Ready Steady Go! Sports Day Special !!!!

Well, we certainly have hit the ground running this half term!

The sun shone and everyone had a fabulous time. We have been practising our fundamental movement skills all year in readiness for this moment. I hope you enjoyed watching as much as we enjoyed taking part.

With regards to our bespoke t-shirts, please remember to press them for three minutes before washing to seal in the colours. Ut would be a shame to lose such wonderful art work.

Take a look at our photos!

Emma’s blog

Hello, and welcome back everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful half term. It has been lovely hearing what you have all been up to over the break.

The children have got right back into nursery life.

A big well done for everyone who took part in Sports Day, it was fantastic! You all have worked so hard preparing yourselves, and we were so lucky the sun was out for us.

 The children have been playing detectives in the garden, finding lots of different mini beasts. They were looking under lots of different objects in the garden. They found spiders, spider eggs, a slug, and lots more, but we also found a magnificent butterfly that had fluffy legs and body. Take a look at the picture and see if you ca find out what kind of butterfly it is!

We have had some visitors delivered to nursery this week, five baby caterpillars for us to look after! We are all excited for what will happen to them and watch their metamorphosis. It's all very exciting.

Have a wonderful weekend and Fathers Day on Sunday.

Emma

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog.

I hope you all had a wonderful half-term break and got to spend some time with your friends and family.

This week has been all about Sports day and what a glorious sunny afternoon it was. I am so proud of all the children, they all did brilliantly. Thank you to you all for your support too.

We have been growing our brains this week as we have explored symmetry and patterns. We had a special delivery this week as our caterpillars arrived. We discovered that when they are butterflies they have symmetrical wings, where the pattern is the same on each side. We made our own  butterfly and had to make each wing the same.

Why not go on a butterfly hunt this weekend.

Have a lovely weekend 

Michelle 

Symmetry-Matching

We have been finding our about the life cycle of a butterfly. We noticed that a butterflies wings are the same on each side of its body….they match! Here’s a good game to play at home. Click here.

Have the most wonderful weekend everyone, we will see you on Monday!

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara

This week...

Last week some of our friends went on a tour of Our Lady’s church with Father Peter. We found out such a lot! Father showed us the font, tabernacle, stained glass windows and all the stations of the cross. Try and ask your child about our tour when you go to Mass on Sunday.

On the way back from church we popped into the social centre for a drink and biscuits, mmmmm. Take a look at our photos

Worship

This week during prayer and liturgy we have been discussing Ascension Day (click here) and Pentecost (click here).

Ascension Day is the 40th day of Easter. It occurs 39 days after Easter Sunday and it focuses on Jesus' ascension after his resurrection, and the message that he gave to his disciples right before he was taken to heaven. It also tells of the coming of the Holy Spirit (Pentecost) as promised by Jesus.

The children have been drawing pictures of what they think heaven looks like with Steph, we are going to put them in our Worship book.

We also asked talked about . . .

 our favourite part of God’s world and why they are important to you.

 why it is important the we look after God’s world and how we can do that?

 what you would change about God’s world?

 How could you make God’s world even better?

When we come back after the half term break we are going to go for a walk and find the most amazing thing that God created.

Emma’s Blog

Hello everyone.

I can't believe it’s half-term already! 

We have been very busy painting characters for our display all about 'Once upon a time stories'. The children decided which characters they would like to see on the display. We had Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs, Rapunzel, The Big Bad Wolf and many more. All of the characters are from the stories we have been focusing on this half term. They have enjoyed role playing these stories too. We also made a magnificent fairy tale castle with a very long turret for Rapunzel to live in. We used lots of sparkles and metallic paints. It looks so magical, we are so proud of our display.

I hope you all have a fabulous half term. I can't wait to hear what you have all been up to. 

Fingers crossed for the sun to keep shining for us.

 See you all in 2 weeks.

 Emma

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog.

This week we have taken part in lots of different fun challenges. We started with the buzz wire game, where the children had to have a steady hand to be able to move along the buzz wire without setting the buzzer off. It was very tricky. We then had a challenge to see if we could carry the most water from one end of the garden from the other using a scoop. We worked in our house teams and concentrated not to spill any. The next challenge was to work together to fill the numicon board. Numicons use physical shapes and tools to represent numbers and maths. They help children to better visualise the relationship and value of numbers. Each Numicon shape represents a specific number.

This activity was tricky as the shapes didn't all fit at first. The children had to work out that some shapes had to be moved and turned make them to fit on the board. However, we did manage it in the end. The last challenge was a subitising quiz where the children had to say how many objects they could see. They said they wanted to challenge you, so here it is. Click here.

