Autumn 2024
As mark-makers, we have enjoyed practising our drawing skills in our ‘Squiglet’ sessions. We have drawn lots of pictures, including spiders, snowmen and polar bears.
As artists, the children have created observational drawings and paintings of poppies. We worked as a team to create a large Elmer the elephant collage for our display wall. The children were extremely focused, filling in their square on the drawing. The children also explored what happens we mix red, yellow and blue paint together. We used vehicles to mix the paint, rolling the wheels through the different colours. The children loved this activity.
As readers, we have focussed on the stories Elmer, The Owl and the Little Star and non-fiction books about Diwali and Bonfire Night. We created a story map retelling the story of Elmer and this helped us to remember the sequence of the story. We also used puppets to help us to retell the story Can’t You Sleep Little Bear.
We used our hands to mould playdough into different animal shapes such as elephants. We added pipe cleaners and small counters to make eyes and trunks.
As speakers we have been talking about our experiences of Bonfire Night. We shared what we had seen, heard and smelt.
We had lots of fun at our Nursery Christmas Party. We played lots of different games, including musical statues, musical bumps and musical chairs. We had to listen carefully to the music and act when the music stopped.
