Blackfell Primary School

W/C4.1.22

Star of the week

What a way to kickstart our new spring term by announcing this week, Nursery's star of the week and it  is Elliott!! Elliott received this award as he has only just joined Nursery and he is already making new friendships and showing lots of confidence trying new activities. We are so proud of you Elliott keep up the good work!!.

PE Bodyparts

We had such a fun PE lesson this week our theme was body parts and we were learning how to balance whilst standing still and on the move, we got to take part in some exciting activities such as we had to stand still and balance on one foot which we found tricky and some of us kept falling over!! We also got to take part in the bean bag body balance we had to place a beanbag on our head and move around without it falling off and we had to balance the beanbag on different parts of our body eg arm and move around the space backwards sideways and we had to make sure that the bean bag did not fall. We found it a little tricky but we kept on practising and our balance skills are definitely getting better!!

Snuggle box 

Well done to Elliott this week who gets the opportunity to take our snuggle box home, Elliott gets to enjoy some hot chocolate, biscuits, and a story to share with his grown-ups. We can not wait to see your pictures and for you to tell us all about the story!! 

Valentines Day

Our school Council organised a Valentines themed day for all the children at Blackfell. Our Valentines theme was about sharing positivity and kindness throughout the school. We had a lovely Valentine’s Day lunch and shared cards with the children alongside some spot prize when they were caught doing something kind for their peers or teachers. The children all had a wonderful day! We would like to thank you for your very kind donations, all money raised was going towards Washington MIND to support people in the community with mental health. 

PE Busy Bees 

This term in PE our learning focus is ball skills. this weeks theme was called Busy Bees and we were learning how to develop stopping a rolling ball. We started off with our warm up we all had to pretend that we were bee's flying around and collecting pollen, we had to fly high and low in different directions whilst avoiding our friends. We then played an activity called rolling pollen we each had a yellow ball and pretended it was pollen, we then had to roll the ball along the floor using hand to hand, we then had to roll the ball in front of us and then try and stop it with our hands. We had great fun in our PE lesson keep an eye out each week to see how we are developing our ball kills in Nursery.  

PE-Grasshoppers

For all of this term we are focusing on our ball skills. This week our theme was grasshoppers, we began with a 10 minute warm -up recapping on what a safe space looks like and how we can keep ourselves safe during our PE lesson.  We played a game called jumping grasshoppers we each had a large ball which we had to hold using both of our hands, we were set different tasks to do eg we had to pretend that our ball was the grasshopper we had to bounce the ball to the ground and catch it after one bounce. We then had to throw our ball just above head height and try and catch it that task was a little tricky but after a few attempts some of us were successful!! We really enjoyed our PE lesson this week!!.  

Star of the week W/C 10.1.22

A massive well done to Mila for receiving our star of the week award. Mila received this award for settling in so well into her new environment and forming new friendships. We are so proud of you!!.  

Our Arctic Dough Models

We have had so much fun making dough arctic creations, we enjoyed rolling patting squashing the dough into what we wanted to make. we had different resources such as pipe cleaners buttons and wooden sticks. We are very proud of our creations. Please take a look at our igloo's, penguins, walrus and many more!! 

Star of the week WC24-1-22

A massive well done to our star of the week Anthony, we are extremely proud of the super work he has done in maths and literacy, and he is  also forming great friendships and showing great sharing skills.   

Internet Safety Day 

This week it has been' Internet Safety day' and the theme this year was' All fun and games' We enjoyed an assembly with Miss Forrest we discussed what Internet Safety was and how to keep safe whilst playing our favourite game or watching or favourite movie online, we also discussed how people should behave when they are online. We enjoyed listening to a story about Digiduck and the Magic Castle and it was all about keeping safe online. We all joined in an activity where we discussed what is safe to share online and what is not safe!!. Some of us drew some pictures of adults that we trust if we wanted to tell them something important. We really enjoyed Internet Safety Day!! We learnt lots of information on how to keep safe online!!.

World Book Day 2022

What a great time we all had in Nursery for World Book Day, our theme this year was Bedtime Stories!! we all came to Nursery in our pyjama's, slippers, dressing gowns we all felt so cosy!!. We all got to enjoy a story read to each of us by the Year 3 children it was lovely for all of us to get together!! Later on in the morning we all got to enjoy some cookies and milk with our friends while Miss Forrest read us a story. We all had a fantastic morning!! 

Fire Engine Visit 

What an exciting surprise we had this week!! Year 2 had a visit from the Fire engine as part of their learning, but Nursery and Reception got invited to go and see the Fire engine also, We were all super excited, the Firefighters gave us a little talk about the different equipment they use on a daily basis, we each got a turn of the fireman's hose which was so exciting we were definitely all professionals. Some of us even got to try on the fireman's hat which was so heavy!!  Thank you so much for our visit we all really enjoyed it!!

Easter Cards

We have been creating Easter cards in Nursery this week, we had a choice to make a chick or a bunny. We used lots of different materials and techniques to create our card. We also done some fabulous writing inside of our cards. We hope you all like our Easter cards we all had a great time creating them. 

Arctic Yoga

Nursery had a great start to the new spring term our topic is Arctic Antics and what better way to start this by enjoying some Arctic yoga!!  We were  excited to get started, we went on a adventure with Pedro the penguin  and we got to challenge ourselves by trying different movements and stretches. We had such a great time we all felt calm and relaxed after our yoga we can not wait to try it again!!

Star of the week W/C 17.1.22

A big well done to our star of the week Caleb!! Caleb received this award for how much care he shows his friends, he is a brilliant friend and has been doing a great job looking after our new starters and making sure that they are having a nice time in Nursery. We are so proud of you Caleb keep up the great work!!

Star of the week W/C 07.02.22

A huge well done to our star of the week Emily. We are very proud of how well she has settled into nursery and made lots of new friends. We are very proud and happy to have her in our nursery. 

Chinese New Year 2022

What a great morning we had in Nursery celebrating Chinese New Year, we started out by watching a DVD about a little boy who celebrates Chinese New Year and how they prepare for their celebrations. We then looked at different Chinese objects we all really enjoyed that, some of us tried on Chinese clothing eg hats and accessories. Some of us pretended to have a Chinese banquet in our role play area. We also learnt that this year is the year of the Tiger!!  We all really enjoyed learning all about Chinese New Year, please take a look at our pictures. 

Comic Relief 2022

We all had a great morning in Nursery for Comic Relief, we all came to nursery dressed in red and red accessories. We took part in a special Comic Relief assembly with the whole school. Thank you for all of your kind donations we collected 506!! tins for the Sunderland food bank how fabulous is that!!

Special persons cards 

We have been super busy this week in Nursery making cards for that special person in our lives. We decided to make flowers using cupcake cases which was so fun, we added lots of  detail using different resources to our cards to make it look extra special. We hope you all liked our special persons cards as we all really enjoyed making them!!. 

Easter Bonnet Parade 

We ended our fabulous term with our Easter bonnet parade, We have been practising so hard every day with our singing and actions to the Easter songs. We were so excited to perform to all of our grown-ups, we all joined in with the singing and actions and all we could see was the biggest smiles coming from our grown-ups. We would like to thank  all parents/carers/Grandparents who helped create the beautiful bonnets, the effort that was put in was fantastic!!!. 

We would like to wish you all a very Happy Easter and we will see you all soon in Summer term 1