Reception Learning- W.C 31.3.25

 

Year Reception: What We Are Learning 

Reception have been working really hard this week. Our focus book was Easter and Diversity.

Here is what we have been up to: We have learnt about Easter, Lent, Ramadan and Eid. We have created art associated with Easter. We made yellow chicks using paint. We also did an exciting Easter egg hunt and received yummy treats at the end!

The children have also been working hard in Read, Write, Inc this week. In Literacy, we wrote a mind map about Easter. We used words such as hunt, chick, fun, egg, chocolate, lamb and Spring. 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).

In Maths this week the children have made Easter bonnets with complex patterns on them to wear for our Easter bonnet parade. They enjoyed cutting and sticking Easter pictures!

Easter Bonnet Parade

This week we also participated in the school Easter Bonnet Parade. We listened to music, danced and showed our fabulous Easter bonnets.

World Culture and Religion day

For World Culture and Religion Day, children were invited to come to school in any attire that best represents their culture or religion. We did 3 mini-lessons about different cultures/ religions. The children learnt about Aboriginal Australian dreamtime stories, the Islam religion and Caribbean culture and music. 

Well done Reception for an amazing half term. Have a happy Easter and we will see you when we return on 22nd of April 2025!

Nursery Learning w/b 11.11.24

 

 Nursery Learning w/b 11.11.24  

 Important Information 

1. Evidence Me  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!

Dates 

Monday 9th December: 9am - 10am and 2.15 - 3.15pm

Nursery Mingle and Jingle

Parents are invited to come into the nursery and watch their children perform some Christmas songs, play games and complete various Chistmas activities.

This week we have been reading the story 'Owl Babies'. The children have enjoyed acting out parts of the story. 

Festivals and Celebrations

This week we made Chapatis as an extension of our Diwali celebrations. The children took turns kneading the dough, feeling its texture change under their hands. They learned about the simple ingredients: flour, water, and a pinch of salt. They took turns to roll the dough into a ball and roll it flat into a chapati shape. The children also tasted their chapatis. 

Wonderdome

As part of our current topic on light and dark, the nursery children got to experience the Wonderdome. This special activity offered an immersive learning experience, captivating the children with an interactive exploration of the planets in the solar system. 

Nursery Learning w/b 8/10/

Nursery learning week beginning 7.10.24

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 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' this week. The children have been joining in with phrases from the story. We have been also been creating our own porridge in groups. 

Creative

The children have been painting and decorating their own bears from the story Goldilocks and the three bears. They showed a lot of creativity in choosing colours and materials.

Outdoor Play

The children have enjoyed building in the construction area this week. They have been practising working as a team to make wonderful creations. The children have also enjoyed stacking the crates at different heights. 

Another great week in nursery! 

Nursery Learning- Easter edition! 31.03.23

Nursery Learning- 31.3.23

Important messages

• GRAPES- If you send in grapes for your child's lunch, they must be cut in half length ways. Because of their size and shape, grapes can all too easily slide down a small child’s windpipe, blocking airflow. Thank you 

Today the children were super excited as the Easter Bunny hopped into Nursery to see all the children! The children were so happy and even went to our snack area and got him some carrots to take on his way (a very cute moment!)

Then we headed to the hall for our Easter bonnet parade. The children loved this and as well as showing off all their hard work, they also got to play some Easter games with Mrs Nicholls

At the end of the parade, Mrs Nicholls had the very hard job of picking the winners. Here are the pictures of our winners: 

Well done to Leanor and Aayush!

Congratulations to George and Eden!

Our snack this week followed our egg theme! The children made egg muffins! They really enjoyed cracking the eggs and mixing them all together, We added a bit of milk and some cheese and then they were ready to pour into the cake cases.

As you can see from the photos, they really enjoyed the results! 

The children have enjoyed learning in the outside area this week. They have been creating platforms to jump off of. These began low and as the children practised their jumps, their confidence grew and so did the height. We spoke about how to land safely by bending our knees and stretching out our arms to help us balance. 

They also turned the tree into a construction site and the diggers were involved, moving a lot of soil! 

In the art area the children created some beautiful flower inspired pictures. They were able to carefully control the paintbrushes and start to look carefully at what they could see.

After reading the story 'We are going on an egg hunt' the children worked in small groups to decipher clues and find the hidden wooden eggs! The children had to work as a team and think very carefully, the rhyming clues gave them the perfect opportunity to practice hearing rhyming words. After cracking all the clues the children were able to exchange the wooden eggs for a delicious edible bunny. 

He are some little moments of independent play that we caught...

Super mark making! The children have been using the new writing area to create their own books.

The construction area was too small for this epic train track so it took over the back of the classroom. The clever design made sure that the animals were contained so they would not escape and get hurt. 

What a cozy way to spend an afternoon. It is lovely seeing the children using their imagination like this and getting lost in the world of play.

                     

We love seeing how the children use the home area to support how they want to play. We can see Ibrahim acting out a true life experience and this type of play allows him to make sense of what he has seen.

Have a lovely Easter holiday and we look forward to seeing you all in two weeks! 

Nursery Learning- 10.03.23

 Nursery Learning- 10.03.23

Thank you to those who were able to attend our Stay and Play session on Tuesday. The children loved having you in the environment and showing you what they do each day. Below is the blog that went out, just in case you missed it. 

Parents Stay and Play Blog

This week we have been focusing on the story 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. Each day the children have read the story and taken part in activities based on it. Our first activity was to plant a magic bean, just like Jack did. Each child got their own pot which they filled with cotton wool and a seed. They then put water on it to make the wool wet. We spoke about what we thought might happen to the seed and what that would look like. The conversations were really interesting, some children using their imaginations and linking their answers to the story and some children using their knowledge of the world and what they have seen growing in their environment. 

The children also took part in some arts and crafts, making different scenes from the story... 

And the children even made their own beanstalks using playdough...

They also made the castle that Jack found at the top of the beanstalk.

This week was another fun week in the snack area. The children got a chance to try lots of different fruits. The children were encouraged to talk about what they were tasting. Did they think it was sweet or sour? Delicious or disgusting? What did or didn't they like about it? 

We are also working on the skill of spreading. The children have bagels and chose what they want to put on it. They are getting better and better at spreading the butter, jam and marmalade! 

We have been exploring a range of instruments this week, looking at the different ways we can play them. We have practised playing them LOUDLY and quietly, quickly and slowly and to a beat. 

 

We have just had some new sofas delivered for the children's home corner and they are loving them. We make sure the home corner is set up for the children to explore every day but they children always make it their own and change it around, Sometimes the sofa is a sofa, sometimes it's an 'office', sometimes it's a 'bed'. The list goes on! We love seeing how creative they are and how confident they are in their own environment!