This week, Bumblebee pre-schoolers have been studying the story ‘Sharing a Shell’ by Julia Donaldson Our activities included discussing our favourite characters from the story and creating drawings for our display. We have also been practising our scissor skills by cutting out spiral shell shapes, as well as developing our understanding of numbers through activities involving numbered shells and placing the corresponding number of jewels.

This week in Butterflies, the children have continued enjoying our Smiley Shark topic through a variety of creative and sensory activities. They explored messy play by brushing Smiley Shark’s teeth, creating sea creatures using different materials, and investigating our sensory trays to discover what they could find under the sea. The children showed great curiosity, teamwork, and creativity while learning through hands-on play.

This week in Bumblebees class, we have been focusing on underwater marine life, aligned with our ‘Smiley Shark’ story. Our activities have included sequencing different sea creatures, creating puffer fish using playdough, practising oral hygiene by cleaning the teeth of our smiley shark pictures and threading beads onto an octopus in the physical development area.

In Butterflies, we’ve had a fantastic first week back, settling into our routines and exploring our exciting new areas. The children have loved our new Creation Station, where they have been sticking, and exploring different materials to express their creativity. Our new messy area has also been very popular, giving the children opportunities to explore textures, colours, and mark-making in a fun, hands-on way. We have also enjoyed introducing our new topic, Smiley Shark, which has sparked lots of curiosity and smiles as the children learn through play.

In Bumblebees pre-school class this week, we have been focusing on repeating patterns as part of our ‘White Rose Maths’ lessons,

In our chosen book of the week, ‘Smiley Shark’, the character befriends an angelfish with a patterned body. We replicated this by creating striped patterns on fish-shaped cutouts.

Our Nursery Butterflies have had a wonderful week filled with festive creativity and excitement. We kicked off the week with a cosy Pyjama Day on Monday, enjoying a movie morning with hot chocolate. We then made our own Christmas tree pictures using paint and sponges, and the children were so proud of their artwork! Later in the week, the children decorated cookies and took part in even more festive fun.  

This week our pre-school Bumblebees have been engaging in a variety of fine motor skill activities. During our loose parts play, children have been constructing figures using lolly sticks and decorating a Christmas tree with coloured pegs to enhance their fine motor development and creativity

In Bumblebees pre-school class, we have been engaging in multiple Christmas craft activities. We constructed a snowman using large lolly sticks, which we painted white. Subsequently, we added the snowman’s features and completed his appearance by wrapping wool around his neck to resemble a scarf. Good job everyone!

We have been so busy in Butterflies lower nursery class this week, and this lovely picture shows just how much fun we’ve had! The children have enjoyed creating their own colourful Christmas cards and calendars, concentrating beautifully on their festive crafts. They also looked wonderful dressed up for our Christmas nativity, proudly posing in their costumes in front of our sparkling Christmas tree. It has truly been a lovely and creative week, full of Christmas magic!