Nursery School News    

The children in the Nursery School enjoy a busy schedule of exciting events and learning activities. Each week the children prepare a short diary of what they have been doing...

We hope you will read and enjoy this every day.  Sometimes our teacher will put important information on here but mostly it will be to let you know what we have been doing in the Badgers class.

Friday 9th July
 
It's here – our last day in Nursery. Our teachers say they have really enjoyed this year and although they are sad to see us go, they are looking forward to watching us through the years.

We have all learnt so much during our time in Nursery. Some of us can now read, some can recognise and write numbers. For some of us the important things we have learnt are to dress and undress ourselves or to share. When we first arrived in Nursery we found it difficult to do most of these but over the year, we have grown and are now looking forward to our new challenges in Reception. Our teachers said they will miss us and we will miss them but we have promised to pop in for a cuddle in September!  We have also become such wonderful friends with each other and have become so close always looking out for each other.

We will miss Nursery so much and have already seen some tears come from Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson!  We said a very sad good bye to Mrs Wilson today as she is going to work in Staplehurst as a Reception Teacher, we will really miss her and wish her good luck for the future.

We all hope everyone has a happy and safe summer break. Enjoy the holidays and Mrs Croucher looks forward to seeing everyone in September for lots of hard work! For those that are leaving, we wish you all the best in your new school. Lots of love from all the Early Years Staff.

Thursday 8th July

It was hot again today. This morning we had free flow outside and again we could choose where we went. This afternoon we played in the classroom as it was to hot outside.

Wednesday 7th July

We played outside the classroom door this morning it was fun to come and go as we please. This afternoon we all think Mrs Croucher has lost the plot! she got us to lay on the floor and write our names, what next!

Tuesday 6th July

There was no ballet today, so we had extra time in the classroom with our friends. We got out every single puzzle and found out that some of our games and puzzles are missing pieces. This means we have had to throw them away, which is a shame. Our teachers explained that if we don’t tidy up properly then bits do go missing so we are going to make a big effort not to lose any more.

Friday 2nd July

Phew, what another lovely sunny day in Badgers. Mrs Wilsons class went to the Headmasters lawn to let their butterflies go, that is the last of them now and they all flew away very happily. 
Next week is our last week in Nursery and although it is very exciting, our teachers say they feel a little bit sad. We think they are very strange!

Thursday 1st July

We said good bye to our butterflies today, we took them to the Headmasters lawn and they all flew away. Keep a look out for them.

Wednesday 30th June

We have been learning about capacity. Using cups and beads or water, we showed full, empty, nearly full/empty and half full/empty (which is the same!).
In challenge time we all made sandwiches.

Tuesday 29th June

It was our teddy bears picnic today and we all went to the sports field and had lots of fun.

Monday 28th June
 
What a very hot day! We have had to make sure we have not been in too much sun and that we drink lots of water. In circle time we talked about what we had done over the weekend. Some of us went to the beach, others used paddling pools at home and some of us even saw some football on the television. We then drew pictures and wrote about it.

Friday 25th June

In our math's session we have been adding on. We thought this was really funny as we used teddy bears as our numbers, although some of us used our fingers. This afternoon

Thursday 24th June

How lovely to watch a sports event without the noise of the vuvuzelas! Yes, today was the Nursery School Sports Day and everyone took part. Badgers had a running race, an obstacle race and a relay race. Everyone cheered each other on and our teachers gave us stickers at the finishing line. They explained that in Nursery we don’t have winners or losers and that it doesn’t matter if you finish at the front or the back. We all liked seeing our Mummies and Daddies run .

Tuesday 22nd June

Weren't we just brilliant!! Mrs Wilson and Mrs Croucher were so proud of us and our mummies and daddies.

Monday 21st June

This morning we have been working very hard. We had a quick practice for our concert but Mrs Croucher couldn't remember the actions to our song, we had to teach her it was very funny.

Thursday 10th June

We went to the Headmasters lawn and let the butterflies go, but 2 didn't want to come out of their warm home so Mrs croucher took then back to school and we will try again tomorrow. We had a drama lesson today with Mrs Wilson, it was good fun.

Wednesday 9th June

This is our favorite day as we have 'challenge time' this afternoon. In cooking we made tasty cheesy bites. We had to squash the cheese, we got very messy!!

Tuesday 8th June

No new butterflies when we came to school, but by lunch time we had another 2. In ballet this afternoon we practiced pointing our toes.

Monday 7th June

It was nice to see all our friends after the holiday. We drew pictures of our news and then had free play. At lunch time Mrs Croucher noticed the caterpillars were starting to hatch we were all very excited. We have 1 butterfly who looks very wobbly!!

Friday 28th May

At last our caterpillars are making their cocoons, Mrs Croucher is going to take them home for the holiday. Enjoy the holiday see you all on the 7th June.
 
Please note Summer uniform to be worn after half term.

