes in the Nursery environment and in the garden and also used shapes to create our rocket pictures.
In phonics we have been learning the sound “p” and practicing all the sounds we have learnt so far and matching the sounds to objects in our sound box.
Nursery News - Autumn 2
In Nursery we started off this half term by learning about different celebrations and festivals, our focus story was “The Bonfire Dance” and we talked about Bonfire night and fireworks. We created firework pictures using tubes to make prints on the paper and sprinkled it with glitter - they looked so good! We then watched fireworks on the interactive board. We also shared our half term news and took it in turns to tell us about things we did over the half-term break and we looked at some photos that were uploaded on to Tapestry - it’s so lovely for the children to show everyone. We were all very excited to make chocolate sparklers this week and couldn't wait to take them home.
We have also been learning about Diwali celebrations: we read a Diwali story and enjoyed doing some Diwali activities including making Diya lamps out of clay and Rangoli patterns inside and outside using powder paint.
We talked about Remembrance Day and created poppy pictures using a potato to make a print in the paint to create our poppies. We then took part in a minute’s silence at 11am all the children were so good at being quiet. We have continued learning about Diwali and finished our Diwali activities, using stencils to create Rangoli patterns and also made a coconut laddu which is a Diwali sweet. We enjoyed making Rangoli patterns outside using the powder paint and also made a pattern using fresh flowers. The children helped to pull the petals off and then made a Rangoli pattern in the tough tray, Mrs Dasari then lit the Diya lamps for all the children to see. All the children enjoyed this activity and even said it was very ‘magical’ which was lovely to hear.
We have been looking at shapes in our maths area and went on a shape hunt in the garden to see what shapes we could find. In phonics we have been learning about rhyming and thinking about rhyming words. We loved playing the silly soup rhyming game and learning the song and finding picture cards of objects that rhyme.
We have been learning about animals that hibernate in the Autumn, we started looking at hedgehogs and where they hibernate and what they look like. We decided to make some hedgehog bread rolls. We worked together to weigh out the ingredients and then kneaded the dough and left it to rise. We were all surprised to see how much the dough had risen. We then made them into a hedgehog shapes and used the scissors to make snips in the dough to look like spikes.
In phonics we recorded our own voices and at circle time we played them back to see if we could guess whose voice it was that we could hear, all the children enjoyed this activity.
At the beginning of December everyone was very excited to put up our Nursery Christmas tree, we took it in turns to put the baubles on the tree it looked so lovely. We created a Christmas Bakery in our home corner: our focused story was about a Christmas pudding. In maths we created Christmas tree pictures and also have been counting to 5 and beyond confidently. We continued to do lots of Christmas activities, we read our story “Nip, Tot, Spry and the Christmas pudding”. It was a lovely story and we all enjoyed reading it and loved acting out the story in our Bakery. We made Christmas pudding biscuits using chocolate biscuits and white chocolate to look like icing. We created Christmas cards and decorated some Christmas stockings to display in our Nursery room. We have been practising our Christmas songs throughout December. All the children have worked so hard learning the words and actions to the songs. The Nursery performance was amazing we were all very proud of how well the children did.
Nursery News - Autumn 1
Throughout September the Nursery children have been learning about our feelings, ourselves and our families. Our focus story was “The littlest things give the loveliest hugs”. We’ve been talking about how hugs make us feel; we decided hugs and cuddles make us feel warm and happy. We have also been talking about our emotions. During circle time we asked the children how they were feeling today? We had some great answers including "happy", "excited", "good" and "fantastic". We have also explored different activities focused around our emotions and our family members including making a rock family, building our family homes with wooden bricks, using our mini me pictures in the small world area and drawing our self-portraits which are displayed in the Nursery.
We have also been learning and remembering our rules at Nursery:
Gentle Hands
Magnetic Eyes
Walking feet
Listening ears
Kind voices
We used our listening ears during our phonics activity when we went on a listening walk in the school and outside. The children listened so well and were able to tell us what they could hear.
