<![CDATA[Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School Blog Feed - F1]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fpid%3D41%26amp%3Bnid%3D2 Juniper Education Content Management System (CMS) Version: 4.5 (junipereducation.org) Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:54:38 GMT Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:54:38 GMT <![CDATA[ Spring 2 Newsletter ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1519 We hope you all had a lovely half-term break! Welcome back to nursery for Spring 2. Here is the newsletter for this half-term. We will be learning about freezing places like the Arctic and Antarctica. Towards the end of the half-term we will move onto learning about farms and animals that live in England. 

]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:13:42 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1519 <![CDATA[ Easter Treats ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1604 We have been making and eating delicious chocolate nests for Easter in Nursery. The children did such a good job working together to crunch and squish up the shredded cereal, melt the chocolate and stir together the mixture. 

]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:54:38 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1604 <![CDATA[ Eid ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1599 Thank you to all our families who have sent in Eid photos. We hope you had a wonderful time celebrating!

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:22:08 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1599 <![CDATA[ Easter Bonnet Parade ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1598 Today was our Easter Bonnet parade. Lots of us made amazing bonnets at home which our teachers were very impressed with! We sang the Spring Chicken song for grown-ups and paraded around the hall wearing our bonnets. We were amazing! 

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:15:23 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1598 <![CDATA[ Red Nose Day. ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1590 The children loved coming to nursery in their red clothes and funny noses for red nose day. We would like to thank you all for your kind donations.

]]> Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:13:21 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1590 <![CDATA[ Penguin fever ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1582 We have gone penguin mad this week in nursery. As part of our learning all about Antarctica, we have been playing with penguins, making penguins out of soft clay and creating paper penguins with googly eyes. We have also learnt lots about the South Pole.

]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:48:42 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1582 <![CDATA[ Pip Arrives in Nursery ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1577 Pip the penguin has arrived in nursery and needs our help! They are trying to get to the North Pole to visit the polar bears but got lost on the way!

 In Pip's letter addressed to the nursery children, they asked the children to help look after them for the time being. The children will need to find out what Pip likes to eat, where they like to sleep and the things they like to do to have fun. 

The children also did a little waddle dance to welcome Pip and make them feel at home.

]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:51:02 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1577 <![CDATA[ Cold places learning ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1572 This week we have been enjoying learning more around cold places such as the Arctic and Antarctica. We have enjoyed playing with small world animals and we have learnt that polar bears live at the Arctic and Penguins live at Antarctica and they never meet each other. We have painted polar bear faces on the creative table and created maps of the Arctic. We are such super stars at our learning. 

]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:19:16 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1572 <![CDATA[ Igloo Adventures ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1570 This week we have been learning about the Arctic. We have been on some wild adventures exploring the igloo and looking for the Arctic animals we have been learn about.  

]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:58:41 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1570 <![CDATA[ Arctic Painting. ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1567 We are really enjoying our topic on the Arctic. We have been painting some lovely Arctic pictures using white paint, glitter and snowflakes. We know lots of facts about the Arctic, what the weather is like and what animals live there.

]]> Fri, 6 Mar 2026 16:02:54 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1567 <![CDATA[ Cannon Hall Farm ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1561 As part of our learning about farms and farm animals we are very excited to be planning a visit to Cannon Hall Farm on Wednesday 22nd April. 

]]> Thu, 5 Mar 2026 15:13:38 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1561 <![CDATA[ We are Family Workshop ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1557 Yesterday was our final workshop- 'We are Family'. We discussed the behaviour systems that we have in place in school and supported parents with any issues they may be having at home around behaviour. Our raffle draw was very special, as all children won a reward for coming to the workshops! A big thank you to all the families who gave up their time and attended the workshops. It was so lovely to get to know you all better. 

]]> Thu, 5 Mar 2026 09:41:11 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1557 <![CDATA[ World Book Day ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1556 Today we had a lovely day celebrating world book day. We enjoyed coming to school in our storybook costumes and seeing our teachers dressed up. We love reading in nursery.

]]> Wed, 4 Mar 2026 16:53:42 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1556 <![CDATA[ Painting on Ice ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1527 This week we have been exploring painting on ice. We enjoyed watching what happened as the ice melted and all the colours from the paints ran together. Children described it as looking like a rainbow and knew that the ice was melting. They concentrated so well and spent a long time on the activity. We had lots of fun!

]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:23:09 GMT https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1527 <![CDATA[ Time for Bed Workshop ]]> https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&nid=2&storyid=1526 Yesterday was our Time for Bed workshop. We talked about bedtime routines and ways to make them work for different families. Parents shared stories with their children while they enjoyed hot chocolate and cookies. Our raffle winners were Jabal and Raheeq in the morning and Brodie and Zahan in the afternoon. Thanks to all the parents who joined us again! Next week is our final workshop – We are Family. 

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