Nursery Spring Term 1 Blog

Date: 13th Feb 2026 @ 2:22pm

This term we have welcomed Mrs Lofthouse and also some new children and we have been so proud with how they have settled, begun to make friends and been welcomed by our old children into our Nursery team.  

Our focus this half term has been Nursery Rhymes and the children have loved singing (with real gusto!) and acting them out over the past few weeks. We've enjoyed Humpty Dumpty, Incy Wincy Spider, Old McDonald had a farm and Once I caught a fish alive. Our favourite so far though has been Miss Polly had a Dolly. This week we have turned our home corner into a doctor's surgery and we have witnessed a very organised doctor’s office with children taking lots of messages and writing notes and also many successful treatments and operations!

In phonics we have been continuing to fine tune our listening skills, orally blend words and learning to clap the syllables in words. We have been practising speaking in sentences and making sure we pause between the words and say them clearly. We have also begun learning our sounds and the children have impressed us so much by remembering them and saying them correctly!! So far, we have learnt, s,a,t,p,i,n,m,d,g,o.c and k

In maths we have been working on our counting skills. The children are getting brilliant at remembering to touch an object first and then say its name. a vital skill to have when counting accurately in Reception. We have also been continuing our work on amounts and have been investigating for example capacity, talking about “too much, too little and just right”.

In provision, we have tested our observational skills bird watching, spotting different birds in our outdoor environment. Inside we have also focused on our fine motor skills, practising using scissors correctly and developing our pincer grip using tweezers to sort pom poms and free spiders from a web.

With all this rain we have been taking advantage of developing our gross motor skills in the sensory room. We’ve had a great time rolling, climbing and balancing.

We all hope you have a wonderful break and we'll see you next term.