Welcome to Nursery
Welcome back to everyone.
We hope you had a great Christmas holidays.
This week, we have been talking about Christmas and how we spent our holidays.
We celebrated Epiphany, children have learnt about Saint Basil the Great and made a Vasilopita, which is a New Year’s Day bread, cake or pie in Greece. The cake contains a hidden coin or trinket which gives good luck to the receiver. So careful when your children eat the cake at home!!
Have a great weekend,
Mrs Lowe & Mrs Bruno.
Dear parents & carers,
We hope you enjoyed watching our Nativity play!
This week the children have been busy in the
classroom enjoying Christmas activities. They have been enjoying doing different themed Christmas colouring in sheets and making Christmas themed paper chains.
During R.E, we have been learning about St. Nicholas and why we associate him with Christmas. We also spoke about spreading Christmas joy by donating something we no longer need to someone less fortunate than us.
During Maths this week we have been looking at number 10 and its formation. We used the connecting blocks and Numicon to help us.
We enjoyed sharing Christmas lunch with the children and they enjoy having the opportunity to have lunch with us.
Mrs Bruno and myself would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year and we look forward to seeing you after the holidays.
Thank you for your continued support!
Mrs Lowe & Mrs Bruno
P.S Don’t forget we have our class parties on Monday and we ask you to bear in mind that we are a nut free school when you bring in party food.
Also don’t forget that nursery will be finishing at 11.50 on Tuesday.
Dear parents and carers,
We hope you are all keeping well!
This week we have been reading different versions of the ‘Nativity Story’ and linking it to our play. The children have been really busy rehearsing all week. They have also been making a range of Christmas goodies that they will bring home to share with you all before we break up.
For Maths this week, we have been looking at the number 9 and its formation. We used the connecting cubes and the Numicon.
We hope you have a great weekend and we look forward to sharing the Nativity play with you on Monday at 9.30am.
Thank you for your continued support. Kind regards!
Mrs Lowe & Mrs Bruno
Good afternoon parents and carers,
This is the last week that we are exploring Stick Man. The children talked about how Stick Man might be feeling, so far from his family and the family tree.
The children shared how they feel when they come to school and have to say goodbye to their loved ones. They created their own emotion jars where they either painted, coloured or used tissue paper to show the emotion that they feel. We related this to our PSHE lesson and the zones of regulations.
Our focus number in maths was the number 8. The children got to practice number formation and we looked at the connecting cubes and Numicons. They also enjoyed learning about 2D shapes.
During R.E this week, we finished the creation story and what God created on day 5 & 6, (sky, land, sea animals and Adam and Eve). God rested on day 7.
We have been extremely busy rehearsing for our Nativity. Please can you continue to practice your children’s lines with them.
Next week will be enjoying Christmas and learning about the true meaning of this celebration, linking it to our nativity.
Have a good weekend.
Mrs Lowe & Mrs Bruno.
Dear parents and carers, we hope you have had a good week.
The children have enjoyed looking at the different seasons Stick Man passed until he was reunited with his family. We have explored what each season looks and feels like. We spoke about what type of clothes we might wear for each season. The children all got to make their own seasonal painting.
During maths this week, we have revisited numbers 1 to 5. We looked at connecting blocks and numicons to help us. The children practiced number formation for all numbers.
During R.E we are continuing the creation story and we learnt about day 3 and 4, where God created the land, stars and the moon.
Thank you for your continued support, kind regards!
Mrs Bruno & Mrs Lowe
P.S a message was sent asking you to bring in raincoats and wellington boots, just to clarify as I think there was a little confusion. We would like a waterproof coat for when the children are outside playing in the mud area which we will shortly be turning into a mud kitchen.
Dear parents and carers, we hope you are all keeping well.
This week we have been reading the story ‘Stick Man’ and the children have enjoyed making their own Stick Man out of recyclable materials.
We compared ‘Stick Man’ with ‘Goldilocks and the three bears’, how they both got lost and we created wanted posters where the children drew a picture of Stick Man and then described him.
