The children explored and Celebrated Diwali. October 2025
Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights. Diwali is celebrated each year between October and November, but the exact date varies each year as the Hindu calendar is based on the Moon. This year Diwali is on Monday 20th October 2025. Find out how Jessica and her family celebrate Diwali together.
What is Diwali. Click here to find out more.
All About Me. October 2015
Over the next few weeks children are learning about themselves and what they look like and who they are. They are also learning about their senses and how their body parts work. Nose – smell. Ears- hearing. Eyes- seeing. Tongue – tasting. Hands – feeling.
Learn the 5 Senses with Duggee. Click here.
The children exlored what families are. september 2025
The children brought in photographs of their fsmily to show the other children and staff
Click here to listen to a song about families.
The life cycle of a Ladybird
The staff and children were excited to discover that there were ladybirds hatching under the sandpits wooden roof. We investigated and found that there were a lot of different stages of lifecycle happening.
We have put some larva in a container so we can watch the transformation from larva to pupa and then Ladybird.
This week the children have been encouraged to walk to school as part of National Walk to School week. 19th – 23rd May 2025
Get moving and encourage your children to be move.
Listen to all the sounds Mrs Which Way finds on her way to school! Click here to find out.
Remembrance Sunday Nov 2024
Why do we remember this day? Click here to find out.
Mothers Day 30th March.
Mothering Sunday is the fourth Sunday of Lent, it was a day when children, mainly daughters, who had gone to work as domestic servants were given a day off to visit their mother and family. Today it is a day when children give presents, flowers, and home-made cards to their mothers.
A song for Mothers Day. Click here
I Love my mummy story. Click here
Valentine’s Day, or St Valentine’s Day, is celebrated every year on 14th February. It’s the day when people show their affection for another person or people by sending cards, flowers or chocolates with messages of love.
Love, Hugo asks, are there different kinds of love? Click here
We love the rain sing along song. Click here
Bag of Love: Mo shows her love for Tee and shares the secrets of her special bag of love. Click here
Chinese New Year – The year of the snake
How Chinese families celebrate Chinese New Year. Click here.
Watch the story of Nian and learn why people wear red, light firecrackers and bang drums to celebrate Chinese New Year. Click here.
Snazzy The Snake Story. click here to watch and listen
Chinese Dragon dance; click here to watch.
The children have been enjoying the story “Whatever Next”, about a bear who goes to the moon.
Watch and listen to the story; click here.
Poppa please get the moon for me. Click here to watch and listen.
The children will be exploring about the moon later this week and next week. Look out of your window tonight and show your child the moon.
Goldilocks And The Three Bears. December 2024
Your child will be learning about Safety, Maths and understand Hot and Cold within the context of the story.
Safety: Don’t go into a stranger’s house.
Maths: Numbers up to 3.
Size: Big, Medium and Small.
Click here to watch and listen to “Goldilocks And The Three Bears Story”.
Click here to listen and sing along to “Goldilocks And The Three Bears”, Song.
The Busy Bees room have been focusing on Rhymes this week. Nov 2024
Singing rhymes with your child helps them develop:
Literacy skills.
Social, physical and emotional skills.
Early numeracy skills.
Nursery rhymes with Mr Tumble: Click here to sing along
The children got involved with the Children In Need Event November 2024
The Nursery children and parents Raised £57.00. Thank you all very much, every penny counts.
Watch what some children have done to raise money for the charity. Click here
Watch and listen to Mr Tumbles story about “Togetherness” click here.
Watch and listen to a story about the lost bandana. Click here
This week the children explored the Festival of Halloween. October 2024
Do you know how pumpkins grow song? Click here
Happy Halloween song. Click here to listen
Room on the Broom. Click here to watch and listen to the video
Room on the Broom. Click here to listen and watch the story book
Room on the Broom song. Click here to listen
As part of learning about the sense of “smell”” the children explored different smells. October 2024
“What’s that smell“. Watch and Listen to the Story. Click here
Communication, Speech and Language
Encouraging your child to communicate from birth is vital in order for your child to make themselves understood. It also develops their speech and language which is also vital for their early and life long education.
Help develop your child’s speech and language. Click here for 10 top tips.
The opticians – Your child’s Eyes are important to their learning.
Why its important to get your child’s eyesight tested. Click here
What happens when we get an eye test at the Optician. Click here watch it with your child.
We have had a number of children as early as 2 need glasses, ask the Optician to check your child’s if you are concerned or just get a routine check. If your child cannot see properly this will have an impact on their ability to learn effectively.
The Gruffalo
The story about the Gruffalo.
This enchanting film tells the story of a mouse who goes in search of a nut. Along the way, he is confronted by three hungry animals who each thinks that the mouse looks good!
Forced to rely on his wits for survival, Mouse invents an imaginary monster to scare them away, but what happens when he comes face to face with his own creation?
Click here to watch to watch the Gruffalo video.
Click here to watch and listen to the Gruffalo song.
Nursery visit to the Community Garden in Bradford. September 2023
The children were very excited to see how and where the vegetables and fruit grew. They enjoyed pulling the carrots, courgettes, radish, beetroot, cabbage and lettuce out of the ground. They also picked apples from the trees and tomatoes that were in the greenhouse. They were also very excited to see pumpkins growing. Photographs are on the gallery for you to look at.
Watch the video with your child to see if they can name the vegetables click here to watch.
Help your child recognise and learn the vegetables name. Click here to watch with your child.
Jack and the Beanstalk
Listen to the story. Click here.
How to grow your very own bean stalk. Click here.
This book is a very good book about morals and dilemmas. Should we take things that belong to others? Chat to your children about the book and help them sort out the dilemma about why Jack should or should not take the golden eggs.
St David’s Day March 1st . Welsh Celebration
Today is St David’s Day, or Dydd Gwyl Dewi, celebrated annually on March 1st 2023
Just like the Irish celebrate their patron saint on St Patrick’s Day, St David’s Day remembers the patron saint of Wales.
Listen and watch and find out about St David’s Day. Click here.
Numbers 1-10:
Children 2-3 should be encouraged to learn and understand numbers 1-5 and the value of each. Read our Nursery handout but focus up to 5 only.
Click here for a song about numbers up to 5.
Children 3-4 should be encouraged to learn and understand numbers 1-10 and the value of each. Read the handout from Nursery.
Click here for a song about numbers up to 10.
Video Resources
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