Welcome to Nursery
Dear Parents,
This week we have been learning about the Arctic and how it differs. We read the book ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers and children created a mind map of words that described the arctic. We introduced Antarctica and what it is like there in terms of weather and animals. The children also used clay to create their own penguins.
During R.E, we explored how God made winter and looked at how the weather changes during this season.
In Maths, we looked at 1 more and 1 less of a number as well as the concept of composition.
Children also had fun playing in the Space Station, pretending to be astronauts.
We hope you have a lovely weekend,
Miss Panayiotou, Mrs Bruno & Mrs Woode.
Dear Parents,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We hope you enjoyed your Christmas holidays.
This term’s topic is all about Our World. This week, we have been learning about life on different continents by reading the book ‘ Here we are’.Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth – An Animated Read Out Loud with Moving Pictures – YouTube
Reception children were introduced, how to write a sentence using capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.
We explored the artist Guiseppe Arcimboldo and looked at his artwork. Children recreated their own fruit faces collages based on this artist. We also celebrated the Greek Orthodox celebration of Theophania and why this is important for our school.
Have a lovely weekend,
Miss Panayiotou
Dear Parents,
This week the children have been busy learning all about the Nativity Story and how people celebrate Christmas around the world. They were able to sequence the events of the story as well as name all the characters.
They have enjoyed decorating their Christmas cards and their Christmas cookies as part of a PTA activity. They also had the opportunity to make Christmas decorations made of salt dough.
In maths, we practised our counting skills as well as our composition skills.
The children are very excited to show you all Christmas crafts they have been making this week.
Just a reminder the on Thursday the 18th we have our Nativity Play at 9:20
Have a lovely weekend,
Miss Panayiotou
Dear Parents,
This week we have been busy learning about emergency services and understanding their occupation- police officers and firefighters. We read the book ‘You cant call an elephant on an emergency’. Children created wanted posters in order to describe their criminal and help the police officers catch him.
In Maths, we explored shapes with 4 sides as well as shapes in the environment.
In RE, we learnt how God made the water and everything in the water.
In PSHE, we explored diversity through thinking similarities and differences between our friends.
Children also looked at the artist Piet Mondarian that uses rectangles and squares to create artwork.
We hope you have a lovely weekend.
Thank you,
Miss Panayiotou
Dear Parents/Carers,
This week we have been busy learning all about doctors and vets. We read the story ‘Zog and the flying doctors’ and discussed how doctors help people all around the world.
In Maths, we explored 1 more and 1 less of a number as well as the part-whole model.
During our RE lesson, we learnt how God made the land and everything on it e.g. all the living things.
The children also enjoyed making their own X-Ray in art.
Have a lovely weekend,
EYFS Team
Dear Parents,
This week we have been learning about our life outside school. We read the book ‘In every house on every street’ and children created their own map neighbourhoods. We also discussed ‘How do we get around’; about the different types of transport.
In Maths, we focused on finding , recognising as well as subitising numbers 4 and 5.
In RE, we discussed how God’s house is our house and that this special place is called church.
We also explored ‘The dot- Every child a painter’ and children created their own pieces of art using crayons, pencils and paints.
Finally, this week we started practising for our Nativity Show. Below you will find the links for the songs that we have been practising at school. You will also receive a more detailed letter on Friday regarding this.
Knock On Another Door – YouTube
Dancing About In The Straw – YouTube
Skip, Skip, Skippity Hop – YouTube
Year 2 Nativity (2020) Three Kings Riding – will they get there?! – YouTube
Have a lovely weekend,
EYFS TEAM
This week we read the book ‘When a dragon goes to school’ and children made predictions of what they think the dragon might get up to at school. We explored the roles around our school and had a tour in the kitchen where Mrs Jo spoke to the children about her role as the chef of the school.
In maths, we explored circles and triangles.
During R.E, we discussed the importance of Remembrance Day and children created their own poppies.
We also looked at the artwork of the artist Kandinsky and children recreated their own pieces of artwork.
Have a lovely weekend,
EYFS team
Fantasy – Mermaids and Pirates
Over the past two weeks we have been:
We have been exploring fantasy tales by reading ‘Peter Pan’ and exploring different stories with mermaids in them. We have had lots of fun pretending to be pirates and mermaids. We have enjoyed all areas of our classroom, we have been writing about where we would travel to if we could fly.
In math’s we have been exploring combining two numbers by using ladybirds. We drew the spots on a ladybird and then we counted how many were altogether. We have also been counting using jewels in a treasure chest and how many mermaids you can fit on a rock.
In science we have been exploring heavy and light by using full and empty in the water tray. We have also been exploring swirling winds and we have been making sandcastles using wet sand in the sand tray.
In RE we have been reading stories from the Bible they were stories about Jesus. We read the story ‘Jesus heals a man’ and ‘Jesus walks on water’. We have been exploring these stories during our creative learning.
We have been thinking about our move to reception. We have visited a new class and our new teacher. We have also been thinking about how we feel about going into a new class, we have been using the zones of regulation to talk about the different feelings we might feel when we go into a new class in September.
