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Stars of the Week:Amelia & Jonah

Well done to Amelia and Jonah for thinking of different ways that they can move their body.

This week we have been thinking about all the different things that we can do with our bodies like clapping our hands, bending our knees and turning our head. Using the book “From Head to Toe” we were inspired to make our own class book. You can listen to the story too:

What can you do?
Here are the pictures of all the things that we can do with our body, can you do it?

Next Week: In phonics we will learn about the sounds that ‘i’ makes. We will continue with our learning about Christmas, looking at the symbols of Christmas likes candles, trees and wreaths.

Stars of the week: Christine and Thomas

This week was Assessment Week in Nursery. We all had the chance to show off all the wonderful learning that we have been doing. Thomas and Christine tried their very best all week! Well done both of you!

In our classroom we have put together some lovely displays since beginning school. We thought that you would like to see some of them! All of our displays feature children’s work – some of which has been done independently and some with the teachers. We hope you enjoy seeing what has been happening in our classroom

Next week: In Phonics we will learn the sound made by the letter ‘p’. We will be thinking about all of the different things that we can do with our bodies, writing a class version of Eric Carle’s book, ‘From Head to Toe’. In Maths we will be practicing our counting. Our classroom will be changing into a Winter Wonderland as we continue learning about Christmas and the weather changes we are seeing.

Stars of the Week: All of Nursery

Well done to all of Nursery who this week have participated in World Nursery Rhyme Week, along with hundreds of thousands of other children around the world. All the children enthusiastically joined in singing this years nursery rhymes and the follow up activities.

Monday
We sang the Wheels on the Bus. We chose how many people to put on a bus, matching number to quality.

Tuesday
We sang 5 Little Speckled Frogs. We ordered 5 frogs according to their size.

Wednesday
We sang Hickory Dickory Dock. We learned about clocks, and chose what time our clocks will show. We then put that many fingerprint mice onour clocks. We learned the makaton sign for clock.

Thursday
We sang Old MacDonald Had A Farm. We learned the makaton signs for some farm animals. Our follow up activity was to choose a farm animal, drawing it and thinking about the sound it makes.

Friday
We sang Miss Polly Had A Dolly. We thought about what we would do to look after a poorly baby.

Photos of us enjoying World Nursery Rhyme Week will be uploaded shortly.

Next week:We will be showing all of the wonderful learning that we have done so far in Nursery. We will also be starting our learning about Christmas, including Christmas songs that you will be able to see us perform (via video) later in the term.

Stars of the week: Ava and LJ

Well done to LJ and Ava who have put in a fantastic effort this week writing their names. Well done!

This week we have been practicing writing our names. We have been coming into class in the morning and after washing our hands, writing our names all by ourselves! Here are some pictures of our independent name writing. We can see that the practice at home is helping!

Also this week we have been continuing our learning about patterns. Here are some of the patterns we have made. We were able to make and describe these patterns all by ourselves!

Stars of the Week:Alberto and Avani.

Well done to our stars this week Alberto and Avani. When we were making our firework pictures to celebrate Bonfire night, they not only made some beautiful firework pictures, but they were able to think of some of the noises that they might hear when we see fireworks, such as “Bang!” “Pop!” and “Whizz!”. Great thinking!

Here are some of the lovely pictures that we made to celebrate Bonfire night!

Next week: In Phonics, we will be learning about the letter ‘a’ and the sound it makes. We will be practicing writing the letters in our name, not only on paper but also in sand! We will be thinking about patterns and trying to make our own, as well as thinking about some of the different ways we celebrate in our families.

Stars of the week: Ava & Alexander

This week in Nursery we have been reading the story of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. Ava and Alexander were able to retell the story in their own words, remembering the key events. They were also able to order the bears, chairs and beds in order from smallest to biggest. Well Done!

We used Goldilocks and the three bears to help us think about size, and comparing the size of objects. We sorted objects into their sizes such as big, medium and small. Then as a challenge with the teachers we had to order them!

We also learned the song to help us count to 3. Maybe you can sing it too!

Next Half Term: In Autumn 2, Week 1, we will start writing our names in the morning for self registration. Please keep practicing name writing over the half term using your name writing cards and pens that were sent home. Also next half term in Phonics we will start learning our letters and the sounds that they make. We will start with the letter ‘s’.

Stars of the week: Toby and Elowen

It has been another busy week in Nursery! Elowen and Toby have been enthusiastic learners all week, trying their very best and making sure they put their hand up to share their ideas. Well done you two!

This week we have used the story of Noah’s Ark, not only to help us learn about someone special in the bible, but also to help us learn all about the number 2.

We also read the story ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’. We have loved acting out parts of the story such as ‘squelch, squerching’ through the mud and ‘splash, sploshing’ through the river. We used Michael Rosen’s fantastic video of him retelling the story to inspire us. You could try and act it out too.

Here are some photos of us acting out the story.

Next week: We will be learning about Autumn, thinking about how the season have changed. We will also be looking closely at the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, learning about the number 3 and the language of size.

Stars of the Week: Henry & Alexander

Well Done to Henry and Alexander this week. They were able to think of lots of things that make them special in our RE lessons this week. They also made some beautiful Elmer the Elephants!

This week, we have been thinking about what makes us special. We listened to the story of Elmer the Elephant, who was special because he was a patchwork elephant! We thought about the things that we are good and things that we can do that make us unique and special. We decorated some Elmer’s too!

Next Week:We are going to be exploring the poem “We’re Going On A Bear Hunt”, listening for the different sounds that you can hear in it. In RE we are going to be thinking about special people in the bible, focussing on the story of Noah and his ark.
Thank you to those families that have sent in Life In All Its Fullness Photos. If you haven’t yet, please email them to the email address listed in the letter.

Stars of the Week: Charlie and Grace
Well done to Charlie and Grace for doing some amazing mark making this week. After listening to the story of ‘The Tiger Who Came To Tea’, Charlie and Grace wrote some shopping lists of what they would buy if a tiger was coming to their house. Keep up the great work!

This week in Nursery we have been thinking about the people who are in our family. After reading ‘The Big Book of Families’, children thought about who is in their family and some of the special things that they do together.
Children drew pictures of themselves and their family doing an activity that they enjoy together.

We also read the book ‘Our class is a family’, which helped us to learn that families come in all different shapes and sizes and that actually our class is too!

Next Week: In Phonics we will continue to explore listening to different sounds and seeing if we can match two sounds. We will be reading the story of Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, thinking about what makes him special, and decorating our very own Elmer.

Please find below the Curriculum Information for Nursery this year. If you have any questions please speak to Miss Bailey or Miss Godsell.

Additional ways to support your child with their learning can be found here.