Nursery Newsletter 16.11.15

Term:  Autumn 2                          Date 16.11.15

This week we will be looking at the primary colours. Our story of the week is ‘Hello Red Fox’, we will be singing ‘5 Little Ducks went swimming one day’ and ‘Jack and Jill’.  We will be making puppets and modelling how to use the puppet theatre

We will also be setting up a tent as we want the children to explore torches and shadows.  We will be reading non-fiction texts about day, night and shadows.

Personal, Social and Emotional

• Expresses own preferences and interests.
• Develops own likes and dislikes in food and drink.
• Growing sense of will and determination.

 

Communication and Language

• Beginning to talk about people and things that are not present.
• Learns new words very rapidly and is able to use them in communicating.
• Beginning to ask simple questions.

 

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:

• Shows control in holding and using jugs to pour, hammers, books and mark-making tools.
• May be beginning to show preference for dominant hand.
• Makes connections between their movement and the marks they make.

 

Mathematics

• Enjoys filling and emptying containers.
• Knows that things exist, even when out of sight.
• Beginning to organise and categories objects, e.g. putting all the teddy bears together or teddies and cars in separate piles.

 

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.

 

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

 As mentioned last week each half term we will be setting our pupils a challenge related to their learning, this is in line with the rest of the school. 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 however the table below details some ideas for the learning challenge.

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 continue to develop the  'I can put my coat on' display   Once the children demonstrate that they can put their own coats on we will put their photo on the board.  Once this has been achieved by all of the children we will change the objective.

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

 Thank you for your continued support.

 The Nursery Team