GreatCoatesducklings

Welcome to The Nursery at Great Coates Primary.
‘Success and happiness for all’
Proud to be part of the Harbour Learning Trust.

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As a bonfire treat, the children made chocolate apples! The children compared the chocolate before and after we melted it and the decided how they wanted to decorate it. @PrimaryGreat

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The children are enjoying learning about bonfire night this week. They have been expressing their creativity by creating fireworks using different medias. @PrimaryGreat

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To finish our week celebrating Diwali, The children have experienced having some beautiful Henna designs created on their hands, some of the children even decided to have a go at painting themselves. @PrimaryGreat

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The children have been busy this week making a Diwali lamp out of salt dough, we used our fine motor skills to mould the dough before leaving it to dry. We then decorated it with bright colours and glitter!
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As part of our Diwali celebrations, the children practiced mark making in our Rangoli sand.
They showed great control creating straight lines, spirals and some beautiful stars. @PrimaryGreat

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The children enjoyed creating flags today for Grimsby's 'town of culture' bid. We spoke about different things that we can find in Grimsby, We searched for photos for inspiration before making our individual masterpieces.
We then made a collage to display our work.
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Today, we have been exploring colour using the leaves we found on our scavenger hunt. We think our Autumn pictures look beautiful! @PrimaryGreat

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The children went on an autumn scavenger hunt!
We found lots of different items including pine cones, sycamore seeds and different colour leaves. Back in the classroom, the children had to use their fine motor skills to match these to our clipboards using pegs. @PrimaryGreat

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The children enjoyed celebrating 'Hello Yellow' day today. They took part in a variety of different yellow themed activities. We spoke about the colour yellow and the children told us "Yellow makes them feel happy!" @PrimaryGreat

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Last week, The children created a beautiful picture of their homes.
This week, We have started a garden for our houses.
We planted some seeds and predicted what we thought was going to happen. What do you think will happen?
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To finish our week learning about families, the children created a beautiful family photo frame. We discussed all the different colours and patterns we used to decorate our frames. We think they did a fantastic job!
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The children have been creating their own autumn leaves today. They have been working together to roll conkers through the paint, we discussed who could make a long trail and who could make a short trail.
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This morning, we had a visit from our local police officers. They explained to the children what they do each day to help us and keep us safe. We then popped to see the police car. They showed us the blue lights and sirens, they were very loud! @PrimaryGreat

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What a treat to end our 'Super Duper Me' topic this week, the children made thier own biscuit faces. We counted out the features of a face and practised our hand eye co-ordination skills whilst mixing and spreading the icing. @PrimaryGreat

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In our home corner, we have been pretending to be a family. This links with our topic this term and has allowed the children to put into practice, the idea that we've been learning, that families come in many different shapes and sizes. @PrimaryGreat

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"I'm really good at tidying up my toys"
The children made their superhero masks today and we spoke about what our superpower would be. The children really enjoyed telling us what they are really good at! @PrimaryGreat

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Why are the leaves changing colour?
The children have been learning about Autumn, as part of this, We have talked about the leaves changing colour on the trees. We created our own autumn tree paintings using cotton wood buds to refine our fine motor skills.
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Nursery have been learning about families this week, We have been exploring our autumn tough tray and found out that families come in all shapes and sizes.
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The children had a busy morning in the sunshine today.
We explored moving water and enjoyed filling and pouring different size containers. Which do you think would hold the most water? @PrimaryGreat

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The children have been learning all about family this week. They were able to tell us who was in their family and then made them using play dough. We rolled, squashed, cut and pinched the dough to make our happy families.
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