
Nursery
Welcome to Nursery
Our curriculum covers all areas of the EYFS and is based around books to foster a love of reading and writing and to develop interests in a range of topics.
Nursery Chatter



It has been a busy day celebrating Eid ๐ฅณ we have drawn henna hands, made party hats, played games and enjoyed dancing together.

We have been looking at signs of spring and have been learning the different parts of the daffodils.

Here we are finding the baby spring animals to match to their mothers. We learnt new animal names and discussed the animal features. ๐ฅ ๐ด ๐ท ๐ ๐

We sequenced our story and had lots of fun joining in with the repeated refrain. ๐ ๐ท ๐ท ๐ท ๐บ


Iโll huff and Iโll puff and Iโll blow your house down! ๐ท ๐ท ๐ท ๐บ We have been busy designing and building houses for the three little pigs today.


Crazy Hair day! What wonderful creative hairstyles we have in Nursery. Thank you for the chocolate donations so far. We will be wearing home clothes next week and taking chocolate donations for our Bingo night.


The Gingerbread Man
Today we have made our very own Gingerbread Man โฆโฆ. Run run as fast as you can ๐
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Today we have been reading Mr Wolfโs Pancakes. We have drawn Mr Wolf and made pancakes just like his recipe! ๐ฅ


Porridge making !
Today we have had lots of fun making our very own porridge after reading our new book Goldilocks and the Three Bears. ๐ป
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Teddy bear bread !
Today we have been making teddy bear bread using chocolate spread, bananas and raisins after reading Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
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Thank you for joining us in Nursery this afternoon, it is always lovely to have you in class.

Thank you so much for coming to play with us this afternoon and helping us understand the Zones of Regulation.









The Animal Boogie
We have used the play dough and wooden sticks to make enclosureโs for the animals from our new story.
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The Animal Boogie
Today we have read the story The Animal Boogie and we have been busy creating enclosures for the jungle animals using the play dough.
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We have been exploring the ice today and thinking of different ways to help it melt. Some suggestions were โput it in the sunshineโ โput hot water on itโ it was lots of fun and we learnt lots of new vocab rescuing the animals and describing the ice.

Can we beat the timer to put on our winter accessories? We were determined to make sure the gloves were on properly!

We have been working out how to rescue the animals from the ice. ๐ง โwe need a hammer to hit itโ โwe need to melt itโ were some suggestions.


Christmas pattern stamping
Today the children have enjoyed making patterns using the paint and Christmas stamps ๐
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The Twinkly Nativity
Thank you so much to all parents and families for coming to watch The Twinky Nativity performed this morning by Nursery A and RLMc. We hope you enjoyed watching all of our wonderful children here in Smithdown Early Years.


This week we have been busy reading the book Stickman and then created our own stickman.




We have been busy baking 5 currant buns this morning as part of World Nursery Rhyme Week.




This afternoonโs owl visit
This afternoon we had some special visitors Flint and Matilda the owls. We have been reading the Owl Babies and we were very excited to meet some real life owls.
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This morningโs owl visit
This morning we had some special visitors Flint and Matilda the owls. We have been reading the Owl Babies and we so excited to meet some real life owls.
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Children in need
Today the children have had lots of fun dressing up for children in need. We have been making spotty biscuits and Pudsey bear party hats. ๐ฅณ
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We have been learning about Diwali and are manipulating salt dough into our own diya lamps. ๐ช





Thank you to everyone that joined us this afternoon, it was lovely to see you all in Nursery playing and sharing the space together.




Dinosaur Roar! We have been exploring different activities with dinosaurs after reading our new book. We have been strengthening our muscles by rescuing the dinosaurs, printing with their feet and making our own dinosaurs with the dough.


Time to say goodbye ๐
Thank you for joining us this morning for our celebrations ๐
We are lucky to have been able to share this year with your children and hope you all come back to say hello.
We finished the day with a party lunch and party games this afternoon. โบ๏ธ๐

Spanish day ๐ช๐ธ
We had lots of fun celebrating Spanish day, making Spanish flags and doing Spanish dancing ๐

Nursery Picnic
Thank you too everyone for joining us for our picnic and all of our delicious food ๐ฅ

Picnic Time ๐งบ
It was so lovely to see you all at our picnic and thank you for all the delicious food. ๐
keep those hearts topped up with love and we hope they help you all as you move onto new classes in September. โค๏ธ

Challenge time
We set the children a range of challenges to see if the children could ย complete the challenge before the timer ends.

Fantastic Family Picnic
A fantastic community picnic. The sun shone.
An amazing community food table with so many lovely dishes to share.
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Weโre Going on a Bear Hunt
Today we had lots of fun making teddy bear bread , by spreading the chocolate spread and using bananas for the ears and raisins for the eyes. ย .


Were Going on a Bear Hunt
Today we have made some teddy bear bread using chocolate spread , bananas and raisins.
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Thank you to everyone who joined us this afternoon for stay and learn.
we enjoyed sharing our activities and rhymes with you all and look forward to seeing you next time. โบ๏ธ


The very Hungry Caterpillar ?
We are munching our way threw one apple, two pears, three plums, four strawberries and five oranges ?

It has been a busy after at stay and learn. Thank you for everyone who joined us. โบ๏ธ

Look at our slide!
We have worked hard to build this slide and have used our muscles to balance as we climb up and down it.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar ?
Today we have enjoyed making fruit kebabs after listening to our new story.

