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2 October 2026
🌟 What an Amazing September We’ve Had!
We have had a wonderful September and are so proud of how well the children have settled into nursery. They are becoming increasingly confident with their surroundings, friendships...
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11 September 2026
Our First Week Back – Settling into Nursery
What an amazing first week we have had in Meadows! 🌟 It has been wonderful to welcome all our children back to nursery, and a particularly special week...
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10 July 2026
Jack and the Beanstalk Meets STEM
What if Jack and the Beanstalk was more than just a fairy tale? It can also be a fun way for children to explore STEM! During the second...
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19 June 2026
Goldilocks and the 3 Bears!
This week, the children have enjoyed exploring Goldilocks and the Three Bears through stories, songs, puppets and role play. They particularly loved making porridge, linking our story theme...
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12 June 2026
The Big Bad Wolf Investigates: A STEM Adventure!
This week, our children have been exploring The Three Little Pigs through a fun STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) approach inspired by The Big Bad Wolf Investigates...
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5 June 2026
The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf!
This week at nursery, we have been exploring the story of The Three Little Pigs. The children enjoyed listening to the story, singing pig-themed songs, and acting out...
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22 May 2026
A Midsummer Night’s Dream full of fairies
This week in nursery we explored a simple version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Shakespeare Week. The children were captivated by the magical woodland setting, mischievous fairies,...
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15 May 2026
Bunnies, Volcanos and Italian culture, all in full swing!
This week in nursery, the children had a wonderful time exploring emotions, language, and technology. We talked about how we feel, learned to recognise emotions in ourselves and...
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8 May 2026
Buses and Birthdays!
This week at nursery, we have continued learning all about vehicles. Our story of the week was the wonderful The Naughty Bus by Jan Oke, which inspired lots...
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1 May 2026
From Caterpillar to Chrysalis to … Butterflies!
🌼 Nursery Weekly Blog – Week Commencing 27th April This week the children explored rhymes, syllables, and initial sounds through our daily group songs and games. They particularly enjoyed counting...
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24 April 2026
There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf…wriggle, wriggle
This week in Nursery, we are enjoying the delightful story Mr Gumpy’s Motor Car by John Burningham. It is a gentle and humorous tale about Mr Gumpy, who sets off...
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17 April 2026
Welcome back Medows!
This week in Nursery, we’ve been busy exploring a mix of literacy, maths, music, and cultural learning, with a special focus on Hungarian Week! The children enjoyed listening to and...
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20 March 2026
All about farms!
This week at nursery, the children have been busy exploring the wonders of nature and learning all about spring and life in the garden and on the farm....
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13 March 2026
Can ladybirds talk?
This week in Nursery we have been enjoying our Story of the Week: What the Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson. The children have loved listening to the story...
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6 March 2026
A snail and his adventures!
This week in nursery was filled with joy, learning and some very sunny days! During key times and carpet times, the children explored both external and internal body...
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27 February 2026
All Creatures Great and Small
Welcome back everyone – we hope you had a wonderful half term break! This week we were excited to begin our new project, All Creatures Great and Small. The...
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13 February 2026
A week of Lunar New Year celebrations and much more!
What a busy and joyful week we have had in Nursery! During Key Times and small group activities, we focused on encouraging children to use longer sentences, especially...
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6 February 2026
Rainbows everywhere
Story of the Week: Elmer and the Rainbow This week in nursery we enjoyed the colourful story Elmer and the Rainbow. It inspired lots of lovely conversations about how and...
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30 January 2026
Rain rain glorious rain!
What a week we had in Meadows with songs, stories, play and science! We enjoyed lots of rhythm, rhyme and singing together with “Snail, Snail”, “Singing in the...
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23 January 2026
A windy week in Nursery
Our focus text this week was Storm by Sam Usher. The children loved exploring the story and talking about windy weather, storms, and how the characters felt. This...