Thursday 27th May

We had lots of fun using the bebots. We had to programme it to find its way to a certain picture, using forward, backwards left and right. Mrs Wilson took us for a drama lesson in the new studio. This afternoon we joined with the Kingfishers and went to the Head masters lawn and blew bubbles, it was fun

Wednesday 26th May

Oh what a day  We had a whole school photograph this morning, we hope we don’t look too wet. When we got back to the classroom we had warm milk it was delicious

Tuesday 25th May

Our caterpillars are getting very big and Mrs Croucher said they will soon be making their cocoons. This afternoon as it was so lovely we made the most of the beautiful sunshine outside.

Monday 24th May

What a beautiful sunny day today – we all needed cream and sun hats on. We had a music lesson with Mrs Mc Naarb, she thought we were terrific! We also went to the sports field and looked for minibeasts.

Friday 21st May

PE first thing before it got to hot. We practiced for our sports day and then went for a listening walk to the woods.
It has been so nice to have the classroom door open this afternoon without freezing!
 
Don't forget whole school photo on Wednesday. Winter uniform to be worn. If it is hot then we will change the children into their summer uniform after the photo. Please make sure all uniform is clearly marked.
 
Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson said can we make sure we have a sun hat in school every day please. (Named)

Thursday 20th May

Mrs Wilson took us to the new drama studio for a drama lesson, we played some listening games. It was funny because every time we spoke it echoed! After break some of us went with a partner to measure different items and record if they were taller or shorter.

Wednesday 19th May

Mr Keeble came and read us 'Room on a Broom', then we had our snack outside as it was so warm. We all needed to wear hats at break time as it is very sunny – Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson reminded us that we should not take them off outside as our skin might get burnt, which would not be very nice. So please can we all have hats in school (named please).

Tuesday 18th May

We had our Phonics session. Some of us revised our words starting with the ‘b’ sound, and then we had to be really clever and see if we could write down the words we were asked to. Before ballet, we had a try at making our kites, they took quite a long time to make, we then went out side and flew them.

Monday 17th May

Today has been very busy! One of the first things we did was to sing Happy Birthday to one of our friends. Then we did some number work on the smart board and told our news to all our friends. At lunch time we named 2 of our caterpillars, Merlin and King Arthur, we will name the other 3 tomorrow.

Friday 14th May

We practiced our running in PE and Mrs Wilson said we are very good.
This afternoon was free play. Enjoy the weekend.

Thursday 13th May

We played a phonics memory game of ‘I went to the market and bought….’. It was really tricky trying to remember everything that had been there before Mrs Croucher took them all away! We also played outside on the bikes and used all the other toys and equipment that our teachers had got ready for us.

Wednesday 12th May
 
We were very excited today the postman brought 2 wonderful surprises, the first was our caterpillars we cant wait for them to hatch, the second was our poems we wrote, we all received a certificate and if our mummies and daddies sign a form our poems can be published. How good are we?!! Continuing on with our topic in 'challenge time' we made cheesy caterpillars. We put the ingredients in the bowls and all helped make the pastry. Everyone had their own ball of dough which we rolled out. Using a bottle top we cut circles of dough out, overlapped them and cooked them in the oven. They smelt delicious and we can’t wait to try them! The other groups one drew pictures of the tadpoles, another groups did dance and drama and another group played circle games, we all like 'challenge afternoon'!

Tuesday 11th May

It was yet another chilly start to the day so can we all make sure that we have a coat in school please. This morning we listened to a story about Leo the spider, then we went to the Headmasters lawn to look for spiders webs, but we couldn't see many. This afternoon we made a design for our kites which we are going to make next week.

Monday 10th May

We were all very excited as it was a friends birthday today. His mummy and daddy brought in a lovely chocolate cake which we all thought  was very yummy! We all sang 'Happy Birthday' and Mrs Croucher gave him a special birthday sticker. Our favorite things today have been the cake, the playground on the bikes and looking at books.

Friday 7th May

This morning we had some visitors to the school as it was Open Morning. We hope they all enjoyed our school as we think it is lovely here. We used a sound programme on the smart board and we had lots of fun finding the initial sounds of words. Please remember to bring in a coat as the weather is rather chilly again.

Thursday 6th May

We have been looking at the sounds in our names. Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson wrote all the sounds out on big pieces of paper and if we saw a sound that is in our name, we wrote our name under it.

Wednesday 5th May

We have been practicing our phonics and handwriting this morning. We have also been to PE and had role play fun in the garden centre. This afternoon was challenge time and we all had great fun!

Tuesday 4th May

This morning we have been busy painting for our display board we have been very busy. This afternoon we did some cutting and sticking, some of us made pictures of our mummies, some made pictures of their homes.

Friday 30th April

In PE, we had a great time practicing our running, which will be very useful at Sports Day! It is so much nicer being outside for PE instead of in the hall. This afternoon we learnt some words for a song that we are going to sing to our mummies and daddies at our Leavers concert in June.

Thursday 29th April

We added objects together and then wrote the total which was quite tricky but we are very clever! The Badgers 2 were with Mrs Wilson and we were also doing number work. We traced over numbers and told Mrs Wilson if we knew the number. We also practiced our names by tracing over them. 

