Thursday 13 July 2023
Summer 2, Week 6
We are rapidly approaching the end of term and have been very busy in Nursery.
Firstly, we have to congratulate all Nursery children for their wonderful graduation last week. It was wonderful to look back on our year together and see how much everyone has progressed.
This week we have been busy practising for our sports day - we are very excited to share this special day with our grown ups next week!
We have also been learning about how to stay healthy and know that exercise, healthy eating, burshing our teeth and sleeping well will help us to be healthy.
Have a great weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 29th June 2023
Summer 2, Week 4
This week has been all about minibeasts! We have loved learning all about minibeasts this week - learning their names, what they eat and where they live!
We were even treated to a special visit from ZooLab who brought in lots of wonderful creatures for us to hold and learn about!
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 22nd June 2023
Summer 2, Week 3
We have had fun looking at skeletons this week and exploring the human body. We even had a go at writing our own captions - we were fantastic at recognising the initial sounds.
In maths, we have been using a part whole model to add. We know that the whole is bigger than the part.
We have also enjoyed using clay this week to make bones. We looked at examples and then sculpted the clay.
Well done for all of your hard work this week, Nursery!
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 15th June 2023
Summer 2, Week 2
What a glorious week this week has been! Nursery have loved the sunshine and all of our water activities this week.
We started our learning focused on the human body this week by looking at the Funny Bones story. We have explored a human skeleton and have been brilliant at learning new vocabulary such as skull and spine.
In Maths, we have been practising representing numbers in different ways and I have been so impressed with all of the different ways we have found!
Have a great weekend!
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 8th June 2023
Summer 2, Week 1
We have had such a great first week back after the half term break and it is hard to believe it is the final half term of the year!
This week, Nursery have been impressing with their numeral and numicon knowledge! We have been making our very own numicon pictures and the children have been able to discuss which pieces they have used and in some cases, have been explaining how bigger numbers are made up of smaller numbers!
In English, we have been focusing on rhyming words. We know that rhyming words sound similar! We enjoyed reading Oi Frog! and spotting the many rhyming words used in the story.
In RE, we have been exploring friendships and what it means to be a good friend. The children have continued to demonstrate how they are good friends by following our school footsteps.
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 18th May
Summer 1, Week 5
It has been another fantastic week in Nursery this week!
This week, we have started our new topic all about jobs. The children have been so interested in learning about different jobs and have loved telling us what they would do like to do when they are grown up. Thank you for sharing your occupations on Tapestry.
In maths, we have been exploring weight. The children have loved weighing items in our classroom and we have had some great discussions with brilliant mathematical vocabulary including, heavier, lighter and balanced.
We have also completed Commando Joe's this week which all children thoroughly enjoyed! Our theme was 'Three Blind Mice' and by working as a team, communicating and demonstrating resilience, we were able to complete three tricky challenges!
We hope you have a great weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 11th May 2023
Summer 1, Week 4
This week in Nursery we have been very busy creating a piece of collaborative artwork with Reception. The artwork is for the Bishop Bewick Catholic Trust and it is around the theme 'Stronger Together'.
After learning a little bit about our trust, we started to think about what strength meant to us. We had lots of fantastic ideas including, lifting heavy things, lions and working as a team!
We then started on our artwork which involved lots of paint mixing and messy hands! We can't wait to show you the finished piece which will be displayed at the Discovery Museum in June. Keep your eyes peeled on Twitter for a sneak peak!
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 4th May 2023
Summer 1, Week 3
We have had a blast celebrating the coronation of King Charles III in Nursery this week. We have completed lots of Royal-related activities such as: crown making, flag making, biscuit decorating and jewel counting. We are so excited for more celebrations tomorrow including our royal tea party!
We have also enjoyed reading The Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Campbell Ernst this week. We recognised lots of similarities and differences between this story and The Gingerbread Man.
