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		<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;



Welcome to our F1 Blog!



Please check in regularly to see what we&#39;ve been up to and to keep updated.

You can always speak to us about any questions or concerns. You can also&nbsp;contact us by email on f1@watercliffe.sheffield.sch.uk

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		<item>	<title><![CDATA[ Spring 2 Newsletter ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1519</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>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.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:13:42 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Easter Treats ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1604</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>We have been making and eating delicious&nbsp;chocolate nests for Easter in Nursery. The children did such a good job working together to&nbsp;crunch&nbsp;and squish&nbsp;up the shredded cereal, melt&nbsp;the chocolate and stir&nbsp;together the&nbsp;mixture.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:54:38 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Eid ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1599</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Thank you to all our families who have sent in Eid photos. We hope you had a wonderful time celebrating!</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:22:08 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Easter Bonnet Parade ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1598</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Today was our Easter Bonnet parade. Lots of us made amazing bonnets at home which our teachers were very impressed with! We sang&nbsp;the Spring Chicken song for grown-ups and paraded around the hall wearing our bonnets. We were amazing!&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:15:23 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Red Nose Day. ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1590</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>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.</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:13:21 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Penguin fever ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1582</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>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.</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:48:42 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Pip Arrives in Nursery ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1577</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>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!</p>

<p>&nbsp;In Pip&#39;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.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The children also did a little waddle dance to welcome&nbsp;Pip and make them feel at home.</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:51:02 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Cold places learning ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1572</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>This week we have been enjoying&nbsp;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.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:19:16 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Igloo Adventures ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1570</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>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.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:58:41 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1567</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>We are really enjoying our topic on the Arctic. We have&nbsp;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.</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 6 Mar 2026 16:02:54 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Cannon Hall Farm ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1561</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>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 22<sup>nd</sup> April.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 5 Mar 2026 15:13:38 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1557</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday was our final workshop- &#39;We are Family&#39;. 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.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 5 Mar 2026 09:41:11 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ World Book Day ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1556</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>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.</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 4 Mar 2026 16:53:42 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1527</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>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&nbsp;and knew that the ice was melting. They concentrated so well and spent a long time on the activity. We had lots of fun!</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:23:09 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Time for Bed Workshop ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1526</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>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 &ndash; We are Family.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:16:15 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Animal Enclosures. ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1517</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>We have been working very hard in our construction area building enclosures for a variety of animals. We have worked together and added lots of things for the animals to do and eat. They have had swings and slides, cheese and lots of drinks. We hope you all have a lovely relaxing half term.</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:50:39 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Pyjama party ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1511</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Today we had our pyjama party. Most of us came wearing our pjs, we enjoyed bedtime stories for golden time.</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:31:27 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1505</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>This week we have&nbsp;read the story Dear Zoo and in the provision we have enjoyed building enclosures for animals, playing with the zoo animals in the black tray and writing letters to the zoo. Special shout out to Lennie for his amazing writing on the whiteboard where he copied his&nbsp;sentence I like a crocodile. Miss Houghton was so proud of him!</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 6 Feb 2026 16:03:57 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Exciting Volcano Experimenting ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1503</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>We have been experimenting with baking soda, red food colouring and vinegar to see what happens when they are combined together. We found that the combination&nbsp;made some exciting mini fizzy lava volcanos!</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 6 Feb 2026 15:44:42 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Play workshop ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1497</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday was our play workshop for parents, and we had a lovely time playing in the nursery. We loved having our adults join us. Our raffle winners were Zaviyar and Olaife who got to choose a prize out of Miss Houghton&#39;s prize box, and Laraib and Alannah who won a book token.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2026 12:31:21 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1490</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>We have opened a beauty salon in nursery. The children have enjoyed using the girls worlds heads, brushing their hair and applying makeup. They have even had a manicure.</p>

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	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:16:23 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Good to Talk workshop ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1483</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday was our second workshop,&nbsp;It&#39;s Good to Talk. Laura Murphy, our school speech and language therapist, gave a presentation around how to help support your child at home with their speech and language with some great tips around getting down to their level, extending sentences, singing nursery rhymes and playing phonics games. Our raffle winners were Caleb and Atlas, who chose a prize from the box, and Arvin and Leila, who won a &pound;10 book voucher. Next week&#39;s workshop is about play. We hope to see you there!</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 11:48:09 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1480</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Our children have had a brilliant time on Safari this week. We have been spotting African animals from our Safari Jeep.</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:39:39 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Making Dinosaurs out of Shapes ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1475</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>We have been making some very interesting dinosaurs using a variety of&nbsp;shapes!</p>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:07:14 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Food for Thought workshop ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1464</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday was our first nursery workshop and it was all around food. First the adults discussed any issues they were having around eating with their children at home. Then the children came into the hall and tried lots of different fruit, vegetables, dips, banana milkshake&nbsp;and smoothie. Our raffle winners were Jabal and Noorseen who won book tokens and Kenan and Ravyn who got to choose a prize out of the prize box. Thank you so much to all the parents who came to the workshop. Next week&#39;s workshop is It&#39;s Good to Talk and we will have a talk from Laura Murphy who is our school speech and language therapist. We can&#39;t wait to see you all again!</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:58:58 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Ice Exploration ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1463</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>During our first week in nursery when it was icy and snowy outside, the children were very interested in ice and how it is made and what happens to it. So we decided to make some ice to explore in nursery. We put some small dinosaurs inside and left the children to explore what had happened and what was going to happen. We had lots of good discussions. Children estimated how many dinosaurs were trapped in the ice (they thought 10). They said things like &quot;It might melt.&quot; &quot;It&#39;s melted&quot;. &quot;The sun would be great at melting it&quot;. &quot;It&#39;s cold, so icy&quot;. &quot;When it&#39;s melted we can catch the dinosaurs&quot;. &quot;The waters coming from the ice&quot;. &quot;It came from the freezer&quot;. What fantastic investigating!</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:46:39 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Fun In Nursery. ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1452</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>The children have had so much fun exploring in nursery this week. They have played in all the different areas building towers, painting and making buns in the playdough.</p>

