People who help us – Supermarket

This week we have been:

Learning about people that help us at the supermarket. We learnt about people that we do not see when we go shopping! Cleaners, managers, night staff and bakers! We had lots of fun in the role-play area writing shopping lists, shopping for the food and then going to the checkout.

In phonics this week we have been learning the sounds:

• ‘sh’ – slither down the snake, from his head to his feet over his back.
• ‘r’ – down his body and curl his arm.  

In maths this week we sand the sang 5 current buns. We used the current buns and 1p coins to buy buns from Mrs Herne. Here is the link so you can enjoy singing this song at home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po-ZuWip9b8

In RE this week we learnt the story ‘Feeding the five thousand’ ‘The boy who shared with others’. The boy had 2 fish and 5 loaves of bread. He gave them to Jesus for him to share and give to others. We used 2 paper fish, cut them up and shared them out. We had 5 small loaves and we cut them up and shared them with everyone in the class, we still had some left over!! Please share this link with the children at home.      

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaPChCpphU4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Have a look at our caterpillars! They are growing very quickly and their food is almost gone!! We are waiting to see what they do next. We are still looking after our beans too, look how tall they are growing!

Next week we will be:

• Continuing our learning about people who help us, focusing on the area around where we live. (hairdressers, builders, milkman)
• Learning the sounds ‘j’ and ‘v’.
• Writing numbers to 10 and sharing.
• The Ascension

How you can hep at home:

• Please use the links above, five current buns and the boy who shared with others.
• Continue reinforcing the sounds we have learnt so far and name writing.
• Counting and recognising numbers.

Our class assembly is on Friday 25th May, we hope that you can make it. We would like the children to come dressed up in what they would like to be when they are older, policeman, fireman, doctor, vet, chef etc. Please let me know what your children would like to be when they grow up!

I would like to thank you for your support with the children’s uniform and footwear. Its important that they are wearing the correct uniform to nursery what ever the weather.

Thank you for your ongoing support, Mrs Herne.

Mrs Bruno, Mrs Lowe and Miss Kelly.

People who help us – The post office

This week we have been:

Learning about the post office. We read a non-fiction book telling us what happens with our letters and parcels once we send them. We had great fun in the post office role-play, enjoyed using the delivering trolley outside and made our own postman, “SPECIAL DELIVERY!!” We used coins to pay for our stamps and to send our parcels and found out how to use scales to weigh our parcels.

In Phonics this week we have been learning the sounds:

‘f’ – down the flower, draw the leaves.

‘e’ – cut through the egg, and scoop around.

Please re-visit these sounds at home.

In maths this week we looked at the 1p, 2p and 5p coins. We know that they have numbers on them and that this tells us how many 1p’s are in that coin. We used these in the role-play post office this week.  We also talked about pairs of animals when learning about ‘Noah’s ark’ in RE.

In RE this week we read ‘Noah’s ark’. We enjoyed listening to a story that Jesus told, we sang the animals into the ark and we learnt that God sometimes puts a rainbow in the sky to show us how much he loves us. We then painted our own rainbows and drew our own pictures of the animals in the ark.

In science this week we continued to watch our beans and cress grow. Our cress grew so much that we made cress sandwiches!! We liked them so much that we are growing more cress! Our beans are also starting to grow shoots!!

Next week we will be:

• Continuing our learning about people who help us – Medical, doctors/nurses/vets.
• Continuing our learning about money and coins using ‘The Great Pet Sale’ book.
• Learning the sounds ‘l’ and ‘h’.
• Learning about caterpillars and butterflies.
• Going on our trip to Apples and Honey.

How you can help at home:

• Continue forming the sounds we have learnt so far, explore using paint/wet brushes outside.
• Explore coins at home, talk about the numbers they can see.
• Talk to the children about caring, for others, for the world (flowers etc), for themselves. Link this to nurses/doctors/vets.

Notes home:

• Please note our trip to Apples and Honey is on Thursday 3rd May, please ensure the children are at school promptly, wearing school uniform and sensible footwear as we will be walking. You also do not need to provide snacks as we will be providing them. We will aim to arrive back to school at around 12:30pm, please wait by the nursery gate and we will dismiss the children from the coach. Please avoid reading books/homework books and book bags on this day.
• As the weather is very up and down I would like to ask that the children have a jacket in school at all times. We will still be using our outside area. The children can start wearing our school summer uniform if you wish, please ensure names are in jumpers/cardigans.

