Welcome to all our new friends at Elmtree Nursery!

The theme for our learning journey this term will be ‘Traditional Tales’. We will be exploring a range of well-loved stories, including The Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Ugly Duckling, and The Gingerbread Man. These familiar tales will support the children’s language development, imagination, and understanding of story structure.

In Expressive arts and design, the children will be creating gingerbread pictures using a variety of materials, while developing their creativity and practising important cutting and sticking skills. In Mathematics, we will be making size comparisons such as big, small, short, and tall by building beanstalks using counting cubes and Numicon, helping to develop early number and reasoning skills.

For Literacy, the children will enjoy acting out our traditional tales using masks, encouraging confidence, communication, and storytelling through role play. In addition, our role play area has been transformed into The Giant’s Café, offering a rich selection of imaginative resources for the children to explore, collaborate with their friends, and extend their learning through purposeful play.