The Gingerbread man

This week we have been learning about:

The story of the Gingerbread man. We read the story and thought that maybe he needed a friend so we came up with some ideas and drew some pictures. We made some Gingerbread man biscuits, we rolled out the dough and cut our Gingerbread man out. We then took them to the oven and when they were cooked and cooled we decorated them with icing. We had to think about what features he needed and we decided 1 mouth, 1 nose, 2 eyes, 3 buttons and 5 fingers on each hand. We had great fun on the playdough table making playdough Gingerbread men and then putting them into the oven. We have also been counting Gingerbread men in the maths area.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U89dkGrsYZY

    

We have thinking about ways of being a good friend. We have been looking at things that have made us sad and then thinking about ways we can make it better. For example, not taking things from others and asking “can I have a turn please”. We have also tried to encourage all the children to let a grown up know if they are sad so we can sort out any issues and be happy together as a family.

 

 

In RE we have been learning why we light a candle in church, and in nursery. We know that when we light the candle in nursery it’s because we are going to pray to God and Jesus. We now know that people do this in church too and that it’s our way of letting God and Jesus know we are ready to talk to him.

 

 

We are still practicing our songs for our Christmas nativity, ask the children if they can sing the songs to you at home! We will be singing a song about animals and would like the children to dress up as either a cow, a donkey or a chicken! We will let you know soon which animals the children have chosen so you can start putting a costume together for the performance on the 14th December. Please come and speak to us for more information.

Next week we will be learning about:

• The elves and the shoemaker, thinking about being kind and making pairs.
• 2D shapes.
• Meeting new children, Apples and Honey Jewish Nursery are coming to visit next week and they have sent us a box for us to share and explore!

How you can help at home:

• Counting to as far as the children can go.
• 2D shapes they see around them.
• Writing their names.
• Talking about being kind to others and encourage them to tell an adult if they are unhappy about something.

 

Thank you very much for getting the children to school and on time, it makes such a difference when we are all in and ready to learn at the same time.

 

Homework books are going really well please keep those coming in.

I know most of you have used up the proud clouds we send home but we do have some more on the table as you come in so please help yourself to those, the children love hearing how proud you are of them.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

 

Mrs Herne, Mrs Lowe, Mrs Bruno and Mrs Cosma

The Three Billy Goat Gruff

This week we have been learning about:

The story of ‘The Three Billy Goat’s Gruff’. We have been using puppets to tell the story and made our own bridges for the goats to use. We then compared our bridges and spoke about which one was big and which one was small.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4kdZTnizG4

We have exploring floating and sinking, we played a game online and had a guess at which items we think would sink in the water and which ones we think would float. We then tried it out ourselves!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy0S1Pv0eOE

In RE this week we spoke about God’s house, the church. We know where we go to talk to Jesus and that the church is always open for us go into. God’s doors are always open and he always welcomes us.

In PE this week we have been learning how to throw and catch. We have been using stretch balls and strings to help us.

We have started practicing our songs for our Christmas nativity, ask the children if they can sing the songs to you at home!

Next week we will be learning about:

• The gingerbread man story.
• Continuing counting to 10.
• Why we light a candle in church.
• Making our own Gingerbread men.

How you can help at home:

• Please use the links above and recap the learning from class.
• Practice throwing and catching at home, start with bigger balls and work to the smaller ones!
• Explore floating and sinking while your children are in the bath.
• Continue practicing name writing and counting up to 10.

Home learning books and reading records – Its been great looking at your child’s home learning and reading records! You can bring them in when you are ready, just pop them in the yellow and green baskets and we will change books and mark homework each day.

Please keep the proud clouds coming in, please cut them out and pin them to the board outside. We do have some outside on the table when you need more. We really enjoy sharing this moments with the children, please look out for their special stickers.

REMINDER

As you are aware the nursery time is from 8:40-11:50. We take the register at 8:50, any children that arrive after that time we will marked as late. Please ensure the children arrive between 8:40-8:50 to avoid this happening. This also means we can start our day as soon as the children are all in.

