Nursery Newsletter 06.10.14

Term: Autumn 1

Date: 06.10.13

 

 

The children have continued to settle well and during our short carpet sessions. Most of the children are sitting on the carpet and enjoying taking part in the songs and stories. They have been singing many nursery rhymes and acting out the stories. This week we will have a visit from the “Owl Man’’ on Tuesday. Therefore we will be learning all about Owls and we will return to our ‘Ourselves’ topic the week after. We will be singing ‘Grey Squirrel’ and ‘If your happy and you know it.'

 

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 ‘I'm not cute.'
• Listens to and enjoys rhythmic patterns in rhymes and stories.
• Beginning to ask simple questions.

Literacy

• Interest in books and rhymes and may have favourites.
• Early mark making through sensory activities with play dough, water and sand.

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 when they have a bladder or bowel urge.

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

• Remembers where objects belong.
• Matches parts of objects that fit together.
• Finding out interest facts about owls.

 Expressive Arts and Design

• Owl collages.
• Joins in with nursery rhymes “ Grey Squirrel” and “ If Your Happy and you know it”
• Expresses self through physical action and sound.

Messages

• We still have a large amount of blue jumpers and cardigans that are not named. If you know you have one missing please speak to a member of staff. Thank you to all the parents who have labelled their children’s clothes; it really does make it easier for everyone involved.
• Please ensure your child has a pair of named wellington boots and a suitable coat / rain mac in school. We do go out in all-weather plus the children do have access to water all of the time. The children went out in the puddles last week, unfortunately some children couldn’t join in as they didn’t have wellies.
• Please remember on Tuesday 7th October the “Owl man” is visiting Nursery in the morning. Afternoon Nursery children are invited to attend the morning session only 8.30 am – 11.30 am. Afternoon Nursery will be closed on this day only.
• Finally, we will be staring our book borrowing scheme, please borrow a book from our Nursery Book Box and sign it out in your child’s reading record book. It would be great if you could complete one of the book reviews and return it to the Nursery.

Thank you for your support

The Nursery Team