Nursery Blog – Sam Plants a Sunflower 🌻

Date: 30th Apr 2025 @ 12:19pm

This week in Nursery, we’ve been learning all about how plants grow through the story Sam Plants a Sunflower by Axel Scheffler. The children have loved getting their hands dirty and exploring nature up close!

🌱 Family Group Time
We explored the life cycle of a sunflower and talked about what plants need to grow. The children planted their own sunflower seeds and were very excited to take care of them! They also made marks to represent characters from the story, helping to build early writing skills.

🥁 Rhythm and Rhyme
We sang The Seed Song and explored rhythm and sound using musical instruments. The children had so much fun tapping along and listening carefully to the beat!

🎨 Creative Learning
In our teacher-led activity, we practiced painting with detail and talked about the different parts of a plant. The children confidently named parts like the stem, leaves, and petals.

🔤 Phonics Focus
Our focus sound this week was Ee. The children explored words beginning with E, and practiced forming the letter with lots of enthusiasm!

Well done for another great week of learning and growing together! 🌻