--- title: "Nursery - Literacy - 'We're Going on A Leaf Hunt'" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-11-13-nursery-literacy-we-re-going-on-a-leaf-hunt" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Nursery - Literacy - 'We're Going on A Leaf Hunt' ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/Screenshot_2024-11-14_09.18.05.png) 13 November 2024 ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/Screenshot_2024-11-14_09.18.05.png) The story Nursery class have been enjoying this week has been 'We're going on a leaf hunt'. We used the scenes from the story and a bit of imagination to go on our very own leaf hunt. The children were observant of their surroundings and found areas in the nursery garden that had similarities to our story. The children were encouraged to copy sound effects and positional language used in the story as they made different movements with their bodies. The children climbed to the top of a big hill, walked through the dark dark forest, rowed across the cold cold lake, found a house to hide from the skunk and with a bit of help from Miss Cooney, the children experienced a waterfall! [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) [Geography](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/geography) [PE](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/pe) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Screenshot_2024-11-14_08.43.19.png)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-11-12-nursery-art-and-design-creating-hedgehogs-using-foraged-leaves) Previous ### [Nursery - Art And Design - Creating Hedgehogs Using Foraged Leaves](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-11-12-nursery-art-and-design-creating-hedgehogs-using-foraged-leaves) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2024-11-11_14_50_07.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-11-14-year-6-science-changing-the-size-of-a-shadow) Next ### [Year 6 Science - Changing the Size of a Shadow](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-11-14-year-6-science-changing-the-size-of-a-shadow) ### 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/)