Friday 25 October 2013
Nursery Fundraising Success
Thank you to all of the Nursery parents who took part in our whole school fundraising event today. The morning children made their own amazing Ugandan flag. Well done everyone and thanks for all your donations.
Sunday 20 October 2013
Nursery Weekly Newsletter
Term: Autumn 1 Date 21.10.13
The children have really been involved with the fruit and vegetable topic. They have helped to create a Greengrocers in the class room, which they have all enjoyed using. The learning opportunities have been endless. They have developed language, communication, numeracy and creative skills to state but a few.
We will be making fruit smoothies this week with the children. We have of course checked all of the dietary forms, that have been returned. However please advise us if there is any dietary information we need to be aware of.
The children have expressed an interest in Mr Bloom’s Nursery. We agreed this was a great idea as it links to our topic, so this will be developed throughout the week in the outside area.
Personal, Social and Emotional
Growing sense of will and determination.
Responds to a few appropriate boundaries, with encouragement and support.
Plays cooperatively with other children and adults.
Communication and Language
Listening to and joining in with the story of ‘Oliver’s Fruit Salad’.
Shares and talks about their favourite fruit.
Describe the process of making a fruit smoothie.
Physical Development:
Developing fine motor skills by using tools such as tweezers.
Beginning to balance blocks to build a small tower.
Shows awareness and uses the toilet when they have a bladder or bowel urge.
Mathematics
Singing the ‘days of the week’ song.
Says some counting words randomly particularly during counting songs.
Beginning to organise and categorise objects, especially when tidying up.
Understanding of the World
Making and drinking fruit smoothies.
Talking about vegetables and what they need to grow.
Roleplaying in and learning about a Greengrocer shop.
Expressive Arts and Design
Role playing in the Greengrocers.
Helping to create Mr Bloom’s Nursery.
Expresses self through physical action and sound.
Messages.
Please ensure your child does not return to school immediately after having sickness or diarrhoea. They must wait for 48 hours to ensure the illness doesn’t spread.
Thank you to all of the parents who have already begun to borrow books. We have already had a number of book reviews back and these have been displayed in the reading area. There is a book for each of you to record the book you have borrowed these will be left outside next to books. Please record the name of the book, the date you borrowed it and simply tick when you have returned it.
Most of the children now have wellingtons; however we still have a few children who do not have a change of clothes in school please ensure your child has a spare set of clothes. As previously explained our spare clothes have not been returned.
Thank you for your continued support.
The Nursery Team
The children have really been involved with the fruit and vegetable topic. They have helped to create a Greengrocers in the class room, which they have all enjoyed using. The learning opportunities have been endless. They have developed language, communication, numeracy and creative skills to state but a few.
We will be making fruit smoothies this week with the children. We have of course checked all of the dietary forms, that have been returned. However please advise us if there is any dietary information we need to be aware of.
The children have expressed an interest in Mr Bloom’s Nursery. We agreed this was a great idea as it links to our topic, so this will be developed throughout the week in the outside area.
Personal, Social and Emotional
Growing sense of will and determination.
Responds to a few appropriate boundaries, with encouragement and support.
Plays cooperatively with other children and adults.
Communication and Language
Listening to and joining in with the story of ‘Oliver’s Fruit Salad’.
Shares and talks about their favourite fruit.
Describe the process of making a fruit smoothie.
Physical Development:
Developing fine motor skills by using tools such as tweezers.
Beginning to balance blocks to build a small tower.
Shows awareness and uses the toilet when they have a bladder or bowel urge.
Mathematics
Singing the ‘days of the week’ song.
Says some counting words randomly particularly during counting songs.
Beginning to organise and categorise objects, especially when tidying up.
Understanding of the World
Making and drinking fruit smoothies.
Talking about vegetables and what they need to grow.
Roleplaying in and learning about a Greengrocer shop.
Expressive Arts and Design
Role playing in the Greengrocers.
Helping to create Mr Bloom’s Nursery.
Expresses self through physical action and sound.
Messages.
Please ensure your child does not return to school immediately after having sickness or diarrhoea. They must wait for 48 hours to ensure the illness doesn’t spread.