Spider hunting in the sunshine ?๏ธ?
We have been learning about spiders this week and have been looking at similarities and differences.

We have been very busy retelling our story this afternoon. ?๏ธ
We have learnt all the Makaton signs for the animals in our story and then used them to retell the story.

Itโs been a busy day using our fine motor skills to thread webs for the spiders and using our subitising skills to count spiders! ?๏ธ?๏ธ



Nursery Stay and Learn
Today we welcomed parents to stay and learn, we had a lovely morning! This week we have been looking at the book โAaaarggh Spiderโ lots of our activities had a spidery theme. ?๏ธ
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We have been busy baking cakes and making hats ready to celebrate Maisieโs Birthday ?


Today we have baked cakes to help celebrate Maisieโs Birthday ?
Maisie Mouse in our story is having a birthday! ? ? ?
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EYFS Nativity
Thanks so much to all parents and families for coming to see our Nativity performance today.
Our next performance will be on Thursday 14th at 1.30pm.

EYFS Nativity
Thanks so much to all parents who attended our Nativity performance today.
Our next performance will be on Thursday 14th at 1.30pm.
Many Thanks
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Today we have read I Like Trains!
We have printed trains with blocks and made marks to represent train track, trains and signals.
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Thank you to all our parents who joined us today to help us celebrate World Nursery Rhyme week. We had lots of fun sharing our rhymes and activities with you all.

We have been busy learning about Diwali the festival of light. We have moulded dough into Diya lamps. Made marks to create Rangoli patterns and wrote our names in our cards we have decorated.




Dancing and freezing to the beat in music today…
We had lots of fun in music this morning dancing and freezing to the beat. #smithdowneyfs #smithdownmusic @ResonateHub
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Itโs been a busy afternoon looking at big and small…
Itโs been a busy afternoon looking at big and small. We worked hard sorting acorns. #smithdowneyfs #smithdownmaths @MasterTheCurric
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Today we made our own leaf man…
Today we have read The Leaf Man and made marks to represent the different places he passed in the wind. We then made our own leaf man. #smithdowneyfs
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Using Autumn nature to create our faces
We have been busy using Autumn nature to create our faces. #smithdowneyfs
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Itโs been a busy morning learning dances to Disney classics
Itโs been a busy morning learning dances to Disney classics. I just canโt wait to be king! ? ? our roarโs are amazing! #smithdowneyfs
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looking at ourselves as babies and talking about our families
Today we have been looking at ourselves as babies and talking about our families. #smithdowneyfs
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Represent our feelings with colours
We have been busy filling our jars with colours to sort and represent our feelings. #smithdowneyfs
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Making rainbows in Nursery today
It has been a busy day sorting colours and making rainbows in Nursery today. #smithdowneyfs
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We have been using the colour monsters from our new book
We have been using the colour monsters from our new book to match the monsters and investigate five frames. #smithdowneyfs #smithdownmaths #smithdownreaders
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Recognising our emotions…
Recognising our emotions and placing how we feel on the zones of regulation board. #smithdowneyfs
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Itโs a busy morning at the zoo today!
Itโs a busy morning at the zoo today! Preparing food for the animals and learning new vocabulary from our story. #smithdowneyfs
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The story box brought us lots of animals from the zoo…
The story box brought us lots of animals from the zoo. We enjoyed guessing which one was behind the door. We then went on an animal hunt and painted our favourite animal. #smithdowneyfs
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Playing with the dinosaurs, balls and friends are what we enjoy the most. ?
Counting how many children are in school today and then drawing what we like doing in school. Playing with the dinosaurs, balls and friends are what we enjoy the most. ? #smithdowneyfs #attendancematters
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Early years learning about different colours
Today we have been looking and learning about different colours. #smithdowneyfs
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We have been busy today learning Incy Wincy rhyme…
We have been busy today learning Incy Wincy rhyme and using our motor skills to manipulate dough into spiders. ?๏ธ #smithdowneyfs
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Today has been all about Incy Windy Spider ?๏ธ
Today has been all about Incy Windy Spider ?๏ธ we learnt the rhyme, used our hands to paint spiders and manipulated dough to create Incy Wincy. #smithdowneyfs
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Itโs been a busy afternoon in Nursery!
Itโs been a busy afternoon in Nursery! We have been singing the wheels on the bus song and making marks to represent the different choruses of the rhyme. ? #smithdowneyfs
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Making lots of new friends in Nursery…
It has been a busy day making lots of new friends in Nursery. ?#smithdowneyfs
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This afternoon we have been singing the wheels on the bus…
This afternoon we have been singing the wheels on the bus and then made marks to represent the bus. #smithdowneyfs
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Making our own mindfulness jar to help us breath
We have been practising breathing and relaxing exercises and then made our own mindfulness jar to help us breath. #smithdowneyfs
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Our first full day in Nursery today
We have been so busy playing and learning on our first full day in Nursery today. I am so proud of our fantastic superstars. #smithdowneyfs
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We have had lots of fun in the sun today welcoming our friends back for another busy year in Nursery
We have had lots of fun in the sun today welcoming our friends back for another busy year in Nursery. We look forward to making lots of new friends over the next few weeks. ?โ๏ธ #smithdowneyfs
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