Blackfell Primary School

Our First Week in Nursery!

Welcome to Nursery. We have had a fun filled first week! We have been exploring our new indoor and outdoor environment. We have been making new friends and learning new routines. We are all settling in really well and we are having so much fun! Take a look at the activities we have enjoyed so far this week

Phonic fun/Animal Sounds

As part of our Phonics this week, we have been learning all about different animal sounds. We had great fun singing old Mc Donald had a farm we all had to think of an animal and make a range of animal sounds! We played a fun game on the interactive white board we had to listen to the sound and guess the right animal. To end our week we went on an animal hunt around our outdoor environment which was great fun! we each found an animal then we had to make the correct animal sound. We are so good at making animal sounds!

Phonic Fun/Making Different Sounds!

In Phonics this week we have been making different sounds using a range of different items, we started our week using drumsticks to make different sounds in our outdoor and indoor environment, we heard long sounds, short sounds.. Miss Forrest had a special sound box, we were introduced to the different items in the box then we had to guess what item made that particular sound it was so much fun! We then got the opportunity to make our own sound shakers using various materials.. we then listened to the different sounds they made loud sounds, quiet sounds! We had a great week in our phonics!.

Autumn Fun!!

Autumn is upon us here in Nursery! We have been doing lots of activities surrounding this lovely season! We have been making hedgehogs out of playdough some of us have been making hedgehogs out of pinecones. We have been building homes for hedgehogs, We also have been to the fruit and vegetable shop in the role play area! We even got to listen to a lovely autumn story called The Very Helpful Hedgehog! We have had so much fun!.

Making Hedgehog Bread!

To end our lovely topic about Autumn we decided to make some hedgehog bread! We put our aprons on and made sure our hands were nice and clean, we poured the flour into a bowl we talked about how it felt and what we could smell.. We then added some water and took it in turns to mix the ingredients together, we then moulded the mixture with our hands into a shape of a hedgehog using a fork to make the prickles.. Once the bread was all baked we then each got the opportunity to spread a topping on, some of us chose jam, butter or marmalade .. we then got to sit with our friends and enjoy our delicious hedgehog bread.. take a look at how much fun we had!!... 

Funny bones Maths 

What a spooktacular time we have had in Nursery over the last couple of weeks in our Maths. We have been using the 'big skeleton' from the Funny bones story to first of all compare two groups of objects, saying when they have the same number and then making comparisons between quantities to help us identify how many are in a set.  We were super at counting and comparing sets. 

Making Patterns

This week in nursery we have been making patterns.  Using lots of colours we created our own Elmer the patchwork elephant. To help create our patterned Elmer we rolled a dice counted the spots and then counted out the corresponding number of patches.  We talked about the different colours we used and could see.  Look at our amazing colourful patterned patchwork Elmer. 

Anti-Bullying Week 2017

" All Different "All Equal"

As part of our Anti-Bullying Week we introuduced the children to the classic story about Elmer an elephant who may look different but he is just as equal as his friends! There was a range of activities for the children to take part in such as making Elmer's with the playdough, some of the children hosted a tea party for friends in our role play area, the children worked together to build storys around elmer.. The children had a great week working together on a number of activities they all showed kindness, shared toys, friendship... Take a look at the children's fun week! Well Done Nursery!.

Lily and the Snow bear

We were in for a very special treat as we were of to the Washington Arts Center to see the production of Lily and the Snow bear. We were all very excited to go!! we got with our partners and got on the big bus to start our journey. When we got there we got to join in with some Christmas activities. It was then time to go to our seats and wait for the production to start! We watched as a young girl called lily found a baby snow bear who had lost its mother. We watched lily's journey and we were all so pleased when lily reunited the baby snow bear with its mother! We laughed so much at the funny characters in the story. we really did have a magical time. 

Well Done Nursery!

We all had completed our first fun week in Nursery and we were awarded a special certificate of Mrs Hutchinson and Miss Forrest! We have all had a great first week making new friends learning the new rules and routines! We are so proud of ourselves! we really are enjoying Nursery life! Well Done Nursery! 

Our Trip To The School Library!

In Nursery we have been visiting our school library! We really enjoyed looking at all the different books, we then got to choose a book to take home and share with our grown up's! Once we had chosen our library book, Miss Forrest read us a story which we really enjoyed.. We are looking forward to visiting our school library each week!.

Comparing Size

This week in nursery we have been      comparing the sizes of our compare bears. We used lots of super different mathematical language linked to size to help describe the bears. Such as , big, small, tall, tiny, little, bigger. We were able to sort the bears according to size by putting all the big bears in one     basket and the smaller bears in another. We were also able to distinguish the bears by their colour and talk about how they are different.

Counting Conkers

It is autumn time in nursery.  We have been using some of our autumn resources to help with our number recognition and to help practice our counting skills. First we used our autumn leaves to help recognise the number then select the correct amount of conkers to match 1:1.  We started with numbers to 5 and some of us were able to work with numbers to 10. Next we rolled a dice and counted the number of spots on the dice and place the corresponding number of spikes onto the hedgehog.  We thoroughly enjoyed counting the   conkers and giving the hedgehogs some spikes We are all super counters!

Phonics Phase 1/ Instrumental sounds

To start our new autumn term, the children have been introduced to the next part of there phonics, and they will be using their listening skills and learning all about instrumental sounds. The children have been involved in some activities this week surrounding naming and identifying the instrument. We have talked about the instruments and what sounds they make, the children went on an instrument hunt which they really enjoyed. We also had a fun game where the instrument was played behind a screen and the children had to guess which instrument it was, the children have worked very hard on their listening skills this week. Well done Nursery!

Funny Bones!