Wednesday 28th April

This is one of our favorite day's as it's challenge afternoon. This week Mrs Croucher and Mrs Bradley made sausage rolls, Mrs Wilson taught us a dance about the sea, Merlyn made bumble bees and spiders with us and Ashleigh played some circle games in the playground.

Tuesday 27th April

A very busy morning, we used the interactive board to find out about spiders, they have 8 legs and  can grow a new leg if they lose one. After lunch, we had lots of fun with numbers. We ordered them and practiced number formation. We also used a number grid to find missing tiles.

Friday 23rd April

As it was St Georges day today we had to look around the nursery school for anything red or white, it was difficult finding something red, although we did see some red chalk and flowers.

Thursday 22nd April

It has been so nice to have the classroom door open all day without freezing! We have been in and out since 8.00 this morning. Badgers 2 went on their nature walk and came back very out of breath from walking up the hill!!

Wednesday 21st April

Mr Keeble came and read us a story about a bear, he said how nicely we all sit and that we have all grown over the holiday. Mrs Croucher took the Badgers 1 group outside for some math's work. We rolled dice and added the spots on both of them and then searched the playground for the correct number. Badgers 2 worked with Mrs Wilson counting cubes and building towers. This afternoon is challenge time which we all enjoy.

Tuesday 20th April

We spent a lot of time outside playing in the sand and with the cars. Badgers 1 went on a nature walk, we looked at the buds on the new trees and flowers and counted the petals on some of the flowers. Badgers 2 will go on their nature walk on Thursday.

Monday 19th April

How lovely to be back at school on such a beautiful sunny day! It has been lovely catching up with each other’s news and finding out what exciting things we have been doing during the holidays. Luckily, none of us in the Badgers have been delayed by the volcano in Iceland.

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Tuesday 23rd March

This morning, some of us made an Easter card, and then we wrote our names in the cards ready to take home this week. Mrs Croucher told us about the Easter story and tomorrow we are going to draw pictures of our favourite parts. We now know that Easter is not all about chocolate.

Monday 22nd March

Today has been very busy in Badgers! One of the first things we did was have a music lesson with Mrs Proudlove, then Mrs Croucher had one of her bright ideas to make some cinnamon bunnies. We all got in an awful mess, but they tasted delicious!

Friday 19th March

It was not so nice today outside so we only had a short playtime. Mrs Jaume came to read us a story. We also had P.E this morning, and are starting to practice running in a straight line and in relay races. In plan, do review. Some of us made a castle for a princess and put animals there to guard her. They would growl to scare the people away. Some of us made Easter cards, and some of us wanted to improve our knowledge of shapes.

Thursday 18th March

We had to do a math's activity today and try and get a Billy goat, a troll and a cabbage across the river. We really had to think what we had to do. Then we drew pictures about it.

Wednesday 17th March
 
It was such a lovely day that we were allowed on the grass and some of us practiced our 'head over heels' and cartwheels, we were very careful not to roll into any of our friends. This morning we told the story of the 3 Billy Goats Gruff and we had to draw round our hands, then in each finger draw something from the picture.

Tuesday 16th March

We have been learning about direction. We know which is forwards and backwards but some of us got our left and right mixed up. We used the robots and directed them around the shapes on the carpet. We had outdoor play for most of the day, we were allowed to come in or go out, it was lovely.

Monday 15th March

We had music this morning in main school with Mrs Proudlove, we all learnt a song about a lamb. Continuing on the spring theme we thought it was such a lovely day that we would go for a spring walk. We saw some beautiful flowers and some of us knew their names.

Friday 12th March

As it’s Mother’s Day on Sunday, our teachers thought we could make Mummy a cake! We had lots of fun mixing the dough and then putting it into baking cases. We didn’t cook them this morning as the kitchen was being used. However, Julie cooked them at lunch time so we can decorate them before our concert this afternoon.
Weren't we just FANTASTIC!, Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson are so proud of us, we sang, danced and learnt a poem and gave a wonderful performance to say 'Thank you' to our mummies,  some of our mummies cried! we hope that was because they liked what we did. Well done every one.
Have a really nice day on Sunday.

Thursday 11th March

We carried on with our special cards. They are for our Mummies but we can’t tell you anything more about them as they are a surprise! We also looked at two 3D shapes – a cube and a sphere. We learnt that a cube has six faces and each face is the same, with four equal sides. The sphere has no faces and no sides.

Wednesday 10th March

We have started drawing and painting pictures of our Mummies. We are using very big pieces of paper and we have found it quite difficult to draw at this scale. This afternoon we will continue with the paintings as well as joining Kingfishers for Challenge time.

Tuesday 9th March

In Badgers we have been very busy. There were cards and other special craft works to finish off. We also had our ballet lesson this afternoon and before lunch we all worked on the smart board using phonic and number programmes with Mrs Croucher. We are all working very hard and our number recognition and counting skills are improving all the time, along with our ability to hear and identify sounds in words. This afternoon, we will continue with writing about our Mummies.

