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Welcome to Our Nursery
Please check back regularly to keep up to date with our learning 
What's all the rumble in the jungle?
This half term will be packed full of exciting animal adventures! Check out our Summer 2 Newsletter for all the details.
Our Animal Encounter ❤️ We loved our experience today. A favourite for the children was the snake 🐍
PE 'Fun and Games ' Working together within a space. We enjoyed changing direction in our cars 🚗
Using media and materials to create our jungle classroom 🍃🐾🐸🦁🐯🦍🐾🍃
Why was the caterpillar 🐛 hungry 😋?
This half term we will be using this classic text to investigate the lifecycle of a butterfly 🦋 and will be watching metamorphosis right before our very eyes.
You can keep up to date with the changes by looking at our Caterpillar 🐛 Diary which will be updated regularly.
Don't forget to download our half termly newsletter for more information...
The lifecycle of a butterfly 🦋 by nursery...
Nursery we're thrilled that all five butterflies emerged from their chrysalides in time for the Lovely Bug Ball!
Lovely 🐜🐞Bug 🐝🐞Ball
What's in our town? Nursery and Year 5 went out into the local area to find out as part of Geography Week.
Park P.E.
Our Tapestry Challenge ⭐️
A huge thank you to Mrs Milne for organising a special visit from the book bus. We loved the whole experience 📚 🚌
A guide to Letters and Sounds - Phase 1
As this half term comes to a close we have been thinking about Easter and the celebrations which take place. We have been thinking about why Easter is important to Christians. Maybe you could ask your child what they have learned and watch some of the videos below to reinforce this learning at home too.
We would like to wish you all a safe and happy break 🐣
Remembering the true meaning of Easter with some card making 🌅
EYFS visit Radcliffe Library 📚 Sarah always looks after us and read us 'Snake Supper' and 'Barry the fish with fingers' We love ❤️ stories!
Welcome back. We hope you had a lovely half term break. This half term we will be looking at all things 'stick' related! Our key text will be 'Stanley's Stick' by John Hegley. The first week won't be about sharing the text though. We'll be making predictions about the book using the cover illustrations.
More about our learning through 'Stanley's Stick' for Spring 2
Working together using our words to ask for help
We proved it was the first day of Spring using our spotter sheets and finding all of the signs. We woke up Honey bear from his long winter hibernation 🐻 😴
Retelling the story using small world play - perhaps you could try this at home too 🤔
We doodled Stanley. Look at how our drawings are progressing 👀 👍
Developing number concepts - nursery are getting really familiar with numbers 1 to 3
World Book Day 2019 - A Booky Breakfast was a huge success in Nursery. Thank you to all parents for supporting with costumes too. More photos of the activities are available on the dedicated icon below on class pages.
Some of you have been out and about looking at trees and going on your own stick hunts! ❤️
Our stick adventure begins...
Take a look at our learning so far this Spring half term
The Three Billy Goat's Gruff
We have explored the characters within the story and recreated them using new techniques, learning to tear paper and use this to collage. We have even begun to sound like the characters too - responding to the key refrains of the text in different voices! We love
this story!
This topic has encouraged us to think about making healthy choices. Our roleplay area has become the healthy café and we took away the unhealthy foods from the cupboards and put them into the sin bin! Foods high in sugar have been swapped for healthier natural alternatives. This ties in wonderfully with the National Sugarsmart campaign.
This week we have been looking at alternative versions of the story and learned a really catchy song!
The children asked me to put some links to the youtube videos onto the website so they can show the people at home too! What a great idea!
We made 3D storyboards for retelling the story at home 🏡 - look how we can use the tools independently to create!
We're Going on a Bridge Hunt!
EYFS went out into their local area to see bridges like those Brunel might have created!
What a super end to Science week! 🗯🆒 The outfits were fabulous! Thank you👌🏻
Safer Internet Day - Nursery Class
Our Learning in Autumn 2
Jacob's Grandma popped by to tell us about Tiddlywinks, Mickey Mouse, Etch A Sketch and her yo-yo. She even let us play with them for the morning!
Going spotty for Children in Need 2018
Nursery had great fun with some extra squishy spots for Children in Need. We practised throwing and catching the balloons we blew up by ourselves! So much fun and such a great cause. Thank you to parents for getting your child in the spirit of all things Pudsey. We had some superb spotty and stripy outfits!
Catch!
Ready, steady...Go!
A Special Visitor - We asked Mrs Hanson's Grandma if she had an iPad? She had a lovely morning playing some old fashioned games and making woollen pom poms
We Will Remember Them - Nursery marked the 100 year celebration of Armistice with some craft activities
Our Autumn 1 Learning
Our Autumn Walk to the Nature Trail
Hooray For Fish!
Nursery have explored the Lucy Cousins book 'Hooray for Fish' as their text for the first half term. The story allowed us to explore colour, size, pattern, feelings and attributes through creativity. The culmination of our efforts was celebrated when parents were invited to take a dive into our own aquarium and meet the fish from the story at our 'Night at the Museum' event.
Thank you for visiting our Aquarium!
Autumn 1 Newsletter
A little more about our Curriculum
We are so glad you've found our class page. Thank you for taking the time to explore it. We learn best through play and every week is packed full of exciting learning opportunities which are irresistible! At St John's we are very proud of our Early Years children.
In The Early Years Foundation Stage, the children follow a play-based curriculum that will provide them with the opportunities to
· Develop their confidence, independence and social interaction
· Encounter a range of new and exciting experiences, through the power of play
· Build upon the skills they have as they leave the home environment to start school
· Develop these skills as an individual
· Prepare for the next stage in their primary school education
Throughout the school day, the children will learn in a range of different ways. Through whole class focused group work, small group learning, adult-led activities, child-led activities and independent play.
Please find additional details about this academic year below.
If you would like any further information on The EYFS at St. John’s please do not hesitate to arrange a visit. We always enjoy welcoming new friends.
Our EYFS Long Term Planner
Timetable of useful information.
| Monday | |
| Tuesday |
Mrs Knight in Nursery |
| Wednesday | |
| Thursday | Library book change |
| Friday | PE and Show & Tell |
TAPESTRY is our Online Learning Journey for your child. Please click the PDF for more information
Developmental milestones - ages and stages advice for parents and carers.
Please click the link below for the 'What to Expect When' free download 