We have all enjoyed exploring outside with our new resources and equipment in each area of learning which has been enhanced and revamped over the summer holidays using the funds that were raised from the Nursery sponsored walk. Our Nursery garden is still a working project but we are really pleased with what we have achieved so far.
Our next focus story was “Hugless Douglas” and we have been talking about all the things Douglas tries to hug and how they don’t seem to feel quite right. We have created Douglas Bear hugs which are displayed in the Nursery room. We have also made some very yummy chocolate rice crispy cakes and decorated them to look like Hugless Douglas. Everyone took it in turns to add the different ingredients and to stir the mixture together.
We have been exploring some coloured rice this week using the paintbrushes and scoops to discover the different emotion faces that were stuck in the tray, whilst playing with the rice we talked about our feelings and how we felt. We made some Autumnal play dough and added leaves, conkers and mini pumpkins to explore. In maths we have been making pictures of our houses using different shapes to create them. We did some mark making and drew how we were feeling on paper plates and made them into people using pipe cleaners for arms and legs. We have explored the conkers that the children have brought in and even did some painting with them, rolling the conkers in the paint and making a print using Autumnal colours.
In October our next focus story was ‘Scaredy Boo’ and we explored lots of monster themed activities. We talked about how in the story, Scaredy Boo is a bit scared but how one of his monster friends makes him feel better by being kind to him.
We made monster biscuits by decorating the biscuits with icing and then using edible eyes and other treats to make them look like monsters. We also learnt the Monster Mash dance and had a play dough disco to the Monster Mash song. We got creative and did some painting making marks using forks to create our monsters as well as making monster creations at the play dough table. The Nursery children even made monsters in the construction area using their imaginations to create different monsters - they were very excited to share their creations.
Outside we have planted acorns, we had to do an experiment to see if they floated or sank; if they floated they were ok to plant. Everyone really enjoyed this activity and we are looking forward to keeping an eye on the pots to see if they start growing in the Spring.
We all enjoyed learning about pumpkins. We carved a pumpkin and enjoyed scooping out the seeds which we are going to keep and plant in the spring so we can hopefully grow our own pumpkins next year. We used the flesh of the pumpkin and pureed it and mixed it with the other ingredients to make our pumpkin biscuits. We took it in turns to help weigh out the ingredients and mixed them together to create a dough, we then rolled it out using the rolling pin. The biscuits smelt delicious whist they were cooking.
In maths this week we have been counting to 5 and beyond and counting objects and looking at different shapes.
We made Autumn moon sand with Autumn objects in the tuff tray and also pumpkins which we used tweezers to get the seeds out. Outside we had pumpkins in our mud kitchen and added water to make pretend pumpkin soup all the children had great fun. At the creative table we collaged pumpkins and used orange clay to create our own pumpkins.
Nursery Gallery 2023-2024
24.05.24
This week we have continued our theme on Growing. We have been sharing two of our favourite stories Oliver’s Vegetables and Handa’s Surprise.
The children have been planting more vegetables and herbs in our allotment, this week we planted onions and mint. The children are becoming expert gardeners they know how to care for the plants and on the way into nursery the children keep a close that no slugs or snails have been visiting the allotment.
In the role play area, we have enjoyed buying and selling fruits and vegetables from our shop, we have heard some lovely conversations between the children taking place in the shop.
We've also had fun printing with fruits and vegetables, looking at the different colours and the unique patterns they create.
We have been discussing our favourite fruit. A class vote revealed that strawberries are our favourite fruit!
The children developed their fine motor skills by mashing potatoes, inspired by the story Oliver’s Vegetables, and we even made our own chips, which we cooked in the school kitchen.
Have a great half term.
The Nursery Team
26.04.24
Dear Parents/Carers
The children have had a very busy week! We have been looking at growing and the life cycle of a plant. It has been an exciting time seeing our magic bean stalk grow overnight.
We have read the text Jaspers Bean by Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen. In spite all of the effort Jasper gives his bean it does not grow. However, Jasper gets a surprise at the end of the story. We have had lots of discussions about how we care for our seeds and plants.