 

Thank you for your ongoing support.

 

Mrs Herne, Mrs Lowe, Mrs Bruno and Mrs Cosma

Traditional tales – The Three Little Pigs

This week we have been learning about:

We have been reading the story of the three little pigs. Mrs Herne told us the story of the three pigs and we have been telling our versions all around the nursery, in the sand, with the construction and outside using the masks. We think the big bad wolf is very mean!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLR2pLUsl-Y

We have been learning about numbers 1-5. We have been counting to 10 and then looking at what numbers 1-5 look like. We have been using number hats and counting how many spots are on each one. We have been matching numbers on cards to numbers on our hats. Using the video we looked at the meaning of numbers, for example number 10 and 10 dinosaurs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diMJIlv-4N0

We have been learning all about the autumn time. We spoke about the creation story and looked at how God made the world and then made Autumn. We have been looking at what changes happen during autumn and looking at autumn around us. We have had great fun playing with the many leaves in the mud kitchen! We also made our own autumn tree using our hands. Can you spot the autumn colours we used?

We have been having fun making funny voices, and we haven been continueing to make different sounds using our musical instruments. We have been using red and green cards to know when we stop and start playing.

Next week we will be learning about:

• The Goldilocks and the three bears story.
• Looking at sizes such as big, medium, small.
• Following instructions and listening carefully during our phonics sessions.
• Continuing to look at autumn.

How you can help at home:

• Please continue mark making at home, every little helps.
• Please have fun exploring Purple mash, your login details are in your homework book.
• Recognising numbers out of sequence, up to 5 then to 10.

Its been great looking at your childs home learning and reading records! You can bring them in when you are ready, just pop them in the yellow and green baskets and we will change books and mark homework each day.

Please keep the proud clouds coming in, please cut them out and pin them to the board outside. We do have some outside on the table when you need more. We really enjoy sharing this moments with the children, please look out for their special stickers.

Lastly, you may have noticed that staff have been using iphones and ipads while in the nursery setting, this is a device we use to take observations of the children’s learning and monitor thier development. If you have any questions please come and ask.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Mrs Herne, Mrs Lowe, Mrs Bruno and Mrs Cosma

Inclusion Week – Our Families

This week we have been learning about:

Our families. We have been talking about who lives in our house and we made our own family pictures! We really enjoyed talking about who lives in our houses.

We have been learning about Diwali. We have watches the story of Rama and Sita and made our own Diva lamps which we took home. Please click the link to read the story at home.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/ztrfqhv

We have been talking about being safe on the road. We looked at how to cross the road safely and how to be safe when we are walking down the street with our grown-ups. We learnt to STOP, LOOK and LISTEN when we cross the road, to hold our grownups hand when we are walking down the street and to be aware when we are playing in a familiar area. We used these videos to talk about what we should do to be safe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI4Ye4EZo00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDJlM9HEdac

We read ‘Pumpkin Soup’. This story was about a group of friends that did not listen to each other and they were all sad. We then saw how happy they were when they worked together. We looked at ways of being kind and things that make us sad. We also heard a story about the ‘Three little pigs’ and we discussed how mean the wolf is and what he could have done to be a better friend.

We have been learning about being proud of who we are. We looked at British athletes and what makes them special and proud to be British. Mrs Herne helped us to understand what we are doing that we should be proud of.

After half-term we will be learning about:

• Re-capping over the ‘Three little pigs’ story and telling the story on our own.
• Talking about Autumn.
• Counting to 10 and ordering numbers to 10.
• How God loves our families.
• Making sounds using our bodies.
• How to listen and not talk.
• How to travel from place to place, hopping, skipping etc.

How you can help at home:

• Explore the outside world and talk about autumn and changes they can see over the past few weeks.
• Counting to 20, recognising numbers to 10 out of sequence.
• Recognising and writing the children’s names.

