Reception Learning - W.C 19.1.26

 

Reception: What We Are Learning 

Reception have been working really hard this week. Our focus book was Little Red Riding Hood.

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Here is what we have been up to:The children have been listening to the story, learning about stranger danger, writing get well soon cards to Grandma, learning all about wolves and making great choices during independent learning time.

The children have also been working hard in Read, Write, Inc this week. In Literacy, we have been writing wanted posters for the Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood. The children used their sound knowledge to write words including sharp claws, long tail, grey fur and mean. Please continue to read 5 times a week with your children and work on set 1 sounds as well as word time words (1.1, 1.2, 1.3 etc). Watch this video for set  1 sound practise - Set 1 sounds

In Maths this week the children have been focusing on capacity. Capacity is the maximum amount that something can contain. We tested out how many animals our boats could hold before sinking and practised using scales. We learnt words such as heavy, balanced and light. 

Well done Reception for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work!

Nursery Learning 03.10.25

 This week, our focus story has been These Are My Hands. The children have really enjoyed exploring the different things we can do with our hands—clapping, waving, helping, and creating!

Art Area 

In the art area, we continued to embrace the beauty of autumn. The children have been practicing their scissor skills by snipping and cutting to create beautiful autumn leaf collages. They are learning to hold scissors correctly and to cut with increasing control and confidence.

✂️ Support at home: Practising snipping small strips of paper or cutting around simple shapes can really help strengthen those little hand muscles and build coordination.

We’ve also had lots of thoughtful conversations about autumn colours, textures, and the changes we see in nature this time of year.

Malleable Area 

Our autumn theme continues here too! The children used playdough to make their own hedgehogs and showed brilliant creative thinking as they chose what to use for spikes—pasta, sticks, and matchsticks all featured.

They carefully rolled, squashed, and moulded the dough to shape the hedgehog bodies, using their fine motor skills and exploring how different materials feel and behave. These kinds of hands-on tasks are great for developing strength and control in small hands, while also encouraging imaginative thinking.

Finger Gym Focus 

This week, our fine motor challenge was adding pegs to a hedgehog template to represent its spikes! This was a brilliant activity for developing finger strength and coordination.

The children showed great determination as they pinched and placed the pegs, and it led to lots of great conversations about hedgehogs, their bodies, and where they live.

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Song of the week 

Our focus song this week has been the well-loved rhyme "Tommy Thumb." The children have loved singing along with the actions, and it’s been a great way to strengthen their finger awareness and coordination while also encouraging confidence in group singing.

Tommy Thumb

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Personal, Social & Emotional Development

As we continue settling in, we’ve been focusing on learning each other’s names and practising sharing and taking turns with our toys and resources. It’s been heart-warming to see the children remembering their new friends’ names, inviting others to join their play, and showing kindness as they play alongside each other.

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Moments from the Week

We’ve captured more lovely moments of the children working, playing, and making memories together—whether they’re snipping leaves, singing with friends, building with the wooden blocks or proudly showing off their hedgehog creations!

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The children are continuing to grow in confidence and independence each day. Thank you for your support at home—it makes such a difference in helping them feel happy and settled. We’re looking forward to more exciting adventures next week! 

Nursery Learning w/b 30.9

 Nursery Learning Week beginning 30.9

We have had a lovely week in Nursery despite the recent wet weather. Thank you to the parents and carers who were able to meet with your child's key worker, if you have an appointment next week we look forward to meeting you then.

Important Information 

1. Evidence Me -Over the next month we will start sharing observations on our parent share app. Please do add your own videos and photos from home as parents can also share achievements. Please speak to a member of staff if you cannot access this app. 
2. Spare Clothes - Please leave a bag of spare clothes in Nursery, ideally this will be a labelled plastic bag. This bag should stay in school. 
3. Nappies and wipes - If your child is in nappies and requires changing in Nursery please bring nappies and also a pack of wipes.  You can bring in a pack and leave this here if you would prefer to do this. 
4. Lunches -For the children who stay for lunch, we would like to inform parents Broadford primary is a Heathy Eating school. Please do not provide nut based products such as peanut butter or Nutella as some of our children have nut allergies.
5. Coats - Autumn is now in full swing. We still have lots of opportunities for the children to access our curriculum outside so please ensure they are always appropriately dressed for the weather. Remember to label coats, hats, scarves and gloves too! 

   

                           Story Time

We have been focusing on the story 'Where's my Teddy' this week. The children have been joining in with phrases from the story. We have also used the story to support our understanding of positional language. The children have practised hiding teddies under, over, behind, in front of, next to and in between objects. 

Our two year olds have been focusing on a story called 'Heads, knees and toes'. They have been learning the names of different body parts and practicing the song 'head, shoulders, knees and toes.' 

