Foundation Stage - Nursia
Nursia Class 2019-2020
We warmly welcome the new children of Nursia class to St Benedict's Catholic Academy.
Class Teacher: Miss T Walker
Teaching Assistant: Mrs M Stroud
Religious Education - Creation - God's Gifts
This half term, we are learning about Creation. This unit of work introduces the children to God the Creator. We learn that the Bible is God's book. The children experience retelling the story using pictures and drama. We also learn to recognise the gifts and talents which God has given us. During this unit, we plan and hold our first class collective worship.
R Unit A - Archdiocese of Birmingham
The Creation Story - Retell
Virtues and Values - Autumn 1 2019
This half term, our Virtues and Values are 'Grateful & Generous'. The children are growing to be grateful for their own gifts, for the gift of other people, and for the blessing of each day; and generous with their gifts, now and in the future.
Wednesday 9th October 2019 - Something strange has happened! Strange foot prints have appeared in our classroom...
We investigated the strange foot prints. Where did they come from? Who made them?
Mark Making with Chalk September 2019
Prayer Friends 2019
Our first week at St Benedict's!
Nursia Class 2018-2019
We warmly welcome the new children of Nursia class to St Benedict's Catholic Academy.
Class Teacher: Miss T Walker
Teaching Assistant: Mrs M Stroud
Nursia Class 2018-2019
Nursia Class 2018-2019 - Have a great summer and keep safe! Mrs Stroud and I will miss you all very much. Thank you for being an amazing class! x
Nursia Awards 2019
Pirate Day
Sports Day 2019
Rock Star Day!
Pentecost - We retold this special story from the Bible.
Salad Day - Eating our school grown produce! Making and eating salads. Yum!
Subtraction Sorted!
Radishes - Today we harvested our radishes. We washed and ate them. From seed to mouth!
Fr John visit - Questions about vocation
Forest School - Mud Painting
Doubles - How many do you know?
Growing and planting - we went on a walk around the school ground to make observational drawings of different kinds of plants and flowers.
Growing and planting - We chose our seeds to plant and look after. We also decorated our plant pots to make them special.
Pirate Role Play - Shiver your outside timbers!
Alex's Avengers Dance Group - Winners of St Benedict's Has Talent!
Potatoes Planted!
Float or sink? - Boat Making Experiment
Mother's Day Assembly March 2019
Ballroom Dancing Lesson March 2019
World Book Day 2019 - Stickman inspired costumes and Stickman making at Forest School
Shrove Tuesday - Pancake Races!
Forest School - Thursday 28th Feb - Dark Walk - A trust and confidence exercise! Can you follow a trail with your eyes closed?
Bark Rubbings and Observational Drawings - ideas based on our class story 'Stanley's Stick' by John Hegley
Stick Hunting - Start of our new story Stanley's Stick by John Hegley
Power Week - Clay Bird Sculptures
Forest School - Mini beast hunting revisit 14.02.19
The Atherstone Ball Game
Forest School - Making Bird Nests
Baptism - We held our own Baptism to help us learn about this special celebration.
Winter bird feeding - we made some bird feeders to feed the birds during the cold weather - January 2019
Forest School - shape sculptures from found natural materials
Visit to church January 2019
Forest School January 2019
Nursia Nativity - It's a Baby
All the children were totally amazing in our class nativity performance. They sang so beautifully and were real professionals.We are sp proud of you!
Diwali - Multi Faith Week
As part of multi faith week, we learnt about the Hindu celebration of Diwali. We read the story of Rama and Sita and made Rangoli patterns. Some of our parents came to help us!
Monster Dance
We have been dancing and moving to music based on our class story 'Bedtime for Monsters' by Ed Vere. We had such fun acting out the story! We rode on bikes, moved through mud, climbed mountains and walked through a spikey forest. We did most of this with our tongues hanging out because we were hungry monsters!
Fancy Dress Parade
Something strange in Nursia Class
When we arrived at school today we found somme foot prints. We were very excited and looked to see where they went. We looked at them closely to find any clues of who might have left them!