We have been planting sunflower seeds and the children are very good at telling us what the seeds need to grow. We will be caring for and observing our sunflowers over the next few weeks to see what happens. From our story Jaspers Bean the children know it takes time and patience for our seeds to start growing.
We would like to say a big thank you to Mr Gibson (Frankie’s Daddy) for all his help and hard work getting our vegetable patch up and running. The children have enjoyed getting out there this week and planting some raspberry plants. We are looking forward to getting lots more things planted over the coming weeks.
The children have enjoyed making some lovely sunflower paintings that you will see displayed in the classroom.
Have a lovely weekend.
The Lace Hill Nursery Team.
19.04.24
Welcome Back! This week we have welcomed some new children to nursery. The children have enjoyed exploring the environment and it has been wonderful to see so many play experiences being shared and great friendships being formed.
We have enjoyed being outdoors in the warmer weather. The children have been working hard in the construction offices, making plans for their buildings and structures. There has been lots of imaginary play, role play and working well together.
We have enjoyed team games and playing bingo. The children worked really hard at identifying and matching shapes to be the first team to fill their bingo board.
Have a lovely weekend.
The Lace Hill Nursery Team.
28.03.24
We began the week getting messy making shaving foam eggs. The children explored mixing yellow paint and shaving foam together and observed what happened. We have spent time outdoors in the garden playing in the sandpit, water area and mud kitchen. It was nice to see the sunshine.
We had a lovely time on Wednesday welcoming you into the nursery setting to spend time with the children in their environment. It was clear to see that they enjoyed sharing their experiences with you. We went to visit the local care home in the afternoon. The residents were pleased to see us. The children enjoyed sing them some songs and delivering Easter treats.
We finished off the week with an Easter egg hunt around the school field. The children were all very excited and eager to find the eggs. We would like to wish you all a restful Easter break and look forward to seeing you when we return in the summer term.
The Lace Hill Nursery Team
22.03.24
This week we have been exploring Easter and Spring. We have been sharing the text Dora’s Chicks written by Julie Sykes. Dora’s chicks go missing and one by one Dora goes looking around the farmyard to round all the chicks up and bring them back home safely.
The story has encouraged the children to use and develop their mathematical language. They have been adding small numbers together during our group times to figure out how many more chicks Dora needs to find.
We have seen some very colourful and creative eggs made in the playdough area. We have been looking closely at the different patterns we can make.
Outside we developed our mark making skills by creating giant Easter eggs with chalk on the floor. We then used the brooms with soapy water to wash the eggs away.
We have been dressing up as farm animals from Dora’s farmyard. The nursery has been full of chickens, pigs and cows!
We went for a walk around the school field looking for signs of spring; we saw buds on the trees, some daffodils growing and a bird carrying a stick in its beak to make a nest.
Have a good weekend
The Nursery Team
15.03.24
Dear Parents and Carers
This week the children have been learning about the text Giraffes Can’t Dance. Gerald would love to join in with the other animals at the jungle dance, however he was not very good at dancing. Through perseverance and being willing to have a go, Gerald found that he could dance.
This is something that we always encourage the children to do during their play and during activities. If we don’t succeed the first time we will always try again. This gives the children a sense of achievement and builds up their resilience which is one of our school values.
The children worked really hard to create their own giraffe ears and they enjoyed wearing these when moving around the class room. The practiced walking very tall and slowly just like Gerald.
The children have been very creative in our play dough area and have made some very delicious pizzas. We used our senses to explore different herbs and how they had different smells to season our food.
Outdoors the children have been busy using their gross motor skills to make some lovely marks and drawing on the floor using chalks.
Have a lovely weekend.
The Lace Hill Nursery Team.
01.03.24
This week we have been reading the story The Great Race by Emily Hiles. As the New Year approaches each animal wants it to be named after them, but no one can agree who it should be. The Jade Emperor decides that there should be a race to decide the winner but who will win?
The children enjoyed taking on the role of an animals from the story and participating in jumping and hopping races in the classroom with the winners receiving a medal.