Watch out, they are fast 

Have a lovely half term

Michelle 

Sports Day

For the children attending Sports Day on Wednesday 11th June 1.15-3.30 pm; could you please ensure your child is wearing shorts, t-shirt and trainers. Also, could you please bring a named bottle of water please.

Your child will have designed their own t shirt to wear during Sports Day, which we have in nursery. Please note before washing the t shirt you must press it for at least three minutes to seal in the colour.

Gym Jam Jog

Thursday 19th June is our fundraising Gym Jam Jog! Please come to school for 8 am and jog with us around the school field to to raise funds for our PTFA so that we can continue to enhance the school environment. It is great fun so join us and get inloved!!! See you there…bright and early and wearing your gym jams.

Induction for September school starters

Thursday 19th of June 3.45-4.45 pm is also the induction session for children joining Reception at Our Lady’s in September 2025. Pop it in your diary. It’s a great chance to meet the team and visit receptions classroom.

Finally, I hope everyone manages to have a restful half term break and I will see you all on Monday 9th June.

Look after each other and stay safe

God bless

Barbara

This week...

It has been a very different week at nursery. As part of our transition process (yes, it’s hard to believe that some of friends will be moving to Reception in September), we have spent each morning this week with the children and Reception team and it has been wonderful! Everybody learned and played together beautifully. I don’t envisage any upset in September.

Worship

May is the Month of Mary. We have been discussing how Mary is honoured during the month of May. We have talked about:

• Where you can find a Mary worship table in nursery

• What to put on a Mary worship table

• That flowers commonly associated with Mary

• and what else can go on our Mary worship table

  We have also all painted a picture of Mary to put on our Mary’s Month display.

  On Friday this week some of nursery will be joining Reception on a visit and tour of Our Lady’s church with Father Peter. We are hoping to pop in and have refreshments at the Social Centre afterwards. Such a busy day.

Visit from Pemberton’s farm

On Wednesday Farmer Tom brought some of his animals from his farm to show us. He brought Pixie a calf born prematurely in February, twin dairy calves ( one was called Mary, how apt for Mary’s Month!), two lambs (one was called Baaaaarbara!!) and a farm dog called Storm. We watched as Farmer Tom fed the lambs their milk from a bottle, what a lot of noise they made!

Take a look at our photos!

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog 

The weather has been glorious this week and we have made the most of every moment. We have carefully tended to our garden this week as we have made sure they have had plenty of water to drink. We also watered the newly planted trees on the school field.

We were excited to meet number block number 9 this week. We have explored different ways of making 9. One of our friends said " it's 3 sets of 3s". Another said "it's a square". Can your child count 9 objects? 

We have been busy practicing for Sports Day. This week we have concentrated on jumping to see how far we can jump. Why not have a jumping contest this weekend. Who can jump the furthest?

Have a lovely weekend 

Michelle 

Emma’s Blog

Hello everyone.

It's been hot this week, but the children have still been having lots of fun.

We decided to use to make cress sandwiches for snack time with the cress that we have been growing. The children buttered their own bread, a great skill for practicing their fine motor skills and for life…we always need toast in the morning!. We then cut and sprinkled the cress on to the bread. The children then had a go at folding the bread in half, which was a bit tricky. The children loved their cress sandwiches, they couldn't believe that they were eating something that they had grown from seeds.

The children have been making castle turrets or towers using shapes. They drew around their chosen shapes then drew someone hiding inside the turret. The children drew their mummies, Rapunzel or their friends in the castle.

I can't believe we only have one week left before we break up for May half term.

Enjoy your sunny/hot weekend everyone.

Emma 

Meet number 9

This week we have started to explore number 9!! Numberblock Nine arrives in Numberland, finds a friend in Four, sings a song about squares... and sneezes! Learn all about the number 9 with Numberblock Nine! Click here to meet 9!

We are learning to:

• Say the counting numbers to 9. The children should recognise the cardinal principle of counting that the last number counted represents the entire set of objects counted.

• Partitioning and combining to 9. At the beginning of the episode Nine is formed from combining One and Eight and then partitioned again.

• 9 and 4 are square numbers. Although the children are not formally introduced to square numbers until much later, this episode provides an opportunity to look at both the structure of squares with 4 equal sides and corners, and square numbers that make a shape with the same number of blocks down as across. Identifying pattern and seeing structure in number is important to early maths development.

Finally, fire up the BBQ for a fun weekend!

Stay safe and God Bless.

