Nursery

What happens during different seasons of the year?

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Two young boys from Nursery are pictured using hand trowels to plant a shrub in a pot of soil.
22
Mar

This week Little Birds have been looking at different seasons and the changes in the weather. In the garden, we noticed the flowers growing, observed the signs of spring and cared for the plants by watering them as well as covering their roots with more soil.

A young boy from Nursery is seen using a small watering can to water a plant in a pot in an outdoor space on the academy grounds.

We enjoyed using weather and season spinners and learnt songs about the weather and seasons. We enjoyed dressing up in different clothing for various climates. This developed our understanding of the world around us.

Two young boys from Nursery are pictured sitting on the floor wearing winter hats and gloves, whilst smiling for the camera.
A young Nursery pupil is seen smiling for the camera, whilst wearing a Sombrero hat and holding a bottle of suncream in his hand.
A young girl is seen smiling for the camera, whilst wearing a winter hat and holding a photo of a Snowman in her hands.
A young boy from Nursery can be seen looking at the camera, whilst wearing a winter hat, scarf and gloves.
A young boy is pictured smiling for the camera, whilst holding up some wooden lollipop sticks with pictures of characters from 'The Gruffalo' on them.

The stories we listened to this week were “The Gruffalo” and “The Gruffalo’s Child”.
We spoke about the feelings of the characters as well as the seasons. This enhanced our emotional development as well as our listening skills.

Little Birds participated in various activities linked with the Gruffalo, working on many skills including expressive arts and design, imagination, writing and physical skills.

A young boy from Nursery is pictured wearing his winter coat outdoors on the academy grounds, whilst drawing pictures of characters from 'The Gruffalo' on paper.
A group of four Nursery pupils are pictured sat around a table together, collaborating to complete a jigsaw puzzle of 'The Gruffalo'.
Two pupils from Nursery are pictured wearing their winter coats outdoors, as they play with some pine cones they have collected from the academy grounds.
A group of three Nursery pupils can be seen sat together outdoors, playing with some soil they have put into a plant pot.

We were making Gruffalo crumble in the mud garden and pretending to be a Gruffalo.

A young boy from Nursery can be seen smiling for the camera, as he shows a picture of the 'Gruffalo' that he has made using craft materials on a wooden board.
A young girl from Nursery can be seen smiling for the camera, as she shows a picture of the 'Gruffalo' that she has made using craft materials on a wooden board.

We made models of Gruffalos from playdough and textured resources.

We also enjoyed the number activities in the maths area based on ‘The Gruffalo’.

A young boy from Nursery is pictured smiling for the camera, as he shows some artwork he has created, inspired by characters from the children's storybook 'The Gruffalo'.
Some pictures of the children's storybook character 'The Gruffalo' are seen placed on top of a lightbox in a classroom in the Nursery.

We developed number recognition and counting skills.

We also learnt the Gruffalo song when developing our music and listening skills.