For our topic the last couple of weeks we have been listening to the story funny bones! We have been doing lots of different activities surrounding the story such as making skeletons in the play dough. Recreating the story in the role play area and also the small world area. Some of us have been making magic potions using spooky ingredients, we have also been making skeleton pictures using a range of different materials. It has been very spooky here in Nursery but we have had great fun, take a look at some of the activities we have done.

Let's Decorate!!

We have been continuing our activities for Children In Need this week by decorating some Pudsey bear biscuits for our cake sale. First we had to wash our hands making sure they were nice and clean, we then got our own biscuit and learnt how to spread the icing using one handed tools. We then got to decorate our biscuits using smarties for Pudsey's spots, We really enjoyed making our biscuits and hope we raise lots of money for such a good cause!.. Take a look at us making our biscuits.. 

'Oh Christmas Tree'

We were very excited in Nursery as our big Christmas tree had arrived in our key stage 1 hall! We were invited to bring in our own special bauble from home so we could decorate our tree. We had great fun choosing which branch our baubles were going to go on! Our tree looked all bright and shiny when we had finished.

Snowman jars

We started our Christmas craft activities by bringing in our own special jar from home. We decided we were going to make a snowman using our jars.. We put lots of glue all over our jar then we rolled the jar in the faux snow. We then added the snowman's features using a variety of materials such as pom poms pipe cleaners and googly eyes! Our teachers put a colour tealight inside, we cant wait to show our grown ups we will make sure they will shine bright over the festive season.

Christmas Jumper Day..

We were so excited at Nursery as it was Christmas Jumper day at Blackfell Primary School, We all put on our most festive jumper and had a great fun morning doing different Christmas activities.

Our Listening Walk

We have been using our listening skills this week in Phonics. We switched on our listening ears and decided to go on a listening walk. First we headed outdoors to listen for different sounds, we could hear aeroplanes, the wind, dogs barking and many more. We then went indoors to see if we could listen for any different sounds, we heard the telephone children chatting, the cooks cooking! We had so much fun exploring our environment for all different sounds! To end our fun week in Phonics Miss Forrest hid some pictures around our outdoor environment and we each had to find the picture and identify the sound, we had a great time!

Chatter Chatter Chatter!

As our topic in Nursery is Happy Families we were asked to make a chatterbox at home with our family's to bring into Nursery to share with our friends and Miss Forrest.. We put in all our favourite special items. We each had a chance to talk about our special box which contained items such as pictures of our family's, our favourite toys etc.. We really enjoyed listening to all our friends chatterbox's and learning different things about everyone.. Take a look at us showing and sharing our chatterbox's.

Phonic Fun/Weather sounds!

This week in Phonics its been all about different weather sounds! We started our week by going on an autumn walk and listening to different sounds, some of us could hear the wind blowing the leaves, some of us could hear the crunching of the leaves! We then got to choose a musical instrument to represent a different weather sound, we heard bang for the thunder using a drum, shakers shaking for the rain, triangle for the snow and many more! we really enjoyed using the instruments, we cant wait to find out what we are going to learn next in our fun phonics!...

Autumn Trees

As it is Autumn here in Nursery we decided to make some Autumn trees with Miss Forrest. We used different materials such as tissue paper, lollysticks and paint to make our tree trunks, We then painted our hands to make the leaves for the trees, we had a great time and we are so proud of our Autumn Trees, take a look at how we made them and what they looked like when they were all finished!.

We can copy loud and quiet sounds!!

There has been loud and quiet sounds coming from Nursery this week as the children have been making these sounds with the instruments for part of their phonics. We have done some activities such as playing the instruments and talking about if it was loud or quiet, we have sorted the instruments into 2 groups loud and quiet. We played a game with our friends and we had to copy our friends sound that they made. We also had 2 animal friends come to visit us in our phonics a lion and a mouse! we wonder if you know what sounds these animals would make? We have had a fun week of phonics! 

Children In Need 2017/ Pudsey Headbands

We have had a busy week in Nursery as we have been preparing for Children In Need, we decided to make some Pudsey bear headbands. We explored with patterns using two colours, we had great fun making our repeating patterns we cant wait to wear our Pudsey headbands!

Children In Need Day 2017

On Children In Need day we came into school all dressed up in our Pudsey accessories we looked fantastic! We had a great morning visiting our cake sale and choosing a cake to eat with our friends they were delicious! We would like to thank everyone who donated to this fantastic cause! Take a look at our pictures of us enjoying Children In Need day.

'The Nativity'

To kick start our festivities in Nursery we performed alongside with reception our Christmas production of The Nativity a traditional story about Jesus. We had been practising very hard learning the words and actions to the songs. some of us in Nursery even had lines to say!! We performed in front of our grown ups and they thought it was fantastic! we all looked great in our costumes. Our teachers were so proud of us! We thank everyone for coming to see our performance we really did have a great time!   

Festive Cards

We have been making Christmas cards for our grown ups.. We painted our hands to make our festive character.. some of us chose to do a robin, Christmas tree, Santa Claus,Rudolph, or a Christmas elf.. we used different materials to make our festive card extra special.. We think they look lovely and we cant wait to put our cards up in our homes. 

Our Christmas Party 

What a fun Morning we have had in Nursery we were really excited as it was our Christmas party. we put on our best party clothes.. We headed to the Key Stage 1  Hall where we danced with our friends and played party games. We then had a magical visit from Santa Claus we told him what we wanted for Christmas and we each received a special present. To say thank you to Santa we performed one of our Christmas songs to him, he was delighted!! We were rather hungry after our busy morning so our teachers took us to nursery where there were lots of lovely tables decorated, we each got some party food and enjoyed eating it with our friends. We had a super party morning. We have had a great few weeks leading up to Christmas. We would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year from all of us in Nursery..