The children have worked incredibly hard to create their own blossom trees using twigs, different coloured tissue paper and glue. They were very pleased with their achievements and excited to take them home.
We have been practicing our mark making skills making willow patterns on paper plates and bowls which you will see displayed in the class room.
We have been working hard on developing our motor movement. The children have been engaging in a variety of dances and different gross motor movements. We have been practicing some different poses and trying to make these with our bodies. You may hear the children refer to some of the following bear pose, lizard pose, meerkat pose, penguin pose and lion pose.
Enjoy your weekend!
23.02.24
This week we have been learning about Lunar New Year. Through our focus story called Lanterns and Firecrackers, we have been learning about how the Chinese celebrate Chinese New Year. It has been a lovely introduction for the children, to learn about a family celebrating Chinese New Year, letting off firecrackers, watching lion and dragon dances, and hanging lanterns.
The children have enjoyed making their very own dragon puppets using paper and lollipop sticks. They worked really hard when using scissors and displayed good levels of concentration. In the role play area, we added a noodle bar and the children have been serving each other their orders from the menu and practiced using chopsticks.
In our mark making area, the children have been copying different Chinese symbols and writing their own messages. In our story we learnt that the colour red symbolises the colour of luck. The children have been exploring red rice and gold coins. We used little red envelopes to put the coins in and filled them up with rice. We have learnt that this year is the year of the dragon and we have been doing some dancing to traditional Chinese music. The children enjoyed making different shapes with their bodies using gross motor movements and pretended to be dragons when dancing,
Have a lovely weekend.
The Lace Hill Nursery Team.
09.02.24
This week has been all about pancakes and spreading love for valentines. We shared the story Mr Wolf’s Pancakes by Jan Fearnley. In the story Mr Wolf fancied some pancakes but he didn’t know how to make them. The children have been talking about recipes and what ingredients we need to make pancakes.
They enjoyed role playing in the home corner and using real life objects to make their very own pancakes. Some of the children got very messy having great fun with the flour. The children loved eating pancakes for snack and self-selecting the toppings, we found that we all had our own preferences and enjoyed different kinds of tastes.
We have been exploring valentines and been enjoying all things red in our tuff tray. We read the story Guess How Much I Love You which lots of the children seemed to be very familiar with. We all practiced stretching our arms to see how wide our arm span was.
We discovered how we could use tools and equipment to make flower potions and perfumes, the children worked hard with the pestle and mortar.
We wish you all a wonderful and restful half term.
02.02.24
This week we have continued to explore birds and how we can care for them, making the most of National Bird Watching week.
The children enjoyed using egg boxes to create another kind of bird feeder. They decorated them and added some wool so that they could be hung before filling them with bird seed. The children were very eager to take them home and hang them in trees in their gardens.
We have been developing our mathematical language and using discussing different sizes when sorting out feathers. We sorted them out in order of size talking about the shortest to the tallest.
The children worked together when playing with the loose parts to create towers and structures. We have enjoyed spending time outdoors using water and various styles of paint brushes and equipment to make marks.
26.01.24
Dear Parents and Carers
Our focus in Nursery this week has been ‘Caring for the Birds’. We started the week by learning why we need to feed the birds in winter and what birds like to eat.
We have made the birds a range of foods to eat. We developed our own fine motor skills by threading cheerios onto pipe cleaners to make bird feeders and then we made them some delicious bird cakes.
We have created an area in our garden for bird watching to see the birds that visit our garden in nursery. We made our own binoculars using cardboard tubes and added these to our bird watching station. We are beginning to become expert bird spotters, some of us are able to identify the different garden birds.
When we were playing outside we spotted a sparrow eating our bird cakes.
Our focus story is Percy the Park Keeper: One Snowy Night. The children have really enjoyed this
story and we have made a bed for Percy and all the animals that like to visit him.
We have been very creative this week, making some bird nests using the playdough and we made them extra cosy by adding leaves, sticks and feathers.
