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