Thank you to all of the parents who have already begun to borrow books. We have already had a number of book reviews back and these have been displayed in the reading area. There is a book for each of you to record the book you have borrowed these will be left outside next to books. Please record the name of the book, the date you borrowed it and simply tick when you have returned it.
Most of the children now have wellingtons; however we still have a few children who do not have a change of clothes in school please ensure your child has a spare set of clothes. As previously explained our spare clothes have not been returned.
Thank you for your continued support.
The Nursery Team
Reception Weekly Newsletter
Term: Autumn 1 Week beginning 21.10.13
Many thanks to all the parents who came to watch our Read, Write Inc. sessions. We hope you gained an insight into how we teach phonics. We have read all your comments and are currently looking into how we can provide you with resources to use at home.
This week we will be basing our learning around the story, ‘Little Red Hen’, linking with an autumn theme. (Activities are subject to change, depending on the children’s interests):
Personal, Social and Emotional
Continue to demonstrate friendly behaviour, initiating conversations and forming good relationships with peers and familiar adults.
Responding to simple instructions and following rules.
Communication and Language
Sharing the story of ‘Little Red Hen’ – children to act out the story with props. To ask and answer ‘why’ and ‘how’ questions.
Physical
Moulding animals out of dough.
Hall session: The children will continue to go out in small groups to work with our Sports Coach, Mr Clark. Please bring in PE kits as soon as possible.
Literacy
Children to sequence a set of photographs to show how to make bread the day after they have made bread. To write captions to go with pictures.
We will be continuing our daily phonics sessions, learning set 1 letters – sh,r,j,v and focussing on Fred talk e.g. c-a-t = cat.
Maths
Shape games - To begin to use mathematical names for ‘solid’ 3D shapes and ‘flat’ 2D shapes, and mathematical terms to describe shapes.
Conker challenge! Hunt for conkers in the sandpit, and fill the numbered pots with the correct number of conkers. Extend up to 20.
Understanding of the World
Children to work in small groups as a team to make bread, feeling the texture, noting changes and talking about how the bread rises. We have of course checked all of the dietary forms that have been returned. However please advise us if there is any dietary information we need to be aware of.
Expressive Arts and Design
Making autumn shakers using rice, corn and beans.
Children to learn the little red hen rap to perform.
Making puppets.
Messages:
•The children may bring in something related to our stories for Show and Tell on Friday.
•Each child now has a home/school book. This is a book to write their wow moments in and any important messages. If you make a comment in the book, please place it in the tray provided so that we respond to your comment straight away.
•Please make sure your child has a spare change of clothes in school just in case they have any little accidents. The spare change of clothes does not have to be school uniform.
•We regularly update our EYFS blog. Please like our Broadford Primary Facebook page every time you see an EYFS blog. Feel free to make a comment on the children’s experiences.
Thank you for your continued support.
Many thanks to all the parents who came to watch our Read, Write Inc. sessions. We hope you gained an insight into how we teach phonics. We have read all your comments and are currently looking into how we can provide you with resources to use at home.
This week we will be basing our learning around the story, ‘Little Red Hen’, linking with an autumn theme. (Activities are subject to change, depending on the children’s interests):
Personal, Social and Emotional
Continue to demonstrate friendly behaviour, initiating conversations and forming good relationships with peers and familiar adults.
Responding to simple instructions and following rules.
Communication and Language
Sharing the story of ‘Little Red Hen’ – children to act out the story with props. To ask and answer ‘why’ and ‘how’ questions.
Physical
Moulding animals out of dough.
Hall session: The children will continue to go out in small groups to work with our Sports Coach, Mr Clark. Please bring in PE kits as soon as possible.
Literacy
Children to sequence a set of photographs to show how to make bread the day after they have made bread. To write captions to go with pictures.
We will be continuing our daily phonics sessions, learning set 1 letters – sh,r,j,v and focussing on Fred talk e.g. c-a-t = cat.
Maths
Shape games - To begin to use mathematical names for ‘solid’ 3D shapes and ‘flat’ 2D shapes, and mathematical terms to describe shapes.
Conker challenge! Hunt for conkers in the sandpit, and fill the numbered pots with the correct number of conkers. Extend up to 20.
Understanding of the World
Children to work in small groups as a team to make bread, feeling the texture, noting changes and talking about how the bread rises. We have of course checked all of the dietary forms that have been returned. However please advise us if there is any dietary information we need to be aware of.
