Last week we learned all about the season of Autumn, we discussed the leaves going brown and falling from the trees and what the weather is like at this time of year. The children, and staff loved our song of the week ‘Autumn Chicka Boom’.

Our focus text was The Leaf Thief in which a squirrel gets very stressed that someone is stealing his leaves, he tries lots of things to relax after his friend bird had taught him about Autumn, although he then becomes worried that someone has stolen the grass as it has snowed! The children had a wonderful time gathering fallen leaves and turning them into leaf lanterns to help squirrel relax.

This week we have been learning about Autumn with a focus on bonfire night. We have shared stories and created our own firework pictures using toilet rolls and paint, when our pictures had dried the adults set off some indoor star cannons so we could add some sparkle to our pictures! There was a loud popping noise then hundreds of stars fell from the air, it was great fun!

In nursery we have learned about the festival of Diwali, after watching and discussing the festival of light on ‘My First Festivals’ we made brightly coloured decorative lanterns with our friends. Everyone in nursery was very proud of the lanterns they produced and thought they look fabulous in nursery!

Nursery had a brilliant first session of Forest School last week, they learned how to explore the woods safely while having fun with their friends and began to develop a passion and respect for nature!

After playing and sheltering from the rain we returned to nursery and saw the most beautiful rainbow while reflecting on our woodland experiences.

Last week nursery had a wonderful time learning about Autumn with a focus on pumpkins, we shared books including pumpkin soup, That’s when I’m happy and Brave Bitsy and the bear. We also discussed what we had been doing in half term, investigated both the insides and outside of pumpkins, counted seeds and created lots of pumpkin art!

For our last week of learning about our homes we had a focus on our bedrooms, the children had a fabulous time counting sheep to help them sleep, sharing stories with a focus on bedrooms and designing their own duvets and pyjamas using collage and printing!

Last week in nursery we learned all about kitchens, we discussed food that we like, what happens in our kitchens at home, mixed recipes, created kitchen art, shared lots of stories, made fruit and vegetables talk using ChatterPix kids, and used kitchen items in our ‘Sink or Float’ game show with Wonder Whittaker!