EYFS – Nursery
EYFS Sports Day 2017
On Thursday 13th July our Nursery and Reception pupils donned their t-shirts, shorts and trainers as they ran, jumped, danced and threw, as part of this year’s EYFS Sports Day. Thank you to all the parents who came along to support and cheer them on.
Healthy Lifestyles
As part of Healthy Lifestyle Week, Nursery made fruit salad to eat during snack time. We enjoyed tasting the many wonderful and delicious fruits bought from the local greengrocers, particularly the pineapple and watermelon!
EYFS Induction Evenings
Early Years parents and pupils were invited to attend an open evening at Keir Hardie to support pupils with their transition into Reception or new starters to our Nursery setting. Pupils had the chance to visit their classroom, meet the Early Years team and taste the school menu to get them school ready for September! …
Nursery Art Homework Project
Nursery pupils have been working extremely hard with their parents over the half-term holiday to design these fabulous 3D models of the Three Little Pigs houses. Pupils thought very carefully about the structure and materials they would need to use to make the house sturdy and strong against the wrath of the big bad wolf!
Making cakes for the Fairtrade bake sale
As part of Fairtrade week, Nursery learnt about the journey of the cocoa bean and used Fairtrade chocolate to make rice crispies chocolate cakes for the Fairtrade bake sale.
Ducklings!
We’ve had some new arrivals in nursery…the ducklings have finally hatched! We’ve observed that ducklings have waterproof feathers to keep them warm and dry and webbed feet to keep them afloat.
Mini Beast mosaic-making
Nursery has enjoyed designing mosaics of the following minibeasts; bee, butterfly, ladybird and dragonfly. We used recycled materials from home to create our designs – come and have a look at our amazing creations in the playground!
Animal Magic
Nursery had many exciting visitors to our school this morning. We met the following animals from Animal Magic; Scooby the White Face Scoop Owl, Bobby the Blue Macaw, Plush Lop Bunnies, Funky Haired Guinea Pigs, Mushu the Bearded Dragon, Sally the Royal Python, Arnie the Armadillo and Travis the Cane Toad.
Observing Change!
To mark the start of Spring six of our eggs have hatched! We have been enjoying looking after the chicks, feeding them and giving them lots of cuddles. There has been many discussions about the chicken life cycle and how they change and grow over time. Once they are two weeks old the chicks will be returning to live on …
Work Week
Week beginning 14th November 2016 Nursery was super excited to meet Lucy and Luna from the DLR as part of Work Week! They taught us how to stay safe when using the train and the role of the different people who work inside Canning Town station. We then role played being a ticket inspector, a …