Expressive Arts and Design
Making autumn shakers using rice, corn and beans.
Children to learn the little red hen rap to perform.
Making puppets.
Messages:
•The children may bring in something related to our stories for Show and Tell on Friday.
•Each child now has a home/school book. This is a book to write their wow moments in and any important messages. If you make a comment in the book, please place it in the tray provided so that we respond to your comment straight away.
•Please make sure your child has a spare change of clothes in school just in case they have any little accidents. The spare change of clothes does not have to be school uniform.
•We regularly update our EYFS blog. Please like our Broadford Primary Facebook page every time you see an EYFS blog. Feel free to make a comment on the children’s experiences.
Thank you for your continued support.
Friday 18 October 2013
Reception stay and play
Thank you to all the parents and carers that came into Reception for the stay and play session yesterday. A great time was had by all and we hope you have gained an improved understanding of what happens in our Read Write Inc sessions and how we teach your child to read and write.
Wednesday 16 October 2013
Tuesday 15 October 2013
Afternoon Nursery Make Chips.
The afternoon nursery really enjoyed making chips today. First they washed their hands.Then they peeled the potatoes carefully. Next Mrs Greening cut the potatoes so they looked like chips. Finally we poured on a little oil and placed them in the oven. When they came out 30 minutes later they were chips. We enjoyed tasting the chips.
Monday 14 October 2013
Morning Nursery Make Chips.
Our book of the week is called, 'Oliver's Vegetables'. In the story, Oliver makes chips from potatoes. Nursery children peeled the potatoes, chopped them and put them in the oven with a little oil. Then when they were cooked we talked about the changes and ate them. Yum!
Sunday 13 October 2013
Nursery Weekly Newsletter
Term: Autumn 1 Date 14.10.13
The children had a wonderful time with the Owl Man last week. The children were amazing, sat beautifully and listened well. Every child also got the opportunity to stroke one of the beautiful creatures. We are in the process of creating a display using owl themed art work and photos of the children with the owls. A photo will be posted once it is complete.
Personal, Social and Emotional
Responds to a few appropriate boundaries, with encouragement and support.
Beginning to understand that some things are shared and they can’t just snatch equipment from others.
Plays cooperatively with other children and adults.
Communication and Language
Listening to and joining in with the story of ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’.
Shares and talks about their favourite book one to one with an adult.
Beginning to ask simple questions.
Physical Development:
Makes connections between their movement and the marks they make.
Beginning to balance blocks to build a small tower.
Shows awareness and uses the toilet.
Mathematics
Says some counting words randomly particularly during counting songs.
Enjoys filling and emptying containers.
Beginning to organise and categorise objects, especially when tidying up.
Understanding of the World
Making and tasting a chips.
Talking about vegetables and what they need to grow.
Role playing in and learning about a Green grocer shop.
Expressive Arts and Design
Vegetable repeated pattern printing.
Joins in with nursery rhymes “ Oranges and Lemons” and “ Head shoulders, knees and toes”
Expresses self through physical action and sound.
Messages.
Thank you to all of you who have ensured your child has a pair of named wellies and a spare set of clothes. It is essential that your child has these in school and we look forward to receiving the rest of them.
We will be starting our book borrowing scheme this week. We have a box of books outside the class. They are there for you and your child to borrow and read at home. Reading with your child is incredibly important for many reasons, including the development of language skills. When sharing a book with your child you should ask your child simple questions and encourage them to ask questions back. Your child should also be encouraged to talk about the pictures, anticipate what might happen next, join in with repeated refrains and of course enjoy sharing the book with you.
Enclosed is a book review form. If you can complete one of these occasionally when you share a book with your child we would love to display them in our reading corner. As I am sure you aware, the early years is built on strong home school links.
If you have any questions please ask a member of staff.
Thank you for your continued support
The Nursery Team
Reception Weekly Newsletter
Term: Autumn 1 Week beginning 14.10.13
The children thoroughly enjoyed our visit from the owl man. Inspired by the visit we will be continuing with our story ‘Owl babies’. Your child will be taking part in the following activities (Activities are subject to change, depending on the children’s interests):
Personal, Social and Emotional
Being encouraged to demonstrate friendly behaviour, initiating conversations and forming good relationships with peers and familiar adults.
