Today, we were visited by a pirate. The pirate was called Captain Greybeard. He came to say thank you to us for looking after his pet parrot, Bluey.

While he was here he answered lots of our questions too. We learnt that his favourite food was shark and chips, he lived on a pirate ship and sailed the seas looking for treasure. He also likes to go swimming with whales and dolphins.

We hope he comes and visits us again soon.

Last week, one of our stories of the week was called ‘Pizza for Pirates.’

We were inspired by this book and today, we made our own pizzas.

We used buns, tomato passata, sweetcorn, pineapple, peppers and cheese. We used a knife to chop the peppers and pineapple and a cheese grater for the cheese.

We are very good pizza makers and hope we get to do more cooking in nursery soon.

This afternoon, we were visited by Miss Ferguson and her horse box. She told us it has 6 wheels, it can fit in 2 horses and it can travel up to 50mph. We got to go inside and we saw that there was a bed and kitchen in there too. We thought the visit was incredible and a great way to finish off our transport topic. Thank you very much Miss Ferguson. 

This morning we were visited by a fire engine! The fire fighters talked to us all about the fire engine and how the different parts worked. We even got to ask them questions and use the water hose. We thought it was amazing. Thank you very much for the wonderful visit. 

This morning we showcased our transport projects. Thank you to all that were able to attend, we were blown away by how many parents and carers attended. The children were so proud of their creations. We look forward to the next half terms project. 

On Friday, we celebrated Lunar New Year. We heard the story of the first Lunar New Year and learnt that this year is the year of the rabbit. We took part in lots of different activities including dragon dancing, making rabbits, making lanterns and tasting fortune cookies. We really enjoyed learning about the Lunar New Year.

This week, in nursery, we have started NELI. NELI is an early language intervention which supports our vocabulary. Each week we will be looking at a different book. We will read the book, listen out for special words and do fun activities. We also have a NELI the elephant who joins us for our NELI activities. This week our book is Neon Leon, it is all about a chameleon who can’t change colour. We are really looking forward to developing our language and reading lots of special stories.

Good morning Nursery, 

As school is closed today due to the snowfall here are a few ideas for activities you can do at home... or in the snow.

- 2d Shape Pictures. Your suggested actiivity for home last week was to find 2d shapes in the environment, can you now use these shapes to create and draw your own pictures. For example, a house using a large square, rectangles for windows, a triangle for a roof etc. 

- Syllable Clapping. In phonics we have been learning about syllables, the number of beats in a word. Can you find objects at home and then clap the syllables. for example, pen-cil (2 syllables) snow-man (2 syllables) di-no-saur (3 syllables) 

- Winter Scavenger Hunt. Whilst out in the snow see how many wintery items you can find from the list below.

icicle
pinecone
frozen leaf
frozen puddle
snowflake
twig
animal tracks
frozen berries
feather
boot tracks/ footprints
ice
birdhouse
squirrel
snow angel
sledge
chimney smoke
snowball
snowman
frost

Today, we walked to the post box to post our letters to Santa. We stayed very safe by holding hands, wearing our high-vis jackets, listening to adults and making sure it was clear before we crossed the road. Before we posted the letters we said a special Christmas spell…

Christmas magic is red, not blue.

We hope our Christmas wishes come true.

We are very excited to see if we get a letter back from Santa.

Last week, we were visited by Stevenage Sporting Futures, they held a Pudsey P.E session to raise awareness of Children in Need. We used dance ribbons, took part in parachute games and balanced bean bags on our heads. We thought Pudsey P.E was super and we would like to say a big thank you to The Stevenage Sporting Futures Team.