Monday 8th March

This morning, we have been talking about Mummies. We listened to a story ‘I’ll always love you’ which was how a Mummy bear loved her baby bear, even though he had broken something special. Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson then sat with us whilst we painted a picture of our Mummies and wrote about the nice things that they do for us. There were also special cards to finish off and something else that is a surprise!
 
Although the sun has been shining, it is very cold outside so please make sure we have hats, mittens and coats. Thank you!

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We are also collecting Sainsbury vouchers.

Friday 5th March

We had a practice for our concert next Friday and Mrs Wilson though we danced beautifully! This afternoon we started to paint pictures of our mummies.

Thursday 4th March

It was book day today and we all had fun by dressing as our favorite character, then we went to assembly and showed all the bigger boys and girls how good we looked. This afternoon we stayed together with the Kingfishers and Mrs Croucher made some cakes with us.

Wednesday 3rd March

We practiced our phonic sounds this morning and then divided the class into two groups to see who new the most sounds, Mrs Croucher's group won but we think she cheated!!. This afternoon we went to the hall and listened to the Pre-Prep choir who sang their songs for the music festival on Friday. We thought they were very good and we hope they win.

Tuesday 2nd March

We had an illustrator in nursery school today called Mrs Stewart, she showed us some of her beautiful drawings and then we painted some pictures of balloons. It was good fun.

Monday 1st March

What a lovely sunny day after all that awful weather last week. We had our music lesson and then we drew pictures of our news from the weekend. In the afternoon we listened to the story of the Blue Balloon and then Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson blew a blue balloon and then let it go, it made a funny noise!

Friday 26th February

This morning we had some visitors to the school as it was Open Morning. We hope they all enjoyed our school as we think it is lovely here. Some of us made towers to 10 and then Mrs Croucher gave us a card and we had to take that number away. It was quite tricky! The other group tried to write their names.

Thursday 25th February

We had a practice for our Mother's Day concert on the 12th March. We are getting very good at remembering our songs and poems.

Wednesday 24th February

We made Melting moments today in challenge time. We put the ingredients in the bowls and all helped make the mixture. Everyone had their own ball of dough which we rolled into balls using our hands. We rolled them in oats and cooked them in the oven. They smelt delicious and we can’t wait to try them.

Tuesday 23rd February

We learnt about Cinderella and how nasty her sisters were to her. We thought they weren't very nice. This afternoon we did some group reading and we had to match some words on the card to words in the book. Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson think we are very clever.

Monday 22nd February

It has been lovely catching up with our friends after a week off. In Nursery, we have hadmusic with Mrs Proudlove. After break we talked about what we had done last week and then drew pictures and tried writing about it.

Friday 12th February

After all the snow yesterday it was a better drive to school. We went out into the playground and made footprints in the snow. After lunch we sequenced the pictures of Goldilocks.
 
Enjoy half term and see you all on the 22nd February.

Wednesday 10th February

Mr Keeble cam and read us a story this morning and we all sat beautifully. After lunch it was 'challenge time' which we all enjoy.

Tuesday 9th February

We have been looking at painting by a famous artist called Kandinsky. Our Kandinsky inspired art will now be displayed in the art room. It  will look lovely and we hope the visitors next weekend will enjoy looking at it.

Monday 8th February

In Nursery we worked very hard this morning. We also drew ourselves and wrote our names on the interactive white board. After break we learnt the sound ‘b’ and tried to think of things beginning with that sound. We used our whiteboards to try writing it and draw ‘b’ pictures.

Friday 5th February

This morning was PE and we all walked to the sports hall where are learning to throw and catch a ball.
We hadour plan, do, review session and once again had lots of fun doing lots of different activities. 

Next week is going to bevery cold so please can you check that we have a hat and mittens as we spend quite a lot of time outside. Please make sure these are named. Spare trousers and socks are also very useful in wet weather. Thank you!

Thursday 4th February

Thursdays are very busy in the Badgers. We have a number session, where we get to have lots of fun with numbers. Some of us rolled a dice and collected the same number of unifix blocks. Each time we used the dice, we added the blocks together and made towers, counting the total number of blocks. Some of us used our detective skills to find numbers – for example a number more than 0 but less than four.

Wednesday 3rd February

We made posters for our lost Gingerbread man and they are now up around the nursery and tomorrow we will put some in main school as he hasn't shown up yet. This afternoon was challenge time where we all had fun.

Tuesday 2nd February

Unfortunately one of our Gingerbread men escaped from the oven, If anyone finds him can they please let us know. Thank you. We started with a quick recap of our sounds this morning and Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson said we are getting very good.

Monday 1st February

Friday 29th Janaury

During our Plan, Do, Review some drew pictures for our Mummies and one of us made a get well card for a poorly mummy.
 
Thank you for all your wonderful donations a grand total of £988 was raised, £220 from the nursery school.

Thursday 28th January

This morning has been very busy for us Mrs Croucher asked us to think of something nice about the person sitting next to us. This was easy for some of us but the others had to think hard!  Mrs Croucher was out in the afternoon so Mrs Bradley took the class.

