Weekly Nursery Newsletter 02.03.15

Term: Spring 2
Date: 02.03.15

Remember on Thursday it is World Book Day so your child can come into school dressed up as a character from their chosen story. A prize will be awarded for the best costume in each class!
The children have enjoyed the start of the new Amazing Animal topic. They have been on safari in the Jungle, explored a mini dinosaur world, strengthened their finger muscle at the Finger Gym and explored a wonderful slimey soap substance.

Our book of the week is ‘Find-o-saurus’ and we will be singing the songs ‘Alice the Camel’ and‘Wise Owl’. We will continue with the phonics, we are now on the grapheme’ p’’.

Personal, Social and Emotional

● Responds to the feelings and wishes of others.
● Remembers where objects belong.
●Expresses own preferences and interests.
Communication and Language
● Listens to others one to one or in small groups, when conversation interests them.
● 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
● Shows awareness of rhyme and alliteration.
● Joins in with repeated refrains and anticipates key events and phrases in rhymes and stories.
● Shows interest in play with sounds, songs and rhymes.

 Physical Development:
● Develops likes and dislikes for food.
● Willing to try new food. (16-26)
● Shows control in holding and using jugs, hammers, books and mark making tools.

 Mathematics
● Shows interest in shapes in the environment.
● Shows an interest in shape and space by playing with shapes or making arrangements with objects.
● Shows understanding of prepositions such as 'under', 'on top', 'behind' by carrying out an action or selecting correct picture.

Understanding of the World
● Seeks to acquire basic skills in turning on and operating some ICT equipment.
● Operates mechanical toys, e.g. turns the knob on a wind-up toy or pulls back on a friction car
● Has a sense of own immediate family and relations(22-36)

Expressive Arts and Design
● Beginning to make-believe by pretending
● Notices what adults do, imitating what is observed and then doing it spontaneously when the adult is not there.
● Engages in imaginative role-play based on own first-hand experiences.


Learning Challenge
Each 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: Grey Squirrel
Grey squirrel, Grey squirrel!
(bounce up and down on the words)
Swish your bushy tail!
(shake it)

Grey squirrel, Grey squirrel!
Swish your bushy tail!

Put an nut between your toes
(touch your toes)
Wrinkle up your little nose!
(poke your nose)

Grey squirrel, Grey squirrel!
Swish your bushy tail!

Piece of music: Camille Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals

Person: Animal/Pet of choice

	Nursery Rhyme	Piece of music	Person
Basic	Learn it off by heart	Listen to the piece of music	Draw a portrait of the pet/animal of choice
Advanced	Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme	Create some movements to the music	Find and read a story with the chosen animal in
Deep	Find out about squirrels	Draw an illustration to represent their feelings	Find out about the animal

Messages

• We have received some fantastic book reviews, we will continue to display them. 
• If your child has to use their spare clothes at school please remember to replenish their spare clothes bag.

Wise Old Owl.

A wise old owl sat in an oak,

The more he heard, the less he spoke;

The less he spoke, the more he heard,

Why aren't we all like that wise old bird?

Alice the Camel

Alice the camel has five humps,

Alice the camel has five humps,

Alice the camel has five humps.

So go Alice go!.................Boom! boom! boom!

(2) Alice the Camel has four humps

(3) Alice the Camel has three humps.

(4) Alice the Camel has two humps.

(5) Alice the Camel has one hump.

(6) Alice the camel has no humps,

 

Alice the camel has no humps

Alice the camel has no humps

Cause Alice is a horse!

The Nursery Team