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This Week’s Theme: Friendship This week, our theme has been Friendship. Since the beginning of the new term, the childre...
02/10/2026

This Week’s Theme: Friendship

This week, our theme has been Friendship. Since the beginning of the new term, the children have been making new friends and developing positive relationships. We explored the importance of being kind, patient, gentle, understanding and caring towards one another.

We started the week by creating our friendship banner. The children took turns contributing to the banner, encouraging them to practise sharing, patience, kindness and turn-taking.

We also continued to support the children with self-regulation by introducing Rainbow, our nursery friend. The children can talk to Rainbow about different feelings, such as being happy, sad, angry or excited. Rainbow encourages positive and kind behaviours while helping the children recognise and express their emotions. This supports their emotional development and helps them build positive relationships with others.

The children also enjoyed a range of exciting activities that supported their learning and development across the seven areas of learning.

Next week, our theme will be Hygiene. The children will learn about the importance of looking after themselves through oral hygiene, handwashing and body hygiene, while developing healthy habits and independence.

Our Week of Learning 🍂This week, we continued our community theme while welcoming autumn.We went on an autumn walk and c...
25/09/2026

Our Week of Learning 🍂

This week, we continued our community theme while welcoming autumn.

We went on an autumn walk and collected leaves, sticks and conkers. The children were especially excited to find conkers and could identify the difference between an open and unopened conker. We talked about how the husk is hard and spiky, while the conker inside is smooth, shiny and brown. This encouraged the children to develop their observation and descriptive language skills. We also used the conkers for counting.

As part of our community theme, the children enjoyed role play, dressing up as dentists, doctors, construction workers and bakers. They explored different jobs and talked about how people in our community help us.

Last week, the children also wrote letters to their loved ones and enjoyed visiting the post office to post them, learning about writing and how letters are sent.

Next week, our theme will be Friendship, where we will explore kindness, sharing, helping others and what makes a good friend.

As we continue settling into our routines, we have extended our theme to focus on “Our Community and the People Around U...
18/09/2026

As we continue settling into our routines, we have extended our theme to focus on “Our Community and the People Around Us.” This week, the children have been engaging in a variety of activities and experiences that have encouraged them to explore their surroundings, develop their understanding of the community, and recognise the different people and places that are part of our everyday lives.

We have explored the local area and talked about the different places and people we may see within our community. The children have been encouraged to notice familiar landmarks, buildings, vehicles and signs, while discussing the important roles of people such as shopkeepers, postal workers, doctors, teachers and emergency service workers. Through these experiences, the children have developed their Communication and Language skills by sharing their ideas, asking questions and learning new vocabulary. They have also developed their Personal, Social and Emotional Developmentby talking about belonging, friendships, familiar people and how we can be kind and helpful members of our community.

The children have particularly enjoyed opportunities for role play, using their imagination to recreate familiar community experiences and taking on different roles. These experiences have encouraged cooperation, turn-taking, problem-solving and creativity while helping the children make connections between what they experience in nursery and the wider world around them.

As we approach the beginning of autumn, our next theme will focus on “Autumn.” We will explore the seasonal changes happening around us, including changes in the weather, colours, leaves, trees and the natural environment. The children will take part in a range of autumn-themed activities, including collecting and investigating natural objects, creative artwork, sensory experiences, songs, stories and outdoor exploration. We will also continue extending our learning about the community by visiting the post office, where the children will have the opportunity to see how a letter or parcel travels through the postal system and learn more about the important role postal workers play in our community.

Welcome Back!We hope you had an amazing and exciting holiday! It has been lovely welcoming the children back, and this w...
11/09/2026

Welcome Back!

We hope you had an amazing and exciting holiday! It has been lovely welcoming the children back, and this week they have been settling in, becoming familiar with their surroundings, and getting comfortable with our daily routine.

This week, we have been focusing on “All About Me.”This topic has given the children lots of opportunities to talk about themselves, their families, their interests, and the things that make them special and unique.

The children have been sharing their likes and dislikes talking about their favourite foods, colours, toys, activities, and things they enjoy doing. We have also been encouraging them to talk about their feelings and emotions, helping them to recognise and express how they feel.

Through conversations, stories, songs, creative activities, and play, the children have been learning more about themselves and each other. They have enjoyed talking about their families and sharing things that are important to them. We have been encouraging the children to listen to their friends, take turns when speaking, and notice the similarities and differences between themselves and others.

The children have also been developing their confidence as they share their ideas and experiences with the group. It has been wonderful to see them becoming more comfortable expressing themselves and building new friendships.

Our” All About Me” theme will continue to support the children in developing their confidence, self-awareness, communication and language skills while celebrating what makes each child unique and special.

