This week Nursery have begun their new topic ‘Journeys’ and started by learning the story ‘Were going on a bear hunt ‘ by Michael Rosen. We created collages of the different places in the story using different materials to create a display in our classroom. We also...
As part of our ‘New Life’ topic in Nursery we have been looking at and learning about different flowers. We looked at artwork by the famous artist Vincent Van Gogh. We loved the colours in his painting ‘Irises’ and replicated the painting using different techniques....
This week, we have celebrated British Science Week at St. Aidan's. The theme of this year's celebration is 'connections'. We decided to make a connection between all of the classes by sending a message, using our scientific knowledge and skills. In EYFS, children made...
I would like to draw your attention to a fantastic resource from CEOP about keeping our children safe online. It is a 'game' to complete with your child where you can work together through various activities and earn badges and rewards. It is a great starting point to...
Today Nursery had a visit from Joanne from Gateshead Library as part of our ‘Book Week’ in school. Parents were invited to join us as we shared some new stories together. The stories were very funny and we loved helping Joanne sing along to ‘Whales on the Bus’. We...
This week Nursery have been learning about the traditional tale ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. Our number of the week is number 3, so we have been counting in groups of 3. We have had lots of fun scooping, pouring and measuring porridge oats in our water tray this...