Broadford EYFS

Friday, 22 May 2026

Nursery Learning 18.5.26

This week in Nursery, we have had a lovely time exploring the story Where the Wild Things Are. The children really enjoyed listening to the story and talking about the different emotions shown by the characters. We focused on understanding “wild” feelings, such as feeling angry, excited, frustrated, or energetic, and compared these to “calm” feelings, when we feel relaxed, happy, peaceful, or ready to listen.

Throughout the week, the children took part in a variety of activities linked to the story, including role play, discussions, movement games, and creative activities. They explored ways to recognise their emotions and talked about strategies that can help them calm their bodies and minds, such as taking deep breaths, sitting quietly, or talking to an adult. It has been wonderful to see the children beginning to express their feelings and develop their understanding of emotions through play and conversation.

We would also like to remind families that it is half term next week. The following Monday, 1st June, is an INSET day, so Nursery will reopen for children on Tuesday 2nd June. We hope you all have a restful and enjoyable break, and we look forward to welcoming the children back after half term.

We had a lovely time exploring different brushes and noticing the unique patterns they could make. The children also enjoyed mixing poster paints together to create new colours and experiment with their creativity. It was wonderful to see their excitement and curiosity during the activity.

During lunchtime, our 30-hour children have been enjoying sitting together with their packed lunches and developing their independence skills. They have been doing a wonderful job tidying away their belongings after eating and learning the importance of keeping our environment clean and organised. It has been lovely to see the children chatting happily and building friendships during this time.

In the playdough area, the children have been creating their own islands inspired by Where the Wild Things Are using natural resources such as shells, flowers, and sticks. They have enjoyed exploring different textures and patterns, especially noticing the interesting marks the shells made in the playdough. It has been wonderful to see their imagination and creativity develop through this activity.

One of our tuff trays was linked to the story Where the Wild Things Are, where the children explored boats travelling across the ocean. They had lots of fun investigating the different natural materials, including leaves and feathers, using their senses and imaginative play to bring the story to life.

In our finger gym activity, the children have been carefully threading pipe cleaners through colanders to help develop their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. They showed great concentration and perseverance while exploring different ways to thread and manipulate the materials.

Crackers and cream cheese have been a very popular snack choice this week. The children have been practising their spreading skills independently, developing their fine motor control and confidence during snack time.

In another tuff tray, the children explored purple bubblegum scented Gelli Baff this week. They thoroughly enjoyed the sensory experience, using their hands to investigate the squishy texture while talking about the colour, smell, and how it changed during play.

We hope the children have a lovely half term next week and look forward to seeing them back on Tuesday 2nd June for our last half term of the year!

Nursery Certificates- 22.05.26

Congratulations to Felicia who has been awarded the E for Excellence certificate for the way she has learnt the new routine in nursery. We are impressed by Felicia's ever growing confidence and growing independence. Keep going!

Congratulations to Naailah who has been awarded the E for Excellence certificate for her growing confidence. Naailah has been making new friendships and it has been lovely to watch her socialise.

Congratulations to Sultan who has been awarded the E for Excellence certificate for a super start to Broadford. We have loved seeing how confident and happy Sultan is and we are very impressed with his super listening!

Reception Learning - W.C 18.5.26

Year Reception: What We Are Learning

This term our topic is Plants and Growth. Our focus book this week was The little red hen.

Here is what we have been up to:

The children made their own delicious bread rolls.They explored how flour is made and investigated how ingredients change during mixing,rolling and baking.The children enjoyed observing the changes in the dough and were excited to taste their freshly baked bread rolls.

The children have also been working hard in Read, Write, Inc this week.

. Please continue to read 5 times a week with your children and work on set 1 sounds as well as word time words (1.1, 1.2, 1.3 etc).

In Literacy, the children used time connectives such as first,then,next and last to sequence and write about their bread-making experience. They recalled each stage of the process, from mixing the ingredients to baking the bread rolls. Using these key words helped them to put events in order and develop their early writing skills.

In Maths this week,the children enjoyed building new shapes using different 2D shapes. They also pulled shapes apart to see which smaller shapes they were made of. This helped them to recognise,name and talk about the properties of different 2D shapes.

Well done Reception for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work!

Reception Certificates - W.C 22.5.26

Reception E for Excellence

We have had a fantastic week of learning and there has been so much to celebrate and be proud of in Reception!

These children worked extremely hard and have been rewarded for all of their determination and efforts.

Apple

E for Excellence - Ralphie

Resilience- Aahan

Star Writer - Ayan

Silver certificate for reading 10 times- Elena

Aspen

E for Excellence - Hamza

Star Writer - Malak

Alder

E for Excellence - Khalil

Star Writer - Imani

Thursday, 21 May 2026

Nursery- Just a quick reminder...

Hi everyone,

Just a friendly reminder to please apply suncream to your children before coming to nursery tomorrow. We are expecting high temperatures, and the children will be enjoying the garden throughout the day!

📚 Important Notice: Changes to Reading Books

We are launching an exciting new reading scheme starting the first week back after the holidays! Because of this, we will no longer be sending home individual reading books and records. Instead, here is how the new system will work:

The Book Trolley: A selection of books will be available on a trolley right outside the nursery doors.
Choose at Your Leisure: You can pick out books to take home whenever you like.
Easy Exchange: When you are finished, simply return them to the trolley and swap them for a new one!

Thank you for your continued support, and enjoy the beautiful weather!

Saturday, 16 May 2026

Reception learning w/c 11.05.2026

Year Reception: What We Are Learning

Our focus book this week was the wonderful Handa’s Surprise.

To bring the story to life,the children went on their own tropical taste adventure on Monday! They had the opportunity to taste a variety of delicious fruits, including avocado,pineapple, mango and passion fruit. We were absolutely blown away by the children’s bravery! We were especially surprised to see how many children were willing to try the avocado just by watching their friends give it a go. Peer pressure at its finest and healthiest!

After sampling the fruits, the children filled in a chart to rate each one with a smiley face or a sad face based on their preferences.

During the tasting ,we encouraged children to use their senses and describe each fruit. We gathered all their fantastic ideas and created a vocabulary mind map packed full of descriptive words! This set us up perfectly for Tuesday’s writing activity! The children put their fantastic sound skills to work. They wrote sentences about which fruit they liked or disliked, and exactly why.

The children carefully checked their sentences for capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.

Please continue to read 5 times a week with your children and work on set 1 or 2 sounds as well as word time words (1.1-1.7).

To celebrate the setting of our story, the children learned about traditional Maasai necklaces and the special meanings behind each beautiful colour. They then used this knowledge and created their very own African necklaces, using paper plates and paint.

Once the beautiful creations were dry, the children put them on and danced along to some African music! The classrooms were full of rhythm,colours and smiles!

In Maths this week the children have been focusing on manipulating, rotating and selecting 2D shapes for a purpose. They had to put their problem-solving skills to the test, combining and rotating shapes to create their very own wonderful shape pictures.