We hope you have a lovely bank holiday weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 27th April 2023
Summer 1, Week 2
This week we have continued our learning of the Gingerbread Man. The children have created a wonderful story map and are confident retelling the story - we really love it when the cow says 'Oh Milkshakes!' It has been so lovely to see all of the lovely pictures the children have been completing at home around our learning too - thank you.
In RE, we have been learning why the cross is such a significant and special symbol. We even tried some hot cross buns with Miss Salter and they were a big hit!
We are looking forward to completing lots of activities relating to the King's Coronation next week.
Have a great weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 20th April
Summer 1, Week 1
It has been so lovely to welcome the children back to school this week, I hope you all had a lovely Easter break.
It has been a very exciting week in Nursery this week as we have been visited by the very cheeky Gingerbread Man who is currently causing mischief all around school. Nursery have been trying extremely hard to try and find him. Have you seen him?
Also this week, we have been busy consolidating our knowledge of number patterns. We have thoroughly enjoyed our outdoor maths lessons where we had to go on a special numicon hunt!
I am looking forward to next week already - will we manage to catch up with the Gingerbread Man? I hope so!
Have a great and hopefully sunny weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 30th March
Spring 2, Week 5
I can hardly believe it is the end of Spring term! What a brilliant, busy few weeks we have had!
This week in English we have been looking at the Easter Story. We have talked about what happened and how people must have felt. The children have shown great empathy.
In maths, we have had lots of fun learning about different 2D and 3D shapes! Our knowledge of 2D shapes is fantastic and we can even talk about the properties of certain shapes!
Thank you for all of your continued support this half term. We hope you have a lovely Easter break and hopefully we will get a little bit of nice weather!
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 23rd March 2023
Spring 2, Week 4
We have had another fantastic week in Nursery this week!
We have continued to look after our visiting chicks this week, making sure they have a nice lean home and lots of food and water. We even gave them a treat of some toast which they really enjoyed. We can't believe how much they have grown in the week they have been with us and we'll be very sad to see them go to their forever homes tomorrow.
In maths, we have worked our socks off this week! We have been looking at adding two groups to find the total. We have been brilliant and counting the parts to then find the whole.
We completed our RE unit as well this week and took part in a lovely liturgy. All of the children behaved beautifully.
We hope you have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 16th March
Spring 2, Week 3
What an exciting week we have had this week...
On Tuesday morning our chicks arrived in Nursery and we were so lucky to be able to watch one chick hatch just before home time. We couldn't believe it when we came in on Wednesday morning to find another five chicks had hatched overnight!
Nursery have loved watching the chicks develop and change and they have taken such good care of them. We have made sure they have been warm enough, have a clean home and always have fresh food and water.
Nursery have also been fantastic at learning all about the life cycle of chicks and have been super at using technical vocabulary such as incubator, shell and pipping.
We can't wait to move our chicks into their brooder box when they are ready and watch how they grow and develop even more next week!
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 9th March 2023
Spring 2, Week 2
Nursery have thoroughly enjoyed the recent wintry weather this week and this led to lots of discussion and investigations relating to melting! We even made our own snowman named Frosty!
We have also continued our learning around Frogs this week and we have learned lots about the life cycle of the frog. Please could you ask us all about this?
In maths, we have been brilliant and adding our own marks to represent numbers.
We have also continue our learning around our RE topic, Gather. We have talked about how to gather and who we like to gather with.
A highlight of our week has definitely been our visit to Gosforth Library. This was our first education visit and the children were impeccably behaved throughout the visit.
We hope you have a lovely weekend. Take care.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 2nd March 2023
Spring 2, Week 1
Welcome back! What a great we have had in Nursery this week!
We have started our learning around the text Tad this week, where we have been learning all about the life cycle of a frog. The children have been brilliant at discussing how a frog changes and also how we change as we get older too!
We have thoroughly enjoyed celebrating World Book Day this week too. The children enjoyed dressing up as their favourite characters, going on a book hunt and even making their very own concertina books all about the Three Little Pigs.
