Nursery Weekly Newsletter

Term: Summer 2 Date: 30.06.14


We will be continuing with a number of our activities from last week as we had a hectic week with the Sponsored Walk, Class Photo and Stay and Play Sessions.
We will also continue to explore various Non-fiction underwater texts and read Kipper at the Seaside. 

We will be doing some work on numbers in the environment this week - could you support your child in finding out and recognising your house number at home, we will be talking to the children about this.

Personal, Social and Emotional
Shows confidence in asking adults for help.
Can tolerate delay if needs to immediately met.
Begins to accept the needs of others and can take turns and share resources, sometimes with support from others. 

Communication and Language
Can retell a simple past event.
Uses talk in pretending that objects stand for something else.
Uses talk to connect ideas explain what is happening what might happen next.

Physical Development:
Moves freely with pleasure and confidence.
Can stand on one foot.
Can catch a large ball.

Mathematics
Notices numbers in the environment.
Beginning to talk about the shapes of everyday objects.
Shows an interest in shape or space by playing with shapes and making arrangements.

Understanding of the World
Shows skill in making things work.
Shows an interest in technological toys.
Knows how to operate simple equipment.

Expressive Arts and Design
Understands they can use lines to enclose a space.
Uses various construction.
Begins to construct, horizontally and vertically.

Literacy
Ascribes meaning to marks they see.
Recognises familiar signs such as own name and advertising logos.
Know that print carries meaning and in English is read from left to right top to bottom.

Messages.
Thank you to all of the parents and carers who attended the Stay and Play Session last week. We feel it was a great success.

Also thank you to all of you who have sent in you school trip consent form and money, we look forward to receiving the rest. Further to this, we are asking for a voluntary contribution of £2.50 as the Sealife Centre have offered to pre prepare a small gift and ice cream for this charge.

You will be receiving a slip with a parental consultation time on, these times will be tagged on to the beginning or end of your child’s session. Please let a member of staff know if your time is not suitable.


Thank you for your continued support.

Kind Regards


The Nursery Team