Nursery - Autumn 1 Week 6
Date: 9th Oct 2025 @ 3:59pm
A Week of Autumn Adventures, Active Learning and Happy Hearts!
We’ve had another rich and joyful week, filled with seasonal exploration, creative learning, and moments of reflection.
We began with a lively PE session, where the children played an autumn-themed movement game. They needed to navigate their vehicles whilst practising safe movement and controlled stopping as they encountered seasonal obstacles such as conkers and hedgehogs. These playful challenges support the development of co-ordination, spatial awareness, control and listening skills while embracing the spirit of the season.
Our Autumn learning continued with a special focus on conkers! The children were fascinated to discover that conkers can be used to make soap. Using a pestle and mortar, they pounded the conkers and helped create our very own conker soap. It was wonderfully tactile and exciting experience that sparked lots of curiosity.
In Forest School, we played “1, 2, 3, Where Are You?” — a forest-style twist on hide and seek that brought laughter and excitement. The children loved exploring the outdoor space, calling out to their friends, and practicing their listening and teamwork skills in nature.
In Maths, we’ve been exploring the concept of groups. The children have been sorting objects and looked closely to spot ‘the rule’, as well as recognising when something does not belong. These early sorting activities build the foundation for logical thinking, problem solving and developing their early reasoning and classification skills in a fun and interactive way.
In our Early Listening and Sound Work, the children have been showing great awareness of sound. They’ve enjoyed games such as 'Mrs Grayson Has a Box', 'Describe It and Find It', and a seasonal twist on I Spy, where they used descriptive clues to identify objects. These activities have helped tune their ears to the world around them and build important listening and language skills.
Our focus book this week was ‘Farmer Duck’ by Martin Waddell. Through this story, we explored the actions and feelings of both the duck and the farmer, and the importance of kindness and caring for others. Just like Jesus helped those who were tired or treated unfairly, the animals in the story came together to support the hardworking duck. We can follow Jesus’s example by being thoughtful and helping those in need – just like our SHINE friend, Cuddles.
We also had a delicious treat — we made our very own apple juice using apples from my garden! The children noticed the red skins and described it as “Autumn juice” — and it certainly was very tasty!
We continue to take part in our weekly classroom chores, and this week during playdough making, the children chose yellow as our colour — inspired by the Yellow Colour Monster, which represents happiness.
To end our week, we celebrated 'Hello Yellow Day'. As a whole school we created cheerful bunting filled with pictures and patterns that make us feel happy, with the hope of brightening someone else’s day. In class, we made a large-scale smiley face using items from our outdoor environment and shared things that make us feel happy — a beautiful way to celebrate positivity and emotional wellbeing.
Thank you for your continued support and for sharing in these special moments with us. Wishing you a bright and happy weekend — and maybe a glass of “Autumn juice” to go with it!
Warm wishes,
Mrs Grayson and the Nursery team
Dates for the diary: -
Monday 13th – Tuesday 21st October – Nursery Stay and Play Sessions
Friday 24th October – Alder Hey PJ Day
Friday 24th October – Finish for Half-Term
Reminders for this half term: -
Please could you support your child at home in being independent when putting on their coat, shoes and wellies.