Week beginning 26th January 2026
Early Years have been exploring the sense of smell this week. We have been smelling different scents, we recognised orange and ginger! We have discussed which smells we like and those we don’t.
On Wednesday, we brought our teddy bear and soft toy friends into school to meet our visitors from the Teddy Bear’s Hospital. These are Newcastle University students who help reduce health anxiety for children in an enjoyable way and raise awareness of improving general health. We explored some medical equipment - stethoscopes, blood pressure gauge and a pulse checker. We learned about the organs inside of our body, how important it is to brush our teeth, which foods are healthy or unhealthy and why. We joined in all of the activities and asked some sensible questions – we may have some future doctors in our class!
Week beginning 19th January 2026
In RE this week, Early Years have been learning the story of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. We role played Mary and Joseph taking Jesus to the Temple and Anna and Simeon’s reaction to seeing Him.
We have been exploring the sense of touch, describing how different toys and objects feel to us. We created our own ‘feely boxes’ to guess what the items were when we couldn’t see them, using touch alone.
We have been reading the book “Alan’s Big Scary Teeth” and taking part in tooth brushing activities. We have been brushing the small world animal and dinosaur’s teeth to practise our brushing skills.
Thank you to those parents who joined us for the Phonics Workshop on Wednesday. We were able to show off our fabulous phonic, reading and writing skills!
Week beginning 12th January 2026
In Early Years this week, we have been exploring the sense of sight. Playing different games, exploring what happens when we can’t see and what people can do to help them to see.
Nursery have been exploring the colour ‘red’ – identifying red around the rooms, finding red toys, and being creative with the colour red using lots of different materials.
Reception have been labelling body parts and writing about the Wolf.
We have also all made Wanted Posters to try and catch the wolf that tried to eat Little Red Riding Hood and her Grandma. Let us know if you see him!
Week beginning 5th January 2026
Happy New Year! Welcome back and welcome to our new Nursery friends and their families.
Our new topic this half term is Magnificent Me where we are exploring our body and senses. We have named body parts, drawn around ourselves to paint and collage, and sang songs, such as, Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.
Our new book is Little Red Riding Hood – we have loved re-enacting the story, taking turns at being the different characters and repeating the conversation Red Riding Hood and the Wolf have.
We also enjoyed playing in the snow and ice, wrapping up warm and exploring the different ways we could move it, use it or melt it.
