Nursery - Spring 1 Week 3

Date: 21st Jan 2026 @ 6:55pm

It has been another week of wonderful learning, curiosity, and excitement!
Continuing with our ‘Winter’ theme, our focus this week has been 'penguins', and what a joy they have been to explore.

We began by learning all about what penguins look like, naming their features, discovering what they like to eat, and finding out where they live. To bring our learning to life, we made penguin biscuits, carefully creating white bellies, adding raisins for eyes, dates for flippers, blueberries for feet, and even a little sweet treat for their beaks. They looked (and tasted!) fantastic.

Penguins have been present across all of our learning areas. In water play, we became penguins ourselves, diving for fish and splashing with purpose. During Funky Fingers, we explored self-made snow and tiny frozen penguins, matching them to their breed while also trying to free penguins trapped under the ice — a great mix of problem-solving and fine motor fun.

Getting creative, we used corks to make printed penguins, with so much individuality shown as children used their knowledge to add crests and details. We also enjoyed moving like penguins, playing games where we followed instructions to ‘waddle’, ‘flap our flippers’, and ‘huddle’ together.

Waddling down to PE, our focus has been gymnastics. We are becoming increasingly confident in showing and understanding gymnastic terms such as pike, straddle, star, straight, and tuck. The children had enormous fun moving around the different stations and practicing their new skills.

In Early Listening, we explored body percussion and used claves to copy and tap out rhythms. In adding words — including some very amusing phrases — made this learning especially enjoyable.

In Maths, we delved deeper into the number three: how it is made, how to write it, and the many ways it can be represented. We even played a game where we had to throw three fish to the penguins in their ice holes, working out how many landed inside and how many landed outside — developing both mathematical thinking and throwing skills, all while having lots of fun!

We have shared a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books about penguins and used the internet to find out even more, supporting our thoughts and ideas.

On Thursday, we enjoyed a lovely visit from Caroline from church, who shared the Bible story ‘Jonah and the Whale’. This was a calm and meaningful moment in our busy week.

We have truly loved learning about penguins, and your children have been inspiring in their enthusiasm, curiosity, and thirst for learning.
Thank you, as always, for your continued support. Please remember that we are always here to support, inspire, and nurture developing minds to ‘Shine Brightly’.

Wishing you a weekend full of ‘huddles’, and we look forward to another exciting week ahead!

Warm wishes, 

Mrs Grayson and the Nursery team