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16 January 2026
Welcome back to the New Year!
We have been welcoming back our nursery children into the new term and welcoming some new starters with their families to Meadows! Thank you for all your support...
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19 December 2025
Merry Christmas from everyone in the Nursery!
We can’t believe it’s already the end of the term and the year, nearly! In Meadows, we enjoyed a festive week, making lots of Christmas crafts and decorations...
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12 December 2025
What a Christmas Singalong!!!
We’ve had a fabulous festive week at Meadows Nursery! We have been getting very Christmassy indeed, enjoying decorating our tree and making lots of decorations to put up...
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5 December 2025
Let the Christmas countdown begin!
This week in Nursery has been full of festive winter excitement as we officially started our preparations for Christmas! The book of the week was: In Our Hands...
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28 November 2025
Another wonderful and chilly week in Meadows!
It’s been another fantastic week at Meadows Nursery! We have been reading the classic story ‘Going on a Bear Hunt‘ using props and items to make different noises...
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20 November 2025
Peace at last…
This week in Nursery has been full of learning, creativity and important discussions. The children were introduced to clay play, exploring texture, shape and their own creative ideas....
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14 November 2025
Can you build a house?
It’s been another super week here at Meadows Nursery! We talked about our community and the places where we live. Our book of the week was called ‘Counting...
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23 October 2025
Pumpkin fun!
We’ve had another great week of autumn exploration at Meadows Nursery! We read a lovely story called ‘Pumpkin Soup‘ by Helen Couper about some friendly animals who worked...
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17 October 2025
A week to celebrate Black History Month!
This week in Meadows was filled with meaningful conversations, hands-on fun, and joyful explorations. Our focus was on exploring identity and diversity. During circle times, we talked about...
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10 October 2025
A week to explore dinosaurs…
It’s been a great week at Meadows Nursery as we have been thinking a lot about dinosaurs this week! We have been sharing books and stories around the...
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3 October 2025
A very warm welcome!
Welcome to Meadows, we are excited to have our new families starting with us this term! The first weeks were all about helping the children feel welcomed and...
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18 July 2025
Run, run, as fast as you can…
What a fantastic final full week we’ve had in nursery! It’s been full of learning, laughter, and some very special moments to wrap up the year. 📖 Story...
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11 July 2025
Can a Beanstalk actually reach the sky?
This week we all took a deep dive into the classic tale of Jack and the Beanstalk, using a fun, STEM-focused approach inspired by Big Bad Wolf Investigates Fairy...
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4 July 2025
Fee-fi-fo-fum…
Our next traditional tale is Jack and the Beanstalk. It follows Jack’s adventure climbing up a beanstalk into another world above the clouds where he comes across a...
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27 June 2025
Goldilocks…you should not be trusted with porridge!
Welcome to our weekly learning update! This week we continued to share the story of Goldilocks, which brought up several points of discussion: We don’t all come in...
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20 June 2025
Someone has eaten my porridge….
Goldilocks and the three bears is a fairy tale originally from the 19th century. In our version at Nursery, a little girl enters the Bear’s cottage, eats their...
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13 June 2025
What a STEM adventure!
This week, the nursery children embarked on a wonderfully creative and scientific journey inspired by the story of “The Three Little Pigs” and the book “The Big Bad...
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7 June 2025
Welcome back to Summer Term!
What an exciting week we’ve had in Nursery, filled with fun, learning, and discovery! We explored the classic tale of The Three Little Pigs, which sparked lots of...
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23 May 2025
Bunnies in a Boat
This week we have finished our transport project with reading ‘Bunnies in a Boat’ by Philip Ardagh and Ben Mantle. It’s a story about some cheeky bunnies that...
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16 May 2025
Naughty Bus Indeed!
What a busy week with all kinds of weathers! We welcomed some very hot days, during which we enjoyed a lot of water play outside. In the mud...