Wednesday 27th January

Mr Keeble came and read us a story and then after playtime we had some more fun with the sounds we are learning. Wednesday afternoon is 'challenge time' and we all have fun moving around different groups.

Tuesday 26th January

We were all very excited as it was a friend’s birthday today. His Mummy brought in a lovely cake which we all thought was very yummy! We all sang ‘Happy Birthday’ and Mrs Croucher gave him a special birthday sticker.  We listen to the story of the Ugly Duckling, we all felt very sorry for the duck as he had no friends. This afternoon we coloured in a picture of the duckling.  It is very cold so please can you check that we have a coat, a hat and mittens as we spend quite a lot of time outside. Spare trousers and socks are also very useful in wet weather. Thank you!

Monday 25th Janaury

All of us in the Badgers and Kingfishers went to music with Mrs Proudlove and had lots of fun with her. This afternoon we drew pictures of our news.

Friday 22nd Janaury

We have had our plan, do, review session. Now we are used to it we all enjoy choosing a variety of activities. Some of us chose the knex while other chose to draw a picture.

Thursday 21st Janaury

Thursdays are very busy in Badgers. We have a number session, where we get to have lots of fun with numbers. Some of us rolled a dice and collected the same number of unifix blocks. Each time we used the dice, we added the blocks together and made towers, counting the total number of blocks.  Some of us used our detective skills to find numbers – for example a number more than 0 but less than four.

Wednesday 20th January

Mr Keeble came and read us a story then we drew pictures of Jack and the Beanstalk in our special books. This afternoon is challenge time, Mrs Wilson has started to teach some of us some dance routines for our mothers day concert in March.

Tuesday 19th January

This morning we had to colour in 5 leaves for Jack and the beanstalk. This afternoon was ballet and we are practicing hard for some ballet exams next term.

Monday 18th January

It was a very foggy start to the day- we couldn't see the fields and trees very well. We looked at our sounds and played number games. We also had a try at writing our names and our teachers thought we were very clever.

Friday 15th Janaury

We were asked to join Pre-Prep to see the pantomime Robin Hood, it was brilliant the children said. We went to the 'big' children's playground as Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson thought we needed a good run around. This afternoon was free play.

Thursday 14th Janaury

Hopefully we are back to normal now after all the snow of the last two weeks.
it was back to work with a sounds session as our teachers wanted to see if we had remembered everything we had learnt before the holiday. Luckily we had and we amazed them with our fantastic work.
 
Whilst there are spare clothes available, it would be helpful if you could send in an extra pair of trousers, pants and socks and please can you make sure we have mittens and a hat.

Wednesday 13th January

Tuesday 12th January

What a busy day! We learnt about the sound 'w' and had to think of things beginning with 'w'. Then after milk and biscuits we had to draw pictures of our families and had to say if they were bigger than us or smaller than us. This afternoon we went outside and collected some snow and put it in a container to see if it melt before home time, but Mrs Croucher dropped it on the floor so we will have to try again tomorrow, silly Mrs Croucher!

Monday 11th January

It was really good to be back at school toady, we have missed all our friends some weren't able to get in last week because of the snow. In music we are learning a new song and after milk and biscuits we went outside and played in the snow; it was good fun and we threw snowballs at each other. This afternoon we wrote thank you letters to Father Christmas.

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Wednesday 9th December

We could hardly wait for lunch today. it was a special Christmas dinner with turkey, roast potatoes, and vegetables. There was orange and blackcurrant drink and Christmas crackers as well. We all said three cheers for the cook as our food was delicious. This afternoon was challenge time, it was great fun!

Tuesday 8th December

This afternoon we went to main school and had a fun afternoon with Reception, we iced biscuits, made a reindeer, played with play dough, made a Christmas card and lots more, we had a great time. Then when our mummies and daddies arrived we san 'we wish you a merry Christmas'

Monday 7th December

We had a lovely Christmas Fair on Saturday and met Father Christmas. Some of us decorated biscuit and we all had a great time.
This morning we started on our our Christmas books, Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson were very pleased with our colouring.

Friday 4th December

There are some very tired children in the nursery school this morning. Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson said that as we were so good in our nativity we could choose what we wanted to do, we all wanted to go down to the sports hall for a run around, it was great fun. It’s our Christmas Fair tomorrow and we are looking forward to coming to school on a Saturday. We won’t be in our uniforms though!  We hope everyone has a lovely time at the fair.

Thursday 3rd December

Weren't we just terrific! All our mummies and daddies were so pleased and our teachers were very proud of us all, they said we could have a special treat tomorrow.

Tuesday 1st December

Brrr – what a chilly start to the day! However, it was lovely and sunny so we have had plenty of time outside.  In Badgers, we have been continuing with our Christmas art activities. Tomorrow we will be having our dress rehearsal for our Nativity play. This is the first time we will perform in front of an audience and we are very excited. We hope all our friends in Pre-Prep,  year 3 and the teachers enjoy it.

