News From the Rooms
Focus Stories: Squirrels and Butterflies (March 2025)
In the Squirrel and Butterfly Rooms, our next focus stories are Mr Wolf's Pancakes and Jack and the Beanstalk. We will be sharing this story during group time and in our book corner. Please revisit the stories if you have your own copy at home or watch the video below...
Focus Stories: Woodpeckers Room (March 2025)
In Woodpeckers Room our next focus story is The Little Red Hen. We will be sharing this story during group time and in our book corner. We will also be grinding our own flour, making bread and using our story props to retell the story. Please revisit the story if you...
Making Christmas Cards!
All the children in Hartcliffe Nursery School have been getting festive and making their own Christmas cards this year! They were using paint, glue, glitter, and stickers. They created some beautiful Christmas tree cards. There was glitter everywhere! All the children...
Butterflies Update – November 2024 (Term 1 Update)
Butterflies class have been working on developing their skills with tools and combining materials since September. They have developed perseverance, hand eye coordination, fine motor skills and how to plan and make their ideas come alive! The children are learning to...
Hedgehogs Update – November 2024 (Term 1 Update)
Wow! Term 1 has been a very busy one. We welcomed some children back to hedgehogs class and welcomed lots of new friends too. We are so proud of how amazingly well everyone has settled in. We used all of our senses when exploring lots of different healthy foods. Some...
Owls Update – April 2024 (Terms 3 and 4)
World Book Day 2024 World Book Day is always an amazing day and this year our Owls came in all dressed up in some amazing characters, from princesses to superhero's and favourite story book characters such as the Gruffalo and Sulley! It was so lovely to see all the...
Hedgehogs Update – April 2024 (Term 4 Update)
Shhhhhh…. Peace at Last! This term we have been exploring the story ‘Peace at last!’ It’s about poor Mr Bear who can’t sleep because of all the different noises in the house at night. We have been learning the repetitive phrases throughout the story and joining in as...
Woodpeckers Update – March 2024 (Term 4 Highlights)
In term four in Woodpeckers class we’ve been welcoming new friends, showing them all our current interests. We took a lovely trip to the icy forest, noticing the frost on the grass and collecting objects. Some of us were having conversations about length of sticks....
Butterflies Update – March 2024 (Term 4 Update)
Pancakes!!! To start Term 4, we celebrated Shrove Tuesday by making pancakes. We discussed why we make pancakes and also shared our own experiences of eating pancakes. Then the fun really began when we got to make pancakes of our own. First, we made an ingredients...
Hedgehogs Update – March 2024 (Term 3 Highlights)
There’s a ‘shark in the park’ in Hedgehog class! In term three our core story has been 'shark in the park'. We have been reading the story together, using props, pictures, and water play to develop play related to this story. We love joining in and repeating the...
Squirrels Update – March 2024 (Developing Core Strength and Mathematical Language at the MUGA)
Squirrel class have had a wonderful time developing their core strength by pulling themselves up on the climbing frame at the MUGA (Multi Use Games Area). MUGAs create an inclusive and dynamic environment where children can play, learn, and thrive. They also offer a...
Butterflies Update – December 2023 (Term 2 Highlights)
What a fantastic term it has been. As the winter months have rolled in and the days have been getting darker, the children in Butterfly Class have been exploring many different types of learning. We have been learning The Three Billy Goat’s Gruff for our Core Story. ...
Squirrels Update – December 2023 (Playdough)
This term in squirrel class, there has been a big interest in playdough, so we have provided extra challenges by teaching children how to make their own playdough. We now have a playdough station daily in the environment for children to choose the equipment and...
Butterflies Update – December 2023 (Seasonal Celebrations)
After Bonfire night, many children were fascinated with talking about their experiences and looking at pictures and videos. Developing activities from children's own experiences and ideas is one of the most valuable things we do at nursery; it makes it so much more...
Woodpeckers Update – November 2023 (Building Bridges and Dens)
This term so far in Woodpeckers, we've been really interested in bridges, building our own using lots of positional language (under, across, over), challenging ourselves, and making higher and lower bridges to go over and under while keeping ourselves safe. We've...