by Tom Walbrin | Mar 12, 2026 | Beech Room, Chestnut Room, News from the Rooms
Our story this term is The Enormous Turnip. The story follows a farmer trying to pull a huge turnip out of the ground; he calls for help from several characters until finally, POP, the turnip comes out! The themes that we have explored this week are working together,...
by Tom Walbrin | Mar 2, 2026 | Beech Room, Chestnut Room, News from the Rooms
This term we are exploring making models in nursery. We will provide the children with a variety of materials and tools to explore across the term. This week we have been learning about clay – how to manipulate it with our hands, with tools and even with our...
by Tom Walbrin | Feb 13, 2026 | Chestnut Room, News from the Rooms
This week we have started exploring growing. We have watched daffodil bulbs as they grow throughout the week, using our maths skills to observe the change in size and shape whilst tracking growth over time. We have looked at the roots and learnt the names for...
by Tom Walbrin | Feb 13, 2026 | News from the Rooms, Oak Room
Children in Oak Room have loved exploring the oats as part of our sensory story “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” They have been feeling the oats falling through their hands, using a range of different sized spoons and bowls to explore filling, tipping,...
by Tom Walbrin | Feb 13, 2026 | Cherry Room, News from the Rooms
Cherry Room has been exploring paint using different tools including our bodies, starting to give meaning to marks we make whilst developing early mark-making skills. The children have been learning about mixing colours together to make new ones, discovering how...
by Ali | Nov 4, 2025 | Cherry Room, News from the Rooms
This week in Cherry Room, we have had lots of interest in food and making things. Outside in the sand, we have been making cakes, using twigs and sticks to make candles for birthday cakes, and we even looked up a recipe so we knew what to put into our mixture to make...