Monday 30th November

We are all getting very excited as we are going to try on our costumes for the nativity play which takes place on Thursday. Mrs Croucher emailed Father Christmas again today and told him we are all getting better behaved. He replied back so quickly that we were all very surprised. This afternoon the downstairs Badgers started to make their Christmas cards and the upstairs Badgers went on a bear hunt. 

Friday 27th November

It’s official – Christmas has arrived in Badgers! The cd player has been playing Christmas songs and there are lots of Christmas art activities. Both Badgers classes have listened to the Christmas story and how an angel told Mary she would have a special baby.
Had another practice for the Nativity play. In plan, do, review today we played with the bee bot and the remote controlled truck.

Wednesday 25th November

We had a story teller in to tell us a story today, her name was Mrs Lavender and she used to work at the Nursery School a long time ago. She told us a lovely story about a Grumpy Badger. We showed Mrs Lavender our Nativity play, she said we were good. This afternoon was challenge time.

Tuesday 24th November

We didn't go to PE today as we had to practice for our Nativity play. Costume lists are available now, please see Mrs Croucher or Mrs Wilson for what your son/daughter needs.

Monday 23rd November

This morning, we are back in uniform! In music today we had a practice for our Nativity Play - not long to go and so much to do!
As a special treat Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson at lunch time showed us where Father Christmas lives and we sent him an e-mail and he replied and said we had to all be good and work hard.

Friday 20th November

Today is children in Need and a chance for us all to think about children from all over the world who are less fortunate than us. Pudsey Bear helps us to do this and we were so lucky that we had the opportunity to meet him.
 
There was another rehearsal for the Nativity, so we have all been very busy.
 
A very big thank you for all your support this week, we have raised a lot of money in the Nursery School for Children in Need. The amount so far is well over £250 a final total will be announced later next week.

Thursday 19th November

What a fantastic, brilliant time we had today in the Nursery School. We had a visit from Pudsey Bear and a camera man called Colin from the BBC, who came to visit us to see what we had been doing for Children in Need. Two children from the Badgers class and Mr Beaumont presented a cheque to Pudsey Bear and then he came to visit the Nursery School to see all the other children. He was so funny and big he could hardly get in the door! We were all very sad when Colin told Pudsey it was time to go home.

Thank you to the BBC, Mrs Wilson for organising this for us and Mr Beaumont for letting Pudsey Bear come to Claremont.

Wednesday 18th November

We practiced for our Nativity play this morning and this afternoon was challenge time.
We have the BBC coming to school on Thursday and we are very excited.

Tuesday 17th November

In PE this morning we couldn't get into the sports box to get out the balls and bats, so we played some games we all like 'it' best of all. This afternoon we have been learning about one minute. We used beads and a sand timer to see how many beads we could thread in that time. We also used unifix blocks to see how many we could put together in one minute, it was fun!

Monday 16th November

Friday 13th November

Oh my -what a busy morning! It was one of our friends birthdays and we sang Happy Birthday to him and he showed us the delicious cake he had brought in for us to share.  On Friday's we have plan, do, review. Some of us chose to paint and it was fun using sponges and fingers as well as brushes! Others choose the smart board which is very popular and we often have to wait our turn. Whilst we wait we can choose another activity to do, such as playing with the puppet theatre, building bricks and puzzles.

Thursday 12th November

Some of us looked at big and small numbers – we decided that we couldn’t fit one hundred children in the class!  We also ordered numbers to twenty and tried to think of a small number and a big number.
 
Next week is Children in Need week, please take a look at the notice boards for all our events.

Wednesday 11th November

This is our other favorite day as we have challenge afternoon, we all love moving around different groups. We also painted some more hands for our display board.
 

Tuesday 10th November

This is one of our favorite days we all go down to the sports hall and this term we are learning to listen to instructions and throw and catch a ball.

Monday 9th November

Everyone was very excited about the wonderful fireworks we had seen over the weekend. We found out that some of us really enjoyed them but others were a little scared. However, we all enjoyed making firework pictures using glitter and bright paint last week and Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson said they looked very good at the Cabaret night.
 
Please can we all have coats in nursery school every day.

Friday 6th November

Oh my – what a morning in Nursery! it was so busy, Mrs Jaume came to see us and then we were very lucky to have another PE lesson. Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson said it was a special treat as we had been good! In the afternoon we joined with the Kingfishers and practiced for our Nativity play.
 
This weekend in fireworks night and we hope everyone will have a wonderful, safe time.

Thursday 5th November

What a lovely start to the day. Although it was cold, the sun was shining so we played outside before registration.
 
Some of us looked at the letter 'm' on our smart board and matched activities to the correct letter, others made fireworks pictures.
In the afternoon we dipped chocolate fingers into hundreds and thousands to make sparklers.

Wednesday 4th November

We learnt another new sound today 'm' and we had to think of things beginning with 'm'. This afternoon was challenge time which we all love.

Tuesday 3rd November

What a dreadful start to the day, We thought we were going to get very wet when we went to PE in the sports hall. This afternoon we made fire work pictures we had to spread the paint with a tissue. They looked good and Mrs  Ansar-Carver has asked if we would mind if she put them on display at the cabaret evening.

