Welcome to the Rainbow Fish class page!

(Nursery)

We are a kind and happy class that welcome you into our classroom to share our lovely learning!

Class Teachers:

Miss Sheikh (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday)

Mrs O'Brien (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)

Early Years Practitioner:

Mrs Chaudhry (Monday PM, Tuesday PM, Wednesday PM, Thursday PM, Friday PM)

Teaching Assistant's:

Miss Arshad (Monday AM, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)

Mrs Salim (Monday, Tuesday AM, Wednesday AM, Thursday AM and Friday AM)

Special Needs Assistant:

Mrs Inwood (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)

May 2025

During May at Rainbow Fish, Rainbow Fish listened to ‘Aliens Love Underpants’. They loved the book and found it very funny! The children enjoyed the enhanced provision that had been set up, such as playing and building with the moon sand, designing their own aliens and even building a rocket ship for the aliens! We had also set up a spaceship outside the nursery for the children to enjoy!

The children enjoyed listening to ‘The Way Back Home’. The children were very interested in the book, and we had a little discussion about aliens and where they live and what they look like! The children had fun trying out the different continuous provision that were set up for them, such as mark making using moon dust, exploring the moon sand, using scrunched-up foil and paint to print onto paper and so much more.

Rainbow Fish also really enjoyed listening to ‘We’re Going on A Bear Hunt’ and even started to join in with the words when it was being read! Rainbow Fish really enjoyed exploring the continuous provision that was set up for them, such as drawing their own maps for the bear hunt, working together to make a cave for the bear, creating their own bears using playdough and many more. The children even went on a bear hunt in the garden!

April 2025

At the beginning of April, the children enjoyed listening to ‘We’re Going on an Egg Hunt’ and had the opportunity to take part in an Easter egg hunt! There were Easter eggs hidden all around the nursery garden and Rainbow Fish had to find them! The children had so much fun running around trying to find all the Easter eggs, and they were all given chocolate Easter Eggs as a reward for finding the Easter eggs. Well done!

During April at Rainbow Fish, the children enjoyed listening to ‘Aaargh Spider!’. Rainbow Fish enjoyed the enhanced provision that had been set up for them, such as, designing their very own spiders, using their fine motor skills to pick up spiders from the spider web and going on the hunt for spiders in the nursery garden! (We didn’t manage to find any!).

Rainbow Fish class also really enjoyed listening to ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. They had lots of fun going on a caterpillar and butterfly hunt in the nursery garden, designing their own caterpillars and butterflies and even feeding a giant cut out of The Very Hungry Caterpillar! The children also had the opportunity to try out different fruits that were in the book, such as strawberries, pears and plums! We were happy to see how willing the children were to try fruits they had not tried before.

March 2025

Rainbow Fish have been busy this month learning about people who help us! We learnt all about police officers, doctors and dentists. We first learnt about firefighters and police officers and how they help keep us safe. We had a fun time role-playing as firefighters and police officers and helping to keep the nursery safe!

We learnt all about doctors and how they help take care of us. We had a doctor’s surgery set up for us, with doctor’s uniform and equipment. We all had so much fun pretending to be doctors and helping each other! We also learnt about germs and that they are not good for us, and we need to wash our hands! We have been practicing washing our hands with soap and making sure to cough/sneeze into our arms, and to throw our tissues in the bin.

We also learnt about dentists and why it is important to take care of our teeth! We all pretended to be dentists and had a turn at cleaning fake teeth with toothbrushes, toothpaste and water. We really enjoyed it and learnt the importance of brushing our teeth!

This month, we also had World Book Day. It was very exciting for Rainbow Fish as they had the opportunity to dress up as their favourite book characters and even had an exciting visit from Bookman! 

February 2025

This month, Rainbow Fish have been enjoying listening to ‘Jasper’s Beanstalk’. The children had the opportunity to plant beans and take them home to watch them grow, which was very exciting. The children learnt that the beans needed water and light to grow, so they took it in turns to give the class beans water and make sure there was enough light. It was lovely to see how caring and attentive Rainbow Fish were.

The children also listened to ‘One Mole Digging’ and were so excited to dig up potatoes and carrots in the small garden, we even found a few worms! The children also enjoyed building their own ball runs, designing Mr Potato Head using playdough and so much more!

The children also enjoyed listening to ‘Titch’. The children enjoyed exploring the enhanced provisions that were set up, such as designing their own photo frame using lolly sticks, making happy or sad faces out of playdough and flying kites they made themselves!

January 2025

Rainbow Fish have been busy this month enjoying their learning. We spent the first week learning all about buses and set up an outdoor bus and bus station for our lovely children. They really enjoyed it and had so much fun pretending they were going on a bus ride.

The children also enjoyed listening to ‘When I Build With Blocks’ and were very excited about building lots of different things using blocks. The children built towers, bridges, castles and so much more! We were really impressed with how creative they were and how well they worked together.

We’ve been reading ‘Walking Through The Jungle’ and ‘Dear Zoo’ and the children have really enjoyed learning about different animals, where they live and the sounds they make. We also learnt to sing ‘5 Little Monkeys’ and ‘1 Elephant Went Out To Play’ and the children really enjoyed acting out the songs and counting to 5 using their fingers!

December 2024

This month the children were excited to see the classroom being decorated for Christmas and all the continuous provision being set out for it! The children even helped put the Christmas baubles on the tree! 

Rainbow Fish had the opportunity to visit the Life Space tent. The children learnt all about how to take care of their bodies with help from Harold the Giraffe. The children were so excited to join in and they really enjoyed it! We were so proud of how well-behaved and how well the children sat whilst in the Life Space tent!

Rainbow Fish also received an exciting visit from Hannah at Christ Church in Woking. She re-told the story of the Nativity and even got the children to dress up in costumes and act out the story. They had so much fun and really enjoyed it.

Rainbow Fish were also very busy practising a medley of Christmas songs for our Christmas Concert. They were very excited about performing in front of their parents. They sang with big loud voices and even did actions to match the song. We were so proud of Rainbow Fish, they were brilliant!

November 2024

This month, the children enjoyed listening to ‘Spot Says Goodnight’ and learning about the difference between daytime and nighttime, and what we would do during the day and night!

The children also enjoyed listening to ‘Spot Goes To The Farm’ and ‘Noisy Farm’. They enjoyed learning about the different animals that live on the farm, and had fun taking part in the farm-themed enhanced provision!

We have now started to give library books to children to take home on Friday’s. Please remember to return the library books to school the following Friday so they can be changed for a different book. Thank you. 

 

October 2024

The children have all settled in so well, and we are so proud of them all! We have had lots of fun listening to stories, singing songs, making and building. We have now been enjoying stories about Spot the Dog. The children loved talking about how Spot’s Nursery is like ours and what they might have at their own birthday party. The children have also been busy shopping in our role-play supermarket and have been discussing what they do during the day and night.

We also took part in the International Food Fair here at Maybury. We chose to represent Pakistan and had fun decorating bunting and making delicious barfi with the children!

Please remember as the weather turns colder to send your child in with a coat, making sure it is named. We hope you have a lovely half-term!

September 2024

A big warm welcome to our new and returning children! We are so proud of how Rainbow Fish Class has settled into the nursery so far. We are really looking forward to working with our new/returning children and their families.

The children have been busy learning new routines, such as tidying up and sitting down on the carpet for stories/singing/circle time. We have also been learning to make new friends.

Please remember to write your child's name on their school uniforms, school bag and water bottle. This is to ensure their belongings do not get mixed up. Thank you!