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9 May 2025
Engine, engine coloured black, going slowly down the track…
This week we moved on to looking at trains as part of our transport topic. We have loved making our own trains, using crates and boxes and barrelts...
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2 May 2025
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
Welcome back Meadows! This and the previous week, the children in the Nursery have been learning about the 3 important words which all start with a ‘Rrrrr’ sound...
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4 April 2025
Seeds and pets
What a lovely week full of sunshine and wholesome outdoor play! This week we have been planting our sunflower seeds and have already seen some of them germinate....
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28 March 2025
We are little gardeners!
Meadows enjoyed a sunny week full of learning and fun! The book of the week was Lola Gets a Cat by Anna McQuinn, which tells the story of a little...
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21 March 2025
What a jamboree
This week’s story was the very delightful Farmyard Jamboree by Margaret Reed MacDonald. The story introduces kids to some farm animals, their babies and counting up to 16....
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16 March 2025
We care for our teeth!
This week in Meadows, we learned all about dental health, and came up with ways to keep our baby (and permanent) teeth healthy: ‘drink water’, ‘not too much...
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7 March 2025
Snail, snail, round and round…
This week in Meadows we have been continuing our project on ‘All Creatures Great and Small’, looking at the swirl of snail shells and reading ‘Snail Trail’. We...
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28 February 2025
Spring is coming!
This week in Meadows we welcomed some sunny days and what, hopefully, seemed to be the beginning of Spring! This term’s theme is ‘All creatures, great and small’...
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13 February 2025
A week full of colours!
Our last week before half term break has been exciting and full of interesting learning! We read the book Tree: Seasons Come, Seasons Go by Patricia Hegarty, which...
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7 February 2025
Elmer saves the rainbow!
This week in Meadows we kept ourselves busy by making patchwork elephants and rainbows inside and outside using all kinds of resources: pencils and markers, tissue paper and...
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31 January 2025
The Great Race!
We enjoyed some wonderful learning once again during our busy week in Meadows! Our main story was ‘The Great Race’ by Emily Hiles, a book which explains the...
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24 January 2025
Storms and Dinosaurs!
This week in Meadows we have been exploring the cold weather and particularly …Storms! Our story, Storm by Sam Usher, took us on a wonderful, windy journey where...
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17 January 2025
In our hands…
Welcome back Meadows and Happy New Year! This last two weeks it has been lovely to see all of Meadows and to hear about their Christmas break. In...
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20 December 2024
Let the festive season begin!
The children’s laughter, songs and stories filled this week with Christmas joy and excitement! At the writing corner, the little hands got busy ‘writing’ letters to Santa, while...
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13 December 2024
Counting on each other, counting on community
This week we have been reading Innosanto Nagara’s book, Counting on Community. Children can count from 1 Pinata, through muddy boots, plates of food on the table to...
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6 December 2024
The Big Umbrella
Our story this week has been ‘The Big Umbrella’ by Amy June Bates and Juniper Bates. The story is all about a big umbrella that provides shelter for...
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29 November 2024
What could a bat, a frog and a hedgehog have in common?
This week in Meadows we have been learning about hibernation! What an interesting word and fact! The children were absolutely fascinated by the idea of animals being inactive...
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21 November 2024
Our lovely and frosty week in Meadows!
This week we have been celebrating road safety with activities and resources to develop the children’s awareness of roads and traffic rules and how to keep safe. We...
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15 November 2024
Let’s build a … school
On Tuesday we had a very special visit form Julia Barfield, the architect who designed the school. She shared with us some wonderful pictures of the building process...
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8 November 2024
Our house is the most wonderful place!
This week we welcomed back all the Meadows and talked about our restful and playful break! Moving on to the second half term of Autumn the children...
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25 October 2024
The leaves on the trees are falling down…
Aren’t the colours of the autumn magical this year? This week we have spent a lot of time outside admiring the trees, how they change their colour from...
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18 October 2024
Safety circles at school and more…!