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	<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:03:23 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Animal workshop ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1441</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>We have had a lovely time today at our animal workshops. The children (and adults) were very brave and we met lots of exciting animals like Tiddles the Tortoise and Socks the Snake.</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:43:17 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1434</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>This term in nursery we are learning all about dinosaurs! We have been role playing as palaeontologists, exploring the dino dig, brushing around the sand looking for dinosaur bones!&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:47:44 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Fun in the Snow!! ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1431</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>What a fun day we have had in the snow today. We sledged, dug and just had a whale of a time</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 9 Jan 2026 15:32:49 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ First week back in nursery ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1424</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>What a lovely week we have had back at nursery! We welcomed lots of new children into nursery and have been enjoying learning about dinosaurs. What a fun week!</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2026 15:46:55 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1422</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome back to nursery after the Christmas holidays. We hope you all had a lovely break! Welcome to our new starters in nursery. This half term we will be learning about dinosaurs and also animals that live in Africa, we are already very excited to be learning about dinosaurs as we have lots of dino experts in nursery! Attached is the newsletter to tell you what we are learning, key vocabulary, key dates and names of staff.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:06:42 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1413</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday was our Nursery Christmas Party and we had a fantastic day! We played pass the parcel, musical bumps and had a disco. We ate some party food all together. The best thing was a surprise visit from Father Christmas who brought us all a present while we were in the hall having fun! He made a bit of a mess in nursery with his snowy footprints, but the teachers didn&#39;t mind! What a fun time we had!&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:43:04 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1405</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>The children have recently been putting chairs together to play trains, so we thought it would be a great&nbsp;idea to introduce a Polar Express role play area to let their little imaginations run wild with. We have seen lots of interesting characters boarding, some familiar from our stores and some new ones! The children have been taking the train to the beach, to the park for a picnic, to the North and South Pole just to name a few destinations!</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:48:21 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1401</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>We have filled our golden coin jar and as a treat had pizza for snack this week, well we are super stars and totally deserve it!&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1398</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>The children have enjoyed making up stories with all the different fairy tale characters. They have used their imagination and interacted with their peers.</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:13:22 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1382</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>We have had such a lovely day with our families for our Christmas workshops. We had so many families join us and the children did some great Christmas decorations.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 3 Dec 2025 16:35:16 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1372</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>We have listened to the story the Gingerbread Man this week in nursery. We have done lots of fun activities using our cutting and writing skills. We have made some delicious gingerbread men on the playdough table.</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:14:30 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1361</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>The children who did not go on our visit this week have had lots of fun in nursery. They have retold Fairy Tales, played with playdough and splashed in the water tray. They had a great time in P.E. playing tag games and using rugby balls.</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:22:38 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1351</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday some of our nursery children went on a visit to Sundown Adventureland and what a fantastic day we had! We went on lots of rides, including a train ride and tractor ride. They were super fun! We looked around Story Book Village at all the fairy-tale houses that we have been reading about in nursery. We even shouted some of the phrases from the story, such as &quot;I&#39;ll huff and I&#39;ll puff and I&#39;ll blow your house down&quot;. We went on a magical sleigh ride and met Santa! He said we were all on the good list, so we all received a present. What lucky children we are! Despite the weather being very cold we all had a wonderful time! The nursery teachers would like to thank the children for how well behaved they were, they followed all our golden rules and were a delight to be with!&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:10:14 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1344</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Here is some information about Roblox.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:14:46 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1339</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>This week in nursery we have been reading the story of the Three Little Pigs. In the provision we have been enjoying building houses for the pigs in the construction area and&nbsp;re-enacting the story with the small world figures in the black tray. We could remember all the key phrases from the story, what little stars we are!&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:05:12 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1331</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>This week we have been developing our fine motor skills by exploring lots of interesting things to cut through. Some items are easy to cut through whilst others are quite difficult! We then have been using&nbsp;the bits that we have cut to make some beautiful creations over on the collage table.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:50:31 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1326</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>We have listened to the&nbsp;story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears in nursery this week. We have loved making our own porridge using a variety of pans and spoons. We have made sweet, salty and spicy porridge. We have shared the porridge we have made with our teachers and friends.</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 7 Nov 2025 15:55:58 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1318</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Here is the newsletter with all your information for this half term. We are learning about traditional tales this half term.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 6 Jan 2026 16:38:45 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1317</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>We have had some new home made fairytale characters&nbsp;join us in nursery this week! We have really enjoyed re-enacting lots of traditional fairytales together and making up some very interesting new ones!</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 5 Nov 2025 15:57:23 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1309</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>This week we have been talking about the changes that we have been able to see outside. We found out that the leaves have changed colour and have started falling off the trees. We discovered that the weather has turned a little colder and we have needed warmer coats. We went for a walk outside in the nursery yard and found lots of lovely leaves. We even collected some and used them on our collage pictures.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:10:46 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1294</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>We had a fantastic day today for our nursery spooky dress up day. We all came in our fantastic spooky costumes, and we even had a spooky disco in the hall.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:39:33 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1283</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>On Wednesday 5th November, Watercliffe Meadow will be hosting a parent forum!</p>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<link>https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/blog/?pid=41&amp;nid=2&amp;storyid=1280</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>This week in nursery we have tried hard to follow instructions to do a finger painting picture of a tree. We have used lovely Autumn colours and taken care to use our fingers to make the leaves on the trees.</p>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:17:55 GMT</pubDate>
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