Nursery Newsletter 23.05.16

Term:  Summer 1                          Date 23.05.16

 

The mini beast and growing topic is going well.  The children have enjoyed helping to tender the vegetable plot.  They are looking forward to cooking using some of the vegetables.

 

We will be reading Spiders are Amazing – Non- fiction Text and we will be singing ‘5 little speckled frogs’’ and ‘Little Miss Muffet’.

 

Our phonemes this week will be f, e, and b.  We will continue to practise numeral writing or representing numbers

 

Personal, Social and Emotional

• Demonstrates friendly behaviour, initiating conversations and forming good relationships with peers and familiar adults.
• Enjoys responsibility of carrying out small tasks.
• Shows affection and concern for people who are special to them.

 

Communication and Language

• Beginning to understand 'why' and 'how' questions.
• Uses a range of tenses (e.g. play, playing, will play, played).
• Can retell a simple past event in correct order (e.g. went downslide, hurt finger).

 

Literacy

• Uses intonation, rhythm and phrasing to make the meaning clear to others.
• Recognises rhythm in spoken words.
• Beginning to be aware of the way stories are structured.

 

Physical Development:

• Realises tools can be used for a purpose.
• Can tell adults when hungry or tired or when they want to rest or play.
• Runs skilfully and negotiates space successfully, adjusting speed or direction to avoid obstacles.

Mathematics

• Shows an interest in representing numbers.
• Sometimes matches numeral and quantity correctly.
• Realises not only objects, but anything can be counted, including steps, claps or jumps.

 

Understanding of the World

• Comments and asks questions about aspects of their familiar world such as the place where they live or the natural world.
• Talks about why things happen and how things work.
• Builds stories around toys, e.g. farm animals needing rescue from an armchair 'cliff'.

 

Expressive Arts and Design

• Understands that they can use lines to enclose a space, and then begin to use these shapes to represent objects.
• Engages in imaginative role-play based on own first-hand experiences.

 

Nursery Learning Challenge Summer 1

 

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.

 

Person: A Pirate/Princess of own choice

Painting: Axel Scheffler (illustrator)

Poem/Song to learn:

Row, row, row the boat.

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently down the stream.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

Life is but a dream.

                                           

                                       

	Nursery Rhyme	Painting	Person
Basic	Learn it off by heart	To find out 2 facts about the illustrator	Read a story with Pirate/Princess in.
Advanced	Draw a picture to illustrate the rhyme	To draw a picture in a similar style	Draw a portrait of a Pirate/Princess
Deep	Find out about boats	Produce a collage of other pictures by the illustrator	Find out facts about a Pirate/Princess

 

Messages.

Dates for your diary:

Stay and Play Picnic – All Parents and Carers welcome

(Please bring your own picnic!)

Tuesday 5^th July – 11.30-1.00pm

Sports Day - All Parents and Carers welcome

Monday 11^th July – 10.30am and 2.30

Graduation - All Parents and Carers welcome

Tuesday 12^th 10.30am and 2.30pm

Nursery Summer Closure –

All Children are invited to a final session Wednesday 13th July 8.30 - 11.30am

 

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

 

Five little speckled frogs

FIVE little speckled frogs

Sat on a speckled log

Eating some most delicious bugs

Yum Yum.

One jumped into the pool

Where it was nice and cool

Then there were FOUR speckled frogs.

Glug Glug.