The children have also enjoyed spending time in Forest School this week as part of Lent. We spent time making crosses out of twigs and reflecting.
Have a super weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 16th February 2023
Spring 1, Week 6
I can't quite believe it is the end of half term already. It has been such a busy six weeks and the children have really flourished.
This week we have continued our learning around Grandpa's Garden. The children loved tasting the different fruits and vegetables that Grandpa grew. We used our senses to talk about what they looked, felt, smelt and tasted like.
In maths, we have been looking at position and direction. The children have been brilliant and using the key vocabulary of on, under, next to and between.
We have also been very busy this week celebrating Valentine's Day and Pancake Day (although we were a little bit early for Pancake Day!). We loved making love potions and sending cards to our loved ones as well as getting messy and adding different toppings to our pancakes!
We hope you have a lovely half term break.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 9th February 2023
Spring 1, Week 5
This week has been all about vegetables and gardens! We have been reading Grandpa's Garden and learning all about the vegetables that grow there. We designed our own gardens and loved drawing the carrots, potatoes, peas and broccoli that were growing there!
In maths, we have been looking at measure. We have been using the vocabulary: long, short, longer, shorter. We have been excellent measuring items in our classroom using cubes, pens and stones.
We have started a new topic in RE this week too and have been learning about Islam. We talked about items that are precious to us and why they are so special.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 2nd February
Spring 1, Week 4
This week we have been Polar Explorers! We packed our back pack with vital supplies and made the exciting journey to the Sole Pole. We really loved following the map to help us find our way around - we even created some of our own maps!
We also finished our RE Celebration topic this week with a lovely Prayer Liturgy. We planned it together and all of the children joined in so well with the hymns and prayers - well done, Nursery!
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 26th January 2023
Spring 1, Week 3
This week we have been learning all about hibernation! We have learnt all about the animals that hibernate and lots of facts too so please ask us about some of these at home!
We have also completed our Commando Joe day this week - we had so much fun!! We completed three challenges all about Jack and Jill. We worked on our resilience, teamwork and empathy!
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 19 January 2023
Spring 1, Week 2
The children have loved exploring our topic of winter, looking closely at the Polar Regions. We have loved learning about the animals found in the North and South Poles as well as finding out more about the Inuit people. There was lots of excitement with the snowy weather this week too - what perfect timing for our topic!
In maths, we have been exploring more, less and fewer. We have been trying really hard to use this vocabulary - why don't you ask us about it!
We hope you have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 12th January 2023
Spring 1, Week 1
Happy New Year. It has been so lovely to welcome the children back to Nursery this week. They have settled back into our routine brilliantly - well done them!
This week we have been looking at the story Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers. This has inspired lots of learning about the South Pole and penguins in particular! We have really loved watching a live feed of penguins - they have been swimming, cleaning themselves and playing!
In maths, we have been comparing two sets of numbers and are getting confident finding which is more and which is less. We have been trying really hard to use STEM sentences.
We have also started a new RE topic this week called Gathering. We created some brilliant pieces of spiritual art where we used cardboard to print!
We hope you have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 22nd December 2022
Autumn 2, Week 8
What a fun and festive week we have had this week!
The children have enjoyed their Christmas party this week which included a visit from the magical Mr Merlin! We had fun playing party games and enjoyed eating our party food - what a treat!
We have also been busy making our own gingerbread biscuits and we even decorated them!
We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas period and we look forward to seeing you all in the New Year.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss kaur
Thursday 15th December 2022
Autumn 2, Week 7
Nursery have given two fantastic Nativity performances over the last few days alongside their friends from Reception class. Their singing, acting and dancing was fantastic - well done everyone!
We have been completing lots of Christmas activities in Nursery this week and have enjoyed counting presents from Santa's sack and reading Laura's Christmas Star.
It has been very cold this week but we have been very excited to see the snow and we loved playing in it!
Have a lovely weekend and we will see everyone next week ready for the last week of term!