Responding to simple instructions and following rules.
Learning to put away activities once they have finished playing with them.
Communication and Language
Revisit the story with a small group of children and encourage them to discuss the owl babies' feelings. We will be scribing the children’s feeling on leaf templates, whilst discussing other alternatives words for happy and sad. Answering ‘why’ and ‘how’ questions.
Physical
Moulding owls out of clay
Hall session: The children will continue to go out in small groups to work with our Sports Coach, Mr Clark. Please bring in PE kits as soon as possible.
The children will continue to use the outside area –please send in wellies and a waterproof.
Literacy
Share the story of ‘Owl babies’. Can the children sequence the pictures correctly and discuss the main story settings, events and characters.
We will be continuing our daily phonics sessions, learning set 1 letters – f, e, l, h and focussing on Fred talk e.g. c-a-t = cat.
Emergent writing – writing messages to the owls.
Maths
We will be learning about numbers 9 and 10 this week. Please practise forming and ordering numbers 1 to 10 at home.
Matching numbers to quantity up to 10.
Understanding of the World
Drawing owl pictures on the computer using 2 simple.
Expressive Arts and Design
Making Owl collages.
Messages:
The children may bring in something related to our stories for Show and Tell on Friday.
Each child now has a home/school book. This is a book to write their wow moments in and any important messages. If you make a comment in the book, please place it in the tray provided so that we respond to your comment straight away.
Please make sure your child has a spare change of clothes in school just in case they have any little accidents. The spare change of clothes does not have to be school uniform.
We regularly update our EYFS blog. Please like our Broadford Primary Facebook page every time you see an EYFS blog. Feel free to make a comment on the children’s experiences.
You may not be aware that Free School Meals eligible children attract Pupil Premium funding, which is going to be £1300 per child. This additional money is used to improve achievement for that group but it also impacts on all of our children. For instance, a chunk of it pays for the free after school clubs that everyone benefits from. Our Governing Body have discussed how we can use this money to directly help eligible families. Support we can offer includes: free school trips, support with uniform and help with residential trips. If you think you may be eligible, please apply now. You don’t actually have to eat the school dinners… you just have to sign up! The more children who sign up, the more money we get, the more we can help our children. If you feel you are entitled to free schools meals, please pick up a form from the office. If you need help in completing the form, just ask!
Stay and play session:
Come and see us in action! On Thursday 17th October we are inviting parents to come and watch us teach Read, Write, Inc. See how we teach sounds and get some tips for activities which you can do with your children to support our scheme.
The session will run from 9.10 – 11.00.
Thank you for your continued support.
The children thoroughly enjoyed our visit from the owl man. Inspired by the visit we will be continuing with our story ‘Owl babies’. Your child will be taking part in the following activities (Activities are subject to change, depending on the children’s interests):
Personal, Social and Emotional
Being encouraged to demonstrate friendly behaviour, initiating conversations and forming good relationships with peers and familiar adults.
Responding to simple instructions and following rules.
Learning to put away activities once they have finished playing with them.
Communication and Language
Revisit the story with a small group of children and encourage them to discuss the owl babies' feelings. We will be scribing the children’s feeling on leaf templates, whilst discussing other alternatives words for happy and sad. Answering ‘why’ and ‘how’ questions.
Physical
Moulding owls out of clay
Hall session: The children will continue to go out in small groups to work with our Sports Coach, Mr Clark. Please bring in PE kits as soon as possible.
The children will continue to use the outside area –please send in wellies and a waterproof.
Literacy
Share the story of ‘Owl babies’. Can the children sequence the pictures correctly and discuss the main story settings, events and characters.
We will be continuing our daily phonics sessions, learning set 1 letters – f, e, l, h and focussing on Fred talk e.g. c-a-t = cat.
Emergent writing – writing messages to the owls.
Maths
We will be learning about numbers 9 and 10 this week. Please practise forming and ordering numbers 1 to 10 at home.
Matching numbers to quantity up to 10.
Understanding of the World
Drawing owl pictures on the computer using 2 simple.
Expressive Arts and Design
Making Owl collages.
Messages:
The children may bring in something related to our stories for Show and Tell on Friday.