Monday 2nd November

It was good to be back at school today and see all our friends. We had a new little boy join us today, we hope he enjoys coming to Claremont.

This morning we had music with Mrs Proudlove and then we told our news about what we did over the holiday. This afternoon we started to learn a song for our Nativity.
 
Please can we remember to bring in our coats each day as the weather is turning colder.

Friday 23rd October

Is our 'plan,do, review day and there are so many things to choose from. The smart board is a popular choice and we often need to wait our turn. Whilst we wait, we can choose another activity to do, such as peg boards, building bricks, puzzles and so on.
 
We hope everyone has a lovely half term holiday. Please remember we will need winter uniform, coats and our woolly hats. Mittens are easier than gloves and will need to have our names on please!

Thursday 22nd October

We did some brain gym today, we all had to lie on the floor and draw around a figure of 8 to music, it was funny just going round and round trying to keep in time with the music. After playtime we wrote some numbers on the white boards we are getting very good at this.

Wednesday 21st October

We learnt the sound 'n' today we had to write the sound on a white board and then show it to our teachers. In the afternoon we had challenge time, this is one of our favorite activities and we all enjoy the different challenges on offer.
 
Tuesday 20th October

This morning we had PE and we are all getting very clever throwing a ball. After PE we went to the sports field and had a run around it was nice because we could run and when the whistle was blown we had to stop and listen. In the afternoon we made some bread some of us made rolls into hedgehogs and some made loaves of bread. They smelt delicious.

Friday 16th October

We always enjoy our plan, do, review sessions although it can be difficult thinking of something to do. it is always tempting to choose our favorite activity but our teachers encourage us to try different things as well. Today we had another new cd called paint a picture and most of us wanted to use it for our plan, do, review.

Don't forget winter uniform after half term.

Thursday 15th October

This morning was very busy with us all having our photo's taken. Those of us with sisters and brothers went back later to have another photo taken which was so much fun.  Mrs Croucher has brought us a new cd for the computer called create a story, we have to draw pictures and then our teachers write a sentence that we have said, it's great fun. Mrs Crouchers drawings need some practice though!

Wednesday 14th October

We did some brain gym this morning and we had to lie on the floor and go over the number 8, this helps with our co-ordination. After playtime we went over the sounds we have leant this half term. This afternoon was challenge time.

Tuesday 13th October

This is one of our favorite days because we have PE and we have have to walk down the hill to the sports hall like all the big boys and girls. We are not sure that our teacher agrees as she say's the hill is too much for her. This afternoon we made story books on the computer with a new cd that Mrs Croucher brought for us, we were shown how to use it and then we had to draw a picture using the mouse and then write a story. Mrs Crouchers drawings weren't that good, we think she needs more practice! We were shown how to print them out and we all have a copy to take home.

Monday 12th October

What a chilly start to the day, when we walked to main school for our music lessons it was quite chilly!
We told our news to our friends and drew a picture of what we did at the weekend.

Friday 9th October

We had lots of mummies and daddies looking around today, we hope they liked us. This morning we listened to the 3 Little Pigs and then we made houses using sticks. In plan, do, review today some of us made houses and some chose other activities, we all had fun. Enjoy the weekend.
 
Please can we all remember to bring in a coat to school every day as the weather is getting colder.

Thursday 8th October

Another busy day at Nursery School in the Badgers class. It was one of our friends birthdays and we had a lovely Pepper Pig cake. Hannah (our puppet) brought along her dog this afternoon he didn't have a name so Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson asked us to name him, one person said 'Mr Keeble' because he looks like him, then we thought of Jessie that is what he is called. He does sleep a lot!! Our interactive white board is fixed and we love having stories on there

Wednesday 7th October

We have been talking about our feelings and what makes us sad, happy, angry, Our teacher played some music and we had to say how we felt. It was good fun. We have a new member to our class her name is Hannah (she's a puppet) and if we don't sit still and listen she hides, this afternoon during our challenge time we went to wash our hands and she disappeared to the baby room, we hope she come back tomorrow!!

Tuesday 6th October

We all walked down to the sports hall for PE, we rolled balls to each other and had to run around a track. On Tuesday afternoons we have ballet, we love dancing on our toes to the music. This afternoon we tasted some fruit, there was melon, kiwi, avocado, grapes, strawberries and lots more. It was one of our friends birthdays today and we had a special princess cake.

Monday 5th October

Although it was raining, we could still play outside in our covered area. Some of us don't have coats in school, please can we bring in a coat every day, as we have to walk to main school on a Monday for music.
 
Friday 2nd October

During Plan, Do, Review today we did lots of exciting things, we built houses, we played with the play dough, and some of us were mummies in the role play area. Enjoy the weekend and see you all on Monday.

Thursday 1st October

We used the number fans to find a number and then had to make a tower using the bricks. In the afternoon we painted some pictures for our display boards.

