Nursery - Spring 1 Week 1
Date: 8th Jan 2026 @ 9:56pm
Happy New Year Wishes and a Joyful Winter Welcome!
We hope you all enjoyed a magical, restful Christmas filled with special moments, and that Santa made a visit to every home! It has been such a joy to welcome the children back to school and begin the new term together. Despite the icy and slippery return, it was truly heart-warming to see smiling faces, hear excited chatter and witness friendships reuniting — a very special start to our time back together.
On our return, we were amazed to discover a very special gift left behind by Santa. Could you believe it? A box full of ‘star glasses’ for our much-loved ‘Rock and Roll Days of the Week’ song! We couldn’t quite believe it and were so grateful, showing our SHINE value, Enjoy and being just like our special SHINE friend Mo. The children were absolutely delighted.
As we shared our exciting news, we enjoyed recalling special moments from our time off and discussing the gifts Santa and family members had brought. The frosty weather provided the perfect link to our new topic, ‘Winter’. We expressed our thoughts and existing knowledge about the signs of winter and made connections with the other seasons we have already explored, noting differences and changes. We also discussed the adaptations needed, particularly in clothing and the weather, as well as visible seasonal differences.
The children have thoroughly enjoyed moving around the environment and engaging with the learning opportunities provided. Many children have been talking enthusiastically about snowmen and using their dough gift packs at home. After looking closely at a variety of snowman images, we fully explored creating our own. This then led to discussions about winter colours, with white and shades of blue and grey as our main focus.
In Early Listening, we revisited what it means to be a good listener and enjoyed playing games to demonstrate this, leading to lots of laughter and amusement. In Maths, we recapped our learning by joining in with counting games and number songs, finding and matching numbers to quantities, ordering numbers, and carefully considering different ways to record a number or quantity.
As we talked about the start of a new year, we linked our learning to the days of the week and began learning about the months that make up a year. Through sharing a variety of books, we discussed New Year resolutions and talked about our own personal thoughts, wishes and promises for the year 2026 ahead.
We are so excited for everything this new term has in store and feel incredibly lucky to be back together, sharing our learning, laughter and Monday to Friday adventures. Thank you, as always, for your continued support, encouragement and kindness — it truly means so much. We look forward to creating many more happy memories, special moments and learning experiences together in the weeks ahead.
All children across the school are encouraged to read every day, both in and out of school. Additional recommended Reading at Home resources can be found here.
Warm wishes,
Mrs Grayson and the Nursery Team
Polite reminder:-
Please could you ensure your child has labelled, warm winter woollies for outdoor play.
Dates for the Diary:-
Monday 12th January – Sibling photographs