The nursery children had a wonderful time at the Christmas pantomime, they all sat beautifully and interacted brilliantly. For some of them it was their first ever pantomime experience. They loved using ‘pantomime language’ and found it very funny!

For part of our ‘Light and Dark’ topic the children have loved talking about fireworks, we have shared our knowledge of fireworks to create a mind map of colours, noises and shapes. They then used paint to create their own firework picture while discussing colour mixing. When the pictures had dried Miss Lees set off some indoor star cannons so the children could add stars and sparkle to their pictures.

Last week the nursery children had their first visit from Wonder Whittaker! Wonder Whittaker was wondering what was in the white pumpkin as it was so heavy. All of the children gathered round to see why the white pumpkin was much heavier than the orange one. After cutting them in half we had some fabulous discussions about why the white one was heavier. We think it was because the inside ‘flesh’ was thicker. We then took them outside to have a closer look while spooning out the middle.

Today we learned about the importance of Remembrance Day, the children showed their respect by having a two minutes silence while watching ‘Poppies’ on CBeebies. Throughout the day we completed many poppy activities.

In nursery we have been learning about Autumn, we have discussed signs of Autumn, shared stories, played matching pairs, coloured pictures and enjoyed many other activities.