Our blogs
Happy Mother’s Day, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 13th Mar 2026 @ 3:24pm
Happy Mother's Day from all of us at Nursery 🥰🩷
We have enjoyed lots of Mother's Day themed crafts and malleable tuff trays.
Marvellous Maths, by Mrs Upton
Date: 11th Mar 2026 @ 12:23pm
This week, we are exploring the composition of 7. We have worked out which 2 numbers we can add together to make 7. Understanding number bonds is crucial to support calculations as we get older!
Zumba, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 10th Mar 2026 @ 4:17pm
At Nursery, we enjoyed an active Zumba session on the interactive whiteboard. 😊
PE session, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 10th Mar 2026 @ 4:15pm
At Nursery, we enjoyed a PE session on the ball cage. We moved our bodies in a range of different ways (walk, run, jump, hop) and we even enjoyed a hoop and beanbag game to finish the session.
It is important in the Early Years to carry out short PE sessions, it builds strong muscles and bones, enhances motor skills- coordination and balance and can help improve concentration. 🏅😊
Winnie-the-Pooh- World Book Day, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 10th Mar 2026 @ 4:06pm
At Longton Primary School, we celebrated World Book Day by marking 100 years of Winnie-the-Pooh.
A fun week was had by all in Nursery, we enjoyed:
- Winnie-the-Pooh made out of spaghetti- Messy sensory tray.
- Decorating Winnie-the-Pooh pictures and we even created Winnie-the-Pooh character paper chains.
- Pin the Tail on Eeyore.
- Winnie-the-Pooh Playdough station.
- Making Honey Biscuits.
What a super week in Nursery. Our favourite part was coming to Nursery dressed as Winnie-the-Pooh characters. 🔴🟡
World Book Day, by Mrs Upton
Date: 5th Mar 2026 @ 3:37pm
What a fun day we have had! We loved creating a whole school story about Winnie the Pooh and drawing and writing about our favourite Winnie the Pooh characters.
Our costumes were amazing - what a great effort from everyone!
Outdoor Badge, by Mrs Upton
Date: 4th Mar 2026 @ 3:32pm
We have been working towards our Outdoors badge this afternoon and enjoying the sunshine! We have made decorations for our outdoor area.
The Tiger Who Came to Tea, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 1st Mar 2026 @ 3:25pm
Our theme at Nursery this week has been The Tiger Who Came to Tea! 🐅😊
We have enjoyed lots of lovely activities! We have explored the story structure, while encouraging imaginative play and looked at tiger related activities, as the children have shown a keen interest in tigers. Exploring tigers habitat, diet and unique markings. Our favourite part was all the tea parties we had. 🍰🍪🫖
Chinese New Year, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 1st Mar 2026 @ 2:11pm
At Nursery we have enjoyed learning all about Chinese New Year. We looked at the Chinese Zodiac, we set up a Chinese restaurant and made Chinese New Year paper chains. 🪭🧧😊
Learning all about Chinese New Year in the Early Years, fosters cultural diversity, inclusion and global awareness. It encourages empathy and understanding of different traditions, helping children appreciate similarities and differences.
Fire Engine at Nursery, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 26th Feb 2026 @ 4:06pm
Wow at Nursery today, we got to meet real-life firefighters and they even showed us inside their fire truck, our favourite part was getting to use the hose, the water came out super fast 🚒🔥😊
SATs Presentation, by Mr Pearson
Date: 12th Feb 2026 @ 8:24pm
Mary Anning, by Mrs Upton
Date: 12th Feb 2026 @ 3:44pm
Today we learned about Mary Anning and the incredible fossils she discovered. We have made our own dinosaur eye fossils using clay.
The children have their All About Me books ready in their bags ready for their half term news to be shared. I hope you all have a lovely break.
Mrs.Upton 😀
Valentines Activities, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 12th Feb 2026 @ 11:55am
Lots of lovely Valentines activities at Nursery this week!
Valentine's Day is a valuable time for young children to understand positive emotions, it encourages appreciating family and friends and strengthening the bonds in our lives 😊🐘
Marble Run, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 12th Feb 2026 @ 11:53am
At Nursery this week, we have really enjoyed playing marble run and working as a team 😊🐘
100 Years of Longton Primary School, by Mrs Upton
Date: 10th Feb 2026 @ 3:52pm
Yesterday, the Hippos enjoyed celebrating our special birthday by playing traditional childhood games. We enjoyed Stuck in the Mud, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Hopscotch, hoop games, skipping ropes, chalk boards, dominoes and Duck, Duck, Goose. We were especially good at congratulating others when they won. We also looked at photos of our school and Longton, from many years ago. What a fun day!
Street Sounds, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 6th Feb 2026 @ 2:06pm
In Nursery today, we have listened to street sounds and have done a super job at identifying the correct street sounds, the emergency services sounds were the star of the show, as we jumped up ready for action!🚨😊
Funky Fingers Challenge, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 6th Feb 2026 @ 2:03pm
At Nursery, we have enjoyed doing the Funky Fingers Challenge 🌈😊 This helps develop fine motor skills, hand and finger strength, and hand-eye coordination. These are essential foundational skills for everyday tasks and early writing. Good work Elephants 🐘
People Who Help Us Equipment Sorting Activity, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 5th Feb 2026 @ 1:01pm
At Nursery, we have enjoyed doing our People Who Help Us equipment sorting activity- promoting problem solving skills. Super job Elephants 🐘😊
Note for Parents, by Mrs Upton
Date: 4th Feb 2026 @ 3:23pm
Just a reminder it is Hippo's class assembbly tomorrow morning in the hall. Please drop your child off as normal, then make your way round to the office. Please remind your child how excited you are to see what they have been learning about and remind them how important it is to sit smartly on the stage!
We are working hard on working as a group to tidy up and how important it is that we all play a part in doing it. Please could you support us by encouraging good tidying up at home and please send in some WOW cards about this if they are doing a good job so that we can celebrate it - it needs some attention at the minute!
Thanks so much for your continued support.
Mrs Upton
Dear Zoo Tuff Tray & Crafts, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 3rd Feb 2026 @ 4:32pm
In Nursery, we have shown lots of interest in the story Dear Zoo, so we created our very own Dear Zoo Tuff Tray. We have had great fun creating our very own story scenes.
We have even created our very own Elephant Tribe crafts using paper plates. Well done Elephants 🐘😊
Taboo the Dinosaur, by Mrs Upton
Date: 3rd Feb 2026 @ 4:28pm
We were very excited to welcome a new visitor today into Reception. His name is Taboo. He had a note with him, he is lost!
Whilst we find out where he belongs, we need to look after him. The children had so many good ideas about how we should look after a baby dinosaur - see if your child can tell you what they were!
We found out that he was a tricerotops and that they are herbivores, so some of the children went to forage food for him, whilst others took care of him with lots of strokes and cuddles.
Lets see what tomorrow brings!
Snack and Chat, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 30th Jan 2026 @ 2:07pm
Snack and Chat at Nursery is our favourite 😊
Brain Break Dance, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 30th Jan 2026 @ 1:44pm
At Nursery, we had so much fun doing our Brain Break Dance Freeze- improving focus and attention and enhancing memory and information retention- Super job Elephants Class 😊
Junk Modelling- Fire Trucks, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 28th Jan 2026 @ 3:37pm
Today at Nursery, we have been Junk Modelling and made our very own Fire Trucks. Good job Elephants 😊
Outdoors, by Miss Farnworth
Date: 28th Jan 2026 @ 3:35pm
We love exploring the outdoors at Nursery 😊
