St George's Nursery - Foxes
Here at St. George’s, we are proud to offer a wonderful Nursery setting where every child is valued and nurtured.
We believe that children learn best when they feel happy, secure, and cared for, so strong relationships—both with their peers and the adults in the setting—are at the heart of everything we do.
During these vital Early Years, the most important areas of learning are Communication and Language, Physical Development, and Social and Emotional Development.
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Communication and Language – developing the ability to express needs, wants, thoughts, and feelings.
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Physical Development – building the strength, coordination, and independence to explore and take care of themselves.
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Social and Emotional Development – growing the confidence and emotional intelligence to work well with others and form positive relationships.
Our Nursery is a fun, exciting, and stimulating place where play is purposeful and learning happens naturally. It is filled with the laughter, curiosity, and chatter of happy children with whom we are privileged to spend our days..
Week beginning 29th September
This week we have been reading Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss and Oi Frog! by Kes Gray and Jim Field. Both are wonderful rhyming stories that help us develop listening skills while also making us laugh. If you get the chance, pop along to your local library and see if you can borrow a copy to enjoy together at home.
Our fine motor skill development has been a real highlight. The children have loved creating insects from playdough, complete with googly eyes and matchstick legs. They’ve spent hours pinching, squashing, and pulling the dough, which is not only fun but also builds the strong finger muscles they’ll need as future writers. We’ve also introduced the mini hole punch—a tricky tool that requires them to carefully line up their paper and use all their arm strength to press down. The delight on their faces when they hear that satisfying “clunk” has been wonderful to see.
In music, we’ve been exploring rhythms with claves—simple wooden sticks used to keep the beat. Through songs, the children have been learning about dynamics (loud and soft sounds), tempo (fast and slow), rests, and pitch (high and low sounds). They are picking up these musical ideas so quickly, and singing time has become one of the most joyful parts of our day.
Our Learning Journey
The children are beginning to settle beautifully into Nursery life. They are adapting well to our routines and boundaries, learning to work as a group by listening carefully, taking turns to speak, and beginning to consider the needs and wishes of others as well as their own.
We have been enjoying a special activity—playing with a real china tea set and creating our own tea party for tigers! This provides the children with a unique experience of handling something with a different weight and texture than they are used to. It teaches them to treat resources with care and to use a gentle touch. Activities like this also support language development, as a wide vocabulary grows from a wide range of experiences.
The children have also been busy drawing pictures of their families and painting tigers, bringing our classroom walls to life with their wonderful ideas, creativity, and developing skills.
We have started exploring our mud area too. The children are learning the routine of putting on their wellie boots before play and remembering to change back into their shoes when they’ve finished.
Over the past few weeks, we have learnt several fun songs, including The Little Green Frog Song, Open Shut Them, Where’s Jack, and Icky Sticky Bubble Gum.