Thank you for your ongoing support, Mrs Herne.

Mrs Bruno, Mrs Lowe and Miss Kelly

 

People who help us – In school

Welcome back, we hope that you had a relaxing Easter.

This week we have been:

Learning about people that help us in school. We looked at all the different jobs people have in our school. We enjoyed using our role play as the school office, cooking like a chef at the play-dough table and pretending to be a lollipop man/woman outside. We created pictures of a teacher and a chef using paints and different sticking materials and drew pictures of our favourite food.

This week in phonics we have learning the sounds:

‘u’ – down, under, up and down to the puddle.

‘b’ – down the laces, up and around the foot.

We have been exploring writing these sounds on paper and in the sand.

In maths this week we compared groups of objects and explored giving each circle/container the same amount of objects.  

In RE this week we learnt about ‘The Annunciation’. We looked at the icon and spoke about what we could see. We learnt that on 25th March angel Gabriel was sent by God to tell Mary she was going to have a baby, this baby will be the son on God.

In science this week we have been looking at spring. We spoke about the changes the children can see outside and that during spring everything springs up. We then put some cress seeds in a dish and beans in a pot. We are going to look after them and watch them grow! We need to make sure they have water and sunlight to help them grow.

Next week we will be:

• Learning about people who help us – The post office
• Learning the sounds ‘f’ and ‘e’.
• Exploring simple coins and how we use them.
• Learning about the bible story ‘Noah’s ark’.

How you can help at home:

• Continue forming the sounds we have learnt so far, explore using paint/wet paint brushes outside.
• Continue forming numbers to 10 and play number games with numbers to 10.
• Take a trip to the post office and talk the children about what you do in a post office, use money to buy something and talk to the children about the coins you use.

As the weather is changing please can you ensure the children are prepared for the hot weather, sun lotion/sun hats etc. Can you also ensure that your child’s name is written in hats and jumpers.

Thank you for your ongoing support, Mrs Herne

Mrs Bruno, Mrs Lowe and Miss Kelly.

Easter

This week we have been:

Learning about the Easter story, talking about why we celebrate Easter and how. We finished reading the story and finding out what happened at the end. We took part in the whole school liturgy and celebrated this great occasion with the whole school. Please share this video link with the children at home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PSgoPdKQFQ

This week in phonics we learnt the sounds:

‘o’ – all around the orange.

‘c’ – curl around the caterpillar.

‘k’ – from his head to his foot, tail, leg.

We also learnt that ‘c’ ‘k’ and ‘ck’ all have the same sound.

After the Easter break we will be:

• Learning about people who help us, starting with who helps us in school.
• Looking at the sounds u/b.
• Comparing groups of numbers.
• Learning about the Annunciation.
• Exploring springtime

How you can help at home:

• Enjoy celebrating Easter, talk to the children about what they have learnt in school.
• Talk to the children about signs of spring you may see when your out and about or at home.
• Continue name writing and practising the sounds so far:

s – slither down the snake.

a – around the apple down the leaf.

m – Maisy mountain, mountain.

d – around his bottom, up his tall neck, down to his feet.

p – down his hair, up his hair and around his face.

i – down his body, dot for his head.

n – down Nobby, up Nobby, over his net.

t – down the tower, across the tower.

g – around her face, down her hair and give her a curl.

o – all around the orange.

c – curl around the caterpillar.

k – from his head to his foot, tail, leg.

We hope you have a relaxing break and we look forward to seeing you back in school on Monday 16th April.

Thank you for your wonderful ongoing support, Mrs Herne,

Mrs Lowe, Mrs Bruno and Miss Kelly.

 

Easter

This week we have been:

Learning about the Easter story. We have heard a different part of the story each day and used props from the role-play to help us tell the story. So far we have learnt about:

Palm Sunday, Holy Monday,  Holy Tuesday,  Holy Wednesday,  Holy Thursday, Good Friday and  Easter Saturday.

We are looking forward to learning about the rest of the story and finding out the good news.

 

This week in phonics we learnt the sounds:

• ‘t’ – down the tower, across the tower.
• ‘g’ – around her face, down her hair and give her a curl.

Please go over these sounds at home as well as the ones we have learnt so far – s, a, m, d, p, i, and n.

 

In maths this week we explored time and looked at how long it takes to do things. We used the book ‘Dinosaur time’ to help us and explored time using sand timers and stop watches.