We really enjoyed our class trip to Godstone farm. The children got to meet lots of different animals, they got to meet and touch some of the farms smaller animals. We had a lovely lunch on the grounds the children then had lots of fun playing in the playground before we made our way home.
We also had our class party today, the children really enjoyed themselves they made their own sandwiches and chose the food they would like to eat. We also played past the parcel and musical chairs we also did lots of dancing.
Please note that we will finish for the summer on Tuesday, the 22nd of September the nursery will finish at 11:50am on this day the rest of the school will finish at one at 2:15pm.
It has been a pleasure to teach your children over this year and we would like to wish you a very enjoyable summer
Thank you for your ongoing support over this year, Mrs Herne, Mrs Cini and Mrs Woode
Fantasy
This week we have been:
Reading the story ‘The troll’. The story was about a troll who wanted to eat something other than fish, it was also about pirates who wanted some treasure so they could buy a cookery book and cook some yummy food! The Pirates found the troll and everyone was happy. We drew pictures of all the treasures that we think might be in our treasure chests. Our rhyme this week was all about the troll and the Billy goats who wanted to find green grass, we hope the children enjoy reading these at home!
In math’s this week we have had lots of fun exploring the weighing scales. We have been thinking about heavy, light and balance. We have been using our arms to demonstrate. When we were using the scales we put an item in one side we then use the blocks to try and balance the item, some of us were very good at it! We also explored heavy and light kit and pup this week.
In RE this week we have been learning the bible story ‘Jonah and the whale’. It’s very important to listen to God and apologise when we do something wrong, we have been making whale pictures using our feet and have been making Jonah’s for the picture using matchsticks.
We read the story ‘Coming to England’ this week. It was all about a family who travelled on a boat to come to England, they found that the people in England were not very friendly to start with but as they settled into their normal life everyone became friendly and they were excepted for who they were. We have been busy making our own boats this week using the recycled materials.
We really hope that you enjoyed our class assembly this week, the children have been working really hard and they really do love the Gruffalo story. Thank you to everyone that was able to make it and show their support for their children.
Last week we had so much fun chopping up the vegetables that we decided we would chop up some more this week. We were using the children’s knives to cut up cucumber and celery. The children had great fun using their chopping skills to chop up the vegetables for snack time.
Next week we will be
- Continuing our fantasy learning by reading the story ‘Peter Pan’.
- Continue in our learning about capacity and weight.
- Reading the Bible story ‘Jesus walks on water’
- Going on our trip to Godtsone farm!
Messages home
The children’s homework this week is a creative activity, the children have chosen a picture that they need to cut out and then place it on the other piece of paper, they can use crayons or paints to create the designs, we will look forward to seeing these next week.
Wednesday, the 9th of July will be a school trip to Godstone farm. We do need to know numbers as soon as possible and what the children would like for their lunches, please ensure that you retain your sleep as soon as possible please.
Please can you ensure that you book your child in for the afternoon session. It makes it easier for everyone if we have all the children booked in.
Thank you for your ongoing support Mrs Herne, Mrs Cini and Mrs Woode
Fantasy
This week we have been:
Exploring super heroes by reading the story ‘Supertato’. We have had lots of fun this week with the story ‘Supertato’. Evil Pea has been on the loose and he’s been up to mischief in our class! He tied up Supertato, he opened all the frozen veg and put it in a water tray and then he wrapped up and tied up all of our Supertatos that we had made! We have the opportunity to try some of the different vegetables and fruit that were in the water tray and then we used special knives to help us cut up the fruits and vegetables, it was lots of fun!
In maths this week we continued on learning on symmetry. We have been making our own symmetrical paintings and we all know that symmetrical means it’s the same on both sides!
In RE and science this week we have been learning about how God made summer. We explored what summer looks like, what we wear during the summer, what the weather is like during the summer and what activities that you do during the summer time. We have been talking about being safe in the Sun while we are having fun and all of the kinds of activities that we will do when the weather is sunny. We also painted to summer trees using our hands and our fingers.
We have been reviewing our online safety this week with the last part of our Smartie the penguin story. If we are playing a tablet or phone at home we know that if something goes wrong we tell an adult, if a strange picture comes up we tell an adult, if someone strange talks to us we tell an adult! We have sent home a poster that the children made to remind them when they are at home.
Next week we will be:
- Exploring Trolls and Pirates using the story ‘The Troll’.
- Exploring more and less using treasure chests.
- Learning about weight and weighing.
- Learning about capacity.
Messages home
Our class assembly is on Friday, the 4th of July it will start around 9:00 to 9:15. We hope you can all make it, Please ensure the children are in school on time on that day at 8:40 as we need to get the children ready for the assembly.
Wednesday 9th July will be our class trip to Godstone farm! Please ensure the children are in school on time at 8:45 and that they have their packed lunch. We can provide a packed lunch from school which we can order for you. Please return your reply slip ASAP please.
We hope you have been having fun with the creative homework projects we have been sending home. Please bring them in so we can explore and share them with the whole class.
Thank you for your ongoing support Mrs Herne, Mrs Cini and Mrs Woode