We hope you have a lovely weekend
The Lace Hill Nursery Team
19.01.24
This week in Nursery we have been continuing to learn about the season of winter. We are still enjoying the story ‘Little Ferns First Winter’.
Jack Frost has been visiting us our garden area has been covered in frost and ice all week!
The cold weather has provided us with opportunities to explore frozen water. We have painted blocks of ice and experimented with ways to break the ice to free items frozen inside.
We decided to do an experiment to see if we could make our own ice. We left pots of water outdoors overnight and in the morning the water was frozen.
We have been making igloos and snowflakes in the playdough area. We have some great Eskimo builders in Nursery.
We made beautiful snowflakes out of paper we tried really hard with folding and cutting the paper.
We hope you have a lovely weekend
The Lace Hill Nursery Team
12.01.24
It has been great to see all the children settling back into the nursery routines this week after a busy holiday period. We have welcomed some new starters, who have all done extremely well.
We started our week with some cold weather, this gave us lots of opportunities to explore ice and talk about the changes we observed.
We have been exploring the story Little Fern’s First Winter written by Jane Simmons. The story captures the magic, excitement and wonder of the first fall of snow. We have been discussing different animal habitats and how some animals hibernate in the winter to stay warm.
The children have loved investigating different small world areas with animals from different parts of the world, we even used shaving foam to create a snow scene. They have enjoyed using a range of media and materials this week using forks and paint to create their own polar bear paintings.
We have been using our imagination in the playdough area to warm up with a hot chocolate from our hot chocolate station. The children played really well together creating the most fabulous drinks for them to share together during their play.
We hope you have a lovely weekend.
The Lace Hill Nursery Team
15.12.23
Dear Parents/Carers
The children have had a lovely festive week. We have shared lots of Christmas texts some of which the children have brought in from home to share with their friends. They have really enjoyed listening to a variety of stories and learning lots of new narratives to assist their play.
We introduced The Story of Christmas and used this in the small world area, where the children have been recreating the nativity scene. This text is by Hayley Down and illustrated by Dawn Machell. It is a simple introduction to the birth of Jesus with beautiful illustrations and rhyming texts.
The children enjoyed making Christmas puddings with the playdough using the loose parts for the different ingredients. The week we enjoyed a delicious Christmas lunch together and got in the party spirit wearing own handmade crowns.
The children have worked extremely hard with practicing their Christmas Carols and where very excited to showcase this to all of you on Wednesday. It was lovely so see so many of you to come and join us for some Christmas Cheer.
We finished the week with a walk to the care home. Thank you to all of you that made donations for our hamper the residents where very thankful and enjoyed the children singing them ‘We Wish you A Merry Christmas’.
We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year. We hope you have a restful break. Thank you for your continued support.
The Lace Hill Nursery Team.
8.12.23
This week the children have enjoyed getting festive and embraced our Christmas activities from wrapping gifts in our elf station and using play dough to make Rudolf. The children displayed good concentration skills, paying attention to detail ensuring Rudolf had his shiny red nose.
We have been exploring the texts Dear Santa by Rod Campbell and The Grumpy Reindeer by Clare Wilson. The children already know these stories well and they have been independently acting out and narrating their favourite parts with their peers.
This week the children have shown a real interest in the loose parts area and have created some beautiful Christmas trees and pieces of transient art.
The Children where treated to an amazing performance from Reception and Year One of their nativity show. They participated in this event with the whole school and we were all so proud of how beautifully the children sat during the performance demonstrating excellent bear poses and fantastic listening skills. Well Done Nursery!
They had a very special visitor from the Rotary Club of Buckingham and everyone was so excited to see Father Christmas and join in with singing some Christmas carols. The children were even lucky enough to receive some lovely gifts for our classroom.
Have a great weekend.
The Lace Hill Nursery Team.
24.11.23
This week in Nursery the children have enjoyed the text ‘Whatever Next’ written by Jill Murphy. They used props to imagine that they were in their very own rocket ship and took a trip to the moon with their picnic. This play extended in to the role play corner where the children interacted well with their peers pretending to make picnics and choose their favorite foods.
