Nursery News Letter 18.03.13

Term:  Spring 2                          Date 18.03.13

The children had a fantastic time at ‘Tropical Wings’ last week.  They were so well behaved and were a real credit to the school.  A big thank you to all of our parent helpers, we appreciate you giving up your time and despite the snow we had a lovely day.

Our book for the week is ‘Farm Yard Halabaloo’.  Our songs for the week are Cookabura, Dingle Dangle Scare Crow and  I wish I could fly like a butterfly.

Personal, Social and Emotional

• Enjoying the responsibility of carrying out small tasks.
• Being encouraged to wash and dry their own hands.
• Being encouraged to except the needs of others.

Communication and Language                                                    

• Listening to others, one to one, or in small groups.
• Retelling a simple past event.
• Playing language skills games such as ‘Silly Soup’.

Physical Development:

• Develop their gross motor movements by drawing lines and circles.
• Listening to and taking part in action songs.
• Planning and constructing a home for a pet.

Mathematics

• Reciting numbers in order to 10.
• Ordering numbers.
• Using positional language.

Understanding of the World

• Talking about the visit to Tropical Wings.
• Being encouraged to use the computers.
• Being encouraged to talk about significant events.

Expressive Arts and Design

• Making butterfly collages..
• Making and using animal masks.
• Being encouraged to join in and enjoy dancing and ring games.

Messages.

• Please return any school clothes your children have borrowed.
• Don’t forget school will be closed this Thursday (21^st March) due to a polling day. 
• We are going to start to award attendance certificates, to those children that have 100% attendance we will issue them on a monthly basis.
• We would also like to remind you that our book borrowing scheme is still running and the books can be found in boxes out side the Nursery door.  We would love to hear about any  books you are reading at home attached is a book review form.

Thank you for your continued support.