Road Saftey
Today we had a road saftey workshop. We learnt about how to keep safe when crossing a road. We learnt the code - Think, stop, look, listen and hold hands.
Five senses investigation
We have been learning about our five senses. We went on a walk to use our sense of sight and hearing. We drew pictures to record our findings.
Butter Making
We have been learning about where our food comes fr om. We talked about the types of food a cow gives us e.g. milk, cream, butter and meat. We made our own butter by shaking double cream. We then used our 5 senses when making and eating some toast! Yummy!
Butter Making
Mark Making - Outdoor Fun
We have been using chalks to make our marks outside. We made dragons, wrote our names, created treasure maps and wrote the alpabet.
Religious Education - The Creation Story
We have been learning about The Creation Story from the Bible. We have discovered how God made the world in 7 days. We acted out the story to help us remember what happened.
Wind, wind and more wind!
Storm Ali arrived. Trees were blown over and leaves were flying in the air. We decided to make wind blowers. We used tape, string and sticks. Great fun!
Nursia Class 2017 -2018
We had a fanastic year! Have a look at all the fun things we did!
Forest School morning with Alex - Den making and mini beast hunting! July 2018
Heat Wave July 2018
The weather has reached dizzy heights and we are relaxing after our phonics lesson in our home made paddling pool! 
Mini Beast Project - July 2018
We are learning about mini beasts. We have been writing our very own information books. The children decided that they wanted to learn more about bees. We then discovered that Charlie's Grandad is a bee keeper! We got to look at some real honeycomb, wax and protective clothing. 
Nursia Growing Project May - July 2018
In Nursia class we are growing different kinds of vegetables. Have a look how are potatoes are doing! 
Pentecost Crafts - May 2018
We have been learning about Pentecost. Have a look at our craft projects!
Mathematical Mastery May 2018
In Nursia class we have been learning about shape. We have been using our knowledge and skills to solve problems. Check out our fabulous shape know how!
Brrrrrrr....its cold outside! We decided to do some ice experiments! We went into the forest area to collect interesting natural items - cones, nuts, leaves ect. We put them in water and added a string. The next morning we looked closely at all the changes. Fabulous ice decorations!!!
Adopt a Tiger Fundraising - we donated £1 to have our face painting to help us raise money to adopt a tiger from Dudley Zoo.
Shrove Tuesday 2018 - We cooked and ate our own pancakes in prepartion for Lent.
Nursia Baptism
In Nursia Class, we try and base our learning around the children's interests. Some of the children began to plan a wedding. The news spread across the class and soon all the children wanted to take part. Mrs Stroud and I helped the children to make a list of all the things they needed to do to prepare. We spent the next couple of days resourcing our props and planning our speeches! We even invited our new Principal! All the children had a wonderful time and the wedding was a great success
Today we met Warwick Bear! He told us how to keep safe when we are near roads. We have to Think, Stop, Look and Listen.
In the moment...
The children wanted to play shops. They set up their own shop and decorated it with string. We then decided to make our shop even better! The children wrote their own labels using their phonetic knowledge. Check out our shop!!!!
We're going on a stick hunt...
Power Week dress up day!
Power Week - Diwali Making rangoli patterns
Pumpkin Soup Making
Ivy's family donated five pumpkins to Nursia Class. We decided to make pumpkin soup! We cut open the pumpkins and found lots of seeds and stringy bits. We cut up the pumpkins and looked closely at the other ingredients we needed to make the soup - seasoning, potatoes and cream. We loved eating the soup. Delicious!
Harvest Time - Butter Making
The children were really interested in learning about where their food comes from. They asked about milk and cheese, so we learnt about how farmers milk cows. Holly asked where butter came from and how it was made. So, the next day we made our own butter from shaking cream. We used it to make our own snack of toast, butter and jam. Yummy!
We met our prayer friends from Chad class. We were so excited!