We are all different, but we are all equal! Week 6 in Meadows has been all about celebrating our diversities! We have been sharing the book: Hats of...
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10 October 2024
We love our hair!
Our story this week is a brilliant story about a father and daughter relationship, called Hair Love’ by Matthew A. Cherry. You can watch the Oscar winning short...
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4 October 2024
The circles around us!
Rain, rain go away…! Despite the weather being quite wet this week, we enjoyed loads of indoor and outdoor play in Meadows! We continued discussing our family safety...
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27 September 2024
Owl babies
Our story this week is a sweet book called Owl babies by Martin Waddel. It tells us about owlets Sarah, Percy and Bill, who are waiting on a...
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20 September 2024
Autumn time is here
What an amazing second week we had in Meadows! All of our wonderful children have now completed their settling- in sessions and will be starting their normal hours...
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13 September 2024
Welcome
Welcome to Meadows, we are excited to have our old and new families starting with us this term. Our stories this week were All are welcome, which...
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12 July 2024
Bye, bye Meadows….
As we are approaching the end of our academic year, we would like to say how grateful we feel to be able to work with Meadows Class of...
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5 July 2024
Full of beans
This week, we continued learning the traditional tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. It follows Jacks adventure climbing up a beanstalk into another world above the clouds where...
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28 June 2024
Mud, mud, glorious mud!
We loved our MUD DAY on Monday, children were amazing, tucking in with all the exciting muddy activities we had prepared. Hope you enjoyed our photographs on Tapestry....
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21 June 2024
…and the doorbell rang…
We continued to discuss the fairytale of Goldilocks this week, where children shared out the lead roles and acted out the very exciting story. Have a conversation at...
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14 June 2024
Someone has eaten my porridge….
Goldilocks and the three bears is a fairy tale originally from the 19th century. In our version at Nursery, a little girl enters the Bear’s cottage, eats...
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7 June 2024
I’ll huff and I’ll puff…
This term we learn all about Traditional Tales and Fairy tales. Our first was The Three Little Pigs . This is a traditional tale and has a longer...
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24 May 2024
Farewell Miss Wilson
This week we have finalised our project on transport by reading ‘Bunnies in a Boat’ by Philip Ardagh and Ben Mantle. It’s a story about some naughty bunnies...
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17 May 2024
Naughty, naughty bus
This week we have looked at the story ‘Naughty Bus’… Children enjoyed seeing the bus running through a plate of baked beans then falling into a pond (a...
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10 May 2024
Sssssssnakes, length and trains
This week we have continued our theme of trains throughout the classroom with the children enjoying cutting and sticking their own train tracks and introducing our new story...
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3 May 2024
All aboard….
This week we have started to look at trains as part of our transport theme for this term. We have loved making our own trains, being train conductors,...
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26 April 2024
Staying safe and driving cars
On Monday we talked about Earth Day and read a funny story about an Elephant in my kitchen. Can you share some pictures with us to show how...
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19 April 2024
Summer 1 Week 1
Welcome back Meadows! Hope you have all had a fantastic break! We have had a few small changes in the classroom, one of those is with registration in...
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22 March 2024
A Squash and a Squeeze
This week we have been looking at the story ‘A squash and a squeeze’ by Julia Donaldson. We have been acting it out, looking at lots of different...
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15 March 2024
What did the ladybird hear?
Our first story of the week was by Julia Donaldson, What the ladybird heard. It is a very exciting tale about a ladybird who lives on a farm...
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8 March 2024
There’s a worm at the bottom of the garden…
This week in Meadows we have been continuing our project on ‘All Creatures Great and Small’, looking at the swirl of snail shells and reading ‘The Snail and...
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1 March 2024
Welcome back Meadows!
This week we have started our new project on All Creatures Great and Small. We are going to be looking at lots of different types of minibeasts over...
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16 February 2024
Fairies and Dragons!