The children had the opportunity to make their own sandwiches this week. They worked really hard when using a knife to spread the filling and cut the sandwiches, before wrapping them up in tinfoil to take home and enjoy.
In the creative area the children have used junk modeling materials to make rockets. We practiced our counting skills to count backwards before the rockets blast off to the moon.
We went on a walk around the school field on a leaf hunt. We brought the leaves back into Nursery and sorted them by size into big, medium and small leaves.
Have a lovely weekend
The Lace Hill Nursery Team
17.11.23
The Autumn term is progressing steadily and the children have had a busy week continuing with celebrations and exploring Diwali. We have been extremely lucky with the fantastic activities the children have had the opportunity to participate in. Mrs Dasari provided the nursery with her own resources and equipment some of which came all the way from India.
The children made Diya lamps using clay and got very creative making Rangoli Patterns on the playground using some beautiful stencils and different coloured powder paints. We looked at the text Lighting a Lamp a story all about Diwali and Roma and Sita. The Children even had a go at cooking their very own coconut Barfi a Diwali sweet.
We had a lovely surprise from the Reception children this week who invited us to attend their show ‘Funny Bones’. The nursery children sat and watched their peers who put on a lovely performance, some of our children were very excited to see their siblings.
We finished off the week with some fine motor development to celebrate Children in Need. The children enjoyed using tweezers and pomp poms to help Pudsey Bear decorate his bandana.
Have a great weekend.
The Lace Hill Nursery Team.
10.11.23
We have had another fantastic week in Nursery full of amazing learning.
We started the week by recalling bonfire night. The children have been sharing their stories about bonfire and fireworks events they attended. We have enjoyed lots of creative activities this week making firework pictures, making marks in the glitter tough tray and making our own edible sparklers.
We have especially enjoyed listening to our story of the week ‘It was a cold, dark night by Tim Hopgood. The children have enjoyed hearing about Ned the hedgehog’s adventures. We started the week by creating a story map to help us remember the order of the story. We also learnt about animals that come out and explore at night time and what the word hibernation means.
We have been exploring the colour red and creating poppies using different materials for Remembrance Sunday.
We have been learning some new sounds and playing some exciting games in our daily phonics sessions this week we learnt the sounds.
As a special treat we made some hot chocolate for snack time. We all wrapped really warm in our coats and hats and enjoyed this outside.
Have a good weekend, see you next week
The Lace Hill Nursery Team
03.11.23
Dear parents/carers
Welcome back, we hope you had a lovely break. This week we welcomed some new friends to our nursery and they have all done extremely well.
We began the week with lots of Halloween fun and the children enjoyed a disco and party games. It was great to see them all dressed in their costumes and they embraced their roles and characters during lots of imaginative play.
The children were eager to explore the environment and participate in lots of Halloween activities.
We have enjoyed sharing the text Room on the Broom. The children joined in with carpet games finding the characters from the story and putting them on the broom to join the witch on her adventures. They displayed good memory skills when engaging in this activity.
The children have had lots of opportunities to explore pumpkins and enjoyed scooping out all the insides and using one handed tools and equipment to carve them. We had a lovely tea party and used the pumpkins outside to pretend to make pumpkin soup.
Over the next few weeks we will be exploring different events and festivals like bonfire, Remembrance and Diwali. This gives the children the opportunity to learn and experience different cultures, religions festivals and traditions. Please share your family celebrations with us, this will enable us to share these activities and experiences with the children in the nursery setting and extend their learning and development.
Have a lovely weekend
The Lace Hill Nursery Team
20.10.23
This week we have been discussing the different seasons and how we notice the change in the world around us when the seasons change. The children have been paying particular attention to the trees and how the leaves are changing colour and falling onto the ground.
The children have been busy in the small world and construction area, making and creating models and working together with their friends to take it in turns. They have shown a real passion for building and constructing and we have enhanced our construction area outside in the nursery garden to follow their interests. They have shown great delight using the new resources to role play and plan their ideas.