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 8th December
Autumn 2, Week 6
This week we have continued looking at small and big items in maths. We have confidently ordered toys from smallest to biggest and biggest to smallest.
We have also enjoyed listening to and looking at different Christmas stories this week. We have talked about the characters and discussed of their Christmas celebrations are similar to ours.
We are very much looking forward to our Christmas Nativity performance and have been practising very hard. Our dress rehearsal was very exciting, and we loved wearing our costumes. We can't wait to perform to our grown-ups!
Thursday 1st December
Autumn 2, Week 5
This week in maths we have looked at small, medium and large items. We have been able to sort Christmas items into sizes and have been able to measure items using cubes. We know the key words tall, short, small and big.
We have also been learning about the Nativity story this week and have really enjoyed learning actions to help us remember the story.
We have started rehearsing for our Nativity performance in the hall this week - our singing is wonderful! We can't wait to perform to our families in the coming weeks.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 24 November
Autumn 2, Week 4
This week has whizzed by in the blink of an eye but what a fun week it has been!
We have been learning about instructions. We read the story Press Here and loved joining in with the instructions. We then set instructions on the Bee bots!
In RE, we started our brand new topic, Birthdays. We talked about what birthdays are and we found out some people have already celebrated a birthday in Nursery this year. We decided to have our own Nursery party so were very busy writing party invitations and making birthday cards and party food! We loved playing games too!
To finish the week we started to get ready for the start of advent. We listened to Christmas carols whilst putting our Christmas Tree up. The children were so helpful adding baubles to the tree.
A little reminder that school is closed to children tomorrow (Friday 25) for a staff training day. We hope you have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur.
Thursday 17 November
Autumn 2, Week 3
This week we have celebrated anti-bullying week in school. Nursery children wore odd socks on Monday and were fantastic at sorting scenarios into friendly and unfriendly. We know it's important to be kind all of the time.
In our topic lessons we have been looking at houses from around the world, including igloos and mud huts. We talked about how igloos wouldn't be good for us to live in because our country is not cold enough.
In maths, we have been looking at number patterns. We are getting confident at recognising more and less and are brilliantly using a ten frame to help us count out items.
This week we have completed our RE topic, 'Welcome'. We looked at how babies are welcomed into God's family and role-played a baptism. We were great at remembering the tricky key words.
We are also really looking forward to celebrating Children in Need tomorrow. Keep your eyes peeled for our 'spotacular' t-shirt design.
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur
Thursday 10 November
Autumn 2, Week 2
In Nursery this week we have been looking at journey stories. We have enjoyed reading We're Going on a Bear Hunt and have looked at different scenarios mentioned in the story. We were brilliant at describing the long swishy grass and the squelchy mud!
We have continued looking at 2D shapes this week and have been finding ways to sort them, including by colour and size. We know we have lots of shapes in our environment so maybe you could ask us to name and short some shapes at home.
We have also continued our RE topic, Welcome. We enjoyed There's a Baby in Mummy's Tummy and discussing how we have welcomed babies into our families and what we do to show they are welcome.
Well done to everyone for another super week!
Have a wonderful weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw and Miss Doyle
Autumn 2, Week 1
It has been lovely to welcome the nursery children back into school after the half term break. We have had such an exciting first week back.
In maths, we have been looking at 2D shapes. We are super at naming simple 2D shapes and we even know some of the properties! We have been working hard to find shapes in our environment as well as using shapes to make patterns and pictures.
In English, we have enjoyed reading The Gruffalo. We have discussed the different homes the animals live in and how that compares to where we live.
We have also enjoyed taking part in Commando Joe's this week. Our focus was self-awareness. We explored different emotions and looked at different ways to help ourselves when we are feeling sad, angry or worried.
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw and Miss Doyle
Autumn 1, Week 7
Thursday 20 October
We can't believe it is the end of half term 1! All of the children have settled in brilliantly and we are so proud of everything they have achieved.
