Nursery
Summer Term 2026
Welcome to our 8 new children.
Our topics this term are varied. We start by thinking about colours, shapes and numbers. Then the topic for a further three weeks is all about ‘Bears’ and we look forward to having a ‘Teddy Bears Picnic’ just before half term. After half term, we learn about mini-beasts then we move on to topics including: pirates, the seaside and holidays. Hopefully, the weather will be nice so we can use our wonderful playground or explore other parts of the schools’ fantastic grounds.
After visits and admissions, we introduce our weekly themes –
‘Colour, Shape and Number’
All our activities focus on number, shape and colour. We concentrate on the numbers
1 – 20. There are opportunities to play number games with an adult in a small group; print with numbers; join in with singing number rhymes; have a go at number jigsaws; play games with number mats on the carpet and have a go at writing numbers on whiteboards. We also put out lots of activities involving shapes; magnetic shapes and 3D shapes in the tuff spot; playing shape games, completing shape jigsaws, making pictures using shapes, cutting out 2D shapes and using shapes to make a house.
Everything in Nursery also focuses on colours – colour songs on the whiteboards; playing colour games; coloured water; colour mixing and using coloured pegs to explore patterns.
Bears – ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ and ‘We’re going on a Bear Hunt’
We listen to, and re-create the stories using puppets. We have lots of props, games, books and songs about bears. We share bear themed stories from books and on the Interactive Whiteboard. In the creative areas we decorate bear templates with fur & material, and make patterns on porridge bowls. We change our role play area into the Three Bears Cottage so the children can act out the stories themselves. In the puzzle and games area we have lots of dress the bear puzzles, lacing bears and Goldilocks games as well as using small bears to develop positional language. There will be bears to colour in within the drawing & writing area along with an outline of a house; the children will be encouraged to draw the bears and Goldilocks and use their mark making skills to tell the story. Making beds and chairs for the bears in the construction area using blocks and Duplo is fun to do, especially when there are different sized bears too and, we will also be acting out the story of ‘We’re going on a Bear Hunt’ outside.
Teddy Bears Picnic - This week is a fun week where we will be baking biscuits and making sandwiches, writing invitations to our bears, as well as playing games and singing bear songs. The children can have a go at measuring bears using unifix cubes, rulers and lengths of rope and learn about tall and small, long and short> we will also be having a go at weighing bears using the balance scales. Hopefully, on one of the days we will enjoy a Teddy Bears Picnic in the sunshine.
Mini-beasts
We will put out lots of information books for the children to look at as well as stories about mini-beasts. Our listening area will have the story and CD of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, there will be mini-beasts to colour in or trace and our cutting area will have mini-beasts that the children can cut around. In the tuff spot there will be spiders to pick up with tweezers. In the construction area, the children can have a go at making houses for insects using wooden blocks. We have lots of mini-beast puzzles as well as mini-beast themed numbers pegged on our number line. Our creative areas will give the children the opportunity to use mini-beast printers and paint, or stick colourful paper and material on butterfly shapes. The sand will contain large mini-beasts and the water tray will turn into a ‘pond dipping’ theme using nets, magnifying glasses, containers and mini-beasts. We will go on a mini-beast hunt too.
Pirates
In this week we will be sharing pirate stories, dressing up as pirates, making telescopes and eye patches and singing pirate songs. There will be pirate ships and pirate figurines to make up imaginary games with. We will put ‘treasure’ in the sand for the children to find in ‘egg box’ treasure chests. There will be lots of pirate games to play together and gold doubloons to count. In the drawing area, the children will be encouraged to make treasure maps, follow a maze and colour in pirate pictures. Outside we will be digging for treasure in the sand, wearing pirate bandanas and walking the plank.
Under the sea – the seaside and holidays
Over three weeks, we will be reading stories related to under the sea, the seaside and holidays and singing sea songs. We will also be talking about our own seaside & holiday experiences during our group times. In the water area the children can play with boats, pebbles and shells. We will make sandcastles in the sand. Our let’s pretend area will turn into an Ice Cream Shop, and the puzzle and games area will have lots of seaside puzzles for the children to complete. Commotion in the Ocean will be the book and CD in the listening area. In the drawing area we will be encouraging postcard writing as well as providing lots of seaside themed pictures and dot to dots for the children to colour in. In the creative areas, we will be making sand pictures, painting pebbles, making necklaces from pasta and decorating sea creature shapes. Outdoors there will be opportunities to play with boats in the water, use large paint brushes and water, make flags and castles.
In the last few weeks before the end of term, we will be preparing the children who are going to Reception for this transition. There will be visits to nursery by the reception teachers and lots of discussion in group times about what to expect and how they might feel. The children will go to visit the reception classroom too. We will be supporting the children to view this change in a positive light, pointing out all the exciting new opportunities they will have in reception. We know they are all ready to move on and that they will have a brilliant time in their new class.
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