Weekly Nursery Newsletter 9.2.15

Term: Spring 1 Date: 09.02.15

 

Our story of the week is ‘Cinderella’. We have been encouraging the children to tell their own stories the last few weeks and we have then been acting them out. Our songs of the week will be ‘Two little Dicky birds’’ and ‘Mary Mary Quite Contrary’’.

 

We will continue with the phonics, we are now on the grapheme ‘i’. We will also be having a focus on physical activities this week.

 

Personal, Social and Emotional

• Responds to the feelings and wishes of others.
• Remembers where objects belong.
• Expresses own preferences and interests.

 Communication and Language

•  Repeats words or phrases from familiar stories
•  Beginning to understand 'why' and 'how' questions.
•  Understands 'who', 'what', 'where' in simple questions(e.g. Who's that/can? What's that? Where is.?).

Literacy

• May be beginning to show preference for dominant hand
• Imitates drawing simple shapes such as circles and lines.
• Has some favourite stories, rhymes, songs, poems or jingles

Physical Development

• Beginning to use three fingers (tripod grip) to hold writing tools
• Turns pages in a book, sometimes several at once.
• Runs safely on whole foot

 Mathematics

• Notices simple shapes and patterns in pictures.
• Begins to use the language of size. Recites numbers in order to 10.
• Sometimes matches numeral and quantity correctly

Understanding of the World

• Seeks to acquire basic skills in turning on and operating some ICT equipment.
• Shows skill in making toys work by pressing parts or lifting flaps to achieve effects such as sound, movements or new images
• Has a sense of own immediate family and relations.

 Expressive Arts and Design

•  Creates sounds by banging, shaking, tapping or blowing.
•  Shows an interest in the way musical instruments sound.
•  Joins in singing favourite songs.

 Nursery Learning Challenge Spring 1Each half term we will be setting our pupils a challenge related to their learning. We believe that it is important for us to provide guidance for parents on how their children's learning can be extended at home.

The learning challenge will include either a nursery rhyme, illustration or a piece of music. Please talk to your child about the challenge and help them to engage in their learning. The children can choose how they present their learning challenge outcomes to their teacher or class.

Poem/Song to learn: 5 Little Speckled Frogs
Five little speckled frogs
Sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious grubs - yum, yum
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Now there are four green speckled frogs - glub, glub.
(Repeat down to 0)

Painting: Illustrations by Rod Campbell

Person: Traditional tale character

	Nursery Rhyme	Painter	Person
Basic	Learn it off by heart	To find out 2 facts about the illustrator	Read a story with the traditional tale character in
Advanced	Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme	To draw a picture in a similar style	Draw a portrait of the traditional tale character
Deep	Find out about frogs	Produce a collage of other pictures by the illustrator	Find out facts about the traditional tale character

Messages

• We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the parental stay and play session on 12.2.15 both in the morning and afternoon. This will give you an opportunity to play with your child in the Nursery session, we will also demonstrate reading a story and how this can be made into a fun learning activity. Also Miss Morris (The Early Years Leader and ICT coordinator) has kindly agreed to pop in and demonstrate how to navigate around the school facebook page etc. 

AM 10.30 - 11.30

PM 2.30 - 3.15

• Also please remember that Friday 13th February is an INSET day, therefore the children have the day off school

Mary Mary Quite Contrary

May Mary quite contrary

How does your garden grow

With silver bells and cockle shells

And pretty maids all in a row

Two Little Dicky Birds

Two little dicky birds sitting on a wall

One named Peter, one named Paul

Fly away Peter, fly away Paul

Come back Peter, come back Paul

 

The Nursery Team