Welcome to Nursery!

Our blog will keep you up to date with what's going on in Nursery.  The children had a great start to the year, take a look at all the fun things we have been up to!

Farewell and good luck!

Next week is the last week of term and we cannot believe how quickly this year has gone! We would like to wish all our children the best of luck in their reception year and say congratulations for working so hard and learning so much whilst at nursery! It has been a wonderful year and we will miss you all.

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Sports day!

This week we had our nursery sports days! The children had lots of fun participating in the different games with their teams. There were running races, balancing races (balancing a bean bag on a tennis racket), obstacle courses, throwing and kicking. The children all did brilliantly and really enjoyed the day- a big thank you to Sinead for organising the day! When we got back to nursery the children received sports day stickers and certificates and had a ice lolly treat (thank you FOSTAS!)

Last week the children learned all about the postal service; we went on a walk to the post box to post some letters home. The children wrote to their parents about what their favourite thing is to do at nursery, we hope you enjoyed receiving your letters.

Fire dogs, dancing and water fights!

We have had a busy two weeks at  nursery.

We had some special visitors- Mick the fire fighter and his two fire dogs Murphy and Roscoe. Mick told us all about his job and how the dogs help him to find out how a fire has started. We found out that the dogs wear special shoes when they go work and that they have to sleep outside in a kennel as they are working dogs. We got to stroke Murphy and Roscoe and then saw Murphy in action- Mick hid a small tissue in the outside area, Murphy picked up the scent quickly  and found the tissue!

We enjoyed travelling around the world with our passports, we visited lots of the classes to find out about the countries they had been learning about. Our children were able to tell the older children who visited us all about Fiji and were very confident when telling them facts and showing them the work they had done.

 We had our passports stamped at each country we visited. 

The children wrote postcards about what they learnt about Fiji.  

The children enjoyed a dance workshop with Fiona from the Dizzee rascals dance group.

We have also been visiting the playground so the children can practice their climbing and balancing on the large equipment.

We ended the week with a very hot day and what better way to cool off than to have a water fight!

Don't forget its the summer fair tomorrow, fingers crossed for a sunny day!

Fabulous Fiji!

This week was One World Week at St Anthony's; with the help of Louis the Lemur (who just returned from his holiday) the children have been learning all about the country Fiji.

We have had fun watching some videos of traditional poi dancing and have had a go at twirling poi's.

The children made some shell and bead bracelets and some sensory beach collages. 

 We also made a tasty fruit salad using some of the tropical fruits that grow on the islands of Fiji. We added bananas, mangos, pineapple and papaya.

 The children have also learned that there are four volcanoes on the islands of Fiji, we made some volcanoes using clay then did a science experiment to make a volcanic eruption!

 First we moulded the clay into a volcano shape.  

 Next we used pipettes to add washing up liquid, food colouring,

 baking soda and finally vinegar.

 Then we watched the reaction take place!

 Next week the children will receive their passports and travel around the world! Each class has been studying a different country and we will visit each one to learn about the different countries, as well as teach the older children about Fiji when they visit the nursery.