This week....

A week of remembrance and celebrations. We have been preparing for our VE Day picnic by putting up the bunting, making union flags to wave and celebratory VE day crowns!! Luckily the sun was out to make the day FANTASTIC. it was so lovely to be out on the field with the whole school. Siblings and friends across the classes were able to eat and play together.

We started the week by watching the video that we looked at for Remembrance Day. The children were able to describe what was happening and how war made them feel and that we had all made a remembering poppy. Click here to watch again at home. We then discussed that when the fighting had finished there was peace in our country and we learnt the sign for ‘peace’. and made a ‘peace wreath’.

Take a look at our wonderful celebration!

Forest school

Last Friday it was our turn for forest school. We absolutely love it. We visited our tadpoles in their new home. Listened to environmental sounds and did some forest bathing under the canopy of the trees. It was so tranquil and calming, although it was tricky to get in to the hammock! As a treat we had juice and Jammy Dodgers!

Emma’s blog

Hello everyone,  

The sunshine is still shining for us all, and the children just love playing and learning in the garden. 

This week, we have been exploring the number 8. The children have been working out how many legs an octopus has (one of our friends brought a cuddly octopus into nursery and was telling their friends about its 8 legs. The children drew their own octopus and counted each leg, making sure they had 8.

As a fine motor activity we made a picture of Rapunzel with her long hair, then clipped and counted 8 pegs on to her long hair! This was tricky but the children ‘had a go’ like Tommy Turtle. 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

See you all on Monday 

Emma 

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog.

We have had a very busy week of learning. We have worked very hard practising writing numbers 8. If you would like to practice at home, here is the rhyme; ‘s' to start, looking great, loop back up and there’s your 8’. Don't forget to use your duck fingers. We have also been counting out objects to 8. Why not have a go at home. I'm sure you will be amazed at how well your child can count. Don't forget to touch each object as you count it.

We then had a go at singing the number 8 rap Click here.

Thank you

Have a lovely weekend 

Michelle 

Health and Safety notice

Please remember if you are sending in grapes for snack, please slice them in half lengthwise as they are a serious choking hazard. Click here for an example.

As you can see, another fun week at nursery!

Have a lovely weekend and I will see you all on Monday.

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara

This week...

The weather keeps getting better and better…and we are loving it! Whenever possible we have chosen to do our learning outdoors. Our tadpoles are getting bigger and bigger, no back legs yet though. On Wednesday Mrs. Tierney took some of the tadpoles to a new home in the forest school garden pond. they all look happy and settled in their new environment.!

The meadow seeds we planted a few weeks ago have germinated and started to grow. The children have been popping to the poly tunnel each day to water the veggies…not shooting yet.

Worship

This week in prayer and liturgy Mrs. Gregan told the story of doubting Thomas. In the Bible, the apostle Thomas initially doubted the accounts of Jesus' resurrection from the other disciples. This story is often used to teach us about faith, trust, and the importance of having a belief system, while also acknowledging that some people may have doubts. We discussed "What do you think it would be like to be Doubting Thomas? Why might he have felt that way?" or "How do we show trust in others in our daily lives?".  Click here to watch a short video about doubting Thomas.

Emma’s Blog

Hello everyone 

We have really enjoyed being outside this week in the sunshine. The sun makes everyone feel so happy, including our tadpoles, which are growing really big now. The children can't wait to see their legs start to grow. 

We read a story called Rapunzel as part of our ‘Once Upon a Time’ learning thread. Rapunzel had very long hair in the story, so we thought we could grow our own Rapunzel ‘hair’ from cress. The children used a plastic see-through cup so they could see when the seeds started to geminate…it didn’t take long. We put cotton wool inside the cup to make a cosy bed for the seeds, gave them a drink of water and put them where it was light and bright. We waited. The children drew Rapunzel’s face on the cup so the cress would represent her hair. Everyday we checked to see if the seeds had germinated, and within 6 days, the children’s Rapunzels all had cress hair! The children used a ruler to see how long the cress had grown. Some of the childrens cress had grown to 12cm long. Here is a video of the story Rapunzel. Enjoy. 

Click here to watch how to grow cress at home.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone, and enjoy the sunshine.

 Emma 

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog.

We have had glorious weather this week and we have made the most of it as we continue to watch the tadpoles grow bigger. We are still waiting for them to start growing legs but they are getting much bigger now. 

We have started our research about all things ‘creepy crawlie’ as we set off on a bug hunt. We found woodlice, slugs, spiders and ants. We hope to find many more. Why don't you go on your own bug hunt? Click here.

