Physical Education

Through the study of PE, our pupils will understand the importance of healthy living, fitness and know how their bodies work. They will also learn the value of teamwork and develop collaboration skills alongside positive decision making .They will develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities, be physically active for sustained periods of time, engagement in competitive sports and activities  and lead healthy, active lives.

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Children will learn subject specific vocabulary relating to their year group, this can be accessed by clicking on this document:

Physical Education Progression of Vocabulary

The Three Little Pigs

The Three Little Pigs

This week in Nursery we have been reading the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’. On the Art table, we created pig faces with paper plates, card and paints. We also practised our fine motor skills by cutting out clothes for the three little pigs to wear. In Maths, we...

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Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year

On Saturday it will be Chinese New Year. We have been learning about this celebration in Reception class. We learnt that people clean their houses in preparation to welcome in all of the goodness in the New Year. We created lanterns using red card, we used our cutting...

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Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

This week in Literacy, we have been reading the story of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. In our classroom, we have took part in lots of activities based on the story. In the construction area and tuft tray, we built tall beanstalks out of Duplo and Stickle Bricks. One of...

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This week’s adventures in Nursery…

This week’s adventures in Nursery…

WOW! What a busy week we have had in Nursery! In our Literacy lesson, we read the story ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. In our tuft tray, we picked flowers for Granny, just like what Red Riding Hood does in the story, when she walks through the forest to her Granny’s house....

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Making Playdoh and Messy Play

Making Playdoh and Messy Play

This afternoon in Nursery we have been making our own play doh for our play doh area next week. We started by filling a bowl with 2 cups of flour, followed by 1 cup of salt and 2 sachets of cream of tartar. We then gave this a good mix! We then added in 1 tablespoon...

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The Gingerbread Man

The Gingerbread Man

This half term we are looking at traditional tales and this week we have been looking at the story of ‘The Gingerbread Man.’ In the play dough area we have been making lots of gingerbread figures, scented with ginger. We have acted out the story with our friends and...

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Fun Friday!

Fun Friday!

We have had a wonderful afternoon end to our busy week in Nursery! After our lunch time play, we joined Reception class in their classroom and enjoyed lots of play time alongside our older friends. We played doctors in the home area where we checked Miss Greenwell’s...

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Merry Christmas Everyone!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

We have had a wonderful last day in Nursery! We have had lots of play time inside the classroom where we played with the cars, drew pictures of Santa Claus, played with the babies and had fun in the movement area. Outside, we built towers with the ice blocks and made...

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Christmas Jumper Day in Nursery

Christmas Jumper Day in Nursery

What a wonderful Christmas Jumper Day in Nursery we have had! We were so excited to show each other our gorgeous Christmas clothes with glitter, Santa Claus and snowmen on! In the Writing area, we coloured in some Christmas pictures. In the Art area, we used Christmas...

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

What a wonderful start to December we have had! Yesterday, we decorated our class Christmas tree with bright lights, colourful baubles and lots of sparkly tinsel and beads. At the end, we put a golden star on the top of the tree! As we were decorating the tree, the...

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