Thank you very much for all the lovely Proud clouds, it’s great to see what the children have been learning at home and what you are proud of. Please keep these coming in, there is a basket outside for you to pick up more clouds. Please pin them to the board and we will celebrate them with the children.

8:40-8:50 Parent time. It was great seeing some of you this week coming in and taking part in an activity with your child. Please keep popping in the children really enjoy that time with you.

Reading books and Homework books will be handed out when we come back.

Once you have read your book with your child please put the story book and the yellow book in the yellow basket and we will change the book for you.

If you have shared some of the learning you have done at home in your homework book please put these in the green basket and we will share the work in class.

 

Thank you for your ongoing support.

 

Mrs Herne, Mrs Lowe, Mrs Bruno and Mrs Cosma

All about me

This week we have been learning about:

Things that we like. We have made bags and put things that we like inside and we have been talking about things that we like at home.

We have been counting up to 10 and back again by singing 10 green bottles. We numbered plastic bottles and then watched them fall off the wall!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0ooQv7oHvw

We have had great fun exploring musical instruments this week. We have been learning how to play them in different ways, when to start and when to stop. We have been listening to sounds that the instruments make and been playing a guessing game with the instruments. We have also been listening to the sounds that animals make.

We have been learning about why we are special to God. We have been looking at the cross and what it means when you see a cross in different places. We know we go to church to see God and that he is always looking over us. We are always in Gods heart and he looks out for us showing that he cares. The children were sent home with a special necklace to show we are always in Gods heart and that he is always in ours. We have been listening to ‘Jesus loves me’ on you tube and the children have really enjoyed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owx3ao42kwI

We have also been talking about what we look like and using a mirror to help us. We have been painting pictures of our faces!

We have had great fun learning how to move in different ways by playing the jelly bean game. Please ask the children to give you the action for a runner bean, jelly bean, baked bean, French bean and jumping bean.

Next week we will be learning about:

• Working together as a team, using the Three Little pigs story.
• Celebrating Diwali.
• Thinking about our favourite animals.
• Talking about who is in our family, focusing on who lives in the same house as them.
• Being safe when we are near the road.
• Talking about things we are good at.

How you can help at home:

• Talk with the children about who lives in your house, extend by talking about who is in your family.
• Talk with the children about being safe when they are out and about with you or others. The children will also be having a talk about firework safety.
• Talk with the children about what makes then special and unique.

Proud clouds will start week beginning 16^th October so let us know what you are proud of at home.

Please feel free to spend the first 10 minutes in the morning (8:40-8:50) working with your children when you drop them off, it would be great to see you and the children really enjoy it.

We will be sending home reading and home learning books after half term.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Mrs Herne, Mrs Lowe, Mrs Bruno and Mrs Cosma

Looking after Ourselves

This week we have been learning about:

This week we celebrated St Cyprians Day. We had fun making cakes and writing messages to St Cyprian. We have also been learning how to do our prayers by using our three fingers in our heads, in our hearts and all around, we have also started to learn the lord’s prayer.

We have been learning how to wash hands and why we need to wash them. We read ‘I don’t want to wash my hands’. We practiced washing our hands with soap, and washed the babies in the water tray. We have also been learning about the parts of our body by singing ‘head shoulders knees and toes’.

We have enjoyed singing several number rhymes including 5 Cheeky moneys and 5 little ducks. We have been counting forwards and backwards to 5 and looking at what numbers to 5 look like.

We have been listening to sounds that we hear around us and we have been using our mouths and bodies to make our own sounds. We have also been playing games, learning the names of our friends.

Next week we will be learning about:

-Things we like and dislike.

-Counting to 10.

-Sounds around us and making sounds with musical instruments.

-Looking at our facial features.

-Ways of moving safely.

-Being special to God.

How you can help at home:

– Counting games with numbers to 10.

– Listen to sounds you hear on your way home and at home.

– Comparing your facial features with your family.

 

Thank you for your support, I look forward to seeing you at next week’s parent consultations.

 

Mrs Herne, Mrs Lowe, Mrs Bruno and Mrs Cosma

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