Nursery Autumn 1 Week 4

Date: 25th Sep 2026 @ 11:26am

Week 4

English

In Literacy we have been reading the story ‘Kindness makes us Strong’ by Sophie Beer. There is an attached video if you would like to listen to it at home. We have been focusing on celebrating kindness within the classroom for example by sharing toys, letting our friends play, taking turns and helping each other.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plCIAhwRUds

Maths

In Maths we have been learning how to explore and build with shapes and objects. We have been using blocks and bricks to create towers and houses comparing the sizes of objects using the language ‘big’, ‘bigger’, ‘small’ and ‘smaller’.

PE

In PE we have practicing moving at different speeds, finding spaces to move into and changing direction whilst we are moving.

UW

This week we have been listening to the story of Owl Babies and learning about the other animals we can find in a forest. As part of our learning we thought about how it gets harder for animals to find food as the weather gets colder and how some animals like squirrels are starting to prepare to hibernate by collecting lots of food. We all really enjoyed making some bird feeders to help the animals in our gardens at home.

PSHE

As part of our PSHE learning we looked at the story ‘On Wednesday when it rained’. We looked at the different emotions in the story and tried to find the matching ones on our emotion fans.

R.E

Today we thought about how our names are another example of how we are special and unique. We learned that God has our names written on the palms of his hands (Isaiah 49:16) and that this means He holds us close, we are special to Him and He loves us.

We practised the song ‘I’m a Miracle’, which reminds us that we are wonderfully made, remarkable and incredible!

Rhyme Time, Phonics and Poetry Basket

Our Nursery Rhyme for this week is ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’. In Phonics we have been working on our Phase 1 Phonics listening skills by listening to the noises different instruments make and we created our own instruments using junk modelling. We have also been busy practicing our poem about Hope ready for Poetry Voice next week. We can’t wait to show you!

Squiggle while you wiggle

In 'Squiggle While you Wiggle' this week we have been putting our 'up and down' and 'side to side' movements together to make a pattern; whilst booging along to 'Dancing Queen' by Abba. We have attached a picture to show you what we have been drawing. We have been practising making these patterns in different sizes. 

Independent Learning

Our reading for pleasure book this week is ‘Owl Babies’ so we have been exploring different feathers in the classroom and we have had a go at painting using feathers as a tool. We created owl masks, explored the smell of different herbs, made apple pies outside, had a go at some leaf rubbing, painted Autumn trees and explored Forest animals in a woodland tray.