Nursery - Autumn 1 Week 7
Date: 16th Oct 2025 @ 4:19pm
What a fabulous week! Each day this week has brought something special – whether through play, reflection, or family!
This week our learning has been rich with stories of inspiration, invention, and imagination as we joined in with Black History Month.
We began learning about Garrett Morgan, an incredible inventor whose ideas helped make the world a safer place. We read the book, ‘Saving the Day’, that told the story of how Garrett created one of the first traffic lights. The children were fascinated to discover how he gained this inspiration and how his invention helped keep people safe on the roads.
This sparked some wonderful play and creative thinking. The children used traffic lights in their small world play, practising road safety. Outside we took a step further by making a large-scale traffic light, which became a key feature in our outdoor space. It was fantastic to see the children using it to ensure our traffic (ride-on vehicles) moved around safely and followed the coloured signals – just like real traffic lights!
We even brought our traffic light learning into PE, where the children played the Traffic Light Game – listening and looking for red, yellow, or green commands and moving accordingly. This was not only great fun but also supported their co-ordination, reaction time and listening skills.
We have also learned about Baroness Floella Benjamin, and read her powerful story ‘Coming to England’. This thoughtful book opened up conversations about kindness, fairness, family, and the experience of moving to a new place; together with how we can help others feel welcome, included, and loved.
In Maths, we continued to explore grouping objects to match a set ‘rule’ – developing our thinking further by creating our own rules! This encourages the children to notice patterns, apply logical thinking, and deepen early understanding of sorting and classifying.
In our Early Listening work, we identified sounds and paused to ponder what they might mean – a lovely way to develop both listening and thinking skills in a playful and reflective way.
As Autumn continues to unfold, we have added many of our treasures from home into our classroom learning, from using them in Maths, to completing observational drawings. This week, we also used apples to make apple crumble balls – a delicious hands-on experience where the children showed great focus and care as they peeled and cut. These types of activities not only build fine motor skills but also promote independence, confidence and responsibility.
Thursday, we welcomed Caroline from St Peter's Church for this year’s first Godly Play where the children enjoyed an enlivened story of ‘The Creation’.
We’ve continued to celebrate the growing friendships and independence developing across the class. It’s been such a joy to see the children supporting each other, trying new things, and growing in confidence.
Our ‘Stay and Play’ sessions have also been a highlight – and we hope you’ve enjoyed them just as much as we’ve loved welcoming you! It’s always a pleasure to share our space and learning with you and we look forward to welcoming more families next week!
Thank you, as always, for your support and for sharing in these special moments. Wishing you all a restful and happy weekend – maybe with a little apple crumble on the side!
Warm wishes,
Mrs Grayson and the Nursery Team.
Dates for the diary: -
Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st October – Nursery Stay and Play Sessions
Friday 24th October – Alder Hey PJ Day
Friday 24th October – Finish for Half-Term
Wednesday 5th November – Team TSP Community Firework Display