This week in Nursery our maths focus was to identify the names of 2D shapes. We used shape stamps to print a picture and identify the shapes we printed. [gallery ids="10814,10816"]...
This week in reception we have developed our observational skills and learned to use water colour more effectively. We built on what we learned about the painter Kandinsky and also used seasonal pumpkins and squash to inspire us. [gallery ids="10738,10740"]...
At the Malleable table this week in Nursery, the children have been using their fine manipulative skills (finger muscles) to thread paper leaves onto a piece of string to create a ‘Leaf Necklace’. The children were encourage to choose five autumnal coloured leaves and then...
This week in Reception Maths we have been exploring positional language and shapes with 1, 2 or 3 sides. We were inspired by artist Wassily Kandinsky to create our own shape drawings. Why not check out other pieces of art by Kandinsky to see how...
In Nursery this week, linking to our topic 'Autumn' children used natural materials such as conkers, leaves and pine cones to represent facial features when creating an image of a face. [gallery ids="10553,10554"]...
This week in Reception we have been looking at the amazing art form of Kente cloth weaving from Ghana. We studied the different patterns and learned key words to describe the patterns like 'zigzag' 'dot' 'lines' and 'stripes' As a class we made individual pieces to...
Linked to our literacy core text ‘Lulu Gets a Cat’ written by the author Anna McQuinn, this week in nursery we have a ‘vets’ imaginative area which the children are using to reinforce the learning they have acquired about how to care for different types...
This week in Reception we have been focusing on the numbers 1, 2 and 3, particularly writing them and understanding their quantities. To culminate their developed skills we hat 3 Bears Porridge Café. Children had to decide whether they wanted 1, 2, 3 or 0...
This week in Nursery, our literacy core text is 'Lulu gets a cat'. Before reading the story we spoke about different pets and how we look after them. We also created a pictogram together 'What animal would you like as a pet?' We then visited...
This week in Reception we built on our RE curriculum by visiting our local church Saint John of Hackney. We learned about how the church has changed over the years and played a game to help us understand why people go to church. We were...