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When Santa got stuck up the chimney...

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Our friend Kendrick turned 4 this week! Sending good wishes to him!

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The children were very excited to see Santa when he visited the nursery. Every child received a present to open on Christmas Day!

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Maple and Olive afternoon session Christmas 2024

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Maple and Olive Class Morning session Christmas 2024

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The children extended their learning by creating a Dinosaur City. What shall we call our city? "Blockasauros" Ely

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The children wanted to create their own dinosaur land. They used some fabric and leaves from our garden. We use ice cubes to create an ice age.

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We have been learning about the story of the birth of Jesus and why Christians celebrate Christmas.

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Our fantastic Christmas Jumper Day in Maple PM session!

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Christmas Jumper Day in our morning session!

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We have been talking about our history and what it was like to be a caveman. The children really enjoyed using descriptive language to describe their favourite pair of pants in the story.

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Dinosaurs Love Underpants - Children's read-aloud story.

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What has happened to our washing line of pants? Who could have stolen them?

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Aliens Love underpants - Books Alive! Read Aloud book for kids

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We made a friendship tree in class. All of the children added their finger print to our class tree and talked about who they enjoyed playing with and why.

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The wet weather was great today for making bubbles and colour mixing! The children loved exploring the soapy water and then watching it run into the powder paint!

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The children did a little fashion show to 'show off' their Culture Day clothes!

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We have been celebrating Black History Month in class! We have looked at some stories set in Africa, explored Caribbean foods and made carnival crowns.

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We were very lucky to have a visit from the police and Paramedics today. They showed us around their vehicles and explained what they do in their roles. The children got to dress up as well! A big thank you to Dr Alex for organising this event and all the staff that came straight from a night shift!

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Layla and Myles trying to arrest PC Louise!

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We got to listen to what they do in their jobs and they brought clothes for us to try on!

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The children got to experience what happens when you need to go to hospital. Some of the children wanted to try the special bed!

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We were very lucky to have the farm animals in today. The children loved feeding and touching them. They found out what they eat and how to look after them. What an amazing day!

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We have been using our knowledge of the properties of 3D shapes to find out which ones make the best towers. Kanan found the shapes with square and rectangular faces, so he could stack them. The triangular prism was perfect to pu on the top!

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Albert was experimenting with what could fit in the photo frame. He decided his head would be a good fit!

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The children have been using the frames to make their own patterns. The challenge was to then explain their pattern. 'It's buttons and long sticks' - Aria.

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We have been exploring our faces in class. The children used the template that was closest to their skin colour and then used the play dough to form their facial features. We are looking closely at ourselves and our friends. What's the same and what is different?

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Who is the mysterious person under the hat?

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Who is the mysterious person under the hat?

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The children enjoyed scooping out the seeds from the pumpkins to add to the soup pot. How can we get the seeds out of the soup? Ely- 'We can use this to catch them' Ely picked up the sieve to collect some seeds - problem solving!

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Children manipulated some play dough to make the bear from our focus story. 'It has a great big bottom that sat down on the lid'.

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'A cake" - Albert.  Tell me about your cake? ' It is pink and has lots of candles' - Albert. Must be a cake for me then!

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We have introduced our new story this week with a story hook picnic! The children have been naming the objects in the picnic basket...

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We use some of the twigs from the garden to make magic wands. The children used some autuminal coloured wool to decorate their wands.

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What did you find inside the pumpkin? 'Seeds - lots of them"- Ely. What shall we do with them? 'We could count them' - Layla. 

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We wrapped up, put on our wellies and explored a very wet garden in nursery today. On our hunt, we found brown, red, orange and green leaves, as well as some twigs!

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We decided to make a deep, dark cave from the box we found in the office. Ely and Smreet did a fantastic job of paint the box. We then added some glue and covered it with the leaves we found in the garden. Our bears loved hiding in it!

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The children really enjoy making tea for the adults in the rain! ' First, you put in the teabag, then you put in the water and then drink it!' 