In Maths this week, we looked at number seven and its formation. The children enjoyed measuring different size sticks using the connecting blocks. They were able to identify which one was the tallest and which the shortest.
The children have been busy practicing for our nativity play, and we have sent home lines for you to practice with your children. See below the songs.
Boney M. – Mary’s Boy Child (Lyrics) – YouTube
Little Donkey [with lyrics for congregations] – YouTube (up to 1.08 mins and then in Greek)
Year 2 Nativity (2020); Knock Knock Knock! – YouTube
Dancing About In The Straw – YouTube
Something Happened To The Light – YouTube (we just dance but practice the lyrics if children want)
Makaton – WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS – Singing Hands – YouTube
We hope you have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Lowe & Mrs Bruno
P.S when doing the homework sheets please can you encourage the children to do it independently.
Dear parents and carers,
During R.E this week, we have been learning about Remembrance Day and why we celebrate it. The children made their own poppies, and we made a wreath as a class. We also watched a video about what it might have been like in wartime. CBeebies | Poppies animation – YouTube
The children also took part in Collective Worship with the whole school where we observed a two-minute silence.
This week we have looked deeper into ‘Goldilocks and the three bears’, talking about the bears being a family and how they share breakfast together. The children created pictures of their family member and shared why they are special to them.
In maths this week we looked at the number 6, using connecting blocks and numicon. The children practised number formation.
Mrs Bruno & Mrs Lowe
Lest we forget.
Welcome back! We hope you all enjoyed the half term break and are ready for a new term of learning!
We have been exploring the book “Goldilocks and the three bears”. We have been comparing big, medium and small. We incorporated the story into our PSHE lesson, talking about about staying safe and stranger danger. We discussed Goldilocks not being safe, going to the woods by herself and entering in a strange house.
We have learnt about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder plot, the children enjoyed making fireworks with different resources. We also shared how to stay safe if you attend a fireworks display.
This week in Maths, we have been looking at size, big, medium and small; we also learn about number 5 by singing ‘Five current buns’ and children practised number formation.
We hope you enjoy your weekend and be safe during Bonfire Night!
Mrs Lowe & Mrs Bruno.
Dear parents\carers.
We enjoyed meeting with you all at the parents meeting.
This week the children enjoyed reading the story of, ‘The Leopard Drum’. We looked at the differences between forest and jungle animals. We spoke about the importance of sharing.
In maths the children looked at number formation for the number four. The children enjoyed tracing around the numicons and counting the circles to find the number.
The children enjoyed decorating bunting for pink breakfast, where they got to enjoy having breakfast with you.
During R.E we learnt about Diwali and the children really enjoyed molding and decorating their divas. We also explored what a church is, what we can see in a church and why the church is important to us.
After the half term we will be continuing our topic, ‘Into the woods’, sharing the story of, ‘Goldilocks and the three bears’.
If you get to go to the park with your children, we would love for them to collect leaves, twigs and conkers to share and discuss autumn.
We wish you a restful half term and look forward to welcoming you back rested and refreshed for a new term of learning.
Mrs Lowe and Mrs Bruno.
Dear parents\carers,
We hope you have had a good week.
English:
The children have been continuing to explore ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’. We looked at all the different animals that hibernate. We chose our favourite scene and drew it. We also coloured and talked about different bears.
Maths:
In maths we looked at the number 3. The children practiced the formation of the number and counted object up to 3 that they could find in the classroom.
PSHE:
In PSHE we talked about our feelings and emotions. We discussed why they are all important. We learnt a song all about how all of our feelings are important too. We draw pictures of what makes us feel happy, we also designed our bunting for the Pink Breakfast. We have included a link to our feelings song for the children to share it with you.
RE:
This week we looked at the Bible and discussed why the Bible is important. We talked about what we could see in it and drew a picture of something they saw in it. We also sang a song ‘Jesus loves me’, we have included a link to the song for you to share at home.
“Jesus Loves Me” by Listener Kids – YouTube
P.S The children will be bringing home homework sheets, if you would like to complete with your child and return them to school. The children will receive a sticker for their effort.
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Lowe & Mrs Bruno