This week we have been celebrating Lunar New Year and Shakespeare Week in school! We have loved learning about how people are welcoming in the year of the...
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9 February 2024
Jumping in puddles is so much fun!
Our story of the week was Elmer and the Rainbow. One day, Elmer noticed that the colours have disappeared from the rainbow. All the friends of the forest...
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2 February 2024
I can sing a Rainbow
Our new starters have settled so well, we are so proud of the older children for being so welcoming. Our Tapestry posts should be up and running from...
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19 January 2024
I hear thunder…
This week in Meadows we have continued our project on Weather – specifically looking at stormy weather! Our Focus text was Storm by Sam Usher. Meadows have loved...
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12 January 2024
Welcome back Meadows and Happy New Year!
This week it has been lovely to see all of Meadows and to hear all the ways they have enjoyed their Christmas break. Next week, our new friends...
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15 December 2023
Feeling Festive in Meadows
This week in Meadows we have been enjoying the festivities – an excuse to play party games and dance even more than usual! On Wednesday we had our...
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8 December 2023
It’s beginning to look like Christmas…
What a busy week we have had at Nursery. Our story of the week was Counting on Community by Innosanto Nagara, which is a lovely book about all...
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1 December 2023
On a cold and frosty morning…
This week in Meadows we have been so excited about the change in weather and the promise that winter is coming. The children have loved playing outdoors, exploring...
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24 November 2023
What We’ll Build
This week in Meadows we have been looking at the story ‘What We’ll Build’ by Oliver Jeffers. This lovely story gave us the opportunity to talk about...
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10 November 2023
Let’s build a house…
This week the children have been busy building. Our story of the week was about building a house, so we discussed building houses out of logs, stone and...
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3 November 2023
Fantastic Firebird
Children had a busy week after the half-term break. Welcome to our new starters that are settling in and making new friends – well done to all the...
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20 October 2023
We’re wearing different coloured hats…
Our story this week was Lima’s Red Hot Chilli, which is an engaging story about a little girl Lima, who is really hungry and looking for some food...
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13 October 2023
Hair Love
This week we have been looking at the story’ Hair Love’ by Matthew A. Cherry, which is a fantastic book to celebrate father and daughter relationships. You can...
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29 September 2023
Autumn Sunshine
We have had a lovely week in Meadows, enjoying a lot of outside time in the autumn sunshine. We have also introduced our dark tent in the classroom...
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22 September 2023
Meadows, ‘Mixed’ and Making Friends
The children have been doing wonderfully this week settling in to nursery and learning about their new routines. We have seen lots of new friendships forming and children...
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15 September 2023
Welcome to Meadows!
A WARM WELCOME to all new and returning families to our nursery class, Meadows! Hope you all had a fantastic summer holiday and excited to start your year...
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14 July 2023
End of the Academic Year in Nursery Class !
Dear Parents and Guardians, As we approach the end of the academic year, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the wonderful time we have had...
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7 July 2023
Listen, My Bridge is So Cool
What a wonderful week we’ve had in Meadows! The children were excited to visit their new reception classes and meet their teachers. We continued the Three Billy Goats...
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30 June 2023
Who’s that Trip-Trapping Over my Bridge!!
Meadows have had a wonderful time sharing another fabulous traditional tale ” The Three Billy Goat Gruff” They have been developing their map skills and creating amazing 3D...
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23 June 2023
“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” ― Hans Christian Andersen
What a busy week it has been with some fantastic adventures in Meadows! Children have enjoyed finding out about the Princess and the Peas story followed by some...
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16 June 2023
FEE FI FO FUM!
With the weather being so hot it’s been a week of true learning in the moment! Meadows have enjoyed lots of water play. We have been blowing bubbles,...
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9 June 2023
Your garden, no matter its size, is an outdoor classroom waiting to be explored!
What a fantastic start to the second half of the Summer Term! Meadows have returned to Nursery super happy and full of energy, they have had a...
