Maple Cross Nursery 18/19 now Reception 19/20 entered the Potato Bucket Challenge set by Rickmansworth Garden, Arts and Homecrafts Society. They were given 10 buckets, each containing three seed potatoes and were asked to grow the potato plants over the next few months. We are pleased to announce that Maple Cross won with the largest combined weight of potatoes. Mrs Biss has just collected the winning certificate and trophy. Well done to all involved.
All the new children settled quickly this morning in nursery and were soon busy learning and exploring their new environments both inside and outside. We’re looking forward to doing it all again tomorrow!
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Welcome to the new school year. We are looking forward to all the children returning on Wednesday 4th September. School starts as usual at 8.50am. Please ensure all uniform is named/labelled and all children have a school bag and their PE kit.
Remember to pack school bags tonight and get the uniform out ready. No rushing in the morning!
In Nursery this morning the Year 6 pupils led a technology session with the children. There was a range of activities, from Beebots to accessing the internet safely. Thank you Year 6 – the nursery children were fully engaged and told us later how much they enjoyed it.
Continuing with our theme of people who help us – Nursery and Reception had a fire crew visit us today. The children were able to climb inside the fire truck and squirt the hoses.
This week in Nursery our theme is all about the people that help us in our community. Yesterday we had a police officer come in and speak to us. The children were able to ask lots of questions and look at handcuffs, a radio and then try on a police hat.
This week in Nursery, just like the rest of the school, has been all about sports. We have had some amazing support from the rest of the school. Each day we have sampled different activities. On Monday we tried running skills on the playground, Tuesday we sampled ballet, Year 1 on Wednesday led a ball skills session and today, Year 6 organised and delivered different activities for the Nursery and Reception children on the field. Thank you everyone for your support, we’ve learnt new things and had lots of fun!
The children have checked the seeds daily and noticed they are growing! First small shoots appeared at the bottom and now we can see some leaves forming.
In today’s assembly the sun was finally shining and we took our learning outside. The children were really pleased to be able to share their learning with their parents/carers. Thank you all for coming, it was lovely to see you all.
The nursery children have started to learn the first set of phonic letters/sounds. It’s only been a week and they already know five letters. They have spent the week practicing and have started to write them too. Today they showed their parents/carers in assembly how well they can write them and numbers too. I think you’ll agree, they’ve done some amazing work.
