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Nursery blog – 01.05.2026
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Phonics This week, the children continued to explore the grapheme and phoneme for ‘p’. We practiced the formation and located the grapheme on a letter grid. Word Aware This week, we have focused on the words ‘new’ and ‘next’. Maths This week, we read ‘Meg and Mog.’ After reading the story, we created our Read More
Nursery Blog – 24.04.26
24/04/2026 · No comments yet
The book we are looking at this half-term is ‘Peace at Last’. Phonics This week, we have been looking at the phoneme and grapheme for ‘p’. We introduced Pietro the parrot and listened to the letter rhyme. Maths We read the book ‘Postman Bear’ and repeated the counting sections. The children had a go Read More
Nursery Blog – 02.04.26
02/04/2026 · 1 comment
Phonics This week, the children continued to explore the phoneme and grapheme for ‘t’. They practiced forming the grapheme and located it on a letter grid. Concept words The words this week are ‘narrow’ and ‘near’. Maths We have continued to explore patterns this week with a focus on ‘copying’. The adults created AB Read More
Nursery Blog – 27.03.26
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Phonics This week, the children have been introduced to the phoneme and grapheme for ‘t’. We read the rhyme and looked at words that begin with the ‘t’ phoneme. Concept Words This week, we have looked at ‘most’ and more’. Maths We explored the concept of ‘repeat’ this week by creating various patterns using Read More
Nursery Blog – 20.03.26
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Unfortunately, the Story Bus had to cancel our visit this week. I am currently trying to schedule another date so that everyone can have a turn. Phonics This week, the children continued to focus on the grapheme/phoneme for the letter ‘a’. We practiced its formation and located the grapheme on a grid. Many children Read More
Nursery Blog – 13.03.2026
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Phonics This week, we started exploring the phoneme and grapheme for ‘a’. We read a rhyme and thought about items that begin with this sound. Words This week’s words are “long” and “little.” Maths The children focused on positional language this week. We placed a teddy bear on, under, next to, and between various Read More
Nursery Blog – 06.03.26
06/03/2026 · 1 comment
This week, we continued to explore the phoneme/grapheme for ‘s’. The children practised forming the grapheme and also used a grid to find it amongst different symbols. We are really impressed with their formation. Words This week, we explored the meanings of the word ‘light’ as both ‘not heavy’ and ‘not dark’. Maths We Read More
Nursery Blog – 27.02.26
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This half term, we are focusing on the story ‘Farmer Duck.’ The children have enjoyed participating in the animal sounds. Phonics We have started Phase 2 of phonics. This week, we introduced the phoneme and grapheme ‘s’. We discussed ‘Sid the Silly Snake’ and read the rhyme together. We will continue to look at Read More
Nursery Blog – 12.02.26
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Phonics During our phonics sessions, the children used their listening ears to hear the different words I blended orally. We revisited The Colour Monster story, and I told a silly story featuring the different emotion monsters. Throughout the story, I segmented some words aloud, and the children shouted out the corresponding words. Once the Read More
Nursery Blog – 06.02.26
06/02/2026 · No comments yet
Phonics During our phonics sessions, the children used their listening ears to hear and repeat sounds. We even managed to pass some sounds around the classroom. Words Our words this week are ‘heavy’ and ‘in’. Maths During our math sessions, we have been focusing on subitising. We played “Bunny Ears” and used subitising plates Read More