Wednesday 30th September

Wow! what a lot of gifts for our harvest. Mrs Croucher told us the story of Maximouse mouse who lived in a church and loved harvest festival. Then while we had a drama lesson with Miss Flanagan Mrs Croucher and Mrs Bradley took some of our gifts to a home for the elderly in Brede, they were very pleased with them. We took the harvest loaf that we made to main school for their harvest on Friday along with all the tins and packets.
 
This afternoon Badgers and Kingfishers join together for a Challenge time, some cook, some of us dance, some paint and the rest of us go out side for outdoor fun.
 
 
A very big thank you for all the wonderful gifts for our harvest.

Tuesday 29th September

We have been busy little Badgers today. This morning we had PE in the sports hall where we had to listen to instructions, Mrs. Wilson said we are getting better at this. After lunch we tasted lots of different breads, some were delicious some not. Then we made the harvest loaf, we cant wait to see it tomorrow as it wasn't cooked before we went home. One of our friends had some good news today, he has a new baby sister called Nancy. Mummy and baby are doing well. Congratulations from us all.

Monday 28th September

Well didn't we do well! Our mummies and daddies thought we were great in our assembly today, so did our teachers. Mrs Bradley sang a lovely solo, we enjoyed listening to her so much that we nearly forgot to sing!!. This afternoon we have been telling our friends about what we did over the weekend.

Friday 25th September

We learnt about different shapes this morning. We then made pictures of robots from paper triangles, circles, square and rectangles. Some of us made robots and some made cars and houses.
 
Don't forget Harvest for Nursery School on Wednesday.

Thursday 24th September

Nursery had lots of fun again today. We went over our sounds 's' 'a' 't', we had to think of things beginning with 't'. After play we did some counting there was a washing line and we had to peg the correct number on the line in the correct order. This afternoon we leant about Noah and the ark and that God had told Noah to build a boat and take two of every kind of animal to keep them safe.
 
Wednesday 23rd September

What a busy day, We had a story that Mr Keeble read to us and then we had drama with Miss Flanagan. This afternoon we had our challenge time and we went in our groups to do different activities. Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson said we should all sleep well tonight, they both said they will!

Tuesday 22nd September
 
This morning we had outdoor games, we had to listen to what Ashley and Mrs Wilson were saying and not run off. We practiced throwing a ball and some of us are very good. After lunch, we learnt about our skeleton – we have a skull, spine and ribs. We found out that if we had no elbows, we wouldn’t be able to eat and knees really help if you want to sit down!

Monday 21st September

Another busy day, we had a music lesson with Mrs Proudlove and then we had playtime. Our teachers thought that as it was such a nice day we would go on a shape and autumn walk, we had great fun throwing the leaves. We also found some triangle shapes, squares and oblongs.

Friday 18th September

We had our first session of Plan, Do, Review in Badgers today. We all had to make a plan for what we wanted to do. We took turns in telling our friends and then we went off to work. After tidy up time we sat in our groups and told each other what we had done. We all had lots of fun.
 
Thursday 17th September

We practiced for our assembly and while we were in the hall we had a fire drill, the bell was very noisy. Mrs Croucher told us what it was and that it was only a practice but we had to leave the hall and go back to the nursery. In the afternoon we learnt the sound ‘a’ Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson told us all about an ant crawling up their arm and it made them say ‘a a a a a’.
 
Wednesday 16th September

What a busy day Mr Keeble the Head Master from main school read us a story called flat Stanley it was very funny, then we had drama with Miss Flanagan from main school, this week was really just getting to know Miss Flannagan. In the afternoon we have a new item in the timetable called a 'challenge time' where each week we go to another area in the nursery it might be music and movement with Mrs Wilson, art with Merlin, outdoor fun with Ashley, or cooking with Mrs Croucher.

Tuesday 15th September

We had our first PE lesson today we had to listen to the instructions and we weren't bad at it. We ran and jumped it was good fun.

Monday 14th September

We had music with Mrs Proudlove and had lots of fun singing and tapping out our name on the tambourine. This afternoon we said what we had done at the weekend and drew a picture. Mrs Croucher and Mrs Wilson said that we are very clever when we hold a pencil and crayon.
Tuesday
We painted portraits of ourselves, had music and movement  and played outside in our outdoor area this morning and even though it rained we stayed dry. This afternoon we used a ruler to see what was longer and what was shorter.
 
Don't forget that on Wednesday afternoons we have a 'challenge time' where we move around different classes for different activities.
 
 
Please can we remember that we need coats and wellies in school every day.

Friday 11th September

What a busy day we learnt the sound ‘s’ and coloured in snakes, we had to think of other things that started with 's' we came up with lots of ideas. This afternoon we played with the 'knex' toys and tried to make a merry go round we all most finished it. Have a good weekend and see you all on Monday.

Thursday 10th September

We have all had a wonderful first day at school. In Nursery, we tried to find our name cards. Our teachers showed us all around the classroom and we have lots of things to play with. Everybody loves the new layout in the upstairs Badgers classroom and there is lots of room for us to paint and play. Lunch was chicken pie and we even had seconds. We all want to come back tomorrow, which our teachers think is a very good idea!