In RE this week, we started our new topic 'Welcome'. We remembered how we were welcomed into Nursery and talked about different ways to welcome people including smiling, waving and cuddling.
In English, we have continued looking at Nursery Rhymes. Our particular favourite has been Round and Round the Garden. We loved watching teddy fly off the parachute!
In Maths, we have worked really hard looking at different amounts of items and finding out which has most, and which has the least. We used a tens frame to help us count.
We hope you all have a lovely half term, and we are looking forward to seeing you back in Nursery on Monday 31 October.
Mrs Bertenshaw and Miss Doyle
Autumn 1, Week 6
Thursday 13 October
What an exciting week we have had in Nursery this week!
This week we have been visited by the Teddy Bear Hospital. All of the children were able to give their teddy bears a 'consultation' and we learned lots about how germs spread, how to brush our teeth properly and even how to listen to a heartbeat with a stethoscope!
Also this week, we have been taking part in the National Gallery's Take One Picture initiative. We have been looking at Claude-Joseph Vernet's artwork, 'A Shipwreck in a Stormy Sea'. We loved looking at the picture and pointing out what we could see. We then created our own stormy weather picture! We have had so much fun!
We can't wait for another fun week next week.
Mrs Bertenshaw and Miss Doyle
Autumn 1, Week 5
Thursday 6 October
Well, another week has flown by in a blink of an eye! We have had a super week in Nursery.
On Friday we celebrated World Space Day. The children had a great time exploring the space tuff trays and mark making on the shiny space surfaces. We were also treated to a virtual story experience called 'Fly Me To The Moon'.
The children loved singing spaced theme songs - Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer was our favourite.
We can't wait for another fantastic week next week.
Mrs Bertenshaw and Miss Doyle
Thursday 29 September
Autumn 1, Week 4
Nursery have had a great week this week. We have been learning all about autumn and even went on an autumn hunt to Forest School! We found lots of conkers, pine cones and leaves that had fallen off the trees and changed colour!
In maths, we have been looking at numbers 1-5. We have been recognising the numeral and looking at numicon.
We have also enjoyed reading 'After the Storm' by Nick Butterworth.
Have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Bertenshaw and Miss Doyle
Autumn 1, Week 3
What a brilliant week we have had in Nursery this week. It has been so lovely to see the children grow in confidence this week as they are becoming increasingly familiar with their surroundings.
In maths, we have been practising counting verbally and using objects. We are starting to recognise our numerals to five and have played lots of games to help us practice this. We have continued singing our counting songs too - 5 Little Speckled Frogs is our favourite!
In literacy, we have been reading My Family. We know families are all different and we have been terrific talking about who is in our family.
Thank you to the families who brought in family pictures this week, it really helped our learning.
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw and Miss Doyle
Autumn 1, Week 1
Wow! What a super week we have had in Nursery. All of the children have settled in brilliantly and are already becoming more confident in our environment.
We have had lots of fun in the water and sand and have made lots of magnificent pictures in the creative area.
Well done to all of our wonderful children! We can't wait to see you next week!
Mrs Bertenshaw and Miss Doyle
We join with Bishop Robert and the whole of BBCET, to mourn the loss of our beloved Queen. We pray for the repose of her soul and for her family. We are very grateful for her years of service. We give thanks to God for everything she has done. May she rest in peace.
Thursday 9th February 2023
Spring 1, Week 5
This week has been all about vegetables and gardens! We have been reading Grandpa's Garden and learning all about the vegetables that grow there. We designed our own gardens and loved drawing the carrots, potatoes, peas and broccoli that were growing there!
In maths, we have been looking at measure. We have been using the vocabulary: long, short, longer, shorter. We have been excellent measuring items in our classroom using cubes, pens and stones.
We have started a new topic in Re this week too and have been learning about Islam. We talked about items that are precious to us and why they are so special.
Mrs Bertenshaw, Miss Doyle and Miss Kaur