Squirrels
Autumn 2
Week Beginning 24th November
Topic- Birthday Celebrations
Story of the Week-Kipper's Birthday
We have had an exciting week in Nursery as we learnt about birthday celebrations. Our role -play area became the setting for many birthday parties with lots of birthday cakes, candles and cards to write. We read the story about 'Kipper's Birthday' and wrote birthday cards for Kipper the dog. We also made play dough cakes during our Numeracy activity and counted the candles to match the birthday badges on the bears.
On Thursday we had our 'Learn and Share' morning. The activities linked to our curriculum ambitions and provided challenges and new experiences. The children planted daffodil bulbs in the garden, rescued bugs from slime, made musical instruments, explored the light box and made Cheerio bird feeders. Thank you to everyone who attended. It was a wonderful session.
Week Beginning 17th November
Story of the Week- Peace At Last
The children all enjoyed listening to the story about Mr Bear who couldn't sleep because it was too noisy at his house. We also listened to the story about 'Day Monkey, Night Monkey' and learnt about nocturnal animals. We made owl puppets from cardboard rolls and feathers and explored a dark box with the torch. Here are some photographs of our learning adventures.
Week Beginning 10th November 2025
On Monday 10th November, the children wore odd socks to school as part of our Anti-Bullying Week. We celebrated our uniqueness and individuality and decorated pictures of socks with patterns and stickers. We also went on an Autumn walk in our key worker groups in the school grounds. On Tuesday 11th November, for Remembrance Day, Nursery took part in the two minute silence with the whole school. We painted pictures of poppies and talked about the meaning of Remembrance Day.
Week Beginning 3rd November 2025
We had an exciting week in Nursery learning about fireworks and Bonfire Night. We used cardboard tubes to print firework pictures and learnt a firework poem. We also made Rangoli patterns with sequins and played 'Shape Lotto'.
Autumn 1
International Week in Nursery
We had a wonderful week exploring the world with our special visitors and activities. We would like to say a big thank you to all of the parents who came in to talk to the children about different countries. We have learnt about lots of different countries including Albania, China and Hong Kong, Madeira and Portugal, France and Russia. We joined with the Reception children to create street art with chalk linked to Bangladesh and also drew Rangoli patterns in the playground. We had a djembe drumming workshop with Esther on Thursday and learnt to play repetitive beats to accompany new songs. On Friday, the children had the opportunity to bring in artefacts from around the world. We learnt to say hello in many different languages and have enjoyed becoming world explorers. Here are some photos of our experiences. There are lots more to see in our Nursery floor book.
Diwali Celebrations
On Monday we learnt about and celebrated the Hindu Festival of Diwali in Nursery. We decorated Rangoli patterns using cotton buds dipped in paint and talked about how the Diva lamps lighten the darkness.
8th October 2025
We have had a busy week of exploring and learning in Nursery this week. All the children enjoyed showing their friends their baby photos. Lots of interesting discussion took place as we talked about what babies need to keep them healthy and how we have grown. We have also talked about Harvest time and learnt a new song about a 'Big, Red Combine Harvester'. We are also investigating Autumn treasures including leaves, conkers and acorns. Here are some photographs of our learning adventures.
Our First Weeks in Nursery
Welcome to our new website page for Squirrels Nursery Class. We will put photographs and information about the children's learning on this page each week so that you can see our learning adventures!
Well done to all the children as they begin their Nursery learning journey with us. They have settled so quickly, learning new routines, exploring the environment and a wide variety of resources and activities. We have introduced all the different areas where the children can 'Play and Learn' with their friends including the Nursery playground and the Early Years playground which we share with the Reception classes.
Here are some photographs taken during 'Play and Learn' time.