Indoors we have created lots of fantastic cakes in the playdough area. The children have made cupcakes and a giant birthday cake. We served all the different cakes on our cake stand and pretended to have afternoon tea!
We met some new friends this week as some of the new children starting with us after half term came to visit. We were all very kind showing the new children where to find things and helping them with following our daily routines.
We have had a fantastic half term getting to know the children and observing the amazing learning that has taken place. We wish you a wonderful and restful half term.
The Lace Hill Nursery Team
13.10.23
This week the children have continued to explore the story Owl Babies, it has led to lots of discussions about owls. We have been sharing a variety of texts with the children including fact books to find out about all the different species of owls. During circle time we have introduced the zones of regulation to the children to encourage them to talk about their own feelings and different emotions they experience.
The children have shown a real artistic flair this week, making their own owl paintings to display in the nursery and making binoculars to take on our walks on the school field. It has been wonderful to see them create their very own masterpieces.
The children have been working really hard on their listening skills during phonics and are enjoying participating in phase one phonics games. We have been identifying the different sounds we can hear and enjoyed using musical instruments.
The children are amazing at coming into the setting and have really taken to finding their name cards for self-registration. We have been working really hard this week at remembering where all the toys and resources are kept at tidy up time. The children have been really helpful and done a super job, well done Nursery!
Have a lovely weekend!
The Lace Hill Nursery Team
06.10.23
This week the children have been focusing on the story Owl Babies written by Martin Waddell. The children have enjoyed listening and learning about the story. During carpet session the children have shown an interest in the beautiful illustrations that they can see in the story and joining in with the repeated refrains.
The children have enjoyed using natural objects to make nests for the owls. We used feathers to make marks in the porridge.
We have now begun phonics sessions in Nursery, our first activities will help develop careful listening skills. This week we practised our ‘best owl listening’ during our listening walks around the school. The children even made their very own Owl ears to wear.
Why not try this at home. When out in the local community or on walks at the weekend, encourage the children to tune into sounds with in their environment. Ask them what they can hear. Remember owls are very good at listening.
Thank you to those who have brought in contributions from your walks to add to our collection of natural objects. The children have really enjoyed collecting and showing their finds.
Have a great weekend.
29.09.23
This week the children have enjoyed participating in a wide range of activities around our story ‘Dear Zoo’.
We especially enjoyed decorating biscuits together and showed off our creative skills, using our own thoughts and ideas how to recreate their own animal from the Zoo.
We had fun at Dough Disco. This helps to develop the children’s fine manipulative skills and of course the children loved having a boogie!!
We can see the children’s confidence growing and some children have enjoyed sharing news.
In the cloakroom you will notice we have added a display board with all the children’s photos on. We invite you to share your child’s current interest with us using the post it notes provided. This will help us plan and resource the nursery setting with your child’s interests in mind.
Over the weekend if you enjoy a walk or visit the local woods please can you help us to collect objects such as conkers, leaves, twigs, pine cones.
Have a wonderful weekend
The Lace Hill Nursery Team
22.09.23
The children are continuing to settle into nursery life well and have enjoyed exploring our environment both inside and outdoors. They have been working really hard settling into the nursery routines and getting to know each other. We are learning all the names of our new friends and teachers. It has been encouraging to see the children becoming confident within the setting and independently selecting resources and engaging in activities.
This week the children have been exploring activities around pets. They have enjoyed sharing the story ‘Dear Zoo’ written by Rod Campbell. They have been delighted to find the puppy at the end of the story leading to sharing of news during carpet time of their own family pets. It has been great to see some of you sharing pictures with us on Tapestry.
We have introduced to the children a way of independently putting on their own coat. This is a technique where the children lay the coat on the floor, standing at the hood end bend down and put their arms in the sleeve of the coat. Once their arms are in place they then flip the coat over their head, on their coat is on. It has been fantastic for us to see the sense of achievement the children have felt in doing this.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend!
The Lace Hill Nursery Team