We have been practising our positional language skills and checked our learning by having a quiz at home. Click here.

Have a lovely weekend and enjoy the weather 

Michelle 

VE Day celebrations

Next Thursday nursery will be joining the whole school for a picnic lunch on the field. If your child is present on that day we are asking if they could wear red, white and blue coloured clothing!!! Let’s hope the sun continues to shine!

Have a fabulous Bank Holiday weekend everyone. I have lots of gardening planned in the sunshine, maybe followed by a little snooze!

See you on Tuesday

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara

This week...

A sad start to our new term. We have all been saddened by the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday. It was only fitting as we returned to school on Tuesday that we began the Summer term with a dedicated prayer and liturgy, led by Mrs. Gregan. We have opened a book of condolence for both staff children and parents to contribute.

Nursery have been drawing pictures of Pope Francis to add to the book along with their individual finger print. We also wrote: ‘we offer our condolences to sisters and brothers in the Roman Catholic Church . We pray God’s blessing on us all and on all, who like Pope Francis, try to follow Christ in the strength of the Holy Spirit.’

If you can cast your mind back to before the Easter break you will remember that we welcomed the statue of Our Lady of Lourdes into school. She will remain with us until Monday, and this week we have been celebrating the visit by praying in the worship area and by making individual statues of Our Lady of Lourdes to take home. We have tasked each child to place Our Lady next to their beds as they say their prayers each evening. Keep a look out in your child’s school bag this week.

On a happier note we have thoroughly enjoyed the sunshine this week and have been inspired to crack on with our planting. Justine has been taking the gardening club in small groups to the poly tunnel to plant, pumpkins, lettuce, cucumber, radishes, peas and sweetcorn!

The children gave also noticed our meadow seeds are growing and we have flowers on our raspberry canes and strawberry plants! We are hoping for a bumper crop!

Number 8

Numberland is rocked by the arrival of superblock Eight, known to his friends and fans as Octoblock. At the beginning of the episode Eight is formed from combining One and Seven.

Throughout the episode Eight counts his legs saying the number names from 1 to 8. The children should recognise the cardinal principle of counting that the last number counted represents the entire set of objects counted. Click here to meet Octoblock!

Year 5 Charity Donut Sale…mmmmmmmmm

Please give Year 5 your support!!

Who doesn’t like a donut, yummy!!!!!!

Emma’s Blog

Hello everyone, 

Welcome back. I hope you all had a wonderful Easter.

 The children have got right back into nursery with their learning and having lots of fun.

 The children have been recognising sounds we have learnt in their names by using a name card. This will give the children confidence to take ownership of their personal belongings, their trays as well as being able to write their names.

This term’s learning is entitled ‘Once Upon a Time’. We kick started our literacy based learning by turning the treehouse into a wonderful castle, we even made a dragons lair in the dungeon underneath the castle! The children have really enjoyed dressing up and role playing in the castle. The children’s imagination has been wonderful. They have made up so may amazing (and scary) stories!

Everyone helped to design a flag to go on the castle. Of course, we came up with the idea of a dragon, the children love dragons. It had to have fire coming out of his mouth! It looks great flying proudly on our castle. 

At the end of last term, the children showed great interest in looking for mini beasts, and they came across a very large cocoon. The children were really excited and wanted to know what it could be, but we didn't know. This week, the children have found it again. We are going to keep our eyes on it to see what its going to be. Watch this space. 

It has been a fun packed week, and I can't wait for next week. I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

 Emma.

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome back after the Easter break. 

Our learning continues as we are still on our journey to reception.

First I would like to give a big warm welcome to our new starters. We are so happy to have you in our nursery family. We hope you have a wonderful time. Just a couple of things to let you know about. All children should have a blue book bag, as these are just the right size for storage and also bringing home children's work. We just don't have the space for big back packs. Also, all children should bring in snacks, one for each session, so they will need two if they are here all day. We promote healthy eating, so a piece of fruit or veggies is perfect. Thank you 

This term we are focusing on literacy and story telling. We have all used our imaginations to retell our favourite stories this week, we might even write one of our own!

We are continuing to practice our writing, concentrating on the sounds that make up our first name. We are getting really good at hearing the which sounds are in our names, moving on from just initial sounds. I can tell the children have been practising their writing at home. Thank you for your support. When your child is writing please remember to tell them to use their "duck fingers". This is the tripod grip.  Click here for more information.

Have a lovely weekend 

Michelle 

I hope the weather stays sunny for the weekend and everyone can make some lovely family memories.

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara