Class of 2026

We listened to the story of Noah. The children were very interested in the part about the rainbow. We used a handy table to make our loose parts rainbow. The children all talked about their favourite colours.

We have looked all around school for things that might not be safe. We are good at spotting dangers.

This half term we are finding out about heroes in the community and superheroes in stories. The children are enjoying pretending to be firefighters.

This week we have been finding out that Angela bring messages. We have finished our angel and it will be part of the Abbeystead Angel trail. If you would like to see the angels lit up at night then you can google Abbeystead Angel trail 2025 for more information. Our Angel has a handprint robe and…

Today we remembered all people and animals killed or injured by war. We wanted to put our poppies outside but due to the bad weather we made an arch to walk under instead. 

We have been reading the story of Elmer and thinking about the wonderful things that make us unique and special.

After listening to the story of “Dogger” by Shirley Hughes we decided to find toys in Nursery that felt hard and soft. 

We have had a really bust first half term at Nursery. Come in and look at our learning journey before we take it down and start Autumn 2.

We tried to guess what might be inside the pumpkin. We had excellent guesses including juice and seeds,

The children have been fascinated by the number of leaves collecting on our playground. We made our own tree using things we had found in the playground. We learnt some new vocabulary, trunk, branches, sticks and leaves. 

In the Nursery we have been exploring what Autumn is. We have looked for clues outside and found lots of things that have fallen from trees. Today we used our fine motor skills to peg Autumn colours to our photos. Using a pincer grip on pegs can strengthen muscles that are used when holding a…

What a busy first week back. Steve came in with Harold the giraffe to talk about looking after our bodies.