Nursery Newsletter 02.11.15

Term:  Autumn 2                          Date 02.11.15

 

Welcome back, we hope you are all well rested and the children are ready to continue their learning journey.  Our topic for this half of a term is light and dark, we bring all sorts of elements into this topic such as colours, seasons, night and day, celebrations and much more.

 

Our story of the week will be ‘Colour Me Happy’ and we will be recapping all of our songs from the last half term.

 

Personal, Social and Emotional

• Develops own likes and dislikes in food and drink.
• Willing to try new food textures and tastes.
• Holds cup with both hands and drinks without much spilling.

 

Communication and Language

• Learns new words very rapidly and is able to use them in communicating.
• Beginning to ask simple questions?
• Uses different types of every day words
• Understands simple sentences.

 

Literacy

• Makes connections between their movement and the marks they make
• May be beginning to show preference for dominant hand.
• Imitates drawing simple shapes such as circles and lines.

 

 

Physical Development:

• Makes connections between their movement and the marks they make.
• Beginning to balance blocks to build a small tower.
• Shows awareness and uses the toilet when they have a bladder or bowel urge.

 

Mathematics

• Knows that things exist, even when out of sight.
• Beginning to organise and catergorise objects, e.g. putting all the teddy bears together or teddies and cars in separate piles.
• Says some counting words randomly

 

Understanding of the World

• Learns that they have similarities and differences that connect them to, and distinguish them from, others.
• Is curious about people and shows interest in stories about themselves and their family.

• Enjoys pictures and stories about themselves, their families and other people.
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Expressive Arts and Design

• Makes connections between movements and the marks they make.
• Explores and experiments with a range of media through sensory exploration, and using whole body.
• Expresses self through physical action and sound.

 

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: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are!

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are!

Composer/Piece of music: Elmer Bernstein- The Great Escape Theme Tune

Person: Mr Tumble

 

Nursery Rhyme	Piece of music	Person
1.    Learn it off by heart. 2.    Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme. 3.    Find out about stars.	Listen to the piece of music. Create some movements to the music. Draw an illustration to represent their feelings.	1. Draw a portrait of the person. 2. Find out facts about the person. 3. Watch the person in action.

Messages.

We will be making toast with the children this week, they will be offered butter, jam or marmalade please speak to a member of staff if there is any reason your child can not eat this.

 We would also appreciate it if you explain to your children that they are only allowed 1 carton of milk per session.  Some children are helping themselves to 4.  This obviously means other children go without.

You are welcome to start borrowing books from our reading cart.  This will be out at the beginning of each session.  Please only borrow 1 book at a time.  Simply record it in your child’s borrowing book.  There are also reading reviews to complete with your child if you wish.

 You may have noticed our display above the coat hooks. 'I can put my coat on'.   We are trying to encourage the children's independence skills, as we notice that they can put their own coats on we will put their photo on the board.  Once this has been achieved by most of the children we will change the objective.

 

We regularly update our EYFS blog. Please like our Broadford Primary Facebook page every time you see an EYFS blog. Feel free to make a comment on the children’s experiences.

 If you wish to contact a member of the EYFS staff please email them at eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk

 Could you please complete the enclosed

 

The Nursery Team