This week’s theme has continued to focus on school readiness alongside celebrating our children’s upcoming graduation. T...
10/07/2026

This week’s theme has continued to focus on school readiness alongside celebrating our children’s upcoming graduation. The children have been excited to have their graduation photographs taken and have enjoyed participating in a wide range of activities throughout the week. We have spent time reflecting on their nursery journey, encouraging the children to share what they have learned, their favourite memories, and what they will miss most about nursery. As they prepare for their transition to school, we have been promoting confidence and independence, while reinforcing the importance of kindness, making new friends, and embracing new experiences.

The children have also thoroughly enjoyed engaging in messy and water play, where they explored a variety of mathematical concepts through hands-on learning. Using different-sized measuring cups and containers, they investigated language such as “more or less” and “half full or full”, helping to develop their mathematical understanding and vocabulary. These sensory experiences have also encouraged curiosity, exploration, and problem-solving as the children experimented, observed, and discussed their discoveries together

This week has been all about preparing our preschool children for their exciting transition to Reception, while also sup...
03/07/2026

This week has been all about preparing our preschool children for their exciting transition to Reception, while also supporting our toddlers as they get ready to move into the preschool room. Our preschool children have been excitedly talking about their school visits, where they explored their new classrooms and met some of their future friends. They have been sharing their own ideas about what school will be like, making links between their experiences at nursery and what they might do at school. Through a variety of activities, they have been encouraged to explore, find out, ask questions, and develop their independence, showing a willingness to “have a go” as they build confidence for this important next step. Our toddlers have also been taking part in transition activities to help them become familiar with the preschool environment, encouraging them to explore new experiences, build relationships, and gain confidence as they prepare for their move.

This week has been an extension of our exciting trip to Barry Island. The children had lots of fun reflecting on their e...
19/06/2026

This week has been an extension of our exciting trip to Barry Island. The children had lots of fun reflecting on their experiences and were very eager to share their memories with their friends. They enthusiastically talked about the huge sandcastle they built, the rides they enjoyed, and all the other exciting things they saw and did during their visit. As we approached Father’s Day, the children have also been busy creating special keepsakes for their daddies and other important male figures in their lives. They have taken part in a variety of creative activities, showing great enthusiasm and pride in making thoughtful gifts to celebrate the special people who care for them.

“Next week’s theme is sports. The children will take part in Sports Day and will also be learning about and discussing the ongoing football tournament.

This week, our theme has been **Our Community**, and the children have been excited to learn about the people and places...
12/06/2026

This week, our theme has been **Our Community**, and the children have been excited to learn about the people and places that make our community special. They have participated in a range of engaging activities and have shown great enthusiasm throughout the week. The children have also been looking forward to the upcoming trip to Barry Island, where they will have the opportunity to explore, spend quality time with their families, and enjoy making memories with their friends. As part of our learning, the children took part in a variety of activities, including making boats and testing whether they could float, messy play, water play, and creating their own beach scenes using paper plates and other materials. We hope you all have a wonderful time at Barry Island, and we can’t wait to hear all about your adventures. Next week’s theme will continue with our beach topic, giving the children the chance to share and express what they saw and experienced during their trip. We will also be celebrating Father’s Day with some special activities.

This week, our theme was Zoo Animals, and the children thoroughly enjoyed exploring the wonderful world of animals. We b...
05/06/2026

This week, our theme was Zoo Animals, and the children thoroughly enjoyed exploring the wonderful world of animals. We began the week by discussing the different animals that can be found at the zoo, with the children excitedly naming lions, zebras, snakes, and many other fascinating animals. Through a range of engaging activities, the children developed their communication and language skills, expanded their understanding of the world, and enhanced their personal, social, and emotional development. They enjoyed mark-making activities, creating wonderful pieces of work that they were proud to take home and share with their families. During our morning walks, the children collected grass to feed our grass-eating animals, promoting physical development and encouraging curiosity about living things. Creative activities, early mathematical concepts, literacy experiences, and imaginative play were incorporated throughout the week, supporting all seven areas of learning in a fun and meaningful way. We look forward to next week’s exciting theme, Our Community, where the children will learn about the people, places, and helpers who make our community special

This week, the children were enthusiastically engaged in learning about and celebrating Eid through a range of meaningfu...
22/05/2026

This week, the children were enthusiastically engaged in learning about and celebrating Eid through a range of meaningful and enjoyable activities. They had lots of fun having a go at bookmark making, decorating a mosque, and creating thoughtful cards for their families and friends. The children showed confidence, creativity, and determination while achieving what they set out to do, taking pride in their work and sharing their ideas with others. Throughout the activities, they developed important skills across all seven areas of learning, including communication and language, physical development, personal, social and emotional development, literacy, mathematics, understanding the world, and expressive arts and design. It was lovely to see the children building friendships, strengthening their sense of self, and working together so positively while celebrating this special occasion. Next week theme is all about zoo animals

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