Spring 1 - Week 4

Our key concepts

Key theme: Winter

Rhyme of the week: Walking through the jungle

Sign of the week: To eat

 

Spring 1 - Week 3

Our key concepts

Key theme: Jungle animals – Rumble in the jungle by Giles Andreae

Rhyme of the week: Walking through the jungle

Sign of the week: To drink

Literacy

Our literacy topic this week was based on the book Rumble in the Jungle by Giles Andreae. We talked about different animals from the jungle, what they looked like, how they moved and the sounds they made. We also talked about whether then spent their time in water, on land, in trees or in more than one place. We also worked collaboratively to draw jungle animals.

Physical Friday

We had a crocodile infested lake appear in nursery on Friday and we had so much fun carefully balancing to cross the bridge. We certainly didn’t want those crocodiles snapping at our feet!

Role play

Dressing up as jungle animals and explorers was so much fun, we loved using the binoculars to see what we could discover.

Fine Motor

We were able to strengthen our fine motor skills this week by squeezing pegs to make a lion’s mane, helping animals escape from the jungle vines by unravelling them and writing our names. We also loved the jungle animal jigsaws.

Creative

There were so many creative experiences to explore this week. Using forks to help us create a lion’s mane, sticking colourful feathers to the parrot and using circular stampers to paint crocodiles and snakes.

 

Spring 1 - Week 2

Our key concepts

Key theme: Jackson Pollock

Rhyme of the week: 5 Little Monkey’s

Sign of the week: Help

Learning through play

We have continued to learn through our play in nursery and have been particularly interested in the construction area, sand and the home corner.

Jackson Pollock

This week we have looked at different pieces of art by Jackson Pollock. We tried to create our own art using colour and shape. We create art on paper with felt tip pens, paintbrushes and pipettes. We also created art using our hands in the tuff spot with paint and shaving foam. It’s been lots of fun.

Maths

For maths, we have focused on the number 3. We have looked at recognising 3 objects as well as the numeral, we have counted to 3 and shown 3 using our fingers or objects.

Spring 1 - Week 1

Our key concepts

Key text: Monkey puzzle

Rhyme of the week: Five little monkeys

Sign of the week: Wash hands

New half-term and new friends

Our first week back at nursery was spent getting back into the routine after the holiday and also welcoming lots of new friends to our class. We had fun exploring lots of areas of learning within our environment.

 

Literacy

The first Literacy topic this half term has been based around the story ‘Monkey Puzzle’ by Julia Donaldson. We enjoyed becoming familiar with the story and joining in with the repeated phrases. We made some butterflies and monkeys within the provision and worked as a team to draw characters from the story too.