Conker Hunt

The pre-school children went conker hunting in the park. We have found only a few this year and would like to do some interesting activities with them in nursery so if you have a conker tree near your home please collect some for us and bring them into nursery. Exploring in the park environment encourages children to ask questions and make comments about their natural world and develops their understanding of growth, decay and changes over time.

Macmillan Coffee Morning

A huge thank you to all our families who helped support us with our Macmillan coffee morning by donating cakes and by purchasing them at our event. The sessions were a big success and we could not have done it without your support. We have spaces left on our 'guess the length of the sausage roll' game before we know our collection total so watch this space. All money will of course be donated to Macmillan cancer support.

Learning about nature

Some of the children have been on the field collecting grass to use in our malleable tray. We have also added conkers from our conker hunt for children to explore things from the natural environment, learning about textures and the smells of nature.

All About Me

As part of our topic we have been learning all about similarities and differences. We have been talking about our family units and how different they are from each other. We have been looking at ourselves, comparing our clothes, facial features, likes and interests. The children have made pictures of themselves for display purposes and have beenencouraged to talk about themselves, building their vocabualry. This type of activity supports our St Marys Values:

Mutual Respect and Tolerance

This one comes down to the oldest saying in the book. Treat others as you’d like to be treated too. Encouraging tolerance of all faiths, cultures, races and views, along with an understanding of our differences and similarities.

Understanding the World

People and Communities

Learns that they have similarities and differences that connect them to and distinguish them from others.

Knows some of the things that make them unique and can talk about some of the similarities and differences in relation to friends or family.

Making Chapattis

As part of our All About Me topic we have been making chapattis. We are supporting children in the role play area re enacting their experiences that they see at home in the kitchen.

Expressive Arts and Design

Being Imagination

Notices what adults do, imitating what is observed and then doing it spontaneously when the adult is not there.

Engages in imaginative role-play based on own first hand experiences.

Uses available resources to create props to support role-play.


After making and rolling our chapattis we enjoyed eating them and then the children continued demonstrating what they had learnt using chapatti dough in the dough area.