Thank you to all of our parents and carers who came to meet their children's key workers this week. Remember we have an open door policy in Nursery so if you would like to talk to your child's key worker please do. You can also share their learning at home via our Evidence Me app. 

Toilet Training

This is an important independent skill and we will support parents to toilet train in Nursery. The following website has some good information for parents: https://eric.org.uk/potty-training/.

Here is a story with some visuals you can share with your child to support potty training: https://eric.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/When-its-good-to-go-booklet-Issuu.pdf.

Outdoor learning

Despite the wet weather the children have particularly enjoyed mark making and problem solving outdoors this week. They have been working together to place guttering in different positions so the plastic balls could fit through them. The children had to practice team work and taking turns.

Toast station

The children have continued to enjoy our toast station this week. We have added jam and marmalade for them to practice their scooping and spreading skills further. They are encouraged to use cutlery carefully to spread and cut. We have been impressed with the independence they have shown! 

 Thank you for another great week in Nursery! 

Nursery Learning 24.5.24

 

Nursery stay and play: 

The summer term nursery stay and play will take place on Wednesday 12th June             

Am- 10.15-11am

Pm- 2.15-3pm

Holiday dates (School and Nursery closed): 

Half term; Monday 27th to Friday 31st May 2024

Last day of summer term; Tuesday 23rd July 2024 

School inset dates; 24th July 2024 

 Next Half Term  

We are learning about people who help us next half term. If you know of anyone who has a job helping others, such as a paramedics, post workers, fire fighters, shop keepers, doctors/dentists, refuse collectors etc. who would like to come and talk to the children, please let us know as we love having visitors in school. 

 

Story of the week

This week the children have been listening to the story 'The Bumble Bear'.  

You can listen to the story at home with your children by clicking the link  

Bumble Bear

Good Bye...

This  week we say goodbye to Miss St Louis, who will be leaving us for maternity to have her baby. We thank Miss St Louis for all of her hard work and look forward to meeting her baby girl. 

Learning this week:

This week the children have continued their focus learning on minibeasts. World bee day was on the 20th May, we celebrated all kinds of bees this week. The children have been busy matching bee patterns in the maths area and observing bees in our nursery garden.

Our special visitors

This week we had a surprise visit from our reception ducklings visiting us at nursery. The children were amazed watching the ducklings drink water and wiggle their tales. The children were able to touch the ducklings, discussing their textures, sounds they make and their special friendships. Thank you reception for our lovely learning surprise.

Ten Town

This year at nursery we have been learning all about numbers in Ten Town. We have listed the number rhymes for the children to practice at home. Get your magic pencils ready.

Rainbow tombola 

Wow what an amazing turn out of wonderful colour in our nursery. We would like to say thank you for all of the donations for the summer fair tombola. We look forward to seeing everyone attend the school summer fete on saturday 15th June 2024.

Creative play

This week the children have loved our minibeast theme of bees and have been busy creating play to develop their fine motor skills and hand muscles for writing. We have been practicing our pencil grips and control as we learn to wite our names and mark pictures. 

Outdoor learning

We have loved playing in the warm weather outdoors this week, from water play to climbing we have been developing our friendships with our peers taking turns and resolving conflick with our great ideas. 

Snack 

This week we have been tastling honey. The children have been discusing how honey is made and eating it with pancakes, strawberries and yummy blueberies.

Thank you for a great week full of fun and learn, See you after the half term holiday.

 

Nursery learning 11.05.2024

 

Important information

Warm weather request:

We politely request can all parents please apply sun cream to children before arriving at school and to provide a suitable sunhat, labelled with your childs name. During hot weather please ensure your child wears suitable clothing to avoid sun burn, the children will continue to have access to the nursery outdoor facilities.

Nursery stay and play: 

The summer term nursery stay and play will take place on Wednesday 12th June             

(Am and PM session times to follow)

Holiday dates (School and Nursery closed): 

Half term; Monday 27th to Friday 31st May 2024

Last day of summer term; Tuesday 23rd July 2024 

School inset dates; 24th July 2024 

Story of the week

This week the children have been listening to the story 'The very busy spider'. 

Learning this week:

This week the children have continued their focus learning on minibeasts. We have been learning names of insects and all about their habitats and food they like to eat.

Introduction to phonics

The children have enjoyed their second week of read write inc. They have been introduced to the first set of letters, as well as learning the matching sounds and rhymes.

During the summer term we will be focusing on supporting the children to write their names. We have been practicing our pencil holds and correct letter formations.

Creative play

The children have been using their imaginations to develop their play in different ways. From using a variety of materials to create small world play or using messy play resources within their role play games. The children have been very creative when using the nursery resources to develop play with their friends.

Outdoor learning

The children have had lots of fun this week enjoying their outdoor play in the sunshine. A favourite activity was the carwash. The children spent a long time washing a variety of resources in the water trays.