Summer 2 2026
The Nursery children have had a wonderful time exploring our 'Pirates Ahoy!' topic. Inspired by the story Pirates Love Underpants, they have enjoyed receiving mysterious letters from pirate crews, searching for missing underpants around the classroom, following treasure maps, designing brand-new pirate pants and creating some wonderfully colourful pirate medals. The story has become a firm favourite, with many of the children now confidently recalling large parts of it from memory—especially the part where the pirates cut the pant elastic!
The warm weather has also provided plenty of opportunities for exciting water play. The children have loved mixing coloured water, transporting it using different containers and experimenting with water marble runs, developing their curiosity, problem-solving skills and teamwork through play.
We also enjoyed a fantastic pirate-themed day to begin Activities Week. The children embraced the fun by walking the plank, taking part in pirate dances, searching for treasure and enjoying some carefully supervised pirate sword battles. It was wonderful to see so many smiling faces and enthusiastic young pirates throughout the day.
Many of our Nursery children are now ready to begin their Reception journey. They made us incredibly proud during their move-up day, showing confidence, independence and resilience as they settled into their new classrooms. We wish all of our children moving up to Reception the very best of luck and know they will continue to thrive. For those who will be returning to Nursery, we are excited to continue your learning journey together and look forward to another year of fun, discovery and achievement.