--- title: "Nursery - Maths - Categorising Objects" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-10-28-nursery-maths-categorising-objects" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Nursery - Maths - Categorising Objects ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/Screenshot_2024-10-31_09.25.49.png) 28 October 2024 ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/Screenshot_2024-10-31_09.25.49.png) This week, Nursery class have been reading 'kitchen disco', two of the first fruits we have explored are lemons and oranges. We discussed the size difference, encouraging the verbal use of 'big' and 'small'. The children vocalised the shape of the sliced fruit segments being 'circle' and also used their senses to smell each piece to help differentiate between the lemons and the oranges. We then separated the fruit into piles of oranges and piles of limes, the children used their own methods to do this from their knowledge gained during the adult led part of this activity. Well done Nursery class! [Nursery](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/nursery) [Early Years Foundation Stage](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/early-years-foundation-stage) [Maths](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/maths) [Science](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/science) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_7321.jpeg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-10-23-supporting-young-people-to-build-emotional-resilience) Previous ### [Supporting Young People To Build Emotional Resilience](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-10-23-supporting-young-people-to-build-emotional-resilience) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/pic_PSHE_feelings.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-10-29-reception-pshe-our-feelings) Next ### [Reception - PSHE - Our Feelings](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-10-29-reception-pshe-our-feelings) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)