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26 May 2023
”Riding a bicycle is the closest you can get to flying.” John F. Kennedy
Magnificent Meadows, we are so proud of you all! What a wonderful finish to this first half of the summer term! We have been enjoying the lovely weather...
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19 May 2023
We all came on different ships, but we’re all in the same boat now” Martin Luther King JR.
This week, Meadows have been exploring the calm seas and storm waves around the world. We continued to be on the move and this week has been all...
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12 May 2023
Choo Choo Clickety-Clack!
This week Meadows classroom has been transformed into a train station and the children travelled to some far away places, as well as some spots nearby! They have...
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28 April 2023
The Big Red Bus…
Another week in Meadows bustling with activity! We have continued to explore various modes of transport. We discussed how children travel to school and we were very impressed...
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21 April 2023
The wheels on the bus go round and round…. !
What a fabulous start to our first Summer term!! Meadows had a wonderful time sharing all the adventures they had during the Easter holidays. We have been on the...
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31 March 2023
Flowers and butterflies drift in colour, illuminating Spring…
What a lovely end to a very busy spring term! This week our classroom smelled of cocoa and tasted of honey as children made some chocolatey playdough and...
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24 March 2023
With a Baa Baa Here and A Hop Hop There………
Yet another fabulous week for Meadows ! There have been some amazing creations in Meadows this week like the bug hotel for the minibeast cave although some children...
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17 March 2023
There’s a worm at the bottom of my garden
There has been a lot of wriggly, wiggly creativity in Meadows, but certainly not slow! Meadows have enjoyed listening to the story ‘Superworm’ and were able to choose...
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10 March 2023
“Nature is a tool to get Children to Experience not just the Wider World but Themselves” by Stephen Moss.
Meadows have been truly busy this week and not only matching shapes and understanding math concepts but looking for nature everywhere we go. They have been absolutely amazed...
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3 March 2023
The spiral in a snail’s shell is the same mathematically as the spiral in the Milky Way galaxy, and it is also the same mathematically as the spiral in our DNA./ by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Slimy snail sets out on a trail. But where exactly does he go? How hard is for the snail to go up a hill? How long will that...
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24 February 2023
Minibeasts everywhere!
A warm welcome back everyone! We are now half way through this academic year already. Meadows have had a wriggly start to the second half of this term,...
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10 February 2023
It is not how things are but how we see them!
What a truly busy week it has been for Meadow. Children have been super excited to learn about light and color exploration, creating the most amazing art. ...
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3 February 2023
If you want to see a rainbow, you have to learn to see the rain! Paulo Coelho
Another delightful week filled with joy and wonder! Meadows have been super excited learning about the effect of stormy weather and have specially enjoyed discovering all things “spirals.”...
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27 January 2023
Happiness is Watching Clouds Change Shape!
This week, Meadows have been on cloud nine! They have been super excited to learn all about clouds and have especially enjoyed listening to and contributing to a...
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20 January 2023
It’s cold, it’s frosty!
This chilly week Meadows continued their discovery of all things snow and ice! As it’s been really cold outside, we discussed what we need to wear to feel...
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11 January 2023
A Very Happy New Year to all our Families!
Welcome back everyone! What a wonderful start to the Spring Term. Meadows have returned to nursery with such excitement to get started and play with friends again....
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21 December 2022
We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year…
What a lovely finale to the end of term for our little Meadows this week! There has been a hive of activity as our Meadows became Santa’s Elves,...
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12 December 2022
Meadows are flying high !
This has been a week of discovery for Meadows, from flying airplanes to decorating our fabulous Christmas trees. Children have been superstars learning Christmas songs for our little...
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2 December 2022
Here’s my toothpaste, Here’s my brush, I won’t hurry, I won’t rush
Oh, haven’t we been busy this week! We had a special visit from the dentist who told us about the importance of looking after our teeth. We talked...
