On Monday, the nursery children went on a magical minibus ride around Shelton. We had so much fun and saw lots of wonderful things.

We saw the park, the Mosque, the Church, the Bus Station, our own homes, lots of cars and people, and we even had time to stop at St Mark’s Primary and say a quick hello to the teachers.

We had a great time ☺️🚌☺️There are more photos in the album

On Tuesday 21st October, the Nursery children enjoyed a visit to Hanley Park. This half term, the children have been exploring colours through a range of fun activities, including sorting, matching, painting, printing, and colouring. During their trip to the park, the children focused on spotting the vibrant colours of autumn. The children were really excited to find a wonderful variety of leaves in shades of red, green, orange, yellow, and brown. There are more photos in the photo album

In Nursery, the children have been continuing their learning about colours. Last week, we enjoyed the story The Colour Monster and explored how colours can represent different feelings.

This week, we shared the story Mouse Paint and had lots of fun experimenting with colour mixing to make new colours. The children have also been busy painting their own mouse pictures.

We have created some wonderful artwork using just blue and red pens.

There are more photos in our photo album

This week, the nursery children have been developing their upper arm strength and their core muscles more. We have been having lots of fun dancing with scarves and lying on our tummies drawing pictures on long pieces of paper. There are more photos in our photo album.

This half term, the children have been learning all about the 100-year celebration of Stoke-on-Trent becoming a city. As part of this topic, they’ve also been exploring the importance of where they live and their local community.

To support their learning, on Wednesday 25th June, the Nursery children enjoyed a special visit from Stoke City Football Club. Alice, a representative from the club, came in to talk about the team and what happens on a typical match day.

She kindly brought along a signed football shirt for the children to try on, which caused great excitement! Alice also explained what happens when a goal is scored, which led to lots of cheering and celebration from the children.

We had a fantastic morning learning all about our local football club. The children were full of enthusiasm and many proudly shared that they’d love to be professional footballers when they grow up!

There are more photos in the album

In RE, the children have been learning about places that are special. We have talked about places that are special to the teachers and places that are special to the children.

On Thursday 8^th May, the Nursery children visited Park Church in Shelton. At the church, the children met Pastor Jon and he told the children that he cares for people in the community and shares stories from the bible.

Inside the church, Pastor Jon told the children that he shares stories from the bible and sings songs with over 250 people every Sunday. The children played musical instruments and sang the song “Our God is a Great Big God”

The children enjoyed visiting the Church’s Sunday School and Wendy told the children a lovely story.

We had a lovely time finding out why churches are special places for Christians to visit. - There are more photos for you to look at in the photo album.

On Thursday 3^rd April, the Nursery children visited Amerton Farm. During our visit, the children had an opportunity to hold and feed the farm animals and find out about where they live, what they eat and how they are cared for.

The children had fun playing at the outdoor play area and going on a tractor and trailer ride. There are more photos in the photo album for you to look at.

This half term, the children have been learning about people who can help us. On Tuesday 29^th April, the children had a visit from PCSO Paul Washington and PSCO Nigel. They talked to the children about how they help people and how they help to keep Shelton a safe place to live in.

They told the children about what to do if they were ever lost and what number to call in an emergency.

The children enjoyed looking at the Police van and listening to the loud siren.

There are plenty more photos to look at in our photo album.

On Monday 3^rd February, children from St Mary’s Primary school visited St Mark’s Nursery and brought their school tortoises.

 The Nursery children loved finding out about the tortoises and they all enjoyed holding them and touching their hard shells. There are a number of additional photos in the photo album.

This half term, the children have been learning about Space. We read the story “Whatever Next” and we made our own rocket. The children then pretended to go to the moon in their rocket.

Outside, the children used the star patterned parachute and sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. The children then pretended to be a rocket and counted “3,2,1 – Blastoff!”

We also had lots of fun using different construction and making our different rockets. There are lots more photos in our photo album.

It has snowed! The children had lots of fun visiting our outside area during a snowy morning. The children made snow patterns with their hands and feet and made their own ice castles. - More photos in the photo album on the right hand side.

At Christmas, the Nursery children took part in a Nursery Christmas singing concert and performed it for their families.

The children were fantastic and made everyone proud! More photos are in our album.

The Nursery children had a very special visit from Santa. The children were very excited to have a visit from Santa and tell him how much they enjoy being at nursery. Please see our photo album for more pictures!

During the Autumn term, the children took part in SoundPots with Mrs Davis. The children have been learning to join in with new songs and dances.

The parents joined us for a fantastic Soundpots session where we all had fun singing and dancing and learning new routines. There are more photos in the photo album!

During our Nursery DT week, the children designed and made their own Christmas decorations. We recycled and used plastic yoghurt pots to make a Christmas bell and cardboard tubes to make a Christmas candle.

We were delighted with our results. There are more photos in our photo album.

During our Art week, we looked at the artist Andy Goldsworthy. We learnt that Andy likes to create art pieces using only natural materials. We looked examples of his art work and then created our own pieces of natural art work. See our photo album for more pictures.

The children have all settled well into their new Nursery class and have begun to make new friends. During the first few weeks, the children have started to join in with listening and attention activities, had dinner in our dining room and have helped Mrs Shaw pick apples off the trees. We have had lots of fun!

We are delighted with the progress that they all have made and how happy they are at Nursery. See the Nursery Photo Album to see our pictures.