Leaf Hunt Nursery

 Next week our story is 'The Leaf Thief'. We have a special visit from the author of this story on Tuesday to support our learning.  We would love the children to bring in leaves from their walks to school/after school into Nursery to enhance our learning areas in Nursery.  We will use these for arts and crafts and other classroom activities. Thank you! 

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! 

Year Reception: What We Are Learning w/b 7th October 2024

 

Year Reception: What We Are Learning 

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world” said, Mahatma Gandhi.

Our focus book was People Who Help Us:

Here is what we have been up to:

The children have also been working hard in Read, Write, Inc this week. The children have been learning the sounds v, y, w, z and x. Please continue to read with your children and work on these sounds with them. 

In Maths this week the children have been learning how to compare size, mass and capacity. 

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

Reception E for Excellence: 11th October 2024

 Reception E for Excellence

Apple 

E for Excellence - Liza for her fantastic phonics this week. Liza has been working hard in Read, Write, Inc to blend sounds together and make whole words. Well done Liza! 

Dojo points - Eva for helping others and being kind this week. Well done Eva! 

Aspen 

E for Excellence - Dhaksha for reading 5 times a week at home and really trying hard with 1.1 words and set 1 sounds.

Dojo points - Lara for earning the most dojo points in your learning this week. 

Alder

E for Excellence - Patrick, for doing your absolute best in your sounds. You have also been practising your sounds in choosing time. Well done!

Dojo points - Shaheer, for earning the most dojo points in your learning this week. Great job!

We have had a fantastic week of learning and there has been so much to celebrate and be proud of in Reception! 

These children worked extremely hard and have been rewarded for all of their determination and efforts.

Nursery Certificates w/b 7/10/24

This week, two children in Nursery have received an 'E for Excellence' certificate and another two have received an 'I have made my teacher happy' certificate in recognition of all their hard work. 

Well done to David who has been awarded an E for excellence in recognition for showing great courage and bravery when coming into school. He has arrived everyday this week with a big smaile and no tears. Well done David!

Well done to Abiha who has been awarded an E for excellence in recognition for trying really hard to eat all of her lunch this week during lunch times. Abiha was also very brave when she tried some of the porridge she made at the snack table. Well done Abiha!

Well done to Thomas who has been awarded an I made my teacher happy this week because he is doing so well in nursery and is beginning to build upon making some happy and positive freindships with the other children within the nursery. Great work Thomas!

Well done to Aahan who has been awarded an I made my teacher happy this week because he has been working really hard at developing his counting skills and number recognition. Excellent work Aahan!

Marvellous Me Day 25th October - Reception

 MARVELLOUS ME DAY

On Friday 25th October children in Reception will be participating in a 'Marvellous Me' Day. This half term in Reception, we have been thinking about all of the things that make us marvellous. We have discussed our families, our likes and dislikes and our similarities and differences with our classmates.

 

What better way to round up this topic than to hold a WOW Day for us to celebrate all the things that make us, us? On this day, children in Reception can come to school wearing clothes of their choice. This could be their favourite outfit, clothes in their favourite colour or clothes that represent something about them. Please discuss this with your child so that they are able to share with us in school why they have chosen their outfit. 

They can also bring their favourite toy to school on this day. These will be collected in the morning and stored until our circle time when the children can share their favourite toys with their class. They will then be stored until home time to ensure safe keeping. Please do ensure that the toy is small enough and appropriate to be shared. No toy guns/swords, scary or violent fictional characters please.

Throughout the day, the children will be participating in lots of different activities celebrating them being unique. As part of our activities on this day, we will be discussing our families and what different families can look like. We would love to share photos of what your child loves doing at home. Maybe it’s reading? Or baking? Or playing in the garden? Please upload the photo to Dojo so we can share with the class just like we did with our family photos.

On the day

1.Children come to school wearing clothes of their choice.

2.Children bring in their favourite toy to school.

 

Beforehand

3.Parents/carers upload photo(s) or videos  on Dojo of what your child loves doing at home.

Any questions, please speak to your child's teacher at the end of the day.

Many thanks

The Reception Team

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!