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18 November 2022
Almost all creativity involves purposeful play (Abraham Maslow)
Meadows started this week with a big splash. Children have been busy learning how to stay safe while playing on a rainy day. We encourage children to change...
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14 November 2022
With a Clang, Crack, Bang, Booms
Wow! Yet another super fun-packed week for Meadows! Children have enjoyed stories about our neighbourhood and the people that live there. We have celebrated our community and the...
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4 November 2022
What a comeback! Meadows, and a delightful start to our second half of the Autumn term!
What a comeback! Meadows, and a delightful start to our second half of the Autumn term! It was wonderful to open our doors and receive such warm smiles!...
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21 October 2022
Family Festival
Well done! We have made it through the first half of the Autumn term! Once again, we are super proud of our little ‘Meadows’ this week! We have...
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14 October 2022
Let’s celebrate our families and cultures
Amazing Meadows! We continue to be so proud of you all. Meadows have been sharing lovely stories about their families. They have been super excited about our Scratchable...
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7 October 2022
Exploring Autumn
What an exciting week it has been! We went exploring our school allotment this week and picked lots of tomatoes, some raspberries and even a few beetroots! The...
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30 September 2022
Lovin’ our hair
What a wonderful busy week it has been for Meadows! We enjoyed amazing stories about hair love and children learned through them about the importance of loving our...
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23 September 2022
Week 3 in Meadows
We have had a lovely time in our Meadows class this week! It has been wonderful to see the children start to settle well into the nursery routine...
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16 September 2022
Our First Week in Nursery
What a wonderful start to another exciting year!! It has been a joy to welcome all our families into our Nursery class, Meadows. The children have come back...
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1 July 2022
Little Red Met Lots Of Familiar Fairytale Friends!
Yet another fabulous week for Meadows! We have thoroughly enjoyed continuing to build on our map making skills for Little Red’s journey and also learnt how to program...
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24 June 2022
Oh What Big Eyes You Have…..All The Better To See You With!
Meadows have had another creative and fun filled week! The traditional tale of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ has given opportunity for lots of creativity and debate! We have...
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10 June 2022
I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff And I’ll Blow Your House Down!
What a fantastic start to the second half of the Summer Term! Meadows have returned to Nursery super happy and full of energy! We have began with the...
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27 May 2022
UCPS Jubilations!
Magnificent Meadows, we are so proud of you all! What a wonderful finish to this first half of the summer term! Today we took part in our whole...
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20 May 2022
Run Run As Fast As You Can…….!
The Gingerbread Man This week, Meadows have continued to enjoy another Traditional Tale – The Gingerbread Man. We have learnt all about different root vegetables and enjoyed using...
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13 May 2022
Who Will Help Me Plant The Grains Of Wheat?
This week, Meadows have continued to enjoy another Traditional Tale – The Little Red Hen. Not very many children were familiar with this wonderful story about a hard...
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6 May 2022
Fee Fi Fo Fum!
What a fabulous start to this week! Meadows have had a wonderful time sharing the Traditional Tale of Jack and the Beanstalk! We have learnt about colour mixing...
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30 March 2022
Farewell Spring Term-Welcome Summer!
Apologies for incorrect closing time on last weeks blog. School closes at 1.30pm Thursday 31st March. Our final week, filled with lots of joyous learning through plenty of...
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25 March 2022
The Cat Went Woof and The Dog Went Meow!
This week magic Meadows have embraced the challenge of creating their own ‘mixed up animals.’ There have been some brilliant creatures; can you guess which two animals are...
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18 March 2022
With a Moo Moo Here And A Quack Quack There……
With a Moo Moo Here And Quack Quack There…… What a ‘Moovelous ‘ Week for Meadows! Spring is in the air! We have been extra busy making the...
