Horspath Pre-School Nursery

Dear All,
Happy Friday!
This week our topics were 2D and 3D shapes, primary and secondary colours and numbers.
Following on from last week we continued to explore icing sugar but added spots of water and food colouring to observe colour changes happening. We named the colours in the pots as well as what colours we made. We printed with shape cutters and paint, used shape stencils and letter shapes in our mark making area, made shape sticker pictures and made different shapes with our hands and fingers.
On the play dough table we created shapes by rolling out the play dough and pressing shape cutters into the dough.
We continued to role play being at School in the home corner, wearing the School inform while we coloured and shape sorted. Outside we constructed with mobilo, coloured flower clips, created different sand shapes with the moulds and threaded beads onto string.
We have continued to visit the nature area and carried out sports day practice.
The book of the week was the ‘Perfect Fit.’
Have a great weekend, enjoy the photos and sunshine.

Please don’t forget our fundraising events for term 6! Please see attached.
We really appreciate your support so whatever you can do makes a big difference to the Nursery!

Dear All,
Happy Monday!
We hope you have had a lovely weekend and were able to make the most of the warmer weather returning ☀️
This week are topics are 2D and 3D shapes, primary and secondary colours.
Following on from last week we will be continuing to explore icing sugar and adding spots of water and food colouring to observe colour changes happening.
We are printing with shape cutters and paint, using shape stencils and letter shapes in our mark making area as well as on the play dough table.
We are continuing to role play being at School in the home corner, while we colour and shape sort.
Outside we will be constructing with mobilo, and the coloured flower clips and creating different sand shapes with the moulds.
We will be continuing to visit the nature area and our sport day practice.
The book of the week is the ‘Perfect Fit.’
Have a great week.

Dear All,
Happy Friday!
This week our topic is our teeth, alongside healthy eating.
We have been using the mega blocks as teeth, using tooth brushes and wool to clean them in the mud, cleaning dinosaur teeth in the dinosaur land. We have enjoyed washing the babies in the water tray and caring for them once washed by dressing them and placing them in chairs. We have been using spades and sand modules in the sand to create body shapes, looking at healthy and unhealthy foods, food groups and how much sugar are in some foods. We have shared how we look after our teeth, how many times we should brush them and what it is like to visit the dentist. We have found out what our body does with the food that we eat, made playdough and had a go at making our mouths and teeth. We have continued to mark make on paper plates and drawing around action stencils, explored icing sugar and water through play, as well as continuing our sport day practice, walks around the community and visits to the nature area.
Our book of the week was ‘The run away pea.’
Enjoy the photos and have a good weekend.

Dear All,
Happy Monday!
This week our topic is our teeth alongside healthy eating.
We will be using the mega blocks as teeth, using tooth brushes and wool to clean them, washing the babies in the water, using spades and sand modules in the sand, exploring our dinosaur land, looking at healthy and unhealthy foods, food groups, how we need to care for our teeth and talking about our dentist trips.
We will find out what our body does with the food we eat, making playdough and having a go at making our mouths.
We will continue to mark make on paper plates and drawing around action stencils, exploring icing sugar and water through play, continuing our sport day practice, walks around the community and visits to the nature area.
Our book of the week is ‘The run away pea.’
Have a good week.

Please come along and bring friends and family to Horspath Hub for the cream tea. We are open from 2pm until 5pm today.
We are raising money for Horspath nursery!

Dear All,
Happy Friday!
This week our topic was our body.
We have shared some amazing facts about our bodies through play and practical activities, like how our lungs work, what our body does with the food we eat and how many bones we have in parts of our body, for example hands and feet.
We have made our faces on cards with loose parts as we looked in mirrors and drew our self portraits, we have drawn around our bodies, coloured it in and labelled our body parts. We enjoyed constructing body puzzles, mark making on paper plates, drew around action stencils, placed bean bags on different parts of our body and learned new parts of our body like ankle, hips and elbows through songs. We enjoyed building with the potato heads, explored the water and mud with plates, cups and utensils, visited the nature area, we went on lots of walks around the community and continued our sports day practice, which we have all loved.
Our book of the week is ‘Our body.’
It would be great to see you at The Hub Cream Tea tomorrow from 2pm until 5pm.
Enjoy the photos and have a good week.

Horspath Nursery Fundraising Events for term 6.
Please come along and invite family and friends!
Also please donate any unwanted clothing!
Any clothing can be dropped off after 3:30pm on Monday 6th July or first thing Tuesday 7th July 2026.
All funds raised will go towards the nursery new building!

Dear All,
Happy Monday! We hope you had a lovely half term break.
This week our topic is our body.
We will be sharing some amazing facts about what our bodies can do through play and practical activities as well as making faces on cards with loose parts, completing body puzzles, mark making on paper plates and drawing around action stencils.
We will be dancing to our favourite songs, learning / naming the parts of our bodies through songs, building with the potato heads, exploring the water and mud with plates, cups and utensils.
We will be visiting the nature area and continuing our sport day practice.
Our book of the week is ‘Our body.’
Have a good week.

Dear All,
Happy Friday!
This week our topic was Bees and insects.
We made playdough and used natural resources to make them into insects. We explored insects in the mud and gloop, made flower gardens for our Bees, found out facts about Bees, for example they have six legs, they live in a hive, there is only one Queen Bee and how the worker Bee goes around collecting pollen and nectar and how Bees make Honey for us.
We have also been working hard to complete all our laps on the bikes and Scooters for our sponsored bike ride.
We have been down in the Nature area enjoyed looking for insects, making Bee water stations and building a bug house in a tree.
Our book of the week was “The life cycle of a Bee.”
Enjoy the photos, have a wonderful half term break and enjoy the sunshine that is ahead.
We will look forward to welcoming you back on Monday 1st June 2026.