Nursery - Spring 1 Week 5

Date: 4th Feb 2026 @ 7:02pm

This week in Nursery, we continued our much-loved ‘Gruffalo’ theme, and our learning has been full of excitement, curiosity, and joy.

In Early Listening, we explored how sentences are made up of different words and practised distinguishing between sounds, especially those made by one of our cheeky class bears! This brought lots of laughter while supporting careful listening skills.

In Maths, our focus has been the number five. We explored different ways to represent it, looked for five in our environment, and made groups of five. We were also introduced to a five-sided shape, noticing that it looked a little like a house. We explored its properties and learnt its name — pentagon — a new and tricky word that the children were very proud to learn.

The children eagerly got involved in baking, creating banana bread Gruffalo feet complete with his famous ‘turned-out toes’! They thoroughly enjoyed exploring the different ingredients and noticing how they changed — from mashing bananas, to adding liquid, and then seeing how the mixture transformed again when the flour was added. Careful counting was needed as we added his raisin toes, and the children took great pride in making sure each Gruffalo foot was just right.

In PE, our focus was on jumping, learning that it is easier to jump with two feet together and soft, bent knees. We loved the challenge of jumping high, far, fast, and quietly, delighting in showing our friends what we could do. We then recalled our gymnastics positions and combined these with jumping, practising straight jumps and star jumps with growing confidence.

On Wednesday, we attended St Peter’s Church and enjoyed our first ‘WOW’ Service of 2026. Lead by Lilly, who told us about how the Bible is full of many stories. We listened to her share the story of ‘Moses’. Learning how his mother lovingly placed him in a special basket that could float on the water to keep him safe, and how he grew up to become a very important person. We ended the service by singing joyously one of our favourite songs together. It is always wonderful to see so many of our families join us for this special time.

Our ‘Funky Fingers’ tray became a sensory delight, as we used our pinchy fingers and a range of utensils to make “Gruffalo crumble”. We explored how it felt, described the ingredients, and decided which part of the Gruffalo they might belong to — sparking lots of imaginative thinking and discussion.

Outside, we continued our jumping and number learning through hopscotch, showing excellent turn-taking and fairness in our play. This week also marked ‘National Storytelling Week’, and we fully immersed ourselves in using our puppet theatre to act out ‘The Gruffalo’ and other favourite stories, as well as creating our own imaginative tales. The audiences were just as delighted, clapping enthusiastically after each performance.

It has truly been a fun-filled week, rich in curiosity, creativity, and wonder, hoping you enjoy a restful weekend filled with smiles, stories, and moments to ‘Shine Bright’, and we look forward to welcoming everyone back next week.

Perhaps you could also keep an eye out for any number 5s or pentagons you spot while you’re out and about!

Warm wishes,

Mrs Grayson and the Nursery team