 

This week we took part in a circus show! We learned how to do tricks with a scarf and how to balance a feather on our hands!

Next week we will be:

• Continuing our Easter learning by telling the last part of the story.
• Learning the sounds o, c, k, ck.
• Having fun and celebrating Easter.

How you can help at home:

• Continue name writing.
• Continue looking at the sounds we have learnt.
• Everyday counting and recognising numbers to 20.
• Talk to the children about our Easter learning.

Thank you again for your wonderful support, Mrs Herne,

Mrs Lowe, Mrs Bruno and Miss Kelly.

Dinosaurs

This week we have been learning:

We have been finishing off our learning about dinosaurs. We read a story called ‘Tom and the dinosaur egg’. Tom found an egg and he looked after it until it hatched. BUT the egg was no ordinary egg, it was a dinosaur egg!! Tom looked after the dinosaur but he grew so big that Tom had to take him home. We then found an egg in our classroom! We looked after it until it hatched but we did not know what could be inside.  Here are some ideas of what we thought would be inside.

It started to crack and we noticed it was green and had a big yellow eye, and then it hatched…

… into a crocodile!!

In phonics this week we learnt the sounds:

• ‘n’ – down Nobby, up Nobby over his net,
• ‘i’ – down his body, dot for his head

Please go over these at home as well as the ones we have already learnt. s, a, m, p and d.

In maths this week we were counting bones in the packing chips, talked about size, finding the correct size egg for the dinosaurs and we continued our learning on 2D shapes.

In RE this week we pretended that we were in church and taking communion. We drank wine (juice) from the chalice and then had some bread. We will be learning more about this during our Easter celebrations over the next 2 weeks.

Next week we will be learning:

• about Easter and the Easter story. We will be acting out the story in class.
• learning the sounds t and g.
• looking at time and how long it takes to do things.

Things you can do at home:

• Continue name writing, the children are doing really well with this.
• Continue looking at the sounds we have learnt.
• Everyday counting and recognising numbers.
• Talk to the children about Easter and the reason we celebrate it.

As you maybe aware we said Happy retirement to Mrs Cosma this week and we wish her the very best in her retirement. We would like to welcome Miss Kelly to the nursery team.

Thank you again for your wonderful ongoing support, Mrs Herne

Mrs Lowe, Mrs Bruno, Mrs Cosma and Miss Kelly.

 Dinosaurs

This week we have been very busy! We have been learning more about dinosaurs. This week we focused on dinosaur activity at night and looking at meat eaters and veg eaters. We read ‘Dinosaurs in the night’,  ‘Tyrannosaurus drip’ and we have had great fun moving to ‘Dinosaurumpus’.

   

In our phonics learning this week we re visited:

• s – slither down the snake
• a – around the apple down the leaf
• m – Maisy mountain, mountain

Our new sounds were:

• d – around his bottom, up his tall neck, down to his feet
• p – down his hair, up and around his face

Next week we will be learning:

• i – down his body, dot for his head
• n – down Nobby, over his net

In maths this week we continued looking at 2D shape. We were looking at everyday objects and talking about their shape. We will continue 2D shape next week.

In RE this week we learnt about mothers day. We looked at all the things our mum’s, grandma’s and aunt’s do for us and why we say thank you to them on mothers day. We hope you all have a relaxing Mothering Sunday full of love.

We played lots of games this week involving following instructions and describing objects in different ways, for example a big red bus/a small green apple.

This week we had lots of fun learning in the dark!! Mrs Herne gave us some torches and we used them to find our way in the dark. We explored the kind of animals that we might see in the dark at night and then imagined what we would like to see in the night if we could.  We will be continuing this learning next week.

Next week we will be learning about:

• Eggs, dinosaur eggs and size.
• Holy communion and why we take it.
• Continuing our phonics learning.
• Continuing our 2D shape learning.

How you can help at home:

• Practice the sounds taught so far at home,
• Continue writing names,
• Look at 2D shape around your home.

Notes for parents:

• We are really enjoying using the mud kitchen however we are low on wellington boots, if you have any at home it would be great if you could bring them in for your child to use.

• We will be re-scheduling our trip to Apples and Honey and I will let you know more soon.
• It was great to see you all this week at the parents consultations, please let me know if there is anything I can do to support you further at home.

I would like to thank you for your ongoing support, Mrs Herne.

Mrs Lowe, Mrs Bruno, Mrs Cosma.