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11 March 2022
Ladybirds All Dressed In Red, Strolling Through The Flower Bed….M. Fleming
Amazing Meadows, we continue to be so proud of you all! This week, we have gone from slimy snails to lucky ladybirds or ‘Coccinellidae’! We discovered that ladybirds...
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4 March 2022
‘Even A Snail Will Eventually Reach It’s Destination’- F. L. Wright
What a truly busy week it has been for Meadows! This week, we have gone from wriggling last week to slithering this week! Yes, there has been a...
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24 February 2022
There’s A Worm At The Bottom Of My Garden
A warm welcome back everyone! We are now half way through this academic year already! Meadows have had a wriggly start to the second half of this term,...
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28 January 2022
Spirals Everywhere!
Another delightful week filled with ore and wonder! Meadows have been super excited learning about the effects of stormy weather and have especially enjoyed discovering all things ‘spiral’!...
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21 January 2022
“Life is like a cloud; fluffy, beautiful and illusionary.” – Ananya
This week, Meadows have been on cloud nine! They have been super excited to learn all about clouds and have especially enjoyed listening to and contributing to a...
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14 January 2022
A snow crystal is a letter from the sky. – U.Nakaya, Japanese scientist
Meadows are ‘snowamazing!’ What a chilly feel this week! A fantastic full week discovering all things snow and ice! We thoroughly enjoyed creating our ‘family of snow-people’ using...
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7 January 2022
A Very Happy New Year to All Our Families!
Welcome back everyone! What a wonderful start to the Spring Term. Meadows have returned to nursery with such excitement to get started and play with friends again....
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17 December 2021
Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells! Jingle All The Way….
Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells! Jingle All The Way…. Farewell Autumn Term! What a fantastic finale to the end of term for our little Meadows this week! There has been a hive of activity as our Meadows became Santa’s Elves, working...
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10 December 2021
Xylophones Glockenspiels Glissando!
Xylophones Glockenspiels Glissando! Wow! Yet another super fun packed week for Meadows! We have been super busy getting into the ‘Animal Carnival’ spirit and moved our bodies to...
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4 December 2021
Lights! Camera! Action!
We are super proud of our Meadows this week, they have been absolute superstars with all their acting, filming and singing! Meadows have worked incredibly hard this week...
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25 November 2021
Let The Music Take Control!
Meadows we are very proud of you all because you are all amazing! We thoroughly enjoyed tuning our ears into various classical tunes by famous composers and discussed...
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18 November 2021
Whizzy! Whozzy! Whoo! I’ll Turn You Into A………!
Wow! What a magical four-day week for Meadows and we are super proud of you all! We thoroughly enjoyed our first trip out to watch a Magical Pantomime...
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11 November 2021
Pirouette! Plie! Pas de Chat! Voila!
What a fabulous week Meadows have had! We are super proud of you all! Thank you to all the grown ups for encouraging your children to be super...
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5 November 2021
Together We Light Up Our World!
Welcome back everyone! What a delightful start to our second half of the Autumn term, it was wonderful to open up our doors and receive such warm smiles!...
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22 October 2021
Pumpkin Pickers!
Well done everyone! We have made it through the first half of the Autumn term! Once again, we are super proud of our little ‘Meadows’ this week! We...
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15 October 2021
We Can’t Go Over It, We can’t Go Under it, Oh No!………
We are super proud of our Little Meadows this week! We have been following our children’s interests and have been finding out about different kinds of Bears, black...
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7 October 2021
Let’s Make Faces!
October 7, 2021Once again, we are super proud of our little ‘Meadows’ this week!We have had a wonderful week exploring and finding out about the various sounds that...
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1 October 2021
Under The Sea
We are super proud of our little ‘Meadows’ this week!We have had a wonderful week exploring sea creatures and other animals. Thank you to everyone who has added...
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24 September 2021
New Nursery Beginnings!
What a fantastic time we are having in our new Nursery Class ‘Meadows’. It has been wonderful to welcome you all and exciting to hear all the positive...