Each child now has a home/school book. This is a book to write their wow moments in and any important messages. If you make a comment in the book, please place it in the tray provided so that we respond to your comment straight away.
Please make sure your child has a spare change of clothes in school just in case they have any little accidents. The spare change of clothes does not have to be school uniform.
We regularly update our EYFS blog. Please like our Broadford Primary Facebook page every time you see an EYFS blog. Feel free to make a comment on the children’s experiences.
You may not be aware that Free School Meals eligible children attract Pupil Premium funding, which is going to be £1300 per child. This additional money is used to improve achievement for that group but it also impacts on all of our children. For instance, a chunk of it pays for the free after school clubs that everyone benefits from. Our Governing Body have discussed how we can use this money to directly help eligible families. Support we can offer includes: free school trips, support with uniform and help with residential trips. If you think you may be eligible, please apply now. You don’t actually have to eat the school dinners… you just have to sign up! The more children who sign up, the more money we get, the more we can help our children. If you feel you are entitled to free schools meals, please pick up a form from the office. If you need help in completing the form, just ask!
Stay and play session:
Come and see us in action! On Thursday 17th October we are inviting parents to come and watch us teach Read, Write, Inc. See how we teach sounds and get some tips for activities which you can do with your children to support our scheme.
The session will run from 9.10 – 11.00.
Thank you for your continued support.
Friday 11 October 2013
The Hungry Caterpillar
The children have had a fantastic time helping to make this amazing 'Hungry Caterpillar' display. They have been learning about the life cycle of a butterfly, matching number to quantity and have practised singing 'The days of the week' song.
Stay and Play session Thursday 17th October
Stay and play session:
Come and see us in action! On Thursday 17th October we are inviting parents to come and watch us teach Read, Write, Inc. See how we teach sounds and get some tips for activities which you can do with your children to support our scheme.
The session will run from 9.05 – 11.00.
When you drop your child off, you will be able to get a cup of tea or coffee and a biscuit ready for a prompt start at 9.05.
Thursday 10 October 2013
Aspen Class meet the owls
The children thoroughly enjoyed the visit from Phil and his owls. We met many owls, but especially enjoyed meeting Ozzie, the friendly Boobook owl. These owls are named Boobook after the sound they make, a bit like a cuckoo, which Ozzie demonstrated for us. Our favourite was Zeus, the European eagle owl. He was an impressive bird. Zeus is more than capable of living to 30 years or more in captivity. He delighted us with his powerful flight demonstration. The children were incredibly gentle when stroking the owls and couldn't believe how soft they felt.
Amazing artists
The children have really enjoyed learning about owls this week. Today the children were introduced to a new techniques of drawing with pastels and how these can be used to create an effect. Some children then went off to try this new technique. Look at their amazing owl drawings.
Nursery Wishing Tree
The Nursery Wishing tree is looking lovely. Thank you to all the parents who have helped to create it.
Fern Class meet the owls
Yesterday reception and nursery were extremely lucky to have the owl man into our school.
We met a Tawny Owl named Puff who had huge eyes, a Hawk Owl named Aussie who chases small birds for his dinner, a beautiful Barn Owl named Tito who was the oldest owl Phil had. When Tito flies, he flies in silence. The next owl we met was Scamp who comes all the way from Africa. He was a Southern Waxfaced Owl. His nickname was the 'Transformer Owl' because he moved so fast through the air. We met a little owl named Pod who was only 17 months old and finally an Eagle Owl named Isis. He was Phil's largest owl and thought of Phil as his mummy.
We were lucky enough to feel one of the Barn Owls. The children described the owl as 'soft, fluffy, smooth, cuddly and silky.'
Evie recognised that some owls are camouflaged and as a result of her answer Phil asked Evie if she wanted to put on the special glove and get the Hawk Owl Aussie to land on her arm. She was a natural!
What a lovely, interesting morning we all had!
We were lucky enough to feel one of the Barn Owls. The children described the owl as 'soft, fluffy, smooth, cuddly and silky.'
Evie recognised that some owls are camouflaged and as a result of her answer Phil asked Evie if she wanted to put on the special glove and get the Hawk Owl Aussie to land on her arm. She was a natural!
What a lovely, interesting morning we all had!
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