The rain had unfortunately led to our original Sports Day event having to be cancelled, so as you can imagine we were disappointed to wake up to heavy showers again on Monday morning. Thankfully however, there was a change in the weather and we were able to go ahead with our garden themed races in the afternoon! We were so proud of all the children, and it was great that so many loved ones were able to come along and cheer them on too! We then congratulated everyone and awarded them with a special certificate
as a lasting reminder of their day!
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This week we have had an exciting immersive story telling session where the children listen through headphones and respond to the instructions of the narrator, taking on the roles of different characters and acting out the main events. Puppet John also enjoys these sessions and likes to join in! For this story, we found ourselves at the seaside and meeting a pirate who had been shipwrecked and had lost his treasure. As the story unfolded we found ourselves promising to get the treasure back for him by going under the sea and having an adventure of our own. We not only met, but became the pirate, a fish, a jellyfish, a crab, an octopus and a wave. On our travels we also met a seal, a deep-sea diver and a surfer whilst learning some great new songs to sing! We have been sharing another lovely book written by our focus author, Ruth Galloway. Nipper hates his huge clumsy claws. They're no use at all - they just get in the way. He'd much rather have tickly tentacles like Octopus and Jellyfish or flippety fins like Turtle and the fish. But one day, when he's playing with his friends, Nipper finds his claws are very useful after all! Here are a few quotes from the children after we had shared the story together . . . Jess - "They were catching the bubbles and the bubble popped because the crab had snappy claws! The crab rolled down the hill, he got stuck in the sand" Megan - "The jellyfish got stuck in the sand" Luna - "The octopus was stuck in the seaweed" Amber - "The crab had pinchy things and the crab saved him" Parker - "I loved when the crab saved the octopus; he snapped his claws with the seaweed to get the octopus free!" Farrah - "I liked it when he pinched the seaweed, he got the octopus out" Which part of the story did you enjoy the most? We have been very creative this week with our 'under the sea' focus and have explored a variety of techniques during our Arts Week activities - we have had lots of fun! Using mark making tools to represent the scales on our salt dough fish before painting them Marble rolling on our sea creature templates Designing stained glass window effect sea creatures Creating colourful glittery fish And finishing off the week with our dangly jellyfish! Visit us in the Nursery during our School Open